More than 800 film industry professionals in Germany and Austria have signed an open letter opposing antisemitism, with the number of signatories continuing to grow.
The signatories include a wide range of directors, writers, producers and other film industry professionals. Those signing the letter include directors Caroline Link, whose “Nowhere in Africa” won an Oscar; Stefan Ruzowitzky, whose “The Counterfeiters” also won an Oscar; and Marie Kreutzer, whose “Corsage” won a prize at Cannes (all pictured above). Further directors include Julia von Heinz, Kilian Riedhof, Dominik Graf, David Wnendt, Dani Levy and Doris Dörrie.
Others signing the letter include European Film Academy director Matthijs Wouter Knol, “Resident Evil” producer Martin Moszkowicz, producers Oliver Berben and Fabian Gasmia, and Jürgen Prochnow, an actor best known for the Oscar-nominated “Das Boot.”
The letter was originally published on Nov. 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht in 1938, when the Nazis in Germany attacked Jewish people and property.
The signatories include a wide range of directors, writers, producers and other film industry professionals. Those signing the letter include directors Caroline Link, whose “Nowhere in Africa” won an Oscar; Stefan Ruzowitzky, whose “The Counterfeiters” also won an Oscar; and Marie Kreutzer, whose “Corsage” won a prize at Cannes (all pictured above). Further directors include Julia von Heinz, Kilian Riedhof, Dominik Graf, David Wnendt, Dani Levy and Doris Dörrie.
Others signing the letter include European Film Academy director Matthijs Wouter Knol, “Resident Evil” producer Martin Moszkowicz, producers Oliver Berben and Fabian Gasmia, and Jürgen Prochnow, an actor best known for the Oscar-nominated “Das Boot.”
The letter was originally published on Nov. 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht in 1938, when the Nazis in Germany attacked Jewish people and property.
- 11/15/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Distributing films by Todd Haynes, Guy Maddin, Abbas Kiarostami, Laura Poitras, Olivier Assayas, and even Jacques Demy, Zeitgeist Film has been one of the most vital caretakers of independent and international cinema in the last few decades. Founded in New York City in 1988 by Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo, they will now get a well-deserved celebration at NYC’s Metrograph beginning this Friday, November 3, with the series Zeitgeist Films at 35, and we’re pleased to exclusively debut the trailer.
Along with Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep, Todd Haynes’ Poison, Derek Jarman’s The Garden, Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry, Atom Egoyan’s Speaking Parts, and Jacques Demy’s Umbrellas of Cherbourg (released in a new restoration by Zeitgeist in 1996), the series features premieres of new 4K remasters of Guy Maddin’s Archangel and Marc Rothemund’s Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, plus an exclusive series closing night Member Preview of...
Along with Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep, Todd Haynes’ Poison, Derek Jarman’s The Garden, Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry, Atom Egoyan’s Speaking Parts, and Jacques Demy’s Umbrellas of Cherbourg (released in a new restoration by Zeitgeist in 1996), the series features premieres of new 4K remasters of Guy Maddin’s Archangel and Marc Rothemund’s Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, plus an exclusive series closing night Member Preview of...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Germany’s impressive crop of crime drama, mystery, suspense, apocalyptic catastrophe, royal intrigue and tales of the supernatural is certain to attract buyers at this year’s MipTV in Cannes.
The selections of series, TV movies and unscripted shows offer a wide range of content but also remain heavy on crime — a favorite German genre.
Among the new offerings is Beta Film’s fact-based title “I am Scrooge.” Produced by Zeitsprung Pictures, the Cologne-based company behind the hit Netflix spy thriller “Kleo,” “I am Scrooge” chronicles the true story of Arno Funke, a frustrated artist who found fame as a bombmaking extortionist in the early 1990s.
Identifying himself as Dagobert Duck — the German name for the Disney character Scrooge McDuck — Funke targeted some of Germany’s biggest department stores, beginning with Berlin’s KaDeWe in 1988, while continually outwitting police and even becoming a local folk hero. The six-part series stars Friedrich Mücke,...
The selections of series, TV movies and unscripted shows offer a wide range of content but also remain heavy on crime — a favorite German genre.
Among the new offerings is Beta Film’s fact-based title “I am Scrooge.” Produced by Zeitsprung Pictures, the Cologne-based company behind the hit Netflix spy thriller “Kleo,” “I am Scrooge” chronicles the true story of Arno Funke, a frustrated artist who found fame as a bombmaking extortionist in the early 1990s.
