İlker Çatak’s German schoolhouse thriller The Academics’ Lounge has gained the inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award for European Movies. The award was introduced on Sunday, June ninth on the Guadalajara Worldwide Movie Competition in Mexico.
Leonie Benesch stars as a younger idealistic trainer who will get caught up in an internet of inner intrigue in Çatak’s taut drama. The Academics’ Lounge premiered on the Berlin Movie Competition final 12 months and was an award-season success, taking finest movie on the German movie awards and choosing up an Oscar nomination for finest worldwide characteristic.
“It’s an incredible honor and pleasure to have acquired this award,” mentioned Çatak in an announcement. “I hope the movie hits theatres very quickly in Latin America. A number of like to you and for cinema!”
33 movie critics from 13 Latin American international locations chosen The Academics’ Lounge from 23 nominated European movies put ahead by European Movie Promotion, which arrange the brand new LatAm Critics’ Award in an effort to spice up the visibility of acclaimed European movies within the Central and South American markets.
Guadalajara pageant director Estrella Araiza mentioned the award represented a synergy connecting “the Latin American perspective with European tales and modes of filmmaking, representing an enriching dialogue between two areas.”