| The team of LE PRINCE, director Lisa Bierwirth, lead actor Passi Balende and screenwriter Hannes Held, travelled to Paris for the opening of the five-day festival to present their film to an inquisitive audience the first evening. A "Reception-To-Go" was held on the opening day in collaboration with the German Embassy and Arte.
Other guests were director Leonie Krippendorff, who presented her film COCOON, and screenwriter Constantin Lieb, who introduced FABIAN – GOING TO THE DOGS as part of the Dominik Graf retrospective. A pre-recorded interview with director Maria Speth was shown before the screening of the award-winning documentary MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS. Halfway through the festival on 1 October, director Frédéric Jardin was joined by the producers and a delegation from Arte to present the first two episodes of his German-French series ALGIERS CONFIDENTIAL to positive feedback from the audience.
The most popular title was the festival's closing film: Daniel Brühl's caustically honest black comedy NEXT DOOR won the hearts of the audience and was a successful finale to an event that is so popular with the Parisians. The Festival of German Films in the French capital is organised annually by German Films and the Goethe-Institut in Paris.
The following films were shown:
LE PRINCE by Lisa Bierwirth
WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? by Alexandre Koberidze
NÖ by Dietrich Brüggemann
NEXT DOOR by Daniel Brühl
MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS by Maria Speth
THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn
FREAK CITY by Andreas Kannengießer
COCOON by Leonie Krippendorff
NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER Programme 2021
Series:
ALGIERS CONFIDENTIAL by Frédéric Jardin (2 episodes)
Goethe-Institut retrospective Dominik Graf:
FABIAN – GOING TO THE DOGS
BELOVED SISTERS
THE RED COCKATOO
More information about the Festival of German Films in Paris can be found here, photos of the event can be seen on German Films' Instagram and Facebook channels here and here. | |
| The audience is in for a real treat on the very first day of the festival: Maria Schrader's sci-fi romantic comedy I'M YOUR MAN has already won numerous awards this year, attracted audiences around the globe to film festivals and cinemas, and was recently named as the German entry for the 2022 Oscar race. Following the opening film, lead actress Maren Eggert will answer the most important questions about the film in a pre-recorded Q&A. There will be screenings of other film highlights from different genres over the following days - from feature film directorial debuts to exceptional documentaries.
The Goethe-Institut in Beijing is also curating a programme as part of the festival to be screened at the Institut Français - including ENFANT TERRIBLE by Oskar Roehler or FABIAN – GOING TO THE DOGS by Dominik Graf. Actor Tom Schilling will answer the audience's questions about the latter in a virtual live Q&A, as will Franziska Stünkel about her feature film THE LAST EXECUTION. Documentary aficionados will also get their money's worth since director Maria Speth, whose award-winning work MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS is being shown, will also join for an online Q&A session.
Official programme in the Broadway Cinema:
I'M YOUR MAN by Maria Schrader
HOME by Franka Potente
CURVEBALL – A TRUE STORY, UNFORTUNATELY by Johannes Naber
A SYMPHONY OF NOISE by Enrique Sánchez Lansch
NUCLEAR FOREVER by Carsten Rau
NICO by Eline Gehring
Goethe-Institut programme in the Institut Français:
THE LAST EXECUTION by Franziska Stünkel
FABIAN – GOING TO THE DOGS by Dominik Graf
MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS by Maria Speth
ENFANT TERRIBLE by Oscar Roehler
KEEP MOVING by Salar Ghazi
AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT by Jens Meurer
CLOUDY CLOUDS by Christian Schäfer
The festival is supported by the German Embassy in Beijing and being held under the patronage of husband and wife Jia Zhangke (director, writer, producer) and Zhao Tao (actress and producer). The films were selected by a three-member Chinese jury of experts.
More information about the event can be found in the festival accounts:
Weibo: https://weibo.com/p/1006062456072377/wenzhang
WeChat: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yijIbBn-Uh-QyKwc_k1GYQ | |
| In the fourth part of our series of articles on the topic of diversity, film funding institutions, directors, producers and interest groups from the fields of documentary and short film have their say. Also in the new issue: portraits of directors Leonie Krippendorff (COCOON) and İlker Çatak (STAMBUL GARDEN), producer Philipp Kreuzer from maze pictures (ZEROS AND ONES) and actress Nilam Farooq (CONTRA). Selected current German films will also be presented again: A total of seven feature films, three documentaries, three short films as well as eight projects still in production can be found in the new edition.
You can find the current GFQ as a digital edition here: https://germanfilmsquarterly.de/index.html
A PDF of the new issue is available for download here: https://www.german-films.de/fileadmin/mediapool/pdf/German_Films_Quarterly/GFQ_3-2021_web.pdf | |
| Dascha Dauenhauer studied piano, graduated in Music Theory and completed her education with a Master's in Film Music at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. She went on to compose scores for various film productions and has worked with such well-known German and international directors as Burhan Qurbani (BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ), Henrika Kull (JIBRIL, BLISS) and Kornél Mundruczó (EVOLUTION). Dascha received numerous awards for her work and is already on the verge of realising new projects.
