Daniel Brühl has recalled the time he swerved a Karl Lagerfeld cover shoot two decades before playing him in the eponymous Disney+ series that airs out of competition at tonight’s Canneseries.
The BAFTA-nominated Rush star met the fashion icon in the early noughties but it has had a long lasting effect on him, and he was later to discover that this was true in the reverse.
Speaking to Deadline on the day of the Becoming Karl Lagerfeld premiere, the German-Spanish actor detailed how he was taking part in a photo shoot at the Berlinale right after announcing himself on the world stage with his critically-acclaimed performance in Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin!.
“There was this Karl Lagerfeld photo shoot and all the German actors were stood together cramped like sausages and my Spanish pride kicked in, and I just thought, ‘This is embarrassing’,” Brühl explained. “But [Lagerfeld] saw it...
The BAFTA-nominated Rush star met the fashion icon in the early noughties but it has had a long lasting effect on him, and he was later to discover that this was true in the reverse.
Speaking to Deadline on the day of the Becoming Karl Lagerfeld premiere, the German-Spanish actor detailed how he was taking part in a photo shoot at the Berlinale right after announcing himself on the world stage with his critically-acclaimed performance in Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin!.
“There was this Karl Lagerfeld photo shoot and all the German actors were stood together cramped like sausages and my Spanish pride kicked in, and I just thought, ‘This is embarrassing’,” Brühl explained. “But [Lagerfeld] saw it...
- 4/7/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s father-daughter drama Sentimental Value has received €200,000 from the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) and will shoot in Germany as well as in Norway and France later this year.
The film will reunite Trier with Renate Reinsve, the star of his Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World, and that film’s writer Eskil Vogt.
The production funding was allocated to the film’s German co-producer Komplizen Film which is producing with Norway’s Mer Film and Eye Eye Pictures, Denmark’s Zentropa, France’s Agat Films, and Mk Production.
The family drama is about two...
The film will reunite Trier with Renate Reinsve, the star of his Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World, and that film’s writer Eskil Vogt.
The production funding was allocated to the film’s German co-producer Komplizen Film which is producing with Norway’s Mer Film and Eye Eye Pictures, Denmark’s Zentropa, France’s Agat Films, and Mk Production.
The family drama is about two...
- 3/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s father-daughter drama Sentimental Value has received €200,000 from the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) and will shoot in Germany as well as in Norway and France later this year.
The film will reunite Trier with Renate Reinsve, the star of his Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World, and that film’s writer Eskil Vogt.
The production funding was allocated to the film’s German co-producer Komplizen Film which is producing with Norway’s Mer Film and Eye Eye Pictures, Denmark’s Zentropa, France’s Agat Films, and Mk Production.
The family drama is about two...
The film will reunite Trier with Renate Reinsve, the star of his Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World, and that film’s writer Eskil Vogt.
The production funding was allocated to the film’s German co-producer Komplizen Film which is producing with Norway’s Mer Film and Eye Eye Pictures, Denmark’s Zentropa, France’s Agat Films, and Mk Production.
The family drama is about two...
- 3/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
’The Light’ is one of a slate of features to receive backing from German regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
The Light, Tom Tykwer’s first film for the cinema since his 2016 German-us comedy A Hologram For The King is one of 10 feature film projects allocated almost €6m in production support by the Düsseldorf-based regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
Tykwer’s original screenplay for The Light (Das Licht) centres on a troubled family who take on a Syrian immigrant as a housekeeper. When she successfully shakes up the lives of the family she then confronts them with the dark fate of her own.
The Light, Tom Tykwer’s first film for the cinema since his 2016 German-us comedy A Hologram For The King is one of 10 feature film projects allocated almost €6m in production support by the Düsseldorf-based regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
Tykwer’s original screenplay for The Light (Das Licht) centres on a troubled family who take on a Syrian immigrant as a housekeeper. When she successfully shakes up the lives of the family she then confronts them with the dark fate of her own.
- 6/21/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Bär worked on ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ and contributed to ‘Tar’.
German casting director Simone Bär has died aged 57 in Berlin. She died on January 16, with the cause of death yet to be revealed.
Bär’s latest projects included Edward Berger’s German Netflix feature All Quiet On The Western Front – nominated for nine Oscars and 14 Baftas. She also contributed to Todd Field’s six-time Oscar nominated and five-time Bafta nominated Tar, with a location casting credit.
On the international circuit, Bär worked on Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse,...
German casting director Simone Bär has died aged 57 in Berlin. She died on January 16, with the cause of death yet to be revealed.
Bär’s latest projects included Edward Berger’s German Netflix feature All Quiet On The Western Front – nominated for nine Oscars and 14 Baftas. She also contributed to Todd Field’s six-time Oscar nominated and five-time Bafta nominated Tar, with a location casting credit.
On the international circuit, Bär worked on Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The 7th MipDrama – an industry centrepiece at Cannes MipTV trade fair – wrapped with Germany’s “House of Promises” scooping the prestigious Buyers’ Coup de Coeur award.
The romantic drama proved the clear favorite among the MipDrama audience gathered in the Debussy Theatre at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, receiving the most rapturous applause of the day following its presentation.
The 12-episode series stars Naemi Feitisch, Ludwig Simon – also seen in Amazon’s Prime Video series “Beat” – Alexander Scheer and Nina Kunzendorf, fresh off hit Viaplay Original “Furia.”
Set in Berlin, “House of Promises” explores the eventful story behind the legendary credit department store Jonass, founded in the 1920s in a building which has now become Berlin’s Soho House.
While the times are hard, marked by poverty and hardship, the protagonists of “House of Promises” still dream of a better future. Including Vicky (Feitisch), a headstrong young woman desperate to earn...
The romantic drama proved the clear favorite among the MipDrama audience gathered in the Debussy Theatre at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, receiving the most rapturous applause of the day following its presentation.
The 12-episode series stars Naemi Feitisch, Ludwig Simon – also seen in Amazon’s Prime Video series “Beat” – Alexander Scheer and Nina Kunzendorf, fresh off hit Viaplay Original “Furia.”
Set in Berlin, “House of Promises” explores the eventful story behind the legendary credit department store Jonass, founded in the 1920s in a building which has now become Berlin’s Soho House.
