| He has no regrets and he loves icecream: our latest episode of SHORT TAKE – THE GERMAN FILMS PODCAST has the prolific producer Alexander Wadouh talking to us about his work and explaining why THE NEVERENDING STORY was a formative film for him. Alex was the 2022 German “Producer on the Move” of European Film Promotion’s eponymous programme. SHORT TAKE – THE GERMAN FILMS PODCAST has already reached over 8,000 listeners from various countries since the format was launched - and the number is growing.
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| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the semi-finalists of this year’s Student Academy Awards®. Two German films produced by Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF are preselected In the „Animation“ category. The German film schools are represented with five of the 15 semi-finalists in the „Narrative“ category – the biggest success to date. It will be the first time this year that there aren’t any separate categories for the US and international films: all of the film school films will be competing in the four "Narrative", "Documentary", "Animation", "Alternative/Experimental" categories for three Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes each. The finalists will be announced in August, and the winners in September. The awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in October.
The German semi-finalists are:
Animation
IN HIS MERCY (IN SEINER GNADE) by Christoph Büttner (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
LAIKA & NEMO by Jan Gadermann, Sebastian Gadow (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
Narrative
ALMOST HOME by Nils Keller (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
BORZAYA by Simon Schneckenburger (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE BOY WHO COULDN’T FEEL PAIN by Eugen Merher (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
ROOMS (EIGENHEIM) by Welf Reinhart (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
SONGS OF A CARETAKER (AUF PLATTE) by Pascal Schuh (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) | |
| The Locarno Film Festival is being held from 3 - 13 August, 2022. Thanks to a partnership with German Films this year, First Look selected 6 titles and will be giving their producers an opportunity to present them to industry professionals during the Locarno Film Festival from 5 - 7 August, 2022.
ARTHUR & DIANA by Sara Summa (German Film & Television Academy Berlin)
ELAHA by Milena Aboyan (Kinescope Film)
EMPTY NETS by Behrooz Karamizade (BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion)
ONE LAST EVENING by Lukas Nathrath (Klinkerfilm)
THREE LIVES LONG by Felicitas Korn (Maze Pictures)
LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION BUT I'M WINNING by Julia Fuhr Mann (Schuldenberg Films)
For more than a decade, First Look has been the launchpad for new films in post-production and proven to be one of the most important last steps in the life of projects entering the international film festival market. Locarno Pro is dedicated to films in post-production and focuses this year on German films in the final stages of their production. | |
| The focus of the next session for the English-language KINO! FILM SALON online film club on August 14th will be on Carolina Hellsgård’s EVER AFTER (ENDZEIT).
Our film curator Jim Kolmar selected this movie: „Two years before the pandemic, Carolina Hellsgård’s remarkable feminist zombie opus, EVER AFTER, declares that “a plague has descended upon Earth”. This startlingly prophetic film is rich with potent themes from a genre that has always been smarter than its place in pop culture suggests.
A masterclass in resourceful filmmaking, EVER AFTER easily navigates the terrain between the intimate and the epic, punctuated with moments of gleefully shocking violence and unexpected tenderness. Despite locating itself squarely in familiar genre territory, EVER AFTER is entirely its own thing, and, in light of our collective recent past, chillingly portends how easily things can come apart, and how things might look in the aftermath.“
And Jim Slotek (Original Cin) also likes the film: „A fresh, beautifully filmed take on the zombie genre from director Hellsgård, adapted from the comic by Olivia Vieweg (who also wrote the script), with women in every key role, both in front of and behind the camera.“
RSVP: https://bit.ly/kinosaloneverafter
Date and time: Sunday, August 14th at 11am - 12pm PDT, 2pm - 3pm EDT, 8pm - 9pm CET.
Hosted by Jim Kolmar KINO! FILM SALON is a production of Telescope Film, in collaboration with the German Film Office. | |
| Prizes for German productions and co-productions in Ficg and Karlovy Vary. | |
| International releases of German films in August 2022 supported by the German Films Distribution Support program. GUGLHUPF CAKE SQUADRON in Switzerland (Distributor: Praesens-Film AG, World Sales: Constantin Film, Theatrical Release: 4 August, 2022)
THE OGGLIES – WELCOME TO SMELLVILLE in Turkey (Distributor: Mars Production, World Sales: The Playmaker Munich, Theatrical Release: 5 August, 2022)
THE CONFERENCE in Australia & New Zealand (Distributor: Pivot Pictures, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: 11 August, 2022)
MIA AND ME: THE HERO OF CENTOPIA in Hungary (Distributor: ADS Service, World Sales: Studio 100 Film, Theatrical Release: 11 August, 2022)
MEIN LOTTA-LEBEN - ALLES TSCHAKA MIT ALPAKA in Switzerland (Distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich, World Sales: Wild Bunch Germany, Theatrical Release: 18 August, 2022)
YOUNG WINNETOU AND THE LOST BUFFALOS in Poland (Distributor: Vivarto, World Sales: The Playmaker Munich, Theatrical Release: 19 August, 2022)
THE KANGAROO CONSPIRACY in Switzerland (Distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich, World Sales: X-Filmverleih, Theatrical Release: 25 August, 2022)
BAYALA - A MAGICAL JOURNEY in Turkey (Distributor: Yeni Bir Film, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: 26 August, 2022) Please note: Correct at time of going to press. Changes may occur at any time. | |
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