Over a third of the spectators still attending school or university, stable attendance figures at 4,500, brand new films coming straight from prestigious international festivals, ten eminent guests from the worlds of acting, directing and production with a prominent international star as a surprise guest at the opening - the Festival of German Films in Paris (4 - 10 October 2017) had quite a lot to offer during its 22nd edition.

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It couldn't have been any better at the ceremony for the 44th Student Academy Awards® in Los Angeles on 12 October 2017. The fact that two prizes would be going to German short film productions had already been announced in the run-up to the ceremony, but the double gold result wasn't made known until the award-winners were there in person in L.A..

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The submission process for the 2018 Oscars® in the Best Foreign Language Film category is now complete. 92 countries - and thus a new record - have entered films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Germany is sending Fatih Akin's IN THE FADE (DE/FR, bombero international,  Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, corazón international) into the running. More…

But German producers are also partners in an additional 15 entries...