| The selection of the national submissions for the competition for the OSCAR® in the category International Feature Film are in most cases organized by the respective national film institutions. In Germany, German Films is responsible for the preparation, organization and implementation of the selection procedures. In this function, German Films' responsibilities are strictly of organizational nature. German Films itself is not represented in the selection committee. The following thirteen movies were submitted for 2024 to German Films by German producers in the 96th OSCAR® category BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: The German selection committee for the 2024 OSCAR® selection consisted of the following participants: - Produzentenverband e.V.: Jakob Weydemann (Weydemann Bros.)
- Allianz Deutscher Produzenten - Film & Fernsehen e.V. / Sektion Kino: Katharina Rinderle (Latemar Film)
- Verband deutscher Filmexporteure e.V.: Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique)
- Verband der Filmverleiher e.V.: Torsten Koch (Constantin Film)
- AG Kino – Gilde der deutschen Filmkunsttheater: Christian Bräuer
- Verband der Deutschen Filmkritik e.V.: Matthias Dell
- Bundesverband Regie e.V.: Mira Thiel
- Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.: An Dorthe Braker, Sven Poser
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| On August 17, 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the finalists of this year’s 50th edition of the Student Academy Awards®, selected from 63 semifinalists in four categories. Both German semifinalists in the ”Narrative“ category made it into the final selection of eight award candidates: ISTINA (TRUTH) by Tamara Denić (writer: David M. Lorenz; producer: Christian Siée) and THOSE WHO FOLLOW (MITLÄUFER) by Frederic Kau (screenplay: Nick Buckenauer, Frederic Kau; producer: Laurian-Luis Schymura), both graduation films from the Hamburg Media School. In ISTINA (TRUTH) an investigative photo journalist from Serbia is threatened by right-wing groups and decides to escape to Germany with her daughter. THOSE WHO FOLLOW is about a young member of the German special forces who is torn between loyalty to his family and his unit. The winners of the three awards in the category will be published end of September. The awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in October. More info HERE. | |
| The 76th Locarno International Film Festival took place this year from August 2 to 12, 2023. A total of 19 German feature films, documentaries and short films were shown in the various sections, with three productions and two co-productions screened in three competition sections. Likewise, six short films were at the festival competition, more than ever before. German Films cooperated this year with Locarno Pro on the "Match Me!" programme. At the Locarno Pro Awards Alliance4Development, some awards went to German filmmakers. Director Ann Oren recieved the "Ticino Film Commission Residence Award" for her production OBJET A, produced by Kristof Gerega from Schuldenberg Films. The "Alphapanda Market Breakout Award" went to director Michèle Flury for PAS TA MAMAN, produced by Felix Schreiber/ Sommerhaus Filmproduktion. In addition, there were numerous other important awards at the Locarno film festival for German productions, including A GOOD PLACE (Best Newcomer Direction: Katharina Huber and Best Actress: Clara Schwinning), TOUCHED (Best Actor: Isold Halldórudóttir, Stavros Zafeiris) and the short film DU BIST SO WUNDERBAR (Pardino d'argento SRG SSR for the International Competition: Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes). Find all awards for German productions and co-productions in Locarno HERE. | |
| For the 23rd edition, the Festival de Cine Alemàn in Buenos Aires invites to the Cinepolis Recoleta cinemas again.
Film fans can discover new German feature, documentary and short film highlights from September 7-13, 2023. In cooperation with the Goethe Institut and Argentinean distributors, German Films will be showing the Argentine audience a varied program of German filmmaking this year: Internationally renowned director Christian Petzold, young talents such as Ayse Polat, Sophie Linnenbaum or Birgit Möller are also represented in the line-up as well as the young filmmakers of the Next Generation Short Tiger Program 2023. The festival will open on September 7 with the film AFIRE by Christian Petzold. In collaboration with the Goethe Institut, filmmaker German Krall will share his experience as a film student and director in Germany and talk about co-production between Germany and Argentina at the FUC film school in Buenos Aires as well as present the film ADIOS BUENOS AIRES to the Argentine audience in his home country.
