Film will be part of venue’s 100th anniversary celebrations.
Berlin’s Zoo Palast cinema is to become the subject of a feature documentary to be released next year as part of the celebrations for the cinema’s 100th anniversary.
Speaking exclusively to Screen Daily, Düsseldorf-based Frank Henschke of Vistamar Filmproduktion, the German co-producer of the Oscar-nominated Mustang, said that he is teaming up with Joël Farges’ French production outfit Kolam Productions and broadcaster Ciné + for the portrait which will be directed by the German-born, Paris-based author Bertina Henrichs.
The film will chart political and cultural developments in Germany from the Zoo Palast’s point of view, stretching from the golden age of German cinema in the 1920s through the propaganda-fuelled years under the Third Reich to the rebuilding of a nation and the beginnings of the Berlin Film Festival in the 1950s to the present day.
Paris/La-based Prime Entertainment Group will be handling international sales for the documentary which is part of Kolam Productions’ Mythical Cinemas collection.
The Zoo Palast was the Berlinale’s main venue for the presentation of the Competition films as well the opening and closing ceremonies from 1957 to 1999 before the festival’s move to Potsdamer Platz in 2000.
And this year saw the cinema serving as the home for the European Film Market’s ’Drama Series Days’ which ran until today (February 21) with all of the conferences and screenings of series brought together for the first time under one roof.
Although not confirmed at this stage, it would be fitting for this documentary to have its world premiere at next year’s Berlinale which will be festival director Dieter Kosslick’s last one at the helm - especially since he penned a foreword to “the Berlinale’s most splendid friend” for photographer Christine Kisorsy’s 2010 book Kino-Magie Zoo Palast Berlin, which also included a history of the cinema by the late German film critic Michael Althen.
Berlin’s Zoo Palast cinema is to become the subject of a feature documentary to be released next year as part of the celebrations for the cinema’s 100th anniversary.
Speaking exclusively to Screen Daily, Düsseldorf-based Frank Henschke of Vistamar Filmproduktion, the German co-producer of the Oscar-nominated Mustang, said that he is teaming up with Joël Farges’ French production outfit Kolam Productions and broadcaster Ciné + for the portrait which will be directed by the German-born, Paris-based author Bertina Henrichs.
The film will chart political and cultural developments in Germany from the Zoo Palast’s point of view, stretching from the golden age of German cinema in the 1920s through the propaganda-fuelled years under the Third Reich to the rebuilding of a nation and the beginnings of the Berlin Film Festival in the 1950s to the present day.
Paris/La-based Prime Entertainment Group will be handling international sales for the documentary which is part of Kolam Productions’ Mythical Cinemas collection.
The Zoo Palast was the Berlinale’s main venue for the presentation of the Competition films as well the opening and closing ceremonies from 1957 to 1999 before the festival’s move to Potsdamer Platz in 2000.
And this year saw the cinema serving as the home for the European Film Market’s ’Drama Series Days’ which ran until today (February 21) with all of the conferences and screenings of series brought together for the first time under one roof.
Although not confirmed at this stage, it would be fitting for this documentary to have its world premiere at next year’s Berlinale which will be festival director Dieter Kosslick’s last one at the helm - especially since he penned a foreword to “the Berlinale’s most splendid friend” for photographer Christine Kisorsy’s 2010 book Kino-Magie Zoo Palast Berlin, which also included a history of the cinema by the late German film critic Michael Althen.
- 2/21/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Two suspects on the run after French magazine massacre leaves 12 dead.
French cinema industry guild L’Arp and its counterparts in the Us have condemned a terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were shot dead by two armed gunmen. At least four people were critically wounded in the attack.
At time of writing early on Thursday morning local time two men remained at large. They were identified as brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi and are understood to be in their 30s.
Afp reported that a third man believed to be 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad surrendered close to the Belgian border.
“The cineastes of L’Arp learned with horror about the base attack on the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo and are devastated by this inexplicable act,” L’Arp said in a statement hours after the attack.
“They wish to express their full solidarity for the journalists and staff at Charlie...
French cinema industry guild L’Arp and its counterparts in the Us have condemned a terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were shot dead by two armed gunmen. At least four people were critically wounded in the attack.
At time of writing early on Thursday morning local time two men remained at large. They were identified as brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi and are understood to be in their 30s.
Afp reported that a third man believed to be 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad surrendered close to the Belgian border.
“The cineastes of L’Arp learned with horror about the base attack on the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo and are devastated by this inexplicable act,” L’Arp said in a statement hours after the attack.
“They wish to express their full solidarity for the journalists and staff at Charlie...
- 1/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
Top satirical cartoonists among 12 people shot dead in attack on French magazine.
French cinema industry guild L’Arp has condemned a terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were shot dead by two armed gunmen. At least four people were critically wounded in the attack.
“The cineastes of L’Arp learned with horror about the base attack on the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo and are wiped out by this inexplicable act,” the body said in a statement, just hours after the attack.
“They wish to express their full solidarity for the journalists and staff at Charlie Hebdo as well as their relatives and colleagues.
“Their historic bravery honours creation and freedom. Nothing, no threat or violent act, whatever the motive, whether it be political, religious or otherwise, will hinder the freedom of expression and freedom of creation.”
Filmmaker Claude Lelouche is currently the honorary president of L’Arp with...
French cinema industry guild L’Arp has condemned a terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were shot dead by two armed gunmen. At least four people were critically wounded in the attack.
“The cineastes of L’Arp learned with horror about the base attack on the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo and are wiped out by this inexplicable act,” the body said in a statement, just hours after the attack.
“They wish to express their full solidarity for the journalists and staff at Charlie Hebdo as well as their relatives and colleagues.
“Their historic bravery honours creation and freedom. Nothing, no threat or violent act, whatever the motive, whether it be political, religious or otherwise, will hinder the freedom of expression and freedom of creation.”
Filmmaker Claude Lelouche is currently the honorary president of L’Arp with...
- 1/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
10th Indian film festival Stuttgart has announced its selection. The festival will take place from July 17 to 21 in the German city of Stuttgart.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
- 6/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur I will open the 12th edition of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, while its sequel Gangs of Wasseypur II will be the closing film of the festival. A documentary on the life and career of Amitabh Bachchan, Everlasting Light by Ram Madhvani, will be screened during the festival. Bachchan will also be present for a Q&A session post the screening of his film Black.
Besides film screening, the festival will also host interactive sessions on topics like, ‘Shakti: Women in Indian cinema and literature’ and ‘Bollywood and the expression of emotions in today’s India’.
The festival will run from 7th to 13th December in Florence followed by an edition in Rome from 14th to 16th December 2012.
The films in the 2012 line up are:
Much Ado About Knotting
Dir.: Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
Bharatmata Ki Jai (Long live Bharatmata)
Dir.
Besides film screening, the festival will also host interactive sessions on topics like, ‘Shakti: Women in Indian cinema and literature’ and ‘Bollywood and the expression of emotions in today’s India’.
The festival will run from 7th to 13th December in Florence followed by an edition in Rome from 14th to 16th December 2012.
The films in the 2012 line up are:
Much Ado About Knotting
Dir.: Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
Bharatmata Ki Jai (Long live Bharatmata)
Dir.
- 11/23/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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