While the times are hard, marked by poverty and hardship, the protagonists of “House of Promises” still dream of a better future. Including Vicky (Feitisch), a headstrong young woman desperate to earn...
- 4/3/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
- 2/27/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab¬Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war
Mansky and Khamatova are signatories along with other filmmakers including Ivan Vyrypaev (Euphoria), Tofig Shahverdiev (Our Whole Life Is A Crime), and Andrey Smirnov (A Frenchman), as well as film critic Anton Dolin to an online appeal published by journalist and author Mikhail Zygar...
- 2/27/2022
- by Martin Blaney¬Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as leading independent producer Artem Vasilyev of Moscow-based Metrafilms, filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war.
“This is all wrong,” Vasilyev told Screen of his opinion of the invasion. “I know many people in the Ukrainian film community and I am shocked that the situation has developed in this way.”
Additionally,...
The number of voices within the Russian film community actively speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing daily, as leading independent producer Artem Vasilyev of Moscow-based Metrafilms, filmmakers Vitaly Mansky, Vladimir Mirzoev and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Ksenija Rappoport join the call to end the war.
“This is all wrong,” Vasilyev told Screen of his opinion of the invasion. “I know many people in the Ukrainian film community and I am shocked that the situation has developed in this way.”
Additionally,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Martin Blaney¬Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Following his directorial debut “Next Door” – which saw him poke fun at his international success as a movie star Daniel, forced to deal with a stalkerish neighbor on his way to a secret audition for a superhero movie – Daniel Brühl will be next seen in Matthew Vaughn’s spectacle “The King’s Man” as Erik Jan Hanussen, a stage clairvoyant born in 1889 and rumoured to have advised Hitler despite his Jewish origins.
The prequel to the popular “Kingsman” series, set for December release, will see history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds plotting a war to wipe out millions, as well as Rhys Ifans playing Rasputin.
“I’ve had a lot of fun with Matthew and the cast. It was a bit of a strategic choice because it’s a pivotal part. It’s not big, but I saw the potential for it to reappear later on, hopefully. That’s the...
The prequel to the popular “Kingsman” series, set for December release, will see history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds plotting a war to wipe out millions, as well as Rhys Ifans playing Rasputin.
“I’ve had a lot of fun with Matthew and the cast. It was a bit of a strategic choice because it’s a pivotal part. It’s not big, but I saw the potential for it to reappear later on, hopefully. That’s the...
- 10/3/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
In Next Door, a famous actor living in the penthouse of a renovated Altbau in Berlin––complete with his own private elevator––has his life flipped upon confronting a seemingly unassuming neighbor at his local bar. The director is Daniel Brühl, probably the most recognizable German actor to emerge since the country’s reunification and even in villainous roles a generally endearing onscreen presence. Next Door is his first feature (Brühl gets credit as director and star) and swings for the fences in its attempts to address the idiosyncratic generational, geographical class divides of his adoptive city. It doesn’t quite come off.
Brühl was born in Barcelona (his mother is Catalan) and grew up in Cologne, the furthest West of Germany’s major cities. His breakout role came in Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye Lenin!, a 2003 film by a West German director with romanticized notions of the East. The...
Brühl was born in Barcelona (his mother is Catalan) and grew up in Cologne, the furthest West of Germany’s major cities. His breakout role came in Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye Lenin!, a 2003 film by a West German director with romanticized notions of the East. The...
- 3/8/2021
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
The Criterion Channel has unveiled their March 2021 lineup, which includes no shortage of remarkable programming. Highlights from the slate include eight gems from Preston Sturges, Elaine May’s brilliant A New Leaf, a series featuring Black Westerns, Ann Hui’s Boat People, the new restoration of Ousmane Sembène’s Mandabi.
They will also add films from their Essential Fellini boxset, series on Dirk Bogarde and Nelly Kaplan, and Luchino Visconti’s The Damned and Death in Venice, and more. In terms of recent releases, there’s also Matthew Rankin’s The Twentieth Century and Claire Denis’ Let the Sunshine In.
Check out the lineup below, along with the teaser for the Black Westerns series. For weekly streaming updates across all services, bookmark this page.
The Adventurer, Charles Chaplin, 1917
Bandini, Bimal Roy, 1963
Behind the Screen, Charles Chaplin, 1916
Black Jack, Ken Loach, 1979
Black Rodeo, Jeff Kanew, 1972
Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Coen,...
They will also add films from their Essential Fellini boxset, series on Dirk Bogarde and Nelly Kaplan, and Luchino Visconti’s The Damned and Death in Venice, and more. In terms of recent releases, there’s also Matthew Rankin’s The Twentieth Century and Claire Denis’ Let the Sunshine In.
Check out the lineup below, along with the teaser for the Black Westerns series. For weekly streaming updates across all services, bookmark this page.
The Adventurer, Charles Chaplin, 1917
Bandini, Bimal Roy, 1963
Behind the Screen, Charles Chaplin, 1916
Black Jack, Ken Loach, 1979
Black Rodeo, Jeff Kanew, 1972
Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Coen,...
- 2/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
‘Next Door’ is directed by Daniel Brühl and Dan Stevens stars in ‘In Your Man’.
World sales agent Beta Cinema has swooped on international rights to Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut Next Door and Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man, which will both premiere in Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (March 1-5).
The Munich-based outfit will introduce the features to buyers at the European Film Market (EFM), which will run alongside this year’s industry-focused, online-only event.
Next Door marks the directing debut of Brühl, who also stars in the black comedy alongside Peter Kurth and Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps.
World sales agent Beta Cinema has swooped on international rights to Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut Next Door and Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man, which will both premiere in Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (March 1-5).
The Munich-based outfit will introduce the features to buyers at the European Film Market (EFM), which will run alongside this year’s industry-focused, online-only event.
Next Door marks the directing debut of Brühl, who also stars in the black comedy alongside Peter Kurth and Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps.
- 2/15/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Doordarshan movie review is here. The comedy drama is helmed by Gagan Puri and stars Mahie Gill, Manu Rishi Chaddha and Dolly Ahluwalia. The movie is released today ? February 28, 2020. Does it tickles our funny bones?. Let?s find out in the movie review of Doordarshan.