In our podcast interview, she tells us what makes the award-winning composer tick in her private life: although she is a real workaholic and loves her job, Dascha finds a balance to her profession, above all, in the little things in life. If her cats let her sleep through the night, the passionate musician prefers to spend her free time watching good films and series, either in the cinema or on the couch. One of her great strengths is her courage to take on new things and reinvent herself with every new project - this ability is especially evident in Dascha's work!
Listen to the inspiring conversation in its entirety in the latest Short Take episode.
Like to find out more? All the episodes are available on our website and wherever podcasts are available.
Information about new episodes and guests is regularly posted on the SHORT TAKE Instagram channel: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/ | |
| GERMAN FILMS AT MIPCOM
After a digital-only market in 2020, this year the MIPCOM market returned from October 11-14 as a hybrid event, taking place online as well as physical in Cannes at the Festival Palais. On location at the Croisette, German Films, as in previous years, hosted the GERMAN PAVILION again, an umbrella booth that also included the World Sales companies AG Documentaries, The Playmaker Munich (formerly ARRI Media International), Albatross as well as Spiegel TV and Euroarts as Meeting-Point Partners. Although less busy than in previous years due to Covid-19 travel restrictions for international, especially for US and Asian buyers, it was a successful and healthy market for all German participants.
-------------------------------------------- GERMAN FILMS PRESENCE AT THE MIA MARKET
2021 was the first time that German Films attended the MIA Market with an umbrella stand. The international platform for the audiovisual industry was held in Rome from 13 to 17 October and attracted over 2,000 industry professionals from 58 countries. The German-based world sales companies The Playmaker Munich, Sola Media, Global Screen and Picture Tree International were also on-site, made new contacts and benefited from the wide-ranging programme on offer to the professional audience.
More information about the MIA Market is available here: https://www.miamarket.it/en/
-------------------------------------------- STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FOR TWO GERMAN SHORT FILMS
The 2021 Student Academy Awards were presented during an online event in Los Angeles on 21 October. Director Murad Abu Eisheh from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and his team had cause to celebrate since their short TALA'VISION was awarded the much-coveted Gold Student Award in the category "Narrative /International Film Schools". The second award-winner from Germany is Simon Denda with his graduation film ADISA which was made at the University of Television and Film in Munich; he received the Academy Award in Silver. Both films celebrated their world premieres at the 42nd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival at the beginning of this year.
More information about the Student Academy Awards can be found here:
https://www.oscars.org/news/tag/student-academy-awards
-------------------------------------------- KINO! FILM SALON: MARIA-MANIA
The English-language online film club KINO! FILM SALON met in October to discuss the series UNORTHODOX - the next meeting in November will see us focusing again on a work by Maria Schrader: her latest film and the German Oscar entry I'M YOUR MAN. The unusual romantic comedy starring Dan Stevens and Maren Eggert opened in US cinemas in September and offers plenty of food for thought and interpretation revolving around the topic of artificial intelligence and the question of what really defines us as humans. Maren Eggert won the Silver Bear for her performance at this year's Berlinale, and I'M YOUR MAN was also a winner at the recent German Film Awards: the film won awards in four categories. If you would like to take part in the next discussion, you can register for KINO! FILM SALON at the following link:
RSVP: https://bit.ly/kinosalonrsvpimyourman
Date and time: Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 11am - 12pm PDT, 2pm - 3pm EDT, 8pm - 9pm CET.
Hosted by Sydney Levine
KINO! Film Salon is a production of Telescope Film, in association with the German Film Office.
-------------------------------------------- PODCAST TIP: WOMEN IN THE GERMAN AND RUSSIAN FILM INDUSTRIES
On 2 November at 6pm (CET), a live discussion about "Women in the German and Russian Film Industries: Rights, Opportunities, Prospects" will be held as an episode of the Russian POCALIGARIM podcast dedicated to German-language cinematic art.
The discussion can be followed live via https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheInstitutRussland. The recorded episode will be available here later https://taplink.cc/pokaligarim.
The video talk is one of the events in the "Deutschland-Express"online festival as part of the Germany Year in Russia 2020/2021.
The podcast hosts - Ksenia Reutova, Ira Posrednikova and Maria Buneva – will be talking with German and Russian experts about gender balance in the film industry, discrimination and measures to combat it, the proportion of women in German and Russian films and series, and the influence of the #MeToo movement on cinematic art in the two countries. In addition, the podcast's guests will talk about the ProQuote Film organisation which has been actively campaigning since 2014 to increase the proportion of women working in all areas of the film industry.
Guests:
Biene Pilavci, actress, director and co-founder of the film policy initiative NichtmeinTatort.
Narges Kalhor, director
Simone Baumann, producer and managing director of German Films – service centre for the international promotion of German films
Ksenia Leontieva, lecturer at the Department of Film and Television Production at the St. Petersburg University of Film and Television
The discussion will take place in German and Russian with simultaneous translation.
