During the Berlinale (International Film Festival in Berlin) Fortune Cookie was honoured with the special award “Starker Einsatz” (Strong Impact) by BFFS and ver.di Union as part of the “Schauspielerpreis” (actor’s award) presentation. The prize is awarded to persons who “despite the harsh conditions that prevail in the daily film production business uphold fairness, provide good working conditions, mediate in difficult times and are thus conducive to the success of the project”. For the first time, the writer and director Ulrike Grote and the executive producer Ilona Schultz were awarded this prize. The founders of Fortune Cookie Filmproduction GmbH received this prize for their work on the project – both the feature film and TV series – “The Church Stays in the Village”.