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Inspired from the 2003 Wolfgang Becker?s German classic Good Bye Lenin! Gagan Puri?s Doordarshan is the latest example of the fixation to tell stories from saadi Dilli (Delhi)/?ya toh phir?the Hindi heartland. Here Khosla Ka Ghosla meets Bareily Ki Barfi with an agenda to tell that Good Bye Lenin! story ignoring the imaginative glory, political insight and the required nostalgia.
The Story of Doordarshan
Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadha) is heading a dysfunctional family. His wife Priya (Mahie Gill) wants divorce. Son Sunny (Shardul Rana) is infatuated by his neighbor?s daughter played by Mehak Manwani.
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Inspired from the 2003 Wolfgang Becker?s German classic Good Bye Lenin! Gagan Puri?s Doordarshan is the latest example of the fixation to tell stories from saadi Dilli (Delhi)/?ya toh phir?the Hindi heartland. Here Khosla Ka Ghosla meets Bareily Ki Barfi with an agenda to tell that Good Bye Lenin! story ignoring the imaginative glory, political insight and the required nostalgia.
The Story of Doordarshan
Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadha) is heading a dysfunctional family. His wife Priya (Mahie Gill) wants divorce. Son Sunny (Shardul Rana) is infatuated by his neighbor?s daughter played by Mehak Manwani.
- 2/28/2020
- GlamSham
Following a general pattern of decline since its ‘20s golden age, over the past two decades, Germany has seen a moderate revival of its limited—and drastically underfunded—film industry. Even so, despite a greater output of movies and higher box office returns, few recent German productions achieved mainstream success. Wolfgang Becker’s ingenious tragicomedy “Good Bye, Lenin!” and Tom Tykwer’s disturbing psychological thriller “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” are two internationally-acclaimed exceptions that prove the rule.
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- 9/7/2019
- by Steven Allison
- The Playlist
She had previously worked at Senator Film, Atlas Film & Medien and her own company Mk Film Consulting.
Milada Kolberg has been appointed to the newly created position of head of acquisitions at Berlin-based distributor X Verleih, with responsibility for acquiring new projects and completed films from Germany and internationally for distribution.
Kolberg, who arrives in Locarno today (August 8) on the lookout for new titles at the festival, took up her position at X Verleih at the beginning of August.
She had previously served as head of acquisitions and sales at Senator Film, Atlas Film & Medien and, most recently, managed her own company,...
Milada Kolberg has been appointed to the newly created position of head of acquisitions at Berlin-based distributor X Verleih, with responsibility for acquiring new projects and completed films from Germany and internationally for distribution.
Kolberg, who arrives in Locarno today (August 8) on the lookout for new titles at the festival, took up her position at X Verleih at the beginning of August.
She had previously served as head of acquisitions and sales at Senator Film, Atlas Film & Medien and, most recently, managed her own company,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Aside from their Berlinale Panel on the Perspectives of Young Filmmakers, Dffb had one of the most fun parties of the festival as the school’s director Ben Gibson and the staff mingled with film students and young filmmakers from around the world.
Berlinale Panel on the perspectives of young filmmakers covered such issues as:
What are the possibilities for up-and-coming producers to establish themselves independently on the market beyond the first and second films? What are the biggest obstacles? What do the young people’s promotion strategies of the different actors do? Which changes are necessary? And last but not least: How important is the offspring for the future of the German film industry and for German film?
The panel engaged in dialogue about the current status quo and exchanged perspectives, and also developed ideas that could give young talent the opportunities to shape the industry in the future creatively.
Berlinale Panel on the perspectives of young filmmakers covered such issues as:
What are the possibilities for up-and-coming producers to establish themselves independently on the market beyond the first and second films? What are the biggest obstacles? What do the young people’s promotion strategies of the different actors do? Which changes are necessary? And last but not least: How important is the offspring for the future of the German film industry and for German film?
The panel engaged in dialogue about the current status quo and exchanged perspectives, and also developed ideas that could give young talent the opportunities to shape the industry in the future creatively.
- 2/18/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
German Film in 2017 is alive and highly visible at film festivals such as Toronto, Venice, Cannes, Berlin and all the way to the Academy Awards. The best new German, Austrian, and Swiss Cinema will once again be celebrated at the American Cinematheque, during the 11th Annual German Currents Film FestivaL from Friday, October 13th — Monday, Oct 16th, 2017 at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Over the past decade, German Currents has offered a unique insight into German speaking cinema, bringing diverse and thought-provoking narratives, and “must-watch” documentaries to Los Angeles. German Currents once again features an impressive line-up of new German cinema during the four day festival, including U.S. and L.A. premieres, documentaries and films for children and families.
German Currents 2017 begins with an opening night gala and red carpet with some of Germany’s brightest stars on Friday, Oct. 13th.
In addition to film screenings, German Currents...
Over the past decade, German Currents has offered a unique insight into German speaking cinema, bringing diverse and thought-provoking narratives, and “must-watch” documentaries to Los Angeles. German Currents once again features an impressive line-up of new German cinema during the four day festival, including U.S. and L.A. premieres, documentaries and films for children and families.
German Currents 2017 begins with an opening night gala and red carpet with some of Germany’s brightest stars on Friday, Oct. 13th.
In addition to film screenings, German Currents...
- 9/22/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
German sales and production group Beta Film (Babylon Berlin) will take a strategic stake in X Filme, the German production and distribution company behind Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas and Good Bye Lenin!
X Filme, founded in 1994 by producer Stefan Arndt and directors Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy, will be restructured to merge all production, distribution and sales operations under a single entity, X Filme Holding. Beta will become a strategic partner in X Filme Holding.
Beta teamed with X Filme on Tom Tykwer's upcoming TV series Babylon Berlin, with Beta co-financing and handling international sales on...
X Filme, founded in 1994 by producer Stefan Arndt and directors Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy, will be restructured to merge all production, distribution and sales operations under a single entity, X Filme Holding. Beta will become a strategic partner in X Filme Holding.
Beta teamed with X Filme on Tom Tykwer's upcoming TV series Babylon Berlin, with Beta co-financing and handling international sales on...