Identifying himself as Dagobert Duck — the German name for the Disney character Scrooge McDuck — Funke targeted some of Germany’s biggest department stores, beginning with Berlin’s KaDeWe in 1988, while continually outwitting police and even becoming a local folk hero. The six-part series stars Friedrich Mücke,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with complete list of winners: A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture tonight at the 95th annual Oscars.
The Daniels — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert — also won the Best Director and Original Screenplay Oscars for Everything Everywhere All at Once, which topped all films with seven trophies after coming into the ceremony with a leading 11 nominations. They are only the third duo to win Best Director, following Joel and Ethan Coen for 2008’s No Country for Old Men and Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1962 for West Side Story.
Related: Best Picture Oscar Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery
Everything Everywhere’s Oscar haul comes after it pulled off a clean sweep of the four biggest guild awards: PGA, DGA, SAG and WGA. It also had major wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Golden Globes and Spirit Awards.
Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front took home four Oscars,...
The Daniels — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert — also won the Best Director and Original Screenplay Oscars for Everything Everywhere All at Once, which topped all films with seven trophies after coming into the ceremony with a leading 11 nominations. They are only the third duo to win Best Director, following Joel and Ethan Coen for 2008’s No Country for Old Men and Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1962 for West Side Story.
Related: Best Picture Oscar Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery
Everything Everywhere’s Oscar haul comes after it pulled off a clean sweep of the four biggest guild awards: PGA, DGA, SAG and WGA. It also had major wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Golden Globes and Spirit Awards.
Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front took home four Oscars,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Edward Berger’s antiwar epic All Quiet on the Western Front has won the Oscar for best international feature for Germany at the 2023 Oscars.
The drama, the first German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel, was the frontrunner in the category after the film picked up nine Oscar nominations, including for best picture.
Lewis Milestone’s 1930 adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front was also an Oscar champ, winning Academy Awards for best picture and best director.
When taking the stage, Berger gave credit to the “many new friends” he made while working on the film including the cinematographer, costume designer, the hair and makeup designer and the production designer. “I owe everything to you and the rest of my crew,” he said.
He later mentioned how he recently connected with Tár cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister: “We’re from the same town … we made our...
The drama, the first German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel, was the frontrunner in the category after the film picked up nine Oscar nominations, including for best picture.
Lewis Milestone’s 1930 adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front was also an Oscar champ, winning Academy Awards for best picture and best director.
When taking the stage, Berger gave credit to the “many new friends” he made while working on the film including the cinematographer, costume designer, the hair and makeup designer and the production designer. “I owe everything to you and the rest of my crew,” he said.
He later mentioned how he recently connected with Tár cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister: “We’re from the same town … we made our...
- 3/13/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leading German producer and distributor is prepping an ambitious 2023 slate.
One of Germany’s leading production and distribution companies, Constantin Film is delivering one of its “most ambitious” slates of films and series this year, according to executive chairman Martin Moszkowicz.
They include Berlinale gala screening Sun And Concrete (Sonne Und Beton), directed by David Wnendt, which Constantin co-producers and distributes, and Paul W.S. Anderson’s fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands, starring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista. Hagen, a big budget feature and six-part series based on the epic German Nibelungen saga, has also started shooting, and Constantin is...
One of Germany’s leading production and distribution companies, Constantin Film is delivering one of its “most ambitious” slates of films and series this year, according to executive chairman Martin Moszkowicz.
They include Berlinale gala screening Sun And Concrete (Sonne Und Beton), directed by David Wnendt, which Constantin co-producers and distributes, and Paul W.S. Anderson’s fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands, starring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista. Hagen, a big budget feature and six-part series based on the epic German Nibelungen saga, has also started shooting, and Constantin is...
- 2/14/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Germany’s anti-war epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 classic World War I novel made a lot of noise at the 95th annual Oscar nominations January 24th. The Netflix production earned nine nominations just two behind the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and tying with “The Banshees of Inisherin.”
The Oscar nominations for “All Quiet” come a week after the war drama dominated the BAFTA nominations earning 14. Only two other foreign language films have earned more Oscar nominations: both Ang Lee’s exhilarating “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” from 2000 and 2018’s “Roma” received 10 nominations with “Tiger” winning four Academy Awards while “Roma” picked up three including Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron.
As predicted, “All Quiet” was nominated for Best International Feature, and it has made history by becoming the first German-language movie to be nominated for Best Picture. Its nine nominations topped the six...
