Berlin news – Page 9
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NewsBerlinale outlines fresh strategy for showcasing rising German filmmakers
Source: Berlinale/Ali Ghandtschi Jenni Zylka Jenni Zylka, former director of the Berlinale’s discontinued Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, has taken on a new role to discover films by up-and-coming German filmmakers, working closely with the country’s film schools. The €5,000 Heiner Carow Prize, sponsored by Germany’s Defa Foundation, ...
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NewsParis techno club drama ‘After’ secures key French deal (exclusive)
Nightclub-set drama premiered in the Berlinale Panorama earlier this year.
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NewsDecision on new Berlinale director “by the end of this year”, says minister
Germany’s state minister for culture and media said: “the Berlinale shouldn’t be left behind, but be in the same league as Cannes, Venice and Toronto.
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NewsOscar-winner Edward Berger to join Berlinale festival director selection committee
The director of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ will help choose the next head of the Berlinale.
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NewsNearly 300 and counting leading film figures call for Berlinale’s Carlo Chatrian to stay in open letter
The letter has been signed by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg, Radu Jude and Tilda Swinton.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian to step down following 2024 edition
“It is quite clear that the conditions for me to continue as artistic director no longer exist.”
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NewsBerlinale to abandon co-director model after 2024 edition
“The necessary decisions for modernising the Berlinale… should now once again be in the hands of one person,” said Germany’s culture minister.
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NewsGermany picks Ilker Çatak’s ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ as its international Oscar entry
The film premeired in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2023.
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NewsBerlinale Talents appoints former European Film Awards executive as project manager
The project manager replaces Christine Trostrum, and will work alongside programme manager Florian Weghorn.
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NewsVenice title ‘Heartless’ and Burak Cevik drama among 13 projects backed by Berlinale World Cinema Fund
Projects from Bhutan to Brazil to receive production and distribution funding.
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NewsItaly embarks on major campaign to promote its film industry worldwide (exclusive)
Italy has just hosted Summit for US and French producers, is taking major delegation to Tokyo Film Festival and will be Country in Focus at Berlinale’s EFM.
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NewsBerlinale under fire from Germany’s arthouse cinemas for cutting Perspektive showcase
The Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar screens films from rising German filmmakers.
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NewsGerman film festivals criticise government cuts to the Berlinale amid speculation about its future
The festivals said the move sent out a “fatal sign” to the international film industry.
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NewsMagnolia acquires world on Berlinale, SXSW selection ‘Joan Baez I Am A Noise’
Company plans October 6 theatrical release.
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NewsBerlin film festival to reduce programme size as part of wider restructure
Total number of films to be reduced to around 200 titles.
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NewsKarlovy Vary competition title ‘Opponent’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
‘Opponent’ debuted in Panorama at Berlinale.
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NewsBerlinale Silver Bear winner ‘Disco Boy’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Franz Rogowski stars as a young Belarusian who ends up in the heart of the Niger Delta.
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NewsSacha Polak’s Berlinale Panorama title ‘Silver Haze’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Film reunites writer/director Polak with British actor Vicky Knight.
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NewsUtopia acquires North American rights to ‘Femme’ with George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (exclusive)
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping made their feature directing debut with this acclaimed Berlin Panorama queer thriller.
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NewsItaly’s EFM focus to spur further state investment in Italian film industry
Italy has boosted its minority coproduction fund from €5m-€6m.