- 2/9/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Award Winning Director Wolfgang Becker (“Good Bye Lenin!”) will open the festival at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre with “Me and Kaminski” bringing outstanding German cinema and its stars to Los Angeles from October 20 to 23rd.
Full Program Line Up Announced with a selection of the best new German, Austrian and Swiss Cinema
Celebrating its 10th year, German Currents features an expanded program including screenings of ten La premieres, conversations with prolific German directors, writers and actors, as well as the return of the free family matinee film screening for local schools.
“Me and Kaminski” starring Daniel Brühl and directed by Wolfgang Becker
2016 has been a successful year for German language cinema, not only in Europe, but across the globe. Beginning on Thursday, October 20th 2016 German Currents will open this year’s 4 day festival with the red carpet event Los Angeles premiere of Wolfgang Becker’s (“Goodbye Lenin”) five-time...
Full Program Line Up Announced with a selection of the best new German, Austrian and Swiss Cinema
Celebrating its 10th year, German Currents features an expanded program including screenings of ten La premieres, conversations with prolific German directors, writers and actors, as well as the return of the free family matinee film screening for local schools.
“Me and Kaminski” starring Daniel Brühl and directed by Wolfgang Becker
2016 has been a successful year for German language cinema, not only in Europe, but across the globe. Beginning on Thursday, October 20th 2016 German Currents will open this year’s 4 day festival with the red carpet event Los Angeles premiere of Wolfgang Becker’s (“Goodbye Lenin”) five-time...
- 10/4/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Lars Kraume’s drama has nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director; Colonia, A Heavy Heart and Me & Kaminski score five nominations.
Lars Kraume’s Nazi hunter thriller The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer) is the hot ticket for this year’s German Film Awards (aka Lolas) after garnering nine nominations.
The co-production between Berlin’s zero one film and Cologne-based Terz Film attracted nods in the categories for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Lead Actor (Burghart Klaußner), and Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) as well for production design, costume design, make-up, and the film score.
Kraume’s film – which is being handled internationally by Beta Cinema - had its world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande last August where it won the Audience Award, and was named by the Best German Film of 2015 by the German Film Critics Association at their annual awards ceremony during February’s Berlinale...
Lars Kraume’s Nazi hunter thriller The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer) is the hot ticket for this year’s German Film Awards (aka Lolas) after garnering nine nominations.
The co-production between Berlin’s zero one film and Cologne-based Terz Film attracted nods in the categories for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Lead Actor (Burghart Klaußner), and Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) as well for production design, costume design, make-up, and the film score.
Kraume’s film – which is being handled internationally by Beta Cinema - had its world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande last August where it won the Audience Award, and was named by the Best German Film of 2015 by the German Film Critics Association at their annual awards ceremony during February’s Berlinale...
- 4/20/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Lars Kraume’s drama has nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director; Colonia, A Heavy Heart and Me & Kaminski score five nominations.
Lars Kraume’s Nazi hunter thriller The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer) is the hot ticket for this year’s German Film Awards (aka Lolas) after garnering nine nominations.
The co-production between Berlin’s zero one film and Cologne-based Terz Film attracted nods in the categories for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Lead Actor (Burghart Klaußner), and Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) as well for production design, costume design, make-up, and the film score.
Kraume’s film – which is being handled internationally by Beta Cinema - had its world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande last August where it won the Audience Award, and was named by the Best German Film of 2015 by the German Film Critics Association at their annual awards ceremony during February’s Berlinale...
Lars Kraume’s Nazi hunter thriller The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer) is the hot ticket for this year’s German Film Awards (aka Lolas) after garnering nine nominations.
The co-production between Berlin’s zero one film and Cologne-based Terz Film attracted nods in the categories for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Lead Actor (Burghart Klaußner), and Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) as well for production design, costume design, make-up, and the film score.
Kraume’s film – which is being handled internationally by Beta Cinema - had its world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande last August where it won the Audience Award, and was named by the Best German Film of 2015 by the German Film Critics Association at their annual awards ceremony during February’s Berlinale...
- 4/20/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
They didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015. We being with…
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Above: Putting coffee in the fridge.
With the upcoming Berlinale competition premiere of Die geliebten Schwestern (The Beloved Sisters, actually shot back in 2012), Dominik Graf remains in the festival spotlight after a big Rotterdam retrospective last year (full disclosure: programmed and accompanied by the Ferroni Brigade) introduced the work of this astonishing—and astonishingly prolific—German director to international audiences. But while his Berlin-bound Schiller epic is one of Graf's increasingly rare excursions into the theatrical terrain, his TV schedule has been as hectic as ever, with several new works lined up for release this year. Thus, somewhat shockingly, 2013 saw only a single Graf premiere: Aus der Tiefe der Zeit ("From the Depths of Time") is his third contribution for Germany's enduringly popular prime time crime show Tatort ("Crime Scene"), and confirms Graf's maddening tempo—both in its appearance and execution: The episode was shot in late spring...
With the upcoming Berlinale competition premiere of Die geliebten Schwestern (The Beloved Sisters, actually shot back in 2012), Dominik Graf remains in the festival spotlight after a big Rotterdam retrospective last year (full disclosure: programmed and accompanied by the Ferroni Brigade) introduced the work of this astonishing—and astonishingly prolific—German director to international audiences. But while his Berlin-bound Schiller epic is one of Graf's increasingly rare excursions into the theatrical terrain, his TV schedule has been as hectic as ever, with several new works lined up for release this year. Thus, somewhat shockingly, 2013 saw only a single Graf premiere: Aus der Tiefe der Zeit ("From the Depths of Time") is his third contribution for Germany's enduringly popular prime time crime show Tatort ("Crime Scene"), and confirms Graf's maddening tempo—both in its appearance and execution: The episode was shot in late spring...
- 1/28/2014
- by The Ferroni Brigade
- MUBI
Slamdance winner won the Max Ophüls Prize at the weekend, granting it a slot in the Berlinale.
Jakob Lass’ feature debut Love Steaks, this year’s winner of the Slamdance Trailer Competition Grand Prix, was awarded the prestigious Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken at the weekend.
The film, which is in the Lola nomination long list, will therefore also have a screening slot in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino on Feb 16.
