Jenni Zylka, the former director of the Berlinale’s discontinued Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, has taken on a new role to discover films by up -and- coming German filmmakers, working closely with the country’s film schools.
The €5,000 Heiner Carow Prize, sponsored by Germany’s Defa Foundation will now be awarded to a first or second German feature screening throughout the festival, either Competition, Berlinale Special, Encounters, Panorama, Generation, Forum or Forum Expanded.
The prize had been awarded to a German film screening in the Panorama until 2019. Since then (excluding the online year of 2021) the winners have been selected from...
The €5,000 Heiner Carow Prize, sponsored by Germany’s Defa Foundation will now be awarded to a first or second German feature screening throughout the festival, either Competition, Berlinale Special, Encounters, Panorama, Generation, Forum or Forum Expanded.
The prize had been awarded to a German film screening in the Panorama until 2019. Since then (excluding the online year of 2021) the winners have been selected from...
- 10/6/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar screens films from rising German filmmakers.
The Berlinale has come under fire from the 160 members of the German Association of Municipal and Cultural Cinemas (Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit/BkF) for its decision to discontinue the sidebar Perspektive Deutsches Kino which had been showcasing up-and-coming local filmmaking talents at the festival since 2002.
The BkF - whose members includes the German Film Museum in Frankfurt, Berlin’s Arsenal Kino, Cottbus’ Obenkino, Saarbrücken’s Kino Achteinhalb, Cologne’s Filmforum and Leipzig’s Cinémathéque - issued. a statement this week that said dropping this section would “not only be a...
The Berlinale has come under fire from the 160 members of the German Association of Municipal and Cultural Cinemas (Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit/BkF) for its decision to discontinue the sidebar Perspektive Deutsches Kino which had been showcasing up-and-coming local filmmaking talents at the festival since 2002.
The BkF - whose members includes the German Film Museum in Frankfurt, Berlin’s Arsenal Kino, Cottbus’ Obenkino, Saarbrücken’s Kino Achteinhalb, Cologne’s Filmforum and Leipzig’s Cinémathéque - issued. a statement this week that said dropping this section would “not only be a...
- 7/28/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Outfest announced the full line up for its 41st Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Festival presented by Warner Bros. Discovery and Genesis Motor America, taking place July 13 – 23 in venues around Los Angeles and is headquartered at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood. Tickets and passes are available to Outfest members today, and to the general public starting Friday, June 23rd.
The festival also announced that it will be honoring Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone with the James Schamus Ally Award during the festival’s closing night in recognition of allies’ efforts to foster Queer and Trans moving images and to promote our communities’ stories to a broader audience. Additionally, McCarthy and Falcone are both executive producers on Relighting Candles: The Tim Sullivan Story, a short documentary directed by Zeb Newman and Michiel Thomas that will be featured at this year’s festival, about a West Hollywood candle shop owner...
The festival also announced that it will be honoring Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone with the James Schamus Ally Award during the festival’s closing night in recognition of allies’ efforts to foster Queer and Trans moving images and to promote our communities’ stories to a broader audience. Additionally, McCarthy and Falcone are both executive producers on Relighting Candles: The Tim Sullivan Story, a short documentary directed by Zeb Newman and Michiel Thomas that will be featured at this year’s festival, about a West Hollywood candle shop owner...
- 6/22/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Salzgeber has also sold ‘Bones And Names’ and ’Captain Faggatron Saves The Universe’ to various territories
Tla Releasing has picked up Hannes Hirsch’s debut feature Drifter for the US and UK markets from Berlin-based Salzgeber. The coming-of-age drama had its world premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section and closes the BFI’s LGBTQ+ festival Flare tomorrow (March 25).
The film follows a recently dumped young man in Berlin who finds himself again in the city’s party scene.
Drifter is produced by Hirsch’s production company Milieufilm and co-produced by fellow German outfits Jost Hering Filme and Salzgeber.
Further sales...