The Oscar nominations for “All Quiet” come a week after the war drama dominated the BAFTA nominations earning 14. Only two other foreign language films have earned more Oscar nominations: both Ang Lee’s exhilarating “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” from 2000 and 2018’s “Roma” received 10 nominations with “Tiger” winning four Academy Awards while “Roma” picked up three including Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron.
As predicted, “All Quiet” was nominated for Best International Feature, and it has made history by becoming the first German-language movie to be nominated for Best Picture. Its nine nominations topped the six...
- 1/24/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
In-person convention returns to Las Vegas from April 25-28.
Constantin Film chairman and producer Martin Moszkowicz will receive the CinemaCon 2022 Career Achievement in Film Award at International Day Luncheon on April 25.
Moszkowicz’s producer, executive producer and co-producer credits include Downfall, Nowhere In Africa, the Resident Evil and Fack Ju Goehte franchises, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Pope Joan and more recently Welcome To Raccoon City, Der Nachname and Liebesdings.
CinemaCon is scheduled to run as an in-person event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from April 25-28.
Moszkowicz oversees Constantin’s film business including worldwide production and distribution,...
Constantin Film chairman and producer Martin Moszkowicz will receive the CinemaCon 2022 Career Achievement in Film Award at International Day Luncheon on April 25.
Moszkowicz’s producer, executive producer and co-producer credits include Downfall, Nowhere In Africa, the Resident Evil and Fack Ju Goehte franchises, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Pope Joan and more recently Welcome To Raccoon City, Der Nachname and Liebesdings.
CinemaCon is scheduled to run as an in-person event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from April 25-28.
Moszkowicz oversees Constantin’s film business including worldwide production and distribution,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Rarely one finds a friend on the Criterion Channel—discounting the parasitic relationship we form with filmmakers, I mean—but it’s great seeing their March lineup give light to Sophy Romvari, the <bias>exceptionally talented</bias> filmmaker and curator whose work has perhaps earned comparisons to Agnès Varda and Chantal Akerman but charts its own path of history and reflection. It’s a good way to lead into an exceptionally strong month, featuring as it does numerous films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the great Japanese documentarian Kazuo Hara, newfound cult classic Arrebato, and a number of Criterion editions.
On the last front we have The Age of Innocence, Bull Durham, A Raisin in the Sun, The Celebration, Merrily We Go to Hell, and Design for Living. There’s always something lingering on the watchlist, but it might have to wait a second longer—March is an opened floodgate.
See the full...
On the last front we have The Age of Innocence, Bull Durham, A Raisin in the Sun, The Celebration, Merrily We Go to Hell, and Design for Living. There’s always something lingering on the watchlist, but it might have to wait a second longer—March is an opened floodgate.
See the full...
- 2/21/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has partnered with film distribution company Kino Lorber to present a new film series titled “AWFJ Presents.”
Curated by esteemed female film journalists and critics under the new “AWFJ Presents” banner on Kino Lorber’s digital platform KinoMarquee, the inaugural selections include six exceptionally entertaining and relevant films by women directors.
Jennifer Merin, AWFJ president, said, “The alliance is very proud to partner with Kino Lorber for our inaugural ‘AWFJ Presents’ series to highlight some truly outstanding films by some of the world’s finest women directors. The films tell stories that are true to women’s experiences and represent women’s perspectives, but have universal appeal. We are also beyond appreciative of their enthusiasm and generosity regarding this partnership.”
Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell, added, “It is as important to increase the number and presence of female film critics as it is...
Curated by esteemed female film journalists and critics under the new “AWFJ Presents” banner on Kino Lorber’s digital platform KinoMarquee, the inaugural selections include six exceptionally entertaining and relevant films by women directors.
Jennifer Merin, AWFJ president, said, “The alliance is very proud to partner with Kino Lorber for our inaugural ‘AWFJ Presents’ series to highlight some truly outstanding films by some of the world’s finest women directors. The films tell stories that are true to women’s experiences and represent women’s perspectives, but have universal appeal. We are also beyond appreciative of their enthusiasm and generosity regarding this partnership.”
Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell, added, “It is as important to increase the number and presence of female film critics as it is...
- 6/9/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Carla Juri with Anne-Katrin Titze on When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Six Minutes to Midnight, and Blade Runner 2049: “I think it’s a combination between the setting and the clothes for me.”
In the second instalment of my conversation with Caroline Link’s When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit star, Carla Juri, she talks about costumes and walking into the apartment of your character, working with children, the presence of Anne Bennent and Ursula Werner, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, Peter Greenaway’s Walking to Paris with Constantin Brancusi, tapping into the past, and playing the piano.