Billed by the filmmakers as “the world’s first Fogma film” (with the obligatory manifesto), Love Steaks had its world premiere at Munich Filmfest last June where it won all four prizes of the Young German Cinema Support Awards.
This included for Best Screenplay, despite the film not having had any written dialogue and featuring the staff and guests at a wellness hotel on the Baltic Sea coast playing themselves alongside newcomers Lana Cooper and Franz Rogowski..
Lass’ graduation film from the University of Film...
Jakob Lass’ feature debut Love Steaks, this year’s winner of the Slamdance Trailer Competition Grand Prix, was awarded the prestigious Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken at the weekend.
The film, which is in the Lola nomination long list, will therefore also have a screening slot in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino on Feb 16.
Billed by the filmmakers as “the world’s first Fogma film” (with the obligatory manifesto), Love Steaks had its world premiere at Munich Filmfest last June where it won all four prizes of the Young German Cinema Support Awards.
This included for Best Screenplay, despite the film not having had any written dialogue and featuring the staff and guests at a wellness hotel on the Baltic Sea coast playing themselves alongside newcomers Lana Cooper and Franz Rogowski..
Lass’ graduation film from the University of Film...
- 1/27/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 19 Dec 2013 - 06:30
Our journey through the lesser-known films of the 2000s continues. This week, it's 2003...
It was the year that Arnold Schwarzenegger went from Terminator actor to Governor of California, and when The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King dominated the global box office with a gross of more than $1bn. 2003 was also the year the Wachowskis' Matrix trilogy thundered to a close, the year Freddy Krueger clashed with Jason Voorhees in, er, Freddy Vs Jason, and the year Pixar scored another hit with Finding Nemo.
But as you've probably gathered by now, 2003 was also a year of quite brilliant, less lucrative films. The movies we've included in this week's list were chosen for a variety of reasons - some were ignored in cinemas, while others were harshly treated by critics. Some were modestly popular or given awards on release,...
Our journey through the lesser-known films of the 2000s continues. This week, it's 2003...
It was the year that Arnold Schwarzenegger went from Terminator actor to Governor of California, and when The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King dominated the global box office with a gross of more than $1bn. 2003 was also the year the Wachowskis' Matrix trilogy thundered to a close, the year Freddy Krueger clashed with Jason Voorhees in, er, Freddy Vs Jason, and the year Pixar scored another hit with Finding Nemo.
But as you've probably gathered by now, 2003 was also a year of quite brilliant, less lucrative films. The movies we've included in this week's list were chosen for a variety of reasons - some were ignored in cinemas, while others were harshly treated by critics. Some were modestly popular or given awards on release,...
- 12/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Ten films get €2m ($2.7m), including projects from Wolfgang Becker, Kathrine Windfeld.
Amounts per project vary between € 50,000 ($68,760) and € 400,000 ($550,080).
Among the projects are films from Wolfgang Becker, writer-director of Good Bye Lenin, and Kathrine Windfeld, director of Hamilton: In the Interests of a Nation and TV series including The Bridge, The Killing and Wallander.
Becker’s drama Me and Kamiski, starring Daniel Bruhl, Denis Lavant, Jesper Christensen, Karlo Marcovics, Geraldine Chaplin and Amira Casar, is currently in post-production.
Lars Mikkelsen stars alongside Flemish actors Veerle Baetens, Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters and Hilde Van Mieghem in Windfeld’s new European police series The Team.
The 10 projects to receive Screen Flanders support are:
• Another Day of Life
Dir: Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow; Main prod: Platige Images (Pl); Belgian co-prod: Walking The Dog; documentary
• Archibelge!
Dir: Sofie Benoot & Gilles Coton; Main/Belgian prod: Off World; documentary
• Deadline 25/5
Dir: Maarten Moerkerke; Main/Belgian prod: Menuet; fiction
• Dimitri
Dir: Agnès...
Amounts per project vary between € 50,000 ($68,760) and € 400,000 ($550,080).
Among the projects are films from Wolfgang Becker, writer-director of Good Bye Lenin, and Kathrine Windfeld, director of Hamilton: In the Interests of a Nation and TV series including The Bridge, The Killing and Wallander.
Becker’s drama Me and Kamiski, starring Daniel Bruhl, Denis Lavant, Jesper Christensen, Karlo Marcovics, Geraldine Chaplin and Amira Casar, is currently in post-production.
Lars Mikkelsen stars alongside Flemish actors Veerle Baetens, Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters and Hilde Van Mieghem in Windfeld’s new European police series The Team.
The 10 projects to receive Screen Flanders support are:
• Another Day of Life
Dir: Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow; Main prod: Platige Images (Pl); Belgian co-prod: Walking The Dog; documentary
• Archibelge!
Dir: Sofie Benoot & Gilles Coton; Main/Belgian prod: Off World; documentary
• Deadline 25/5
Dir: Maarten Moerkerke; Main/Belgian prod: Menuet; fiction
• Dimitri
Dir: Agnès...
- 11/27/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Screen Flanders has backed ten projects to the tune of €2m ($2.7m).
Amounts per project vary between € 50,000 ($68,760) and € 400,000 ($550,080) per project.
The 10 projects that receive Screen Flanders support are:
• Another Day of Life
Dir: Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow; Main prod: Platige Images (Pl); Belgian co-prod: Walking The Dog; documentary
• Archibelge!
Dir: Sofie Benoot & Gilles Coton; Main/Belgian prod: Off World; documentary
• Deadline 25/5
Dir: Maarten Moerkerke; Main/Belgian prod: Menuet; fiction
• Dimitri
Dir: Agnès Lecreux, Fabien Drouet, Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul; Main prod: Vivement Lundi ! (Fr); Belgian co-prod: Beast Productions; animation
• La Tierra Roja
Dir: Martinez Vignatti Diego; Main prod: Entre Chien et Loup (Be); Flemish co-prod: A Private View; fiction
• Me & Kaminski
Dir: Wolfgang Becker; Main prod: X Filme Creative Pool (De); Belgian co-prod: Potemkino; fiction
• Michiel de Ruyter
Dir: Roel Reiné; Main prod: Farmhouse TV & Film (Nl); Belgian co-prod: Ciné Cri de Coeur; fiction
• Onder het hart
Dir: Nicole Van Kilsdonk; Main prod: Waterland...