Tla Releasing has picked up Hannes Hirsch’s debut feature Drifter for the US and UK markets from Berlin-based Salzgeber. The coming-of-age drama had its world premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section and closes the BFI’s LGBTQ+ festival Flare tomorrow (March 25).
The film follows a recently dumped young man in Berlin who finds himself again in the city’s party scene.
Drifter is produced by Hirsch’s production company Milieufilm and co-produced by fellow German outfits Jost Hering Filme and Salzgeber.
Further sales...
- 3/24/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s crowd-pleasing debut, 20,000 Species of Bees, a tender look at a 8-year-old Spaniard who begins to transition and the impact that has on the child’s family, was among the standouts of this year’s Berlinale.
The film, which screened in competition at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival, won the prize for best film from the guild of German Art House Cinemas as well as the jury award voted on by readers of Berlin daily newspaper the Berliner Morgenpost.
Lila Aviles’ Totem, another Spanish-language film told from the perspective of a young child, this time a Mexican girl watching a chaotic family birthday gathering for her father, a terminally-ill cancer patient, was the big winner of Berlin’s Ecumenical Jury, which gave it the top prize for best film in competition this year. Best Panorama pick from the Ecumenical Jury went to Midwives from French director Léa Fehner,...
The film, which screened in competition at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival, won the prize for best film from the guild of German Art House Cinemas as well as the jury award voted on by readers of Berlin daily newspaper the Berliner Morgenpost.
Lila Aviles’ Totem, another Spanish-language film told from the perspective of a young child, this time a Mexican girl watching a chaotic family birthday gathering for her father, a terminally-ill cancer patient, was the big winner of Berlin’s Ecumenical Jury, which gave it the top prize for best film in competition this year. Best Panorama pick from the Ecumenical Jury went to Midwives from French director Léa Fehner,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Acquisition
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Participant to “A Compassionate Spy,” the new documentary from Steve James. The film, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its North American launch at Telluride, is a real-life spy story about Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Magnolia will release the film in theaters later this year.
“A Compassionate Spy” is presented by Participant and is a Mitten Media and Kartemquin Films production produced by Mark Mitten p.g.a., Dave Lindorff, and Steve James. Executive producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Tim Horsburgh and Gordon Quinn.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia executive VP Dori Begley and senior VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden; Participant’s Liesl Copland, executive VP content strategy and sales, Adam Macy,...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Participant to “A Compassionate Spy,” the new documentary from Steve James. The film, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its North American launch at Telluride, is a real-life spy story about Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Magnolia will release the film in theaters later this year.
“A Compassionate Spy” is presented by Participant and is a Mitten Media and Kartemquin Films production produced by Mark Mitten p.g.a., Dave Lindorff, and Steve James. Executive producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Tim Horsburgh and Gordon Quinn.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia executive VP Dori Begley and senior VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden; Participant’s Liesl Copland, executive VP content strategy and sales, Adam Macy,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Toronto-based company has partnered with genre studio Welcome Villain Films on its first original production.
Raven Banner has unveiled its EFM Slate with market premieres for Anthony Diblasi’s Malum, Ryan Thiessen and Greg Swinson’s Hunt Her, Kill Her and Steve Wolsh’s Kill Her Goats.
The Toronto-based company has partnered with new genre studio Welcome Villain Films on its first original production Malum, as well as its upcoming survival horror release Hunt Her, Kill Her. Welcome Villain will distribute both films theatrically in North America with Raven Banner representing the films internationally.
Diblasi (Dread) directs Malum from a...
Raven Banner has unveiled its EFM Slate with market premieres for Anthony Diblasi’s Malum, Ryan Thiessen and Greg Swinson’s Hunt Her, Kill Her and Steve Wolsh’s Kill Her Goats.
The Toronto-based company has partnered with new genre studio Welcome Villain Films on its first original production Malum, as well as its upcoming survival horror release Hunt Her, Kill Her. Welcome Villain will distribute both films theatrically in North America with Raven Banner representing the films internationally.