The partner of this episode is Moscow FemFest, the international festival on gender awareness, freedom of choice and human dignity (https://moscowfemfest.ru/).
Information partner: She is an expert, working group of female experts in various fields (https://she-expert.org/).
-------------------------------------------- 43RD RESIDENCE OF THE CINEFONDATION CANNES
Two students from German film academies - Sabine Ehrl (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) and Borbála Nagy (DFFB) - have been selected by the Cinéfondation of Festival de Cannes for the 43rd edition of its Residence Programme. The six participants will be invited to Paris from October to February to develop the scripts for their first or second feature film projects. During this period, they will receive intensive mentoring and have opportunities to network with industry professionals at such festivals as Rotterdam and Cannes. Sabine Ehrl, whose short F FOR FREAKS was nominated for the German Short Film Award in 2019, is participating with her project PARADISE_bleeding, which had already been awarded the Jury Prize of the Talent Village at Les Arcs in 2020. Borbála Nagy won the German Short Film Award in 2020 with her short LAND OF GLORY and is currently developing the feature-length project NOTHING TO SEE HERE which had already been presented at the CineLink Co-Production Market in Sarajevo in 2020.
More information at: https://www.cinefondation.com/en/residence/session
-------------------------------------------- ACE PRODUCERS SELECTED
The professional network ACE Producers has selected 18 experienced independent producers to join the ACE network after completing the 31st edition of its annual programme. The selected producers from 17 different countries will participate in three workshops in 2021 and 2022 moving the projects with which they applied forward.
Here are the German candidates and their projects:
Melanie Andernach, Made in Germany Filmproduktion – LOVE GHOSTS (Director: Benjamin Heisenberg).
Nina Frese, freelance – NIGHT SWEATS (Director: Maria Solrun)
More information about ACE Producers at: https://ace-producers.com/
-------------------------------------------- KIDS KINO INDUSTRY WARSAW: AWARD FOR GERMAN PROJECT
On 29 September, the winners of the Kids Kino Industry Pitch were announced in Warsaw. The three winning projects included the German entry MY NAME IS..., produced by Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez and Carol Ratajczak from Blaue Pampelmuse, which was awarded the CEE Animation Award. The award was presented by Martin Vandas and includes an accreditation for two members of the team and the opportunity to present their project in the "Out of Competition" section of the CEE Forum.
MY NAME IS... is a humorous pre-school series that provides the perfect starting point for learning how to deal with emotions.
More about the winners of the Kids Kino Industry Pitch: https://kidskinoindustry.pl/2021-kids-kino-industry-winners-announced/ | |
| German films and co-productions at Chicago, Montclair, Tehran, São Paulo, Rio, Philadelphia, Uppsala, New York, Cork, Winterthur, Newport Beach, Bilbao and Cambridge. | |
| Awards for German films and co-productions at Ottawa, Hamptons, Espinho, Bucharest, Warsaw, Hot Springs and Chicago. | |
| DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN in Switzerland (Distributor: SpotOn, World Sales: Magnetfilm, Theatrical Release: 04 November 2021)
NEXT DOOR in Hungary (Distributor: Cirko Film, World Sales: Beta Cinema, Theatrical Release: 04 November 2021)
THE OGGLIES – WELCOME TO SMELLIVILLE in Norway (Distributor: Another World Entertainment Norway, World Sales: The Playmaker Munich, Theatrical Release: 05 November 2021)
WALCHENSEE FOREVER in Austria (Distributor: Polyfilm, World Sales: Deckert Distribution, Theatrical Release: 05 November 2021)
WINDSTORM: THE GREAT HURRICANE in Poland (Distributor: Vivarto, World Sales: Attraction International Distribution, Theatrical Release: 05 November 2021)
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES in Spain (Distributor: Surtsey Films, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: 12 November 2021)
GREAT FREEDOM in Switzerland (Distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich, World Sales: The Match Factory, Theatrical Release: 18 November 2021)
RELATIVITY in South Korea (Distributor: Mano Entertainment, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: 18 November 2021)
THE OGGLIES – WELCOME TO SMELLIVILLE in Denmark (Distributor: Another World Entertainment, World Sales: The Playmaker Munich, Theatrical Release: 18 November 2021)
STAY STILL in Mexico (Distributor: Bestiario Films, World Sales: Intramovies, Theatrical Release: 18 November 2021)
DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN in UK (Distributor: Dartmouth Films, World Sales: Magnetfilm, Theatrical Release: 19 November 2021)
NEXT DOOR in Spain (Distributor: Karma Films, World Sales: Beta Cinema, Theatrical Release: 19 November 2021)
THE ROYAL GAME in Turkey (Distributor: Filmarti Film, World Sales: Studiocanal, Theatrical Release: 19 November 2021)
THE LAST EXECUTION in Spain (Distributor: Adso International Management, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: 26 November 2021) Status: Newsletter publication date. Please be aware that all release dates are subject to change. | |
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