Amounts per project vary between € 50,000 ($68,760) and € 400,000 ($550,080) per project.
The 10 projects that receive Screen Flanders support are:
• Another Day of Life
Dir: Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow; Main prod: Platige Images (Pl); Belgian co-prod: Walking The Dog; documentary
• Archibelge!
Dir: Sofie Benoot & Gilles Coton; Main/Belgian prod: Off World; documentary
• Deadline 25/5
Dir: Maarten Moerkerke; Main/Belgian prod: Menuet; fiction
• Dimitri
Dir: Agnès Lecreux, Fabien Drouet, Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul; Main prod: Vivement Lundi ! (Fr); Belgian co-prod: Beast Productions; animation
• La Tierra Roja
Dir: Martinez Vignatti Diego; Main prod: Entre Chien et Loup (Be); Flemish co-prod: A Private View; fiction
• Me & Kaminski
Dir: Wolfgang Becker; Main prod: X Filme Creative Pool (De); Belgian co-prod: Potemkino; fiction
• Michiel de Ruyter
Dir: Roel Reiné; Main prod: Farmhouse TV & Film (Nl); Belgian co-prod: Ciné Cri de Coeur; fiction
• Onder het hart
Dir: Nicole Van Kilsdonk; Main prod: Waterland...
- 11/27/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German director Tom Tykwer is to direct his first TV series, Babylon Berlin, as an internationally financed, German-language production.
The 12-part series is based on a series of books by German writer Volker Kutscher and centre on the figure of Inspector Gereon Rath who hails from Cologne and arrives in the Berlin of 1920s, the epicentre of politicial and social changes of those years.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, series producer Stefan Arndt of Berlin production powerhouse X Filme Creative Pool explained that Tykwer is working with screenwriters Achim von Borries (4 Tage im Mai) and Hendrik Handloegten (Fenster zum Sommer) on the adaptation of Kutscher’s novels for the small screen.
Last year, X Filme acquired the rights to the four existing Gereon Rath novels and any future books in the books series from publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch against rival bids from other production houses.
Two of the novels - The Wet Fish and The Silent Death - have...
The 12-part series is based on a series of books by German writer Volker Kutscher and centre on the figure of Inspector Gereon Rath who hails from Cologne and arrives in the Berlin of 1920s, the epicentre of politicial and social changes of those years.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, series producer Stefan Arndt of Berlin production powerhouse X Filme Creative Pool explained that Tykwer is working with screenwriters Achim von Borries (4 Tage im Mai) and Hendrik Handloegten (Fenster zum Sommer) on the adaptation of Kutscher’s novels for the small screen.
Last year, X Filme acquired the rights to the four existing Gereon Rath novels and any future books in the books series from publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch against rival bids from other production houses.
Two of the novels - The Wet Fish and The Silent Death - have...
- 10/22/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Possibly having gotten its inspiration from the U.S.-based Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca; the critics group that hands out the Critics Choice Awards) or, just as possibly, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA; the organization that hands out the Golden Globes), the European Film Academy has added a new category to its European Film Awards roster: European Comedy. As per a press release, the new category was decided by Efa's board at its latest meeting in Berlin to “pay tribute to a genre which has proven that it is able to unite and entertain audiences across Europe and beyond.” (Pictured above: Daniel Brühl in Wolfgang Becker's 2003 comedy Good Bye, Lenin!, winner of that year's Best Film trophy.) The release adds that this year's three nominations for in the new category "will be decided by a special committee," while the eventual winner "will be voted for by the...
- 4/23/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In 1979, Adrienne Mancia together with Larry Kardish curated the first program of Kino!, new German cinema at New York's Museum of Modern Art. For 34 consecutive years, Larry Kardish, distinguished Senior Film Curator at MoMA, presented work by celebrated international filmmakers including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Rosa von Praunheim, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Wolf Gremm, Wolfgang Becker, Doris Dörrie, Andreas Dresen, to Christian Petzold, and many others to enthusiastic audiences.
For 2013, Kino! continues, now organised by Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, MoMA, with Nicole Kaufmann, Project Co-ordinator, German Films Service + Marketing (Munich) and its New York representative, Oliver Mahrdt (read our interviews with them, here).
Here is the 35th edition lineup of reinvention with filmmakers Stephan Lacant, Nico Sommer, Laura Mahlberg, Andreas Bolm, and Jan Ole Gerstner in attendance to present their work and participate in Q&As.
Free...
For 2013, Kino! continues, now organised by Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, MoMA, with Nicole Kaufmann, Project Co-ordinator, German Films Service + Marketing (Munich) and its New York representative, Oliver Mahrdt (read our interviews with them, here).
Here is the 35th edition lineup of reinvention with filmmakers Stephan Lacant, Nico Sommer, Laura Mahlberg, Andreas Bolm, and Jan Ole Gerstner in attendance to present their work and participate in Q&As.
Free...
- 4/12/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Berlin International Film Festival is celebrating its opening today, on February 7, 2013 at 7.30 pm. After a few words of greeting from Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann and Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit, the Festival will be officially opened by Jury President Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong, China) and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. The International Jury – whose other members are Susanne Bier (Denmark), Andreas Dresen (Germany), Ellen Kuras (USA), Shirin Neshat (Iran), Tim Robbins (USA) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece) – will also be introduced during the gala. Anke Engelke will again host the evening. This year’s music will be provided by Ulrich Tukur & Die Rhythmus Boys. 3sat will be broadcasting the opening live. Ziyi Zhang in Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster) by Wong Kar Wai Following the gala, Wong Kar Wai’s epic martial-arts drama The Grandmaster will have its international premiere. The director and his leading actors,...
