On an evening with a festive atmosphere, 20 German productions with the “Blue Panter – TV” are in Munich
Moderator Joko Winterscheidt was one of the big winners of the evening. He was honored twice at the media award ceremony: The 44-year-old was honored for the program “The World’s Most Dangerous Show” on Prime Video and, together with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, received the audience award for the most popular entertainment program – for “Joko
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A touch of sensitivity
But behind every appearance, no matter how glamorous, there was also a spark of sensitivity to the issues that were close to the authors’ hearts. After long applause, journalist and television presenter Dunja Hayali, who received the honorary award that evening, reminded the audience of the explosive nature of the Middle East. Hayali appealed to the people: “Make a difference. Palestinians and Muslims cannot per se be equated with the terrorist organization Hamas. That is a difference,” emphasized the 49-year-old. The “heute journal” presenter emphasized that crude, populist and undifferentiated accusations against the media are extremely dangerous. To applause, the journalist ended her speech with the Hebrew and Arabic greeting “Shalom and Salam.”
There were two prizes in the information/journalism category. The jury said about the honored documentary series “The Children of Lügde – Everyone Looked Away” (ZDFinfo): “Neglect or even more so abuse of children is so oppressive that it is often taboo in our society.” The second award went to the documentary series “Juan Carlos – Love, Money, Betrayal” (Sky) about the former King of Spain.
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Oscar winner Caroline Link received the award for best director for her first television series “Safe” (ZDFneo). In the fiction category, “Yesterday we were still children” (ZDF) won the audience award as the most popular series.
Jeanette Hain was honored as best actress for her role as Jutta in “Luden – Kings of the Reeperbahn” (Prime Video). Jutta is a sex worker on Hamburg’s Reeperbahn – and became the actress’s favorite role: “Jutta, I love her dearly and deeply. I am incredibly grateful that I was allowed to film the series,” said Hain. “Thanks to Jeanette Hain’s convincing play, Jutta becomes an emotional gateway into his dazzling underworld,” the jury explained its decision.
Akeem van Flodrop (“I don’t work here”, ZDFneo) was named best actor. Further prizes went to Saskia Geisler and Kristian Kähler (“Propaganda Battle for Ukraine”, ARTE) and to a team of reporters from Bavarian Radio (“Dirty Little Secrets”).
