BERLIN -- Hans Weingartner, the director of Cannes Competition entry The Edukators, has won the newcomer award, Foederpreis Deutsche Film, at this year's Munich Film Festival, the festival said Thursday. The three-person jury -- directors Hans-Christian Schmid and Michael Althen, and actress Sophie von Kessel -- chose Weingartner's entry over Marco Kreuzpaintner's Summer Storm and Marcus Lenz's Close. Edukators star Stipe Erceg won the best actor award, while Marie-Luise Schramm beat out Julia Jentsch (The Edukators) for the best actress prize for her role in Kathrin Feistl's Am I Sexy? Now in its third year, the Foederpreis is Germany's top prize for up-and-coming talent. The award is presented by Munich-based film company Bavaria Film, state pubcaster Bayerischen Rundfunk and bank HypoVereinsbank.
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