Berlin news – Page 129
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NewsKosslick: Berlinale may consider Cannes or Locarno management model in the future
Dieter Kosslick notes strong Asian, German, French selections for 2012 Berlinale; popular themes include upheaval and exercise of power.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell new title from Devil Inside team
Nick Meyer will commence pre-sales at the EFM next month on the “genre bending” Untitled Bell/Peterman Project. Director William Brent Bell and his co-writer Matthew Peterman’s The Devil Inside stormed to the top of the US charts last weekend in a shock $33.7m debut.
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NewsOphüls Prize Film Festival to include nine world premieres in competitions
Weingartner’s Hut In The Woods will open festival in Saarbrucken.
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NewsThe Match Factory boards Fliegauf’s Just The Wind
German sales outfit confirms it will handle international on Berlin Competition entry
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NewsBerlinale partners with MoMA for Retrospective section for 2012 and beyond
Festival’s 2012 Retrospective is The Red Dream Factory. Mezhrabpom-Film and Prometheus 1921-1936.
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NewsBerlin's German selections include 1980s skateboarding doc
Berlinale has added more titles to the 2012 Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, including This Ain’t California, a documentary about skateboarders in 1980s GDR.
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NewsBerlinale Competition includes films from Thornton, Petzold, Taviani, Fliegauf
Berlinale confirms 10 more Competition titles, plus Jolie’s In The Land Of Blood And Honey to screen in Berlinale Special.
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NewsBerlin to open with world premiere of Jacquot's Farewell My Queen
Period drama starring Diane Kruger will be in competition.
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NewsBerlin's Panorama selects new films from Gatlif, Hamburger, Schlöndorff
Berlinale unveils first 20 films in Panorama sections, with Indignados and Elles opening Panorama Special.
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NewsMeryl Streep to receive honorary Golden Bear in Berlin
She will be presented with the lifetime achievement award at a screening of The Iron Lady during the upcoming Berlinale.
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NewsKosslick likely to stay at head of Berlinale until 2016
Berlinale chief Dieter Kosslick is set to remain at the head of the leading international festival event until 2016.
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NewsBerlinale jury to include Corbijn, Ozon, Farhadi, Gyllenhaal
In addition to the previously announced jury president Mike Leigh, the Berlinale has announced the other members of the international jury for 2012.
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NewsBerlin competition to include world premieres from Mendoza, Edwin
Extremely Loud, Flowers of War to show out of competition. In Berlinale Special, Werner Herzog to unveil four-part series Death Row.
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NewsBerlinale's Generation line-up includes The Crown Jewels
The Berlinale has announced the first selections of its Generation programme for young people and teenagers.
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NewsEuropean Film Promotion unveils 2012 Shooting Stars longlist
UK actor Riz Ahmed and Germany’s Anna Maria Mühe are among ten up-and-coming European acting talents selected from a longlist of 23 candidates.
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NewsMike Leigh tapped as jury president for Berlinale 2012
Leigh was last in Berlin with 2008’s Happy-Go-Lucky.
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NewsLindhardt, Solomon among jurors for EFP's Shooting Stars
The jury of experts has been named to select Europe’s 10 best acting talents for European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Shooting Stars 2012 showcase, which will be held during the upcoming Berlinale from Feb 11-13, 2012
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NewsBerlinale and European Film Market (EFM) plan digital innovations for 2012
Moving its accreditation procedure online is one of the innovations introduced for the 2012 editions of the Berlinale and European Film Market (EFM) next February.
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NewsBerlinale plans retrospective on classic Russian studio
The Berlinale is planning its 2012 retrospective, The Red Dream Factory, dedicated to the now-defunct film studio Mezhrabpom-Film.
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NewsBerlinale to offer $20,000 (€15,000) prize for young German directors
Thomas Arslan, Anna Bruggemann and Gian-Piero Ringel comprise the jury for first edition.