- 2/7/2013
- by hnblog@hollywoodnews.com (Hollywood News Team)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Of all directors working in Germany today, Christian Petzold has the surest hand and, while, after just one viewing, it's too early to stake a claim for Barbara as his best film yet, it is, in many ways, a culmination of his stylistic progression towards a classic yet vividly contemporary cinematic language. Referencing influences in interviews — like many directors who can afford the time, Petzold likes to screen films for his cast in the weeks of rehearsal before shooting begins — he's been citing quite a few of late from both Golden Age and New Hollywood. The ghost of Marnie moves through Yella (2007) in the way a camera follows a woman up a set of stairs. Jerichow (2008) transposes The Postman Always Rings Twice from the oppressive shadows of film noir to a sun-drenched summer in present-day Germany. Of the three films that comprise Dreileben (2011), Petzold's Beats Being Dead is the one...
- 2/13/2012
- MUBI
The European Union's Media Program is celebrating its 20th anniversary by presenting Europe Loves Cinema, a series of 20 films, in theaters all across the UK through November. Since 1991, Media has invested over €1.7 billion in European audiovisual entertainment — in fact, half of the European films in cinemas are shown with Media support.
The smart selection for this series reads something like a roster of Europe's greatest hits of the past 20 years. You've got your award-winners in Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Palme d'Or), for example, or Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (Oscar), Juan José Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes (Oscar) and Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (European Film Award). Haneke's Caché is also in the lineup.
Old masters are represented, such as Roman Polanski (Oliver Twist) and Ken Loach (Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley), as are relative newcomers,...
The smart selection for this series reads something like a roster of Europe's greatest hits of the past 20 years. You've got your award-winners in Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Palme d'Or), for example, or Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (Oscar), Juan José Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes (Oscar) and Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (European Film Award). Haneke's Caché is also in the lineup.
Old masters are represented, such as Roman Polanski (Oliver Twist) and Ken Loach (Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley), as are relative newcomers,...
- 9/20/2011
- MUBI
Berlin has been the backdrop – and even the star – in movies from cold war spy thrillers to dramas about the collapse of East Germany. Andrew Pulver picks the top 10 films set in the city
• As featured in our Berlin city guide
People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), Curt and Robert Siodmak, 1930
Silent cinema flourished in Germany during the Weimar years, and Berlin was immortalised in two particularly brilliant impressionist tributes: Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, and People on Sunday, which aimed to create a patchwork of ordinary Berliners' lives. This film, with its cast of non-professional actors and hidden camera, gets the pick – partly because of its extraordinary writing and directing credit roll. Virtually everyone – including Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann and Robert Siodmak – went on to make a name for themselves in Hollywood, after being forced out of Germany during the Nazi era.
• Bahnhof Zoo; Nikolassee
The Bourne Supremacy,...
• As featured in our Berlin city guide
People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), Curt and Robert Siodmak, 1930
Silent cinema flourished in Germany during the Weimar years, and Berlin was immortalised in two particularly brilliant impressionist tributes: Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, and People on Sunday, which aimed to create a patchwork of ordinary Berliners' lives. This film, with its cast of non-professional actors and hidden camera, gets the pick – partly because of its extraordinary writing and directing credit roll. Virtually everyone – including Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann and Robert Siodmak – went on to make a name for themselves in Hollywood, after being forced out of Germany during the Nazi era.
• Bahnhof Zoo; Nikolassee
The Bourne Supremacy,...
- 8/17/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Cologne, Germany -- Isabel Kleefeld's adaptation of "Ruhm" (Fame) from best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann ("Measuring the World") received €1.28 ($1.72 million) million in production financing from regional film subsidy body Filmstiftung Nrw.
The novel, one of the top ten bestsellers in Germany last year, is a series of nine interconnected stories about people taking on new identities. "Ruhm" is set to begin shooting this September as a co-production between Germany's Little Shark Entertainment, Austria's Dor Film and Switzerland's Hugofilm. The large ensemble cast includes German actors Heino Ferch and Senta Berger.
Another Kehlmann project is currently in development: the drama "Me and Kaminski," which Wolfgang Becker ("Good Bye, Lenin!") will direct with Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds") to star.
The novel, one of the top ten bestsellers in Germany last year, is a series of nine interconnected stories about people taking on new identities. "Ruhm" is set to begin shooting this September as a co-production between Germany's Little Shark Entertainment, Austria's Dor Film and Switzerland's Hugofilm. The large ensemble cast includes German actors Heino Ferch and Senta Berger.
Another Kehlmann project is currently in development: the drama "Me and Kaminski," which Wolfgang Becker ("Good Bye, Lenin!") will direct with Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds") to star.
- 4/19/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Tom Tykwer's menage a trois drama "Drei" (Three) and new adaptations of Franz Kafka and Daniel Kehlmann were among the projects backed in the latest round of funding by regional subsidy body Filmstifftung Nrw.
The Nrw film board signed a €400,000 ($600,000) check for Tykwer's latest -- the director's first German-language film since "The Princess and the Warrior" (2000). The drama, starring Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper focuses on a 40-something couple in Berlin who, separately, fall in love with the same man. "Drei" has already secured around $1 million in subsidies from the Berlin-Brandenburg Medienboard and some $750,000 from federal film board the Ffa.
Jochen Alexander Freydank, an Oscar winner for his 2007 short "Toyland," picked up €225,000 ($336,000) in backing from Nrw towards his feature debut, an adaptation of the unfinished Kafka short story "The Burrow." The drama, which follows a mole-like man who has shut himself off from the outside world,...
The Nrw film board signed a €400,000 ($600,000) check for Tykwer's latest -- the director's first German-language film since "The Princess and the Warrior" (2000). The drama, starring Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper focuses on a 40-something couple in Berlin who, separately, fall in love with the same man. "Drei" has already secured around $1 million in subsidies from the Berlin-Brandenburg Medienboard and some $750,000 from federal film board the Ffa.
Jochen Alexander Freydank, an Oscar winner for his 2007 short "Toyland," picked up €225,000 ($336,000) in backing from Nrw towards his feature debut, an adaptation of the unfinished Kafka short story "The Burrow." The drama, which follows a mole-like man who has shut himself off from the outside world,...
- 11/24/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Berlin's Cinema for Peace charity group will honor former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev at a dinner Nov. 8, the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The event will include a screening of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy "Goodbye, Lenin!" which looks at the events of the fall of the wall and German reunification. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the Raisa Gorbachev Memorial Institute, a cancer-fighting Ngo set up in honor of the president's late wife, who died of leukemia in 1999.