Carla Juri, Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci, and Marinus Hohmann star as the Kemper family, with Justus von Dohnány as the family friend who sends them updates from Germany, the country they had to flee, in Link’s adaptation with Anna Brüggemann of Judith Kerr’s novel.
Dorothea (Carla Juri) with her...
In the second instalment of my conversation with Caroline Link’s When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit star, Carla Juri, she talks about costumes and walking into the apartment of your character, working with children, the presence of Anne Bennent and Ursula Werner, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, Peter Greenaway’s Walking to Paris with Constantin Brancusi, tapping into the past, and playing the piano.
Carla Juri, Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci, and Marinus Hohmann star as the Kemper family, with Justus von Dohnány as the family friend who sends them updates from Germany, the country they had to flee, in Link’s adaptation with Anna Brüggemann of Judith Kerr’s novel.
Dorothea (Carla Juri) with her...
- 6/4/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Having long settled in Britain after fleeing Nazi Germany with her family as a young girl, Judith Kerr wrote her semi-autobiographical 1971 children’s novel “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit” as a response to her own son’s Hollywood-tilted misconception of her childhood. After watching “The Sound of Music,” he observed that her own escape must have been similar; amused, she proceeded to pen perhaps the most piercing child’s-eye view of Hitler’s rise to power and the Jewish refugee experience ever published — an episodic tale long on wry culture-clash observation and intimate familial strife, but short on Edelweiss sentimentality. In adapting Kerr’s novel for the screen, writer-director Caroline Link splits the difference somewhat: In this bright, engaging film, Kerr’s story is faithfully and lovingly preserved, though its tougher, quirkier details are mollified by a layer of palatable movie gloss.
Reaching U.S. screens nearly 18 months after its release in Germany,...
Reaching U.S. screens nearly 18 months after its release in Germany,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit star Carla Juri in her Brooklyn sweatshirt in Iceland, on her role: “I was wondering, they describe her as a bit more difficult. Ha, Ha! I like difficult!”
Carla Juri has had a number of memorable performances since 2013, from David Wnendt’s adaptation of Charlotte Roche’s novel Wetlands to Frauke Finsterwalder’s Finsterworld, co-written with Christian Kracht, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, and in 2021 Andy Goddard’s Six Minutes To Midnight and Caroline Link’s adaptation with Anna Brüggemann of Judith Kerr’s When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
The father Arthur Kemper (Oliver Masucci) reunited with his son Max (Marinus Hohmann), wife Dorothea (Carla Juri), and daughter Anna (Riva Krymalowski)
Carla Juri, Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci (a Joseph Beuys look-alike in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away), and Marinus Hohmann star as the Kemper family, with a terrific ensemble cast, including Ursula Werner,...
Carla Juri has had a number of memorable performances since 2013, from David Wnendt’s adaptation of Charlotte Roche’s novel Wetlands to Frauke Finsterwalder’s Finsterworld, co-written with Christian Kracht, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, and in 2021 Andy Goddard’s Six Minutes To Midnight and Caroline Link’s adaptation with Anna Brüggemann of Judith Kerr’s When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
The father Arthur Kemper (Oliver Masucci) reunited with his son Max (Marinus Hohmann), wife Dorothea (Carla Juri), and daughter Anna (Riva Krymalowski)
Carla Juri, Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci (a Joseph Beuys look-alike in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away), and Marinus Hohmann star as the Kemper family, with a terrific ensemble cast, including Ursula Werner,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Each of the five nominees for Best International Feature Film tackles heavy-hitting real-world issues — alcoholism, bullying, asylum-seeking emigration, government corruption, genocide — but showcases them in exceptional and entertaining ways. This diverse group hailing from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Hong Kong, Romania, and Tunisia challenges the status quo with these captivating stories that are sure to leave a lasting impact.
The crowd-pleasing frontrunner of the set is “Another Round,” which leads in critics guild wins and marks Denmark’s 13th Academy Award nominee. Its premise, a group of middle aged teachers tests the theory that maintaining a 0.05% Bac enhances one’s life, seems the least harrowing among its competition of heavier real-world issues. “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg’s previous film nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2013, is another thrilling Mads Mikkelsen showcase with some of the same supporting cast. Vinterberg’s directing nomination is not only a big indicator for the film’s widespread love,...
