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NEW EPISODE WITH ALICIA VON RITTBERG - SHORT TAKE: THE GERMAN FILMS PODCAST

Behold the Queen! After a short break, SHORT TAKE – THE GERMAN FILMS PODCAST is back with a special treat for you: the latest episode features the award-winning actress Alicia von Rittberg. You can see her currently in BECOMING ELIZABETH on Starzplay. Find out what fascinates Alicia about her work, making jewelry and what THE SIXTH SENSE has to do with her having trouble getting to sleep.

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.

All the episodes are available on our website and wherever there are podcasts.

SHORT TAKE is also on Instagram!

LATEST NEWS FROM OUR FACES 2022

This February saw us presenting the talents of our FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS - THE FILMMAKERS campaign. The screenwriter-actress-producer Sara Faziliat travelled with Ali Abbasi’s HOLY SPIDER to Cannes for the film’s premiere at the 75th edition and had numerous interviews and meetings during the festival, but some of our other Faces also have exciting projects and events lined up in the coming months.

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24th GERMAN FILMS PREVIEWS 2022

The 24th edition of the annual German Films Previews were held from 20 to 23 June, 2022, with 57 international film buyers watching new German films in the ASTOR Film Lounge at Munich’s ARRI Kino over the course of three days. Sales companies and producers also presented numerous works that are still in production along with the screenings of completed films.

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KINO! FILM SALON: ROSENSTRASSE by Margarethe von Trotta

The focus of the next session for the English-language KINO! FILM SALON online film club on July 17th will be on Margarethe von Trotta's drama ROSENSTRASSE as a way of marking the director's 80th birthday.

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GERMAN PRODUCERS @ FINNISH FILM AFFAIR

German Films and Finnish Film Affair will be cooperating for the first time this year and giving a small delegation of interested producers the opportunity to network with Finnish producers at the Finnish Film Affair.

The Finnish Film Affair will take place for the 11th time from 21 - 23 September, 2022 as part of the Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy. Around 400 professionals from the international film industry will be taking part in the industry event which is mainly focused on Finnish films, but also showcases Nordic talents.  

The aim of the joint venture is to encourage and further develop German-Finnish co-productions.

Please click here for more information about the call for entries and the conditions for applying.
The deadline for applications is 15 July, 2022.
Participation in the Finnish Film Affair through German Films will be announced in early August 2022.

ANNECY 2022

German animation film had a very strong presence at the world’s leading animation film festival in Annecy (13 - 18 June, 2022) this year with 11 shorts in the competitive sections and one feature-length film.

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NEWSBYTES


6TH EDITION EMERGING ARTISTS - CALL FOR PROJECTS
AG Kurzfilm and German Films have been presenting young artists and their experimentally oriented, emerging cinematic works as part of Emerging Artists - Contemporary Experimental Films and Video Art from Germany initiative since 2012. Entries for the 6th edition will be presented for the first time in early 2023 and then go on an international tour: they can still be submitted until 8 July, 2022. Films should have been completed after 1 January, 2021 and not be any longer than 30 minutes. All information and the detailed call for projects here.

TOKYO GAP-FINANCING MARKET 2022 - CALL FOR PROJECTS
TIFFCOM 2022, the Marketplace for Film and TV in Asia, the affiliated market of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), is announcing a Call for Projects for the third edition of the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM), which will take place from October 25 - 27, 2022. The TGFM is a platform for up to 20 selected projects in the categories of fiction films, fiction TV series, animated feature films and animated TV series. The market aims to support Japanese, Asian and international producers in securing financing for their projects through one-on-one meetings with professionals from around the globe, including producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, broadcasters and other potential funders. All the invited professionals are decision-makers. In addition, each project will have broad networking opportunities at TIFFCOM 2022 and TIFF. Project submission deadline is July 20th, 2022. This call is open to Japanese, Asian and International projects in the following categories: Feature Films (Fiction, Animation). The project must be a fiction feature film or a long feature animation with a running time above 70 minutes and intended for theatrical and/or streaming. Each project must have secured 60% of its budget and must prove that this financing is in place. The projects must be a majority Asian stake and/or include an Asian element. Please find further information here.

GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL IN AUSTRALIA WRAPS
The GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL in Australia wrapped on 22 June after a month on the road. Franziska Stünkel presented her film THE LAST EXECUTION in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. Other popular titles with the audiences in seven Australian cities were the opening film A STASI COMEDY by Leander Haußmann, THE FORGERCONTRA by Sönke Wortmann and IT'S JUST A PHASE, HONEY BUNNY by Florian Gallenberger. In Sydney and Melbourne alone, 15,000 spectators had attended the festival. German Films organised the festival together with the Australian Palace Cinemas cinema chain. The Goethe-Institut in Australia showed a selection of German films from five decades to mark its 50th anniversary, as well as the sidebar Kino for KidsPalace Cinemas commented on the success of the festival by saying that "the appetite for new German cinema is as strong as ever". More information about the festival as well as the programme can be found here.

24th FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS IN MADRID
From 08 to 12 June 2022, The 24th edition of the FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS was held from 8 - 12 June, 2022 at the Palacio de la Prensa cinema in Madrid to celebrate German cinema in the Spanish capital. Florian Hoffmann presented his drama WHISPERS OF WAR as the opening film of this year’s festival and it was subsequently voted the audience’s favourite, while Melanie Lischker brilliantly answered questions during two emotional Q&As after the screenings of her film LIFE ON TAPE. The programme included a retrospective of films by Christian Schwochow with JE SUIS KARLBORNHOLMER STRASSE and GERMAN LESSON curated by the Goethe-Institut in Madrid. The festival’s partners are the Goethe-Institut Madrid, the German Embassy in Madrid, FILMIN and Almamedia+.

FESTIVALS


German productions and co-productions in Karlovy VarySheffield and Vila do Conde.

AWARDS


Prizes for German productions and co-productions in CannesPalm SpringsVienna and Tribeca.

INTERNATIONAL RELEASES IN JULY


International releases of German films in July 2022 supported by the German Films Distribution Support program.

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