In addition, there will be 4 screenings for students from surrounding schools. The festival is supported again this year by MUBI and Cinepolis. More information on the Festival of German Film in Buenos Aires HERE. | |
| The focus of the next session for the English-language KINO! FILM SALON online film club on September 10 will be Michael Haneke’s masterpiece THE WHITE RIBBON. The film celebrated its world premiere at Cannes International Film Festival and was awarded the Golden Palm for Best Picture. The film won numerous awards: European Film Award 2009 (Best Director, Best Screenwriter), Golden Globe 2010 (Best Foreign Language Film), German Film Awards 2010 (Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Sound). Also, the film received an Oscar® nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film. Our curator Jim Kolmar selected this movie: “Michael Haneke's THE WHITE RIBBON is an extraordinary examination of authoritarian violence in a rural German village on the precipice of World War I. The film features intricate breakout performances by Leonie Benesch and Leonard Proxauf, alongside veterans like Burghart Klaußner, all rendered with lustrous monochrome imagery reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's best work. The effect feels almost like a fairytale, as dark as pitch. Haneke's characteristic sense of control, immaculate visual sensibility and unrelenting attention to detail make The White Ribbon a modern masterpiece, easily deserving of its numerous awards.“ We’ll be hosting the Salon live from the Toronto International Film Festival and have a special guest star, Leonie Benesch (European Shooting Star 2023), who is starring in THE TEACHERS‘ LOUNGE by Ilker Çatak, which is presented in the TIFF Centrepiece section and is the German OSCAR® entry in the category BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FEATURE FILM. You may know her from the series BABYLON BERLIN or THE CROWN, or from the feature film THE WHITE RIBBON, which is the film we’ll be discussing. RSVP: https://bit.ly/kinofilmsalonwhiteribbon Date and time: Sunday, September 10 at 11:30am – 12:30pm PT, 2:30pm – 3:30pm ET, 8:30pm – 9:30pm CET.
Hosted by Jim Kolmar KINO! FILM SALON is a production of Telescope Film, in collaboration with the German Film Office. | |
| Episode 48 - September 7, 2023: In this episode you can learn more about actor Daniel Donskoy. He talked about his version of the holy trifecta - which is teleportation, peanut butter and no sleep. Furthermore the multi-hyphenate artist speaks about the power of musicals as well as plays and ends up with a movie idea: REDMAYNE. Episode 49 - September 28, 2023: For director and producer Silvana Santamaria, a film set is her happy place. No surprise that the prolific filmmaker has been chosen as one of EFP’s Producers on the Move 2023. But… not everything is about film – the scent of summer and a great book put a smile on her face. Learn more about her on this episode. You can find all of the episodes on our website and wherever podcasts are available. SHORT TAKE on Instagram! | |
| German Short Film Candidates for the Acadamy Awards® 2024 German Films is planning to publish a list of all German short films submitted to the 96th Academy Awards® and asks all producers to inform us about their submission and film by October 1, 2023 by contacting Martin Scheuring. The final deadline to submit live action, animated and documentary films with running times of up to 40 minutes that have qualified through an award or a theatrical run between June 1 and September 30, 2023 is on Monday, October 16, 2023. | |
| German productions and co-productions at Sarajevo, Drama, Odense and Fantoche. | |
| Awards for German productions and co-productions in Guanajuato, Seoul, Locarno (+ Locarno Pro) and Lago. | |
| International releases of German films in September 2023 supported by the German Films Distribution Support program: AFIRE in France (Distributor: Les Films du Losange, World Sales: The Match Factory, Theatrical Release: September 6, 2023) AFIRE in South Korea (Distributor: M&M International, World Sales: The Match Factory, Theatrical Release: September 13, 2023) FLY in Taiwan (Distributor: Garageplay, World Sales: Studiocanal, Theatrical Release: September 1, 2023) RICHARD THE STORK AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT JEWEL in Turkey (Distributor: Filmarti Film, World Sales: Indie Sales Company, Theatrical Release: September 22, 2023)
RICHARD THE STORK AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT JEWEL in Estonia (Distributor: Garsu Pasaulio Irasai, World Sales: Indie Sales Company, Theatrical Release: September 29, 2023) SCHOOL OF MAGICAL ANIMALS in Norway (Distributor: Another World Entertainment Norway, World Sales: Global Screen, Theatrical Release: September 9, 2023)
Please note: Correct at time of going to press. Changes may occur at any time.
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