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NEWSLETTER MAY

GERMAN FILMS IN CANNES 2023

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Talk about a seven year itch! Exactly seven years after her success in Maren Ade's TONI ERDMANN, German actress extraordinaire Sandra Hüller made a triumphant return to the Croisette at this year's Cannes film festival.

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ON OUR OWN BEHALF: SIMONE BAUMANN RE-ELECTED TO EFP BOARD

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The 37 national film institutes of the European Film Promotion (EFP) elected a new Board of Directors during the Festival de Cannes. The Board consists of seven members, with their term of office lasting for two years.

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25th FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS IN MADRID

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The Festival of German Films Madrid will take place for the first time at the famous Cine Embajadores this year. The popular cinema, frequented highly by cinema lovers, will open its doors for the 25th edition of the festival from June 14-18.

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KINO! FILM SALON: YELLA BY CHRISTIAN PETZOLD

© Hans Fromm

The focus of the next session for the English-language KINO! FILM SALON online film club on 11 June will be Christian Petzold’s YELLA.  

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NEW EPISODES – SHORT TAKE: A GERMAN FILMS PODCAST

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Our latest  #SHORT TAKE episodes see us chatting with writer Sönke Andresen and director/ actor/ writer Alison Kuhn, both ambassadors of our 2023 FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign.

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DEEP DIVE GENRE - A GERMAN FILMS PODCAST: SEASON 2 - ROMCOM

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Season 2 of Deep Dive Genre ends with a bang. None other than terrific actress, director and writer Karoline Herfurth joined us for our ultimate episode of the season to talk about all things RomCom! 

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NEWSBITES

96th OSCAR COMPETITION IN THE CATEGORY International Feature Film

- SELECTION OF THE GERMAN ENTRY -

German Films calls upon rights holders of films to participate in the selection of the German entry to the 96th OSCAR® Competition in the category International Feature Film (feature film, animated film, documentary).

Please find all the necessary information here. For any questions please contact Nicole Kaufmann.

FESTIVALS


German productions and co-productions at Anifilm, Frameline and Annecy.

INTERNATIONAL RELEASES IN JUNE


International releases of German films in June 2023 supported by the German Films Distribution Support program.

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