The Italian film "The Clown" (original title „PA-RA-DA“) is the winner of the audience award "The Heinrich" of the 23rd Braunschweig International Film Festival. „The Clown“ by director Marco Pontecorvo is based on the life of French street clown Miloud Oukili, who traveled to Bucharest in 1992 and founded a circus project for street children. The prize money of € 10,000, sponsored by Volkswagen Financial Services AG, is equally divided between the director and a German distributor who decideds to release the film in Germany theatrically.