The crowd-pleasing frontrunner of the set is “Another Round,” which leads in critics guild wins and marks Denmark’s 13th Academy Award nominee. Its premise, a group of middle aged teachers tests the theory that maintaining a 0.05% Bac enhances one’s life, seems the least harrowing among its competition of heavier real-world issues. “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg’s previous film nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2013, is another thrilling Mads Mikkelsen showcase with some of the same supporting cast. Vinterberg’s directing nomination is not only a big indicator for the film’s widespread love,...
- 3/28/2021
- by Nick Ruhrkraut
- Gold Derby
Greenwich Entertainment has taken the U.S. rights to When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, an adaptation of Judith Kerr's semi-biographical children's book about how her Jewish family escaped from the Nazis and emigrated to England in the 1930s.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapted the novel for the screen. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit stars Carla
Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Oliver Masucci (Never Look Away) and newcomer Riva Krymalowski, who plays Anna Kemper, a girl based on Kerr.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was produced by Germany's Sommerhaus together with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala ...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapted the novel for the screen. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit stars Carla
Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Oliver Masucci (Never Look Away) and newcomer Riva Krymalowski, who plays Anna Kemper, a girl based on Kerr.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was produced by Germany's Sommerhaus together with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala ...
- 2/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Greenwich Entertainment has taken the U.S. rights to When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, an adaptation of Judith Kerr's semi-biographical children's book about how her Jewish family escaped from the Nazis and emigrated to England in the 1930s.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapted the novel for the screen. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit stars Carla
Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Oliver Masucci (Never Look Away) and newcomer Riva Krymalowski, who plays Anna Kemper, a girl based on Kerr.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was produced by Germany's Sommerhaus together with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala ...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapted the novel for the screen. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit stars Carla
Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Oliver Masucci (Never Look Away) and newcomer Riva Krymalowski, who plays Anna Kemper, a girl based on Kerr.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was produced by Germany's Sommerhaus together with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala ...
- 2/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” were feted Saturday night at a party held by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg at Berlin’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Co-hosting the evening were Kirsten Niehuus and Helge Jürgens, managing directors of Medienboard, the regional film, TV and digital-media funding body.
Pictured above are U.K. filmmaker and rapper Andrew Onwubolu, known by his alias Rapman, Irish producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Italian director Carlo Sironi (“Sole”), German director Leonie Krippendorff (“Cocoon”), Estonian director Tanel Toom, Germany-based Kosovan director Visar Morina (“Exile”), and Hungarian actor Abigél Szõke (“Those Who Remained”).
Before welcoming to the stage some of Europe’s most promising stars of tomorrow, Variety executive VP of content Steven Gaydos noted: “Variety is celebrating our 115th year covering international entertainment, before people were watching movies.”
He also shared the story of local producer Sol Bondy, who met Russian producers Ilya Stewart and Murad Osmann at Variety’s “10 Producers to...
Pictured above are U.K. filmmaker and rapper Andrew Onwubolu, known by his alias Rapman, Irish producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Italian director Carlo Sironi (“Sole”), German director Leonie Krippendorff (“Cocoon”), Estonian director Tanel Toom, Germany-based Kosovan director Visar Morina (“Exile”), and Hungarian actor Abigél Szõke (“Those Who Remained”).
Before welcoming to the stage some of Europe’s most promising stars of tomorrow, Variety executive VP of content Steven Gaydos noted: “Variety is celebrating our 115th year covering international entertainment, before people were watching movies.”
He also shared the story of local producer Sol Bondy, who met Russian producers Ilya Stewart and Murad Osmann at Variety’s “10 Producers to...
- 2/23/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Germany has chosen Nora Fingscheidt’s “System Crasher” as its entry for the newly re-branded International Feature Film award at the 92nd Academy Awards, it was announced Wednesday by promotional body German Films.
Produced by Kineo Filmproduktion and Weydemann Bros, the film won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, where it received its world premiere in February, and has since gone on to be a fixture on the festival circuit picking up a number of other prizes. It stars Helena Zengel as nine-year-old Benni, whose untamed energy in her wild quest for love drives everyone around her to despair.
The film was chosen from a list of seven films, submitted by their producers, by the eight members of the German selection committee, which consists of representatives from eight German cinema trade associations and institutions. German Films organizes the selection procedure for the German candidate for the Oscars’ International...
Produced by Kineo Filmproduktion and Weydemann Bros, the film won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, where it received its world premiere in February, and has since gone on to be a fixture on the festival circuit picking up a number of other prizes. It stars Helena Zengel as nine-year-old Benni, whose untamed energy in her wild quest for love drives everyone around her to despair.
