These are the 7 most exciting series, shows and documentaries that are nominated for the Grimme Prize

TheGrimme Prize, an award for television programs in Germany, is considered the country's most prestigious media award - named after the first general director of NDR, Adolf Grimme. The prize has been awarded for over sixty years and will happen again in 2025, on April 4th. But now they are alreadythe nominated programshave been announced, and these are the most exciting of them.

While the award ceremony takes place at the beginning of April, as mentioned above, the winners will be announced four weeks in advance, on March 6th.

Die Coming-of-Age-SerieBlack fruitsis about two queer people of color in Hamburg - and for that alone you have to give ARD a pat on the back, because they are protagonists beyond the core target group. And that's a good thing. Not only because you can't make television exclusively for white people over 60, but because black and queer people are just as much a part of our society as everyone else - and ultimately also pay broadcasting fees. But completely apart from that, isBlack fruitsalso just plain good television – especially because of the accurate dialogue. At the center of the action are Karla (Melodie Simina), who is already successful in her career in her mid-20s, and Lalo (Lamin Leroy Gibba), who dropped out of his architecture studies because he wants to do art. But the problems of the two friends are the same, and that means above all: being accepted by the rest of society for who they are. If more people in the ARD core target group in particular watched this series and understood it, the world would be a better place - and the CDU's poll numbers andpossibly lower.

Also on anthology drama seriesUncivilizedIt is true that it could possibly open the eyes of deluded people and potential AfD voters if they would get involved and understand it. The 6-part ZDF series (the sixth part is a documentary) tells five different stories of five events that show how headlines suddenly change the everyday lives of post-migrant people in Germany - including the attack in Hanau and the cowardly Russian attack on Ukraine and the effects of the so-called Stuttgart Riot Night in 2020. The series critically deals with topics such as everyday racism, identity and social conflicts. Really great, and above all: eye-opening. We need many more such courageous formats that educate and counteract the advancing racism.

The German miniseries was shown at the Cannes International Series FestivalThe doubterswon trophies in three categories (for “Best Series”, “Best Music” and the “High School Award for Best Series”), so there is no reason at all to doubt that the 6-part mini-series will also win the Grimme series. will clear the prize. And that's what it's about: Symcha Zweifler (Mike Burstyn), the head of the Jewish Zweifler family from Frankfurt, is old and is planning to sell the family's delicatessen empire that they built up in Germany after the Holocaust. But this decision is met with little approval by the rest of the family and becomes a breaking point for everyone - especially when Lilka Zweiflers (Eleanor Reissa), Smycha's wife, relives memories of the time shortly after the Second World War. This leads to a lot of conflict within the family, which becomes a breaking point. Great series!

The private broadcasters are hardly represented on the list of nominees for this year's Grimme Prize, but this dramedy series on RTL+ is:Appropriately Angryabout a woman who develops superpowers after being raped and fights back - the plot is a little reminiscent of the Netflix seriesI Am Not Okay With This. The plot may seem a little cringe at first glance, but it's not. Humor is, above all, a way of dealing with the shocking fact of how many women are victims of sexual harassment and violence every day. What’s particularly exciting is that itAppropriately Angrymanages to be a series about sexual violence without reproducing it and it finds images for scenes that we have already seen far too often - at least on the screen. In that respect you canAppropriately AngryI really only recommend it because it actually manages to pull tears of joy and compassion into your eyes.

Let's be honest: humor has always had a difficult time in Germany. You just have to look at what has become so big when it comes to humor in this millennium: Erkan & Stefan, Mario Barth, Matze Knop, Oliver Pocher, Dieter Nuhr... To be honest, their programs are about as funny as a vasectomy without anesthesia and are a crumpled indictment of what is generally considered funny in this country. Mark Twain, one of the great American writers, is said to have once said that German humor was nothing to laugh about - and there is definitely something to that. But one person has been flying the flag for humor made in Germany for years now and proves with impressive looseness, spontaneity and cleverness that comedy from Germany can actually be funny - and that is Teddy Teclebrhan. Especially in his roles as Antoine Burtz, Percy and Ernst Riedler, he always hits the mark and brings tears of joy to his audience's eyes with laughter. You just have to look at what Teddy Teclebrhan did on the Prime showLOL: Last One Laughing, the Clash Of The Comedy Titans, with a recorder and a talking toy hamster - absolutely terrific, and above all: damn funny! He also proves this in the Teddy Teclebrhan Show, which is really worth seeing and is therefore rightly nominated for the Grimme Prize.

DieThe discounters-Makers are not resting on their laurels and have come up with the mockumentary seriesPlayers of Ibizaonce again knocked out one – and are now also nominated for the Grimme Prize. It's about the fictional reality showPlayers of Ibiza, whose best days are over. The makers therefore want to try something different and new and so the new season should be a feminism season. But the participants don't know anything about it. Of course, these are all exaggerated cliché characters, but the satire works surprisingly well - and it doesn't ridicule the stereotypes depicted so much as the reality TV-consuming audience. Well done.

The Hamburg painter Daniel Richter is considered one of the most important contemporary artistscontemporary abstract painting. And so it's always nice to look over the shoulder of such an artist at what he does, to approach him and his work from a different perspective and to let others talk about Richter and his work - and that's exactly what happens inDaniel Richter: Game Of Colors. To be honest: Overall, it turns out to be quite, let's say, unspectacular - but that's exactly the appeal of this documentary. Because there was no attempt to convulsively impose a concept on Richter's everyday life, but rather just an attempt to capture part of it. Neither more nor less. And it's really fun to watch Richter - who is per se very entertaining and a bit quirky in a pleasant way - do just that.