The 2023 Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled the in-development projects vying for financing and production partners at this year’s co-production market, with 33 projects from 26 countries selected.
Highlights include The Blindsight, the latest from Ukraine director Ruslan Batytskyi (A Rising Fury), from 2Brave Productions; Peeled Skin from Leonie Krippendorff (Fucking Berlin), which Germany’s Kineo Filmproduktion is producing; and Tales from the Golden Age 3, a feature from Romanian director Ioana Uricaru (Lemonade) and producers Mobra Films and 42 Film.
In the coming weeks, Berlin’s co-production market team will organize individual meetings between producers and potential partners for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 18-22.
The Berlinale co-production market has a strong track record in securing financing and completion funds for indie projects. Recent success stories include the last two Berlin Golden Bear winners, Alcarràs and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, as well as Oscar winners A Fantastic Woman...
Highlights include The Blindsight, the latest from Ukraine director Ruslan Batytskyi (A Rising Fury), from 2Brave Productions; Peeled Skin from Leonie Krippendorff (Fucking Berlin), which Germany’s Kineo Filmproduktion is producing; and Tales from the Golden Age 3, a feature from Romanian director Ioana Uricaru (Lemonade) and producers Mobra Films and 42 Film.
In the coming weeks, Berlin’s co-production market team will organize individual meetings between producers and potential partners for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 18-22.
The Berlinale co-production market has a strong track record in securing financing and completion funds for indie projects. Recent success stories include the last two Berlin Golden Bear winners, Alcarràs and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, as well as Oscar winners A Fantastic Woman...
- 1/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New titles include ‘Seven Winters In Tehran’, ‘Lonely Oaks’.
The Berlinale has unveiled the programme for the Perspektive Deutches Kino strand at its 2023 festival, with 16 films of which seven are feature world premieres.
The section will open with the world premiere of Steffi Niederzoll’s feature debut documentary Seven Winters In Tehran, analysing the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a female student in Iran who was hanged for murder having acted in self-defence against her rapist.
Scroll down for the Perspektive Deutches Kino features list
Titles also include Engin Kundag’s debut feature Ararat, in which a woman causes a traffic accident in Berlin,...
The Berlinale has unveiled the programme for the Perspektive Deutches Kino strand at its 2023 festival, with 16 films of which seven are feature world premieres.
The section will open with the world premiere of Steffi Niederzoll’s feature debut documentary Seven Winters In Tehran, analysing the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a female student in Iran who was hanged for murder having acted in self-defence against her rapist.
Scroll down for the Perspektive Deutches Kino features list
Titles also include Engin Kundag’s debut feature Ararat, in which a woman causes a traffic accident in Berlin,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed a raft of titles across strands and also 33 film projects vying for coin at the coproduction market.
Selections for the topical Perspektive Deutsches Kino strand from emerging German talent include “Seven Winters in Tehran” by Steffi Niederzoll, “Elaha” by Milena Aboyan, “Ararat” by Engin Kundag, “The Kidnapping of the Bride” by Sophia Mocorrea, Fabian Stumm’s “Bones and Names,” “Long Long Kiss” by Lukas Röder, Tanja Egen’s “On Mothers and Daughters,” “Ash Wednesday,” by João Pedro Prado and Bárbara Santos, “Nuclear Nomads” by Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari and “Lonely Oaks” by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl and Jens Mühlhoff.
All the selected films in the strand will compete for the Heiner Carow Prize and the Compass-Perspektive-Award, both of which are endowed with €5,000.
A 4K restoration of David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” will open the Berlinale Classics section, which also includes Oliver Schmitz’ “Mapantsula,...
Selections for the topical Perspektive Deutsches Kino strand from emerging German talent include “Seven Winters in Tehran” by Steffi Niederzoll, “Elaha” by Milena Aboyan, “Ararat” by Engin Kundag, “The Kidnapping of the Bride” by Sophia Mocorrea, Fabian Stumm’s “Bones and Names,” “Long Long Kiss” by Lukas Röder, Tanja Egen’s “On Mothers and Daughters,” “Ash Wednesday,” by João Pedro Prado and Bárbara Santos, “Nuclear Nomads” by Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari and “Lonely Oaks” by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl and Jens Mühlhoff.
All the selected films in the strand will compete for the Heiner Carow Prize and the Compass-Perspektive-Award, both of which are endowed with €5,000.
A 4K restoration of David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” will open the Berlinale Classics section, which also