GERMAN STUDENT SHORTS SUCCESSFUL AT THE ANNIE AWARDS AND VES AWARDS 2023
The Annie Awards, organized by the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972, honor the best international achievements in the field of animation. For the 50th edition, the German animated short THE MOST BORING GRANNY IN THE WHOLE WORLD by Damaris Zielke (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) received a nomination in the category “Best Student Film”. The Visual Effects Society presented the winners of the 21st VES Awards during a gala event in Los Angeles on 15 February. The German short film A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA by Murad Abu Eisheh (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) won in the category “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project”.
KINO23 IN TURKEY
As part of the 42nd Istanbul Film Festival, the Goethe Institut Turkey, with the support of German Films, opens a new edition of the German Film Week in Turkey: KINO23. The first part of the program, which will be screened from April 25-30 in the new Sinematek/Sinemaevi Kadiköy, will take place right after the Istanbul Film Festival. Some titles of the program, such as highlights of the Berlinale - AFIRE by Christian Petzold or INGEBORG BACHMANN : JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT by Margarethe von Trotta - will already be screened there.
More titles of the current program will be published soon on the Goethe Institut website.
THE 10TH TYSKE FILMDAGE will take place in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense from April 23-26.
The festival opens its 10th edition with THE FORGER by Maggie Peren. Berlinale highlights such as MEASURES OF MEN by Lars Kraume or SOMEDAY WE'LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING by Emily Atef will also be screened at the Grand Teatret.
Line- Up:
• THE FORGER by Maggie Peren
• WE ARE NEXT OF KIN by Hans-Christian Schmid
• THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum
• RHEINGOLD by Fatih Akin
• SOMEDAY WE’LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING by Emily Atef
• DANIEL RICHTER by Pepe Danquart
• MEASURES OF MEN by Lars Kraume
Find more information about the festival here.