The film was chosen from a list of seven films, submitted by their producers, by the eight members of the German selection committee, which consists of representatives from eight German cinema trade associations and institutions. German Films organizes the selection procedure for the German candidate for the Oscars’ International...
- 8/21/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/3/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The film has its world premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2019.
The film was chosen by a nine-person jury, headed by Moritz Hemminger of the Association of German Film Exporters, from eleven submissions.
This marks the second time von Donnersmarck has been put forward for the foreign language film award; he won the prize in 2007 for Cold War spy drama The Lives Of Others.
Since its first submission as a united nation for the 1991 awards,...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2019.
The film was chosen by a nine-person jury, headed by Moritz Hemminger of the Association of German Film Exporters, from eleven submissions.
This marks the second time von Donnersmarck has been put forward for the foreign language film award; he won the prize in 2007 for Cold War spy drama The Lives Of Others.
Since its first submission as a united nation for the 1991 awards,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Germany has selected Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Venice-premiere title “Never Look Away” as its entry for best foreign language film at this year’s 91st Academy Awards. German Films, the local body for the promotion of German cinema worldwide, announced the choice Thursday.
It is the second time the director has had a film chosen as German’s Oscar submission following his Oscar-winning 2006 film “The Lives of Others.” “Never Look Away” has its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 4 and will see its North American premiere in the special presentations section of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival on Sept. 8.
“My actors, producers and I asked ourselves in the making of ‘Never Look Away’: What movie would we like to see on the screen? The result is a love story, a family drama, a biography of Germany in the 20th century, and a stroll through modern art,...
It is the second time the director has had a film chosen as German’s Oscar submission following his Oscar-winning 2006 film “The Lives of Others.” “Never Look Away” has its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 4 and will see its North American premiere in the special presentations section of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival on Sept. 8.
“My actors, producers and I asked ourselves in the making of ‘Never Look Away’: What movie would we like to see on the screen? The result is a love story, a family drama, a biography of Germany in the 20th century, and a stroll through modern art,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Adaptation of Judith Kerr’s novel is now shooting in Germany.
Beta Cinema has taken international sales rights to Oscar-winning German director Caroline Link’s much-anticipated adaptation of Judith Kerr’s autobiographical novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit that is now shooting in Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
The German-language film is based on Kerr’s family’s real-life flight from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. It stars newcomers Riva Krymalowski and Marinus Hohmann with Swiss actress Carla Juri who made an impact with her performance in Wetlands when it was premiered at Locarno 2013.
Kerr went on to write...
Beta Cinema has taken international sales rights to Oscar-winning German director Caroline Link’s much-anticipated adaptation of Judith Kerr’s autobiographical novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit that is now shooting in Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
The German-language film is based on Kerr’s family’s real-life flight from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. It stars newcomers Riva Krymalowski and Marinus Hohmann with Swiss actress Carla Juri who made an impact with her performance in Wetlands when it was premiered at Locarno 2013.
Kerr went on to write...
- 8/7/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Launched in 1968, when the country’s film industry was in steep decline, the German Federal Film Board was instrumental in revitalizing the sector both financially and creatively.
Despite some major box office successes in the 1950s, the local film business was facing a number of critical problems, including difficulties stemming from postwar restrictions imposed on the country’s industries by the Allied victors, a general lack of capital, the growing dominance of Hollywood productions and the soaring popularity of television. Between 1956 and 1962, a slew of production companies and distributors folded as box office admissions plunged from 817 million to 443 million.
The industry’s decline led 26 young German filmmakers in 1962 to sign the Oberhausen Manifesto, calling for a new, more independent kind of film, free from conventions and the control of commercial backers. The declaration was the birth of New German Cinema and paved the way for the Film Promotion Act, which...
Despite some major box office successes in the 1950s, the local film business was facing a number of critical problems, including difficulties stemming from postwar restrictions imposed on the country’s industries by the Allied victors, a general lack of capital, the growing dominance of Hollywood productions and the soaring popularity of television. Between 1956 and 1962, a slew of production companies and distributors folded as box office admissions plunged from 817 million to 443 million.
The industry’s decline led 26 young German filmmakers in 1962 to sign the Oberhausen Manifesto, calling for a new, more independent kind of film, free from conventions and the control of commercial backers. The declaration was the birth of New German Cinema and paved the way for the Film Promotion Act, which...
