Current Berlin director Dieter Kosslick will step down next year.
Torsten Neumann, co-founder and director of the Oldenburg International Film Festival since 1994, has become the latest name to be connected with the ongoing quest for a successor to Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick from May 2019.
Neumann, who is currently planning the 25th anniversary edition of his festival for this September, has hosted such international guests as Nicolas Cage, Mira Sorvino, Jim McBride, Matthew Modine, Alexandre Rockwell and Lou Diamond Phillips as well as leading lights from the local German industry – from Nicolette Krebitz through Jürgen Vogel and Oskar Roehler to Corinna Harfouch...
Torsten Neumann, co-founder and director of the Oldenburg International Film Festival since 1994, has become the latest name to be connected with the ongoing quest for a successor to Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick from May 2019.
Neumann, who is currently planning the 25th anniversary edition of his festival for this September, has hosted such international guests as Nicolas Cage, Mira Sorvino, Jim McBride, Matthew Modine, Alexandre Rockwell and Lou Diamond Phillips as well as leading lights from the local German industry – from Nicolette Krebitz through Jürgen Vogel and Oskar Roehler to Corinna Harfouch...
- 5/2/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Proposals include an end to “unjustified geo-blocking” and a modernisation of copyright law.
The European Commission today revealed plans for a “digital single market” - a unified and borderless regulatory framework for the internet across Europe.
A total of 16 initiatives for the Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy were unveiled in Brussels this morning by Commissioner Andrus Ansip, vp of the Dsm, and Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
Of particular interest to the audiovisual industry were the references made to this sector in the proposals ¨to end unjustified geo-blocking¨ and the introduction of ¨a modern, more European copyright law”.
¨One of the aims of the copyright modernisation is to facilitate the licensing of rights for online distribution of audiovisual content,¨ the Commission declared.
¨Being able to legally access content online cross-border will help deal with geo-blocking concerns, while respecting the value of rights in the audiovisual sector. The financing of the audiovisual sector widely relies...
The European Commission today revealed plans for a “digital single market” - a unified and borderless regulatory framework for the internet across Europe.
A total of 16 initiatives for the Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy were unveiled in Brussels this morning by Commissioner Andrus Ansip, vp of the Dsm, and Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
Of particular interest to the audiovisual industry were the references made to this sector in the proposals ¨to end unjustified geo-blocking¨ and the introduction of ¨a modern, more European copyright law”.
¨One of the aims of the copyright modernisation is to facilitate the licensing of rights for online distribution of audiovisual content,¨ the Commission declared.
¨Being able to legally access content online cross-border will help deal with geo-blocking concerns, while respecting the value of rights in the audiovisual sector. The financing of the audiovisual sector widely relies...
- 5/6/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- Stefan Arndt, the lead producer on Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner and Golden Globe nominee "The White Ribbon," is stepping down as managing partner at his Berlin-based outfit X Filme to focus more on producing.
Veteran producer Uwe Schott, who worked with Arndt on Oskar Roehler's "Lulu and Jimi," will take over the top job at X Filme. Arndt will remain a partner in the company and will hold on to his seat on the management board.
Arndt has cleared his desk of nonproducing jobs, recently stepping down as head of the German Film Academy. Ardnt's production slate includes new films by two of X Filme's founders: Tom Tykwer's "Drei" and Dani Levy's period piece "The Ritchie Boys."
In another executive shuffle at the company, Manuela Stehr has resigned from X Filme's management board to take over running of the group's distribution arm X Verleih.
Veteran producer Uwe Schott, who worked with Arndt on Oskar Roehler's "Lulu and Jimi," will take over the top job at X Filme. Arndt will remain a partner in the company and will hold on to his seat on the management board.
Arndt has cleared his desk of nonproducing jobs, recently stepping down as head of the German Film Academy. Ardnt's production slate includes new films by two of X Filme's founders: Tom Tykwer's "Drei" and Dani Levy's period piece "The Ritchie Boys."
In another executive shuffle at the company, Manuela Stehr has resigned from X Filme's management board to take over running of the group's distribution arm X Verleih.
- 12/21/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- Martin Kochendoerfer, sales manager and head of scheduling at Munich-based distributor Concorde, is heading to Berlin to head up distribution and marketing for competitor X Verleih.
X Verleih on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Kochendoerfer to the company's board of directors, where he will join Stefan Arndt and Manuela Stehr. While Arndt and Stehr are production specialists, Kochendoerfer will head up distribution, public relations and marketing for X Verleih.
Kochendoerfer replaces longtime X Verleih distribution chief Anatol Nitschke, who jumped to Berlin-based competitor Senator Film earlier this month.
At Concorde, Kochendoerfer helped manage the successful German campaigns for such films as "The Queen" and Woody Allen's "Scoop".
The first titles Kochendoerfer will handle for X Verleih are Bille August's Nelson Mandela biopic "Goodbye Bafana", Marianne Faithfull starrer "Irina Palm" and German-language titles "Late Bloomers" and "Shoppen".
X Verleih on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Kochendoerfer to the company's board of directors, where he will join Stefan Arndt and Manuela Stehr. While Arndt and Stehr are production specialists, Kochendoerfer will head up distribution, public relations and marketing for X Verleih.
Kochendoerfer replaces longtime X Verleih distribution chief Anatol Nitschke, who jumped to Berlin-based competitor Senator Film earlier this month.
At Concorde, Kochendoerfer helped manage the successful German campaigns for such films as "The Queen" and Woody Allen's "Scoop".
The first titles Kochendoerfer will handle for X Verleih are Bille August's Nelson Mandela biopic "Goodbye Bafana", Marianne Faithfull starrer "Irina Palm" and German-language titles "Late Bloomers" and "Shoppen".
- 2/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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