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German Films celebrated its 70th anniversary at Cannes on Sunday, with its guests looking back but also looking forward.
“It has gotten much better,” Managing Director Simone Baumann told Variety at the event.
“We’ve had Oscar-winning ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Oscar-nominated ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ [for best international feature], films by Wim Wenders and with Sandra Hüller! Sure, Wim showed a Japanese movie and Sandra a French one [‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’], but it doesn’t matter: It’s more ‘mixed’ these days and I am proud of it, to be honest.”
At Cannes, 14 German productions and co-productions have been selected this year, including Match Factory’s main competition offerings “Motel Destino” by Karim Aïnouz – who also attended the bash – and Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour.” Run Way Pictures is behind Mohammad Rasoulof’s anticipated “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
As festivals get “more competitive,” underlines Baumann, international collabs are here to stay.
“It has gotten much better,” Managing Director Simone Baumann told Variety at the event.
“We’ve had Oscar-winning ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Oscar-nominated ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ [for best international feature], films by Wim Wenders and with Sandra Hüller! Sure, Wim showed a Japanese movie and Sandra a French one [‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’], but it doesn’t matter: It’s more ‘mixed’ these days and I am proud of it, to be honest.”
At Cannes, 14 German productions and co-productions have been selected this year, including Match Factory’s main competition offerings “Motel Destino” by Karim Aïnouz – who also attended the bash – and Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour.” Run Way Pictures is behind Mohammad Rasoulof’s anticipated “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
As festivals get “more competitive,” underlines Baumann, international collabs are here to stay.
- 5/20/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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The final announcement will be made tomorrow (22 June).
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick as the artistic director of the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who will be the festival manager.
This person will be responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s state minister for culture and media, has long made it clear she wanted to appoint a woman...
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick as the artistic director of the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who will be the festival manager.
This person will be responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s state minister for culture and media, has long made it clear she wanted to appoint a woman...
- 6/21/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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The final announcement will be made tomorrow (22 June).
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick at the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who might be selected as the festival manager responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
According to German press reports, it is being presumed that a woman from the local film industry will be proposed to fill the post of festival manager.
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick at the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who might be selected as the festival manager responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
According to German press reports, it is being presumed that a woman from the local film industry will be proposed to fill the post of festival manager.
- 6/21/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Proposals for a new German Film Law (Ffg) have been revealed in a “discussion draft” by the State Ministry for Culture and Media (Bkm) a week ahead of a top-level film industry summit in Berlin.
According to the leaked document, the new Ffg - which would come into effect from Jan 1, 2017 - could include a reduction in the number of funding committees administered by the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) from the present six to only three (screenplay and project funding; distribution, sales and video funding; cinema funding), a fairer gender balance in the committees; and a greater professionalisation in the decision-making process by drawing on recognised industry experts.
In addition, the document’s authors suggest that there could be a change to the Ffg’s automatic “reference funding” category where films which have been successful at the German box office or at national and international festivals, can receive funding to invest in new projects.
In future...
According to the leaked document, the new Ffg - which would come into effect from Jan 1, 2017 - could include a reduction in the number of funding committees administered by the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) from the present six to only three (screenplay and project funding; distribution, sales and video funding; cinema funding), a fairer gender balance in the committees; and a greater professionalisation in the decision-making process by drawing on recognised industry experts.
In addition, the document’s authors suggest that there could be a change to the Ffg’s automatic “reference funding” category where films which have been successful at the German box office or at national and international festivals, can receive funding to invest in new projects.
In future...
- 11/11/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The European Commission’s plans for a Digital Single Market (Dsm) were high on the agenda as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) held its annual strategy meeting in Berlin for first time.
Representatives from all six studios attended the two-day meeting in the German capital.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Stan McCoy, MPAA’s Brussel-based president and MD for Emea, said: “Rhere are really two reasons why the MPAA came to Berlin this year.
“Firstly, film production between Germany and America has never been stronger. You don’t have to look any further than Homeland [fifth season shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburg region], Grand Budapest Hotel and Monuments Men to understand that.
“Secondly, the German industry has stepped up to take leadership on issues surrounding the Digital Single Market and the threat it poses to the film sector.
“The members of the MPAA are very much interested in understanding the situation that confronts the entire sector in Europe and understanding how we can be...
Representatives from all six studios attended the two-day meeting in the German capital.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Stan McCoy, MPAA’s Brussel-based president and MD for Emea, said: “Rhere are really two reasons why the MPAA came to Berlin this year.
“Firstly, film production between Germany and America has never been stronger. You don’t have to look any further than Homeland [fifth season shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburg region], Grand Budapest Hotel and Monuments Men to understand that.
“Secondly, the German industry has stepped up to take leadership on issues surrounding the Digital Single Market and the threat it poses to the film sector.
“The members of the MPAA are very much interested in understanding the situation that confronts the entire sector in Europe and understanding how we can be...