- 5/4/2018
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Susanne Bier Oscar winner 'In a Better World' director Susanne Bier Susanne Bier, whose In a Better World won the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, is seen above on the 83rd Academy Awards' Red Carpet, just outside the Kodak Theatre. The other 2011 Oscar nominees in the Best Foreign Language Film category were: Rachid Bouchareb's Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (Algeria). Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful (Mexico). Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (Greece). Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (Canada). As in previous years, several international favorites were left out of the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar competition. Among these were the following: Xavier Beauvois' French Academy César winner Of Gods and Men / Des hommes et des dieux (France). Semih Kaplanoglu's 2010 Berlin Film Festival winner Bal / Honey (Turkey). Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 2010 Cannes Film Festival winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives / Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (Thailand). Prior to In a Better World,...
- 5/16/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Redford: 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Way We Were' tonight on Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month Robert Redford returns this evening with three more films: two Sydney Pollack-directed efforts, Out of Africa and The Way We Were, and Jack Clayton's film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. (See TCM's Robert Redford film schedule below. See also: "On TCM: Robert Redford Movies.") 'The Great Gatsby': Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby Released by Paramount Pictures, the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby had prestige oozing from just about every cinematic pore. The film was based on what some consider the greatest American novel ever written. Francis Ford Coppola, whose directing credits included the blockbuster The Godfather, and who, that same year, was responsible for both The Godfather Part II and The Conversation, penned the adaptation. Multiple Tony winner David Merrick (Becket,...
- 1/21/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Redford: 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Way We Were' tonight on Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month Robert Redford returns this evening with three more films: two Sydney Pollack-directed efforts, Out of Africa and The Way We Were, and Jack Clayton's film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. (See TCM's Robert Redford film schedule below. See also: "On TCM: Robert Redford Movies.") 'Out of Africa' Out of Africa (1985) is an unusual Robert Redford star vehicle in that the film's actual lead isn't Redford, but Meryl Streep -- at the time seen as sort of a Bette Davis-Alec Guinness mix: like Davis, Streep received a whole bunch of Academy Award nominations within the span of a few years: from 1978-1985, she was shortlisted for no less than six movies.* Like Guinness, Streep could transform...
- 1/21/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
German movie mogul known for Downfall and The Baader Meinhof Complex
In 1977, Wim Wenders proclaimed: "Never before and in no other country have images and language been abused so unscrupulously as here [in Germany]. Nowhere else have people suffered such a loss of confidence in images of their own, their own stories and myths as we have." The film producer Bernd Eichinger, who has died of a heart attack aged 61, went further than most to bring back that confidence to German cinema.
Still suffering from the fatal legacy of nazism, German cinema emerged from the doldrums of the 50s and 60s into the next decade with directors such as Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. Eichinger dreamed of re-establishing the glory days of German cinema of the 1920s, when the world-renowned film company Ufa was both a commercial and artistic success. He believed that art without financial success, which attracted small audiences,...
In 1977, Wim Wenders proclaimed: "Never before and in no other country have images and language been abused so unscrupulously as here [in Germany]. Nowhere else have people suffered such a loss of confidence in images of their own, their own stories and myths as we have." The film producer Bernd Eichinger, who has died of a heart attack aged 61, went further than most to bring back that confidence to German cinema.
Still suffering from the fatal legacy of nazism, German cinema emerged from the doldrums of the 50s and 60s into the next decade with directors such as Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. Eichinger dreamed of re-establishing the glory days of German cinema of the 1920s, when the world-renowned film company Ufa was both a commercial and artistic success. He believed that art without financial success, which attracted small audiences,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
MUNICH -- Actresses shut out their male colleagues to take both acting awards at this year's Munich International Film Festival. In a surprise decision, the three-man jury of cameraman Gernot Roll (Nowhere in Africa), producer Uli Putz (Beyond Silence) and actor Ulrich Noethen (Downfall) chose two women for the Foerderpries Deutscher Film, Munich's top acting award, instead of awarding one of the prizes to a male performer. Joerdis Triebel won for her performance in Emmas Glueck (Emma's Luck), a drama from director Sven Taddicken, while the second award went to Rosalie Thomass for her starring role in an episode of German police series Polizeiruf 110.
