Florian Henckelvon Donnersmarck's feature debut Das Leben Der Anderenand Hans-Christian Schmid's Berlinalecompetition film Requiem dominatedthe nominations for this year's"Lola" German Film Awards which will be presented in Berlinon May 12.

Von Donnersmarck's thriller, whichBuena Vista International opened in German cinemas March 23, picked up eleven nominationsincluding Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay, while Schmid's exorcist drama, which won Best Actress Silver Bear atthis year's Berlinale, was nominated by members of the Deutsche Filmakademie(German Film Academy) in ten categories.

In addition, Andreas Dresen's San Sebastian winner SummerIn Berlin was nominated in six categoriesincluding for both lead actresses Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl,while the Oscar nominated international co-production Paradise Now picked up nods for Best FeatureFilm and Best Screenplay.

The films nominated in the Best Feature Film, Children's andYoung People and Documentary categories each received nomination premiums tobe invested by the production companies in a futureproduction: the six feature film nominations were awarded $300,762 (Euros250,000), the two children's films $150,381 (Euros 125,000), and the two documentaries$120,279 (Euros 100,000) each.

List of nominations are:

Feature Films

Tough Enough (Knallhart)

Komm Naeher

Das Leben Der Anderen

Paradise Now

Requiem

Summer In Berlin(Sommer Vorm Balkon)

Documentaries

Into Great Silence(Die Grosse Stille)

Lost Children

Children's and YoungPeople's Films

The Cave Of The Yellow Dog (Die Hoehle Des Gelben Hundes)

The Treasure Of TheWhite Falcons (Der Schatz DerWeissen Falken )

Best Lead Actress

Inka Friedrich - Summer in Berlin

Sandra Hüller - Requiem

Jasmin Tabatabai- Unveiled (FremdeHaut)

Nadja Uhl- Summer in Berlin

Best Lead Actor

Moritz Bleibtreu - Elementary Particles (Elementarteilchen)

Ulrich Mühe - Das Leben der Anderen

Milan Peschel - Net (Netto)

Best SupportingActress

Meret Becker - Komm Naeher

Martina Gedeck - Elementary Particles (Elementarteilchen)

Imogen Kogge- Requiem

Best Supporting Actor

Burghart Klaußner- Requiem

Andreas Schmidt - Summerin Berlin (Sommer Vorm Balkon)

Ulrich Tukur - Das Leben der Anderen

Best Direction

Florian Henckelvon Donnersmarck - Das Leben der Anderen

Andreas Dresen - Summer in Berlin (Sommer Vorm Balkon)

Hans-Christian Schmid - Requiem

Best Cinematography

Hagen Bogdanski - Das Leben der Anderen

Michael Hammon - Willenbrock

Jürgen Jürges- Shadows Of Time (SchattenDer Zeit)

Best Editing

Dirk Grau - Tough Enough (Knallhart)

Patricia Rommel - Das Leben der Anderen

Bernd Schlegel, Hansjörg Weißbrich - Requiem

Best ProductionDesign

Nathan Amondson - Don't Come Knocking

Silke Buhr- Das Leben der Anderen

Christian M. Goldbeck - Requiem

Best Costume Design

Gabriele Binder - Das Leben der Anderen

Lisy Christl- Shadows Of Time (SchattenDer Zeit)

Bettina Marx - Requiem

Best Film Score

T Bone Burnett - Don'tCome Knocking

Bert Wrede - Tough Enough (Knallhart)

Stephane Moucha,Gabriel Yared - Das Leben der Anderen

Best Sound Design

Christian Bischoff, Jörg Elsner, Marc Parisotto - Wholetrain

Stefan Busch, Michael Kranz - Barefoot (Barfuss)

Lars Ginzel, Dirk Jacob, Marc Parisotto,Martin Steyer - Requiem

Hubertus Rath, Christophvon Schönburg, Arno Wilms - Das Leben der Anderen

Best Screenplay

Hany Abu Assad,Bero Beyer - Paradise Now

Florian Henckelvon Donnersmarck - Das Leben der Anderen

Wolfgang Kohlhaase - Summer In Berlin

Bernd Lange - Requiem