"Iran Elections 2009" and "Neue Vahr Süd" win the Grimme-Award 2011

The IRAN ELECTIONS team

Two nordmedia-supported films have been awarded with the renowned German Grimme TV prize.  the section "Documentary" IRAN ELECTIONS 2009 is awarded which is the TV-adaption of THE GREEN WAVE. Director and script writer Ali Samadi Ahadi and the producers Oliver Stoltz and Jan Krüger receive the price. The touching documentary-collage that illustrates the dramatic events during the summer of 2009 in Iran and tells about the feelings of the people behind this revolution. The awards ceremony took place in Marl (North Rhine-Westphalia) and was hosted by the Adolf-Grimme-Institut. 

Frederik Lau, Hermine Huntgeburth

Since 1964, the Adolf Grimme Institute awards productions "that use television’s medium-specific possibilities in an exceptional manner and serve as outstanding examples regarding content and method". NEUE VAHR SÜD is a coming-of-age comedy based on a novel by the German author and song writer Sven Regener. The story takes place in Bremen where most of the film’s scenes have been shot. The 13-strong jury particularly commended the film’s light ironic humour and laid-back style. Director Hermine Huntgeburth and the main actor Frederik Lau received the award on behalf of the team.