Stefan Döring

The numbers are out of this world: 122 consecutive race wins, nine years, nine months and nine days unbeaten. Rarely has a sport been so dominated as Edwin Moses' 400 m hurdles race in the 1980s. But Michael Wech's dynamic documentary not only celebrates the athlete, but also the theorist and inventor, the activist and representative of the later black civil rights movement. No wonder Hollywood legends such as Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee and, as executive producer, Morgan Freeman, pay well-deserved tribute to their idol in this film.
MOSES - 13 STEPS tells the inspiring life story of one of the most extraordinary athletes in the history of sport, Edwin Moses.

Nominated for the German Television Award 2024!
Out of 500,000 active male professional footballers worldwide, fewer than ten (10) are openly gay. The feature-length documentary DAS LETZTE TABU, directed by Manfred Oldenburg and produced by Leopold Hoesch, allows Thomas Hitzlsperger and those who have broken this taboo to tell their very personal stories. Like the British professional footballer Justin Fashanu (*1961 in London; ??? 1998 in London), who first broke this taboo in 1990 and paid for it with his life. His niece Amal Fashanu tells the dramatic story. The stories of US professional Collin Martin and British player-coach Matt Morton, on the other hand, suggest that a lived normality is not far away.

The winner is: "The Storm - Animals in Thunder and Lightning" by Michael R. Gärtner and Ro-bin Jähne. Based on 2000 votes from 13 cities, this is a "very democratic prize", according to the jury.