“I ask you, be human.” – That was Bambi 2024

Yesterday, Thursday evening, it took place73rd Bambi Awardstook place in the Bavaria Filmstudios in Munich. Germany's most importantMedia Prizehonors people who, especially in times of great uncertaintyHopeandMutdonate by entertaining other people in a great way. The Golden Reh was awarded on Thursday evening in a total of 13 categories to outstanding national and international award winners. For the first time, the streaming service Amazon Prime Video broadcast the media event of the year live. Read here who won in which category and why we were particularly moved by an acceptance speech.

Two days after her 103rd birthday, Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer accepted the Bambi in the “Courage” category. As a contemporary witness, she works tirelessly for a tolerant society and against anti-Semitism. With her acceptance speech, she moved the approximately 1,000 guests to tears and appealed to all of us: “We can no longer change what happened. But it must never, ever happen again. I ask you, be human. Be human."

Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner went down in history as the first person to climb the peaks of all 14 eight-thousanders, including the famous Mount Everest. Today, as an author and filmmaker and with his foundation “Messner Mountain Foundation”, the South Tyrolean fights for an ecologically sustainable approach to nature. For this he received the golden deer in the “Our Earth” category. In his acceptance speech he said: “This BAMBI is sacred to me, because it’s about the earth.”

For her star role as the bright influencer Chantal, actress Jella Haase received the Bambi in the “National Actress” category. After a warm cry of joy, she announced in her acceptance speech: “If I learned one thing from Chantal, it was to be non-conformist and courageous, to allow yourself a lot and to make people laugh.”

With eight gold and two platinum awards and over a billion music streams, she is one of the most successful German artists of all time. For this, Shirin David receives the Bambi 2024 in the “National Music” category. She then performed her song “Only with you” and her number 1 hit “Belly, Legs, Po”.