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News‘Toni Erdmann’ producers to adapt Bataclan memoir ‘You Will Not Have My Hate’ (exclusive)
Published in 2016, Antoine Leiris’s bestseller charts how he and his baby son endured the weeks after his wife was killed in the Bataclan terror attack.
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FeaturesThe hot German films premiering at the Munich Film Festival 2019
Last year’s Munich break-out was Eva Trobisch’s ‘All Is Good’ .
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FeaturesMunich’s new artistic director talks about the festival’s elevated international ambitions
An increased budget means new strands, more stars and a VR showcase.
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FeaturesGerman Films MD Simone Baumann on how the agency is adapting to the age of streaming
”¨Many people in the German film business are now working on high-end series for these new players and we now have to find a way of including them.”
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NewsMunich Film Festival should aim to "overtake" Berlinale, says Bavaria's prime minister
Filmfest director Diana Iljine emphasised Munich does not see itself in competition with Berlin.
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NewsBerlinale faces screening venue headache with proposed CineStar closure
The CineStar’s eight screens host Panorama, Forum and EFM screenings.
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NewsRussia poised to launch 25% cash rebate scheme to attract international film and TV productions
Russia is a notoriously difficult place to shoot for foreign producers.
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NewsTransilvania film festival: industry report, 'Monos' wins top prize
Mihály Schwechtje’s Democracy Work In Progress wins €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award.
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FeaturesHow Central and Eastern European animation is thriving thanks to international co-production
The last two years have seen international co-productions with substantial input from the region win major awards, including Loving Vincent and Another Day Of Life.
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News'Gundermann' wins big at Germany's Lola Awards
Andreas Dresen’s biopic wins six prizes from 10 nominations.
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NewsSergei Loznitsa doc 'State Funeral' to depict "terrifying" days after Stalin's death (exclusive)
The Ukrainian director was talking at the goEast Festival in Germany.
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News"Piracy is the most successful form of distribution," says Werner Herzog
The verteran German director was giving a masterclass at Nyon’s Visions du Reel festival.
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News'Ray & Liz' wins best European debut in Vilnius
The Lithuanian festival also lauded Zsófia Szilágyi’s debut ‘One Day’.
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FeaturesAn industry in flux: five top commissioners discuss Europe's TV drama market
Screen speaks to commissioners from five key European territories.
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FeaturesQ&A: Heike Hempel, Deputy director of programmes, ZDF
Heike has produced TV movies including ‘Dresden’ and ‘Generation War’.
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NewsGerman Producers Association launches TVoD platform
Service called KinoHerz is globally accessible but some films will be geo-blocked according to the rights availability.
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NewsGerman government launches emergency aid package for rural cinemas
€5m in funding to be shared among cinemas in small towns and villages.
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NewsJohn Malkovich to star as Roman philosopher Seneca (exclusive)
German director Robert Schwentke is directing the English-language project.
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News€2m awarded to producer nominees in three categories of Germany's Lola awards
The recipients were the producers of films nominated for best film, best doc and best children’s film.
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NewsBerlinale hit 'The Ground Beneath My Feet' secures North American deal (exclusive)
Marie Kreutzer’s pyschological thriller is screening at international festivals.