David Duchovny champions losing at Filmfest Munich

Actor David Duchovny, known for "The X-Files," received the CineMerit Award at the Filmfest Munich's closing weekend. At 65, Duchovny reflected on the significance of loss and pain, stating they unite people more than success.

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It is the pain and the loss that unite us – not success or great heights.

"It is the pain and the loss that unite us – not success or great heights," Duchovny said during the award ceremony. He humorously contrasted this with U.S. President Donald Trump's "win, win, win" motto. "America is known as a winning nation. But what is this whole winning thing really about? Let's lose for a change. Let's lose, hug each other and say: We are all losers. Can we love each other now?"

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America is known as a winning nation. But what is this whole winning thing really about? Let's lose for a change. Let's lose, hug each other and say: We are all losers. Can we love each other now?

Director John Lee Hancock presented the award, praising Duchovny's diverse talents as an actor, writer, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and director. Hancock also joked about Duchovny's rest on the seventh day, quipping that reading the list made him feel like a "total slacker." Hancock expressed excitement about filming a movie with Duchovny in Munich starting Monday.

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David is a gifted actor, writer, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and director - and on the seventh day he rested.

The festival also presented other awards. The CineMasters Award went to the drama "Von Scham und Geld" (Shame and Money), directed by Visar Morina, which explores a family's move from the countryside to the city due to financial hardship. The highest-funded prize, worth 100,000 euros, was awarded to the German co-production "Strange River," a coming-of-age story by Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart about a boy's journey along the Danube. The CineCoPro Award, sponsored by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, recognized international films with German involvement, with "A Girl Unknown" by Chinese filmmaker Jing Zou winning best international debut. In children's films, "Mein Sommer bei Nonna" (My Summer with Grandma) by Margherita Spampinato, about a boy spending the summer without internet or friends, took home an award. The audience also chose Helena Hufnagel's feel-good comedy "Lieblingsmenschen" (Favorite People), about a 101-year-old woman housing a young refugee, as the most popular German film.

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Just reading this list makes me feel like a total slacker.