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11/18/2022 | Pressemitteilung

Kassel student wins German Short Film Award

Mo Harawe, a student at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, has won at the German Short Film Award. He received a "Golden Lola" for the best feature film of more than 10 minutes to 30 minutes running time for his entry "Will My Parents Come To See Me".

Group picture of the winners.Image: Maximilian Probst.
The winners. Second from right Mo Harawe.

The German Short Film Award is the most important and most highly endowed prize for the short cinematic form in Germany. It was awarded yesterday (Nov. 17) in Hamburg by Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media.

Mo Harawe is a native Somali. He has been studying at the Kassel University of the Arts since 2020, majoring in "Film and Moving Image." The president of the University of Kassel, Professor Dr. Ute Clement, congratulated: "Our society needs cultural workers, because they are the ones who make it possible to change perspectives every now and then. That's why it's so important for them to be successful with creativity and quality while they are still studying. That this award goes to a student at the Kunsthochschule Kassel makes me particularly happy."

You can find the announcement of the federal government here.