26th April, 2013
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The German Film Academy has announced the winners for this year’s Lola Awards, the local equivalent to the Oscars. Lore, the ECF produced drama from Australian director Cate Shortland, won the The Bronze Best Film. The 2013 Lola Awards was held at the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin on Friday night.
Congratulations to Cate Shortland and the rest of the crew involved.
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13th April, 2013
Source: Titanic Film Festival
Australia’s 2013 Oscar Nominee, Cate Shortland’s LORE won the 20th Titanic International Filmfest’s Breaking Waves Award worth 8000 Euros, supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund. The jury, whose head was the world famous Jiři Menzel, awarded Mira Fornay’s MY DOG KILLER with a Special Award. TheAudience’s Award was given to the Czech director, Petr Nikolaev for his film,LIDICE.
Cate Shortland’s Australian drama about facing the past won 20th Titanic International Filmfest’s Breaking Waves Award award worth 8000 Euros supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund. Saskia Rosenthal gave an amazing performance, playing a young girl, whose faith collapses, when she comes to know a secret about her parents after World War II. The film’s background is a deeply confused country. “LORE is a professionaly created, amibitious, legitimate and intimate film” said member of the jury, Irish producer Morgan Bushe…