Diblasi (Dread) directs Malum from a...
- 2/15/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Berlin-based sales agent
Berlin-based Salzgeber is to handle international sales for actor Fabian Stumm’s feature directorial debut Bones And Names, which premieres in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
A sensitive and humorous reflection on relationships, the film has been nominated for the Teddy Award, Compass-Perspektibe Award and Heiner Carow Prize.
Stumm, whose acting credits include Cate Shortland’s Lore and Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom, directed the short Bruxelles in 2020 and the award-winning medium-length film Daniel a year later before developing Bones and Names as his feature debut.
“Everything happened in a very short period: I wrote...
Berlin-based Salzgeber is to handle international sales for actor Fabian Stumm’s feature directorial debut Bones And Names, which premieres in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
A sensitive and humorous reflection on relationships, the film has been nominated for the Teddy Award, Compass-Perspektibe Award and Heiner Carow Prize.
Stumm, whose acting credits include Cate Shortland’s Lore and Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom, directed the short Bruxelles in 2020 and the award-winning medium-length film Daniel a year later before developing Bones and Names as his feature debut.
“Everything happened in a very short period: I wrote...
- 2/15/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The 2023 Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled the in-development projects vying for financing and production partners at this year’s co-production market, with 33 projects from 26 countries selected.
Highlights include The Blindsight, the latest from Ukraine director Ruslan Batytskyi (A Rising Fury), from 2Brave Productions; Peeled Skin from Leonie Krippendorff (Fucking Berlin), which Germany’s Kineo Filmproduktion is producing; and Tales from the Golden Age 3, a feature from Romanian director Ioana Uricaru (Lemonade) and producers Mobra Films and 42 Film.
In the coming weeks, Berlin’s co-production market team will organize individual meetings between producers and potential partners for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 18-22.
The Berlinale co-production market has a strong track record in securing financing and completion funds for indie projects. Recent success stories include the last two Berlin Golden Bear winners, Alcarràs and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, as well as Oscar winners A Fantastic Woman...
Highlights include The Blindsight, the latest from Ukraine director Ruslan Batytskyi (A Rising Fury), from 2Brave Productions; Peeled Skin from Leonie Krippendorff (Fucking Berlin), which Germany’s Kineo Filmproduktion is producing; and Tales from the Golden Age 3, a feature from Romanian director Ioana Uricaru (Lemonade) and producers Mobra Films and 42 Film.
In the coming weeks, Berlin’s co-production market team will organize individual meetings between producers and potential partners for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 18-22.
The Berlinale co-production market has a strong track record in securing financing and completion funds for indie projects. Recent success stories include the last two Berlin Golden Bear winners, Alcarràs and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, as well as Oscar winners A Fantastic Woman...
- 1/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New titles include ‘Seven Winters In Tehran’, ‘Lonely Oaks’.
The Berlinale has unveiled the programme for the Perspektive Deutches Kino strand at its 2023 festival, with 16 films of which seven are feature world premieres.
The section will open with the world premiere of Steffi Niederzoll’s feature debut documentary Seven Winters In Tehran, analysing the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a female student in Iran who was hanged for murder having acted in self-defence against her rapist.
Scroll down for the Perspektive Deutches Kino features list
Titles also include Engin Kundag’s debut feature Ararat, in which a woman causes a traffic accident in Berlin,...
The Berlinale has unveiled the programme for the Perspektive Deutches Kino strand at its 2023 festival, with 16 films of which seven are feature world premieres.
The section will open with the world premiere of Steffi Niederzoll’s feature debut documentary Seven Winters In Tehran, analysing the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a female student in Iran who was hanged for murder having acted in self-defence against her rapist.
Scroll down for the Perspektive Deutches Kino features list
Titles also include Engin Kundag’s debut feature Ararat, in which a woman causes a traffic accident in Berlin,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed a raft of titles across strands and also 33 film projects vying for coin at the coproduction market.