Cinema for Peace is best known for its annual celebrity charity dinner, held during the Berlin Film Festival, where it honors political-activist cinema. Next year's event will focus on Africa, tensions in Iran and the plight of refuges worldwide.
The event will include a screening of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy "Goodbye, Lenin!" which looks at the events of the fall of the wall and German reunification. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the Raisa Gorbachev Memorial Institute, a cancer-fighting Ngo set up in honor of the president's late wife, who died of leukemia in 1999.
Cinema for Peace is best known for its annual celebrity charity dinner, held during the Berlin Film Festival, where it honors political-activist cinema. Next year's event will focus on Africa, tensions in Iran and the plight of refuges worldwide.
- 10/12/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a brief respite, we're back with Part 3 of tMF's Top 50 Essential Foreign Films. This time the spotlight is on German cinema.
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- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
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- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
After a brief respite, we're back with Part 3 of tMF's Top 50 Essential Foreign Films. This time the spotlight is on German cinema.
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- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- - -
- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
After a brief respite, we're back with Part 3 of tMF's Top 50 Essential Foreign Films. This time the spotlight is on German cinema.
- - -
- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- - -
- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
After a brief respite, we're back with Part 3 of tMF's Top 50 Essential Foreign Films. This time the spotlight is on German cinema.
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- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
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- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
After a brief respite, we're back with Part 3 of tMF's Top 50 Essential Foreign Films. This time the spotlight is on German cinema.
- - -
- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- - -
- - - As in Part 1 - French cinema and Part 2 - Movies from the UK, the scope remains the same:
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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1. Das Experiment - 2001 - Featuring the amazing performance of Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, from the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel.
About the Movie: Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Cologne, Germany -- X Verleih, the distribution arm of Berlin boutique production house X Filme Creative Pool ("The White Ribbon," "The Countess") has launched a series of films under the label "Neue Heimat" (New Homeland) that look at the political and social condition in Germany.
The series kicks off Oct. 22 with documentary expose "Schwarz auf Weiss" (Black on White), from famed undercover journalist Gunter Wallraff. On Nov. 5, X Verleih will bow Christian Klandt's "Heimatfilm." The drama, based on real-life events, looks at youths in a small German town who, frustrated and bored, beat a homeless man to death.
The political consciousness of X Filme principals -- directors Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker -- was last on display in the omnibus production "Germany 09," which premiered at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
The series kicks off Oct. 22 with documentary expose "Schwarz auf Weiss" (Black on White), from famed undercover journalist Gunter Wallraff. On Nov. 5, X Verleih will bow Christian Klandt's "Heimatfilm." The drama, based on real-life events, looks at youths in a small German town who, frustrated and bored, beat a homeless man to death.
The political consciousness of X Filme principals -- directors Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker -- was last on display in the omnibus production "Germany 09," which premiered at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
- 9/16/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The European Film Academy has opened public voting for the People's Choice Award. The film organization will be opening the voting poll, wherein film fans can cast their vote for their favorite film presented this year.
Starting September 1, people who will vote on the official website, PeoplesChoiceAward.org, will get a chance to attend the 22nd European Film Awards on December 12 in Germany's Ruhr Metropolis.
Movies that won in the past included Pedro Almodovar's "Volver," Roberto Benigni's "La Vita e Bella," Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelie," Peter Cattaneo's "The Full Monty," and Wolfgang Becker's "Good Bye, Lenin!"
The nominated films for this year are:...
Starting September 1, people who will vote on the official website, PeoplesChoiceAward.org, will get a chance to attend the 22nd European Film Awards on December 12 in Germany's Ruhr Metropolis.
Movies that won in the past included Pedro Almodovar's "Volver," Roberto Benigni's "La Vita e Bella," Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelie," Peter Cattaneo's "The Full Monty," and Wolfgang Becker's "Good Bye, Lenin!"
The nominated films for this year are:...
- 8/31/2009
- icelebz.com
There seems to be something about me that makes film-makers and the audience look at me and see a romantic. My friends, my girlfriend and my parents on the other hand know only too well that I can be a complete arsehole. But for some reason no one wants to see me like that in front of the camera.
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
- 8/20/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There seems to be something about me that makes film-makers and the audience look at me and see a romantic. My friends, my girlfriend and my parents on the other hand know only too well that I can be a complete arsehole. But for some reason no one wants to see me like that in front of the camera.
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
- 8/20/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There seems to be something about me that makes film-makers and the audience look at me and see a romantic. My friends, my girlfriend and my parents on the other hand know only too well that I can be a complete arsehole. But for some reason no one wants to see me like that in front of the camera.
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
- 8/20/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There seems to be something about me that makes film-makers and the audience look at me and see a romantic. My friends, my girlfriend and my parents on the other hand know only too well that I can be a complete arsehole. But for some reason no one wants to see me like that in front of the camera.
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
That's from a profile written for the award-winning German actor Daniel Brühl where the actor himself pointed out why he always get to play the romantic, leading man and never the 'basterd asshole' villain. - - -
- - - But is Brühl limiting himself in European cinema? In playing only meaty lead roles? Apparently not. In fact, the German actor is just looking for the right role to play. After such acclaimed films as Goodbye Lenin!, The Edukators and Salvador, this is definitely one of Brühl's most challenging roles and...
- 8/20/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
In Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Daniel Brühl plays a Nazi war hero who's become a huge German movie star, and while the role of an S.S. soldier might be foreign to Brühl (in fact, he objected to and then declined the obligatory military service asked of every German adult), playing a movie star surely isn't. In reality, Brühl is one of Europe's hottest actors, a position he cemented with his leading role in 2003's wondrous Good Bye Lenin! Since then, Brühl's become a fixture in both German and Spanish cinema, and though he's acted in English language films (including a small role in The Bourne Ultimatum), the romantic Nazi he plays in Basterds is likely to augur his American coming-out party.
I talked to the 31-year-old actor about his eccentric Basterds audition, the reaction to the film in Germany, and his upcoming reunion with Lenin director Wolfgang Becker.
I talked to the 31-year-old actor about his eccentric Basterds audition, the reaction to the film in Germany, and his upcoming reunion with Lenin director Wolfgang Becker.
- 8/10/2009
- Movieline
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