- 7/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Leading independent distributor Hopscotch revealed its 2005 lineup Thursday, a slate hailed by co-owner Troy Lum as festival-lauded and director-driven. Set for release are Murderball, about wheelchair rugby players; Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin; Wong Kar Wei's 2046; German smash hit Der Untergang (The Downfall); and Kim Ki-Duk's Bin-jip (3-Iron). In addition, Hopscotch will handle an Australian film, Craig Monahan's Peaches, starring Hugo Weaving, Jacqueline McKenzie and newcomer Emma Lung. Hopscotch, shared by partners Lum, Sandie Don and Frank Cox, almost doubled its first year boxoffice takings in 2003 of AUS$13 million to AUS$22 million ($17 million) in 2004. Successful releases in 2003-04 included Fahrenheit 9/11, Goodbye Lenin!, Nowhere in Africa, Somersault, Spellbound and Touching the Void.
COLOGNE, Germany -- German actor Kai Wiesinger has won the Berlin International Film Festival's 2005 Planet Documentary film prize for the pitch for his directorial debut, Eruv -- The Wire, organizers said Wednesday. A jury headed by Oscar-winning director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) chose Wiesinger's proposal from more than 100 entries submitted at this year's Berlinale Talent Campus in February. The film, which Planet will fully finance and broadcast on its niche cable channel, will focus on the conflict between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews in Teaneck, N.J.
- 6/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety reports that Constantin Films has cast Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire) as Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang -- Hitler und das Ende des 3. Reichs (The Downfall -- Hitler and the End of the Third Reich). Focusing on the last days of the Nazi regime, the film starts shooting this summer in St. Petersburg under the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel from a screenplay by Bernd Eichinger, based on Joachim Fest's book. The film also stars Juliane Koehler (Nowhere in Africa) as Eva Braun, Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels, Ulrich Noethen as Heinrich Himmler and Alexandra Maria Lara as Hitler's personal secretary.
- 4/22/2003
- IMDbPro News
CANNES -- Bavaria Media, one of Germany's top TV production groups, has merged its international sales and co-production divisions into one unit, Bavaria Media Television. Oliver Schuendler, currently head of co-productions at Bavaria, has been named the new head of the division. Making the announcement at MIPTV on Monday, Bavaria said the new structure mirrors that of its film arm, Bavaria Film, where Michael Weber oversees both production and sales. That setup has proved incredibly successful, delivering a foreign-language Oscar on Sunday for Caroline Link's Bavaria Film co-production Nowhere in Africa.
- 3/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MUNICH -- Media & Television Muenchen, the company that produced foreign-language Oscar nominee Nowhere in Africa, said Wednesday that it will produce two full-length animated features in cooperation with Munich-based animation house Papa Loewe Film Prods. "Children's film is rising in popularity in Germany right now, and family entertainment is a growing part of both the film and TV market," MTM general manager Andreas Bareiss said. Bareiss said this is the reason his company contacted Papa Loewe, which has made its reputation creating films and TV series based on the popular Janosch cartoon character. While the trend in children's entertainment is turning away from animation because of high production costs, Bareiss said he thinks that a good story is what matters and that some material can be realized more economically as a cartoon than as a live-action feature full of special effects. "One of our projects takes place in the Stone Age, and producing that as a normal feature would be a much more expensive proposition," Bareiss said.
U.K. independent distributor Optimum Releasing has snapped up U.K. theatrical rights to a trio of pictures, led by Sandra Nettelbeck's Mostly Martha, the company has announced. Martha, which secured the award for outstanding individual achievement for actress Martina Gedeck at the German Film Awards earlier this year, was acquired by Optimum from Paramount Classics. Written and directed by Nettelbeck, the film details the story of a chef whose life is changed by the arrival of her 8-year-old niece and a flamboyant Italian chef in her kitchen. Optimum also picked up U.K. theatrical rights to Personal Velocity, directed by Rebecca Miller (Angela). The British distributor said the film's acquisition continues a relationship with MGM that has included six U.K. theatrical releases to date. Previous pictures include What's the Worst That Could Happen? and This Is Spinal Tap. Optimum also has secured theatrical rights to Caroline Link's Nowhere in Africa from German sales company Bavaria Films International.
- 10/19/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Phillip Noyce's drama Rabbit-Proof Fence will kick off the 10th annual Hamptons International Film Festival on Oct 16, making its East Coast premiere. The HIFF will also unveil Caroline Link's story of a Jewish man who emigrates to Kenya with his wife and daughter to escape the Nazi regime, Nowhere in Africa, as the fest's closing night feature, making a U.S. debut Oct 20. Rabbit will be distrbuted in North America by Miramax Films. Actor James Coburn will pick up the HIFF's Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement as part of the Rising Stars Actors Symposium.
- 9/26/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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