Selections for the topical Perspektive Deutsches Kino strand from emerging German talent include “Seven Winters in Tehran” by Steffi Niederzoll, “Elaha” by Milena Aboyan, “Ararat” by Engin Kundag, “The Kidnapping of the Bride” by Sophia Mocorrea, Fabian Stumm’s “Bones and Names,” “Long Long Kiss” by Lukas Röder, Tanja Egen’s “On Mothers and Daughters,” “Ash Wednesday,” by João Pedro Prado and Bárbara Santos, “Nuclear Nomads” by Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari and “Lonely Oaks” by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl and Jens Mühlhoff.
All the selected films in the strand will compete for the Heiner Carow Prize and the Compass-Perspektive-Award, both of which are endowed with €5,000.
A 4K restoration of David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” will open the Berlinale Classics section, which also includes Oliver Schmitz’ “Mapantsula,...
Selections for the topical Perspektive Deutsches Kino strand from emerging German talent include “Seven Winters in Tehran” by Steffi Niederzoll, “Elaha” by Milena Aboyan, “Ararat” by Engin Kundag, “The Kidnapping of the Bride” by Sophia Mocorrea, Fabian Stumm’s “Bones and Names,” “Long Long Kiss” by Lukas Röder, Tanja Egen’s “On Mothers and Daughters,” “Ash Wednesday,” by João Pedro Prado and Bárbara Santos, “Nuclear Nomads” by Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari and “Lonely Oaks” by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl and Jens Mühlhoff.
All the selected films in the strand will compete for the Heiner Carow Prize and the Compass-Perspektive-Award, both of which are endowed with €5,000.
A 4K restoration of David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” will open the Berlinale Classics section, which also includes Oliver Schmitz’ “Mapantsula,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Bela Kiss: Prologue is a film about a female serial killer. This murderess is rumoured to have killed twenty-three young women, during or shortly after World War I. Now, this ferocious killer will be shown in a cinematic form December 3rd, 2013, on DVD and VOD. The film stars Kristina Klebe (Zone of the Dead), Rudolf Martin (Swordfish) and Fabian Stumm. Now, an intriguing trailer is available for the film. In the clip, a hotel is the center of much bloodshed as five bank robbers look for a safe haven. But, a killer lives in these ancient walls. This German shot film will be available on several video-on-demand formats, beginning December 3rd (English language). Fans of mystery and intrigue can preview the launch below. Release Date: December 3rd, 2013 (DVD, VOD, iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, Xbox, PlayStation, and Vudu). Director/writer: Lucien Förstner. Cast: Kristina Klebe, Rudolf Martin, Fabian Stumm, Ben Bela Böhm and Janina Elkin.
- 11/29/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Around here we love us some Kristina Klebe. She just shines, man, and breathes life into every role that she takes from the serious to the absurd. That's why when news of a new project featuring her comes along, we're on it like white on rice on a paper plate in a snowstorm.
Below you'll find the first stills, artwork, and trailer for Bela Kiss: Prologue, directed by Lucien Förstner and starring Kristina Klebe, Rudolf Martin, Fabian Stumm, Julia Horvath, Janina Elkin, and Angus McGruther.
Synopsis
Bela Kiss was one of the the most brutal serial killers, who killed 23 young women during the beginning of the first World War. The blood-drained bodies were found in metal barrels, conserved in alcohol.
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Below you'll find the first stills, artwork, and trailer for Bela Kiss: Prologue, directed by Lucien Förstner and starring Kristina Klebe, Rudolf Martin, Fabian Stumm, Julia Horvath, Janina Elkin, and Angus McGruther.
Synopsis
Bela Kiss was one of the the most brutal serial killers, who killed 23 young women during the beginning of the first World War. The blood-drained bodies were found in metal barrels, conserved in alcohol.
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Get kissed in the comments section below!
- 12/21/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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