- 6/12/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Meredith Brody files Berlin Day Three: In order to maximize movie viewing during a complex festival with many venues and many programs, I utilize one festival strategy: spending the entire day in one venue, the International, a beautiful remnant of Soviet Cold War architecture on the Karl Marx Allee, whose clean Bauhaus façade and mid-century-modern undulating wood slat walls are belied by plush blue velvet curtains and a shocking gold lame undercurtain. 11 a.m.: Spur der Baren, or Trace of the Bears, a documentary by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg and Alfred Holighaus about the 60-year artistic and political history of the Berlinale, from its origins using American funds in a divided and battered city, through the Cold War and the reunification of the country. Archival footage featuring everybody ...
- 2/15/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Cologne, Germany -- Alfred Holighaus, director of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar at the Berlin International Film Festival, will step down next year to take on a new management job with the German Film Academy. Holighaus takes up his new post in January but will be on hand for the 60th Berlin Festival, which runs Feb.11-21, 2010.
Holighaus joined the Berlinale as part of a new team behind Festival director Dieter Kosslick and has been the director of the Perspektive sidebar since its debut in 2002. The section focuses on new German cinema, particularly work from film students and first-time directors.
Holighaus joined the Berlinale as part of a new team behind Festival director Dieter Kosslick and has been the director of the Perspektive sidebar since its debut in 2002. The section focuses on new German cinema, particularly work from film students and first-time directors.
- 11/13/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Berlin -- "Distance," a drama from first-timer Thomas Sieben, will open the Perspectives on German Cinema sidebar at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival.
The film, which features rising star Ken Duken as both star and co-producer, will bow Feb. 6. Duken is on set with Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglorious Bastards," in which he has a bit part.
Alfred Holighaus, head of the Perspectives sidebar, has picked five more titles for 2009: Martin Busker's comedy "Roller Coaster," the drama "Polar" from Michael Koch, Abel Lindner's "In the Blink of an Eye" and two documentaries: "Gitti" from Anna Deutsch and "Generation Undecided" from director Elmar Szucs.
The remaining films in the Perspectives section will be announced in early January.
The 59th Berlinale is set for Feb. 5-15.
The film, which features rising star Ken Duken as both star and co-producer, will bow Feb. 6. Duken is on set with Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglorious Bastards," in which he has a bit part.
Alfred Holighaus, head of the Perspectives sidebar, has picked five more titles for 2009: Martin Busker's comedy "Roller Coaster," the drama "Polar" from Michael Koch, Abel Lindner's "In the Blink of an Eye" and two documentaries: "Gitti" from Anna Deutsch and "Generation Undecided" from director Elmar Szucs.
The remaining films in the Perspectives section will be announced in early January.
The 59th Berlinale is set for Feb. 5-15.
- 12/18/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- Reality is the watchword for this year's Perspektive Deutsches Kino -- the Berlin International Film Festival's German cinema sidebar.
Fully one-third of the features picked for this year's lineup are documentaries, and even the dramas tell stories plucked straight from everyday life.
Astrid Schult's documentary "Zikus is nich" follows an eight-year-old boy from the tough East Berlin neighborhood of Hellersdorf who struggles to do his part to support his family.
Bettina Bluemner's "Prinzessinnenbad" and "Osdorf" from Maja Classen also are non-fiction pieces told from the fringes. "Prinzessinnenbad" is a look at a girl gang in Berlin's Kreuzberg district while "Osdorf" peers into the lives of young men in Hamburg with immigrant backgrounds.
"Today's youngest generation of directors is not dealing with very easy topics," section head Alfred Holighaus said. "Nevertheless, the directors of this generation find means in their films to make audiences want to deal with them."
One of two short film directors making their feature-length debut this year is Sonja Heiss, whose "Hotel Very Welcome" mixes drama with documentary footage to tell the story of young people in different countries across Asia trying to escape themselves or their own situations.
Fully one-third of the features picked for this year's lineup are documentaries, and even the dramas tell stories plucked straight from everyday life.
Astrid Schult's documentary "Zikus is nich" follows an eight-year-old boy from the tough East Berlin neighborhood of Hellersdorf who struggles to do his part to support his family.
Bettina Bluemner's "Prinzessinnenbad" and "Osdorf" from Maja Classen also are non-fiction pieces told from the fringes. "Prinzessinnenbad" is a look at a girl gang in Berlin's Kreuzberg district while "Osdorf" peers into the lives of young men in Hamburg with immigrant backgrounds.
"Today's youngest generation of directors is not dealing with very easy topics," section head Alfred Holighaus said. "Nevertheless, the directors of this generation find means in their films to make audiences want to deal with them."
One of two short film directors making their feature-length debut this year is Sonja Heiss, whose "Hotel Very Welcome" mixes drama with documentary footage to tell the story of young people in different countries across Asia trying to escape themselves or their own situations.
- 1/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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