Goldene Kamera

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Goldene Kamera
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Awarded forFilm and television
Date1966–2019
Presented by Funke Mediengruppe
Website goldenekamera.de

The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show was usually held in early February in Hamburg, but also took place in Berlin on occasion. It has been paused since 2019, after dropping the traditional award categories some time earlier.

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History

The award was first presented in 1966 as a strictly German television award. [1] Since 1987, it has also been awarded to international stars. In 1995, the categories expanded to pop groups and to more public interest categories.[ citation needed ]

In 2017, the award show was pranked by German comedians Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who arranged for a Ryan Gosling impersonator to be awarded the "Best International Film" prize for La La Land . [2] [3] [4] Following the event, a speaker for television broadcaster ZDF asked for the trophy to be given back, stating that La La Land had won the prize and that the trophy would be given to the real Ryan Gosling. [5] The incident, which became known as "GoslingGate", sparked criticism of the event's concept. Media critics argued that the "Best International Film" award had only been created in an effort to get Gosling on the show, with no regards for the film's quality. [6] [7] In 2018, Winterscheidt and Heufer-Umlauf were awarded the Grimme Award for their media criticism. [8]

In 2019, a Climate Action Award was given to Greta Thunberg. [9] In September 2019, Funke Mediengruppe announced the end of the traditional award for 2020. Due to a change in media consumption preferences of their audience in the course of digitization, the manager of Funke's magazine division said that the group would instead focus on digital content like the YouTube Goldene Kamera Digital Award.[ citation needed ] The YouTube Goldene Kamera Digital Awards were held from 2017 until 2020. [10] The final main Goldene Kamera awards ceremony was planned to be awarded on 21 March 2020 with Thomas Gottschalk as presenter. [9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event in March 2020 was cancelled. It was rescheduled initially for 12 November 2020, [11] and later again to an unspecified date. [12]

Traditional awards categories

YouTube Digital Awards categories

In 2020, the YouTube Goldene Kamera Digital Awards comprised the following categories: [10]

Description

The Goldene Kamera was awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show was usually held in early February in Hamburg, but had also taken place in Berlin in the past.[ citation needed ]

The gold-plated silver award model was created by Berlin artist Wolfram Beck. It is 25 cm (9.8 in) high and weighs around 900 grams (2.0 lb). [13]

References

  1. ↑ "CHRONIK". Goldenekamera.de. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Moran, Rob (9 March 2017). "#GoslingGate: is this the greatest TV prank ever?". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "#GoslingGate at The Golden Camera Awards in Germany", brainstain.co.uk, 8 March 2017, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 13 February 2020
  4. ↑ "How Two German Comedians Pranked an Awards Show With a Fake Ryan Gosling". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Goldene Kamera 2017: Veranstalter fordern Trophäe zurück" [Goldene Kamera 2017: Organizer reclaims trophy]. Rheinische Post (in German). 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Lückerath, Thomas (5 September 2019). "Miese Quote, mieser Ruf: Aus für Goldene Kamera" [Bad ratings, bad reputation: The end for Goldene Kamera]. dwdl.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sendetermin für die letzte "Goldene Kamera" steht" [Air date for the final "Goldene Kamera" announced], quotenmeter.de (in German), 11 February 2020, archived from the original on 13 February 2020, retrieved 13 February 2020
  8. ↑ "Grimme-Preis: Der falsche Ryan Gosling wird ausgezeichnet" [Grimme Award: The false Ryan Gosling will be awarded]. Stern. 14 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Goldene Kamera 2020 als vorerst letzte Show geplant". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Digital Award". Goldene Kamera (in German). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Die Goldene Kamera 2020 wird verschoben" [Goldene Kamera 2020 will be postponed] (in German). 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Die Goldene Kamera 2020 wird noch einmal verschoben" [Goldene Kamera 2020 will be postponed again] (in German). 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Geschichte & Hintergründe". Goldenekamera.de. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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