Pre-Oscar Buzz at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles

German and Austrian community in Los Angeles Honored German, Austrian, Polish and Israeli Academy Award Nominees
By Petra Schuermann
It was literally rubbing shoulders with the rich and beautiful at Villa Aurora on March 6, 2010, when the German and Austrian community came together in order to celebrate the Oscar nominations of Austrian actor Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”), director Michael Haneke (“Das Weisse Band”), cinematographer Christian Berger (Best Camera for “Das Weisse Band”), director Michael Hoffmann (“The Last Station”), Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski (“Rabbit A La Berlin”). The reception was hosted by “German Films”, Villa Aurora, the Consulate General and the Goethe Institut in Los Angeles and supported by Audi, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, Volvic and Carpe Diem. Among the guests who were welcomed by Villa Aurora’s new director Imogen von Tannenberg and “German Films”’ Oliver Mahrdt, we also saw Yaron Shani, director and writer of the Israeli Oscar contender “Ajami”, co-produced by Studio Babelsberg and competing against “Das Weisse Band” for the Oscar of “Best Foreign Language Film”. “It was a very pleasant experience”, Yaron Shani told German World, “to work with the team of Studio Babelsberg. It was great to have such a strong and experienced partner.”
Due to the rainy weather in Los Angeles, the reception could only take place inside of the Villa Aurora, and due to the many German and Austrian Oscar nominees this year, the media attention from Germany was extraordinary. More than 400 guests who were brought from the shuttle stop to the villa by a shiny, white Audi TDI Diesel fleet, TV crews of ZDF, ARD, ProSieben, RTL and SAT.1 as well as representatives of Spiegel online, Bunte, dpa, Berliner Zeitung, Kronenzeitung and many more packed the relatively small premises of the Villa Aurora. Even guests of honor like Leonie Benesch and Christian Friedel (starring in “The White Ribbon) and cinematographer Christian Berger (“The White Ribbon”) could hardly reach the welcome area to be introduced to the guests. Among them were German film producer Bernd Eichinger and his wife, the German actors Moritz Bleibtreu (“The Baader Meinhof Komplex”) and Clemens Schick (“Casino Royale”; “Unschuldig”), Leonie Benesch and Christian Friedel (starring in “The White Ribbon), cinematographer Christian Berger, Juergen Prochnow (“Das Boot”), and winner of “Germany’s Next Top Model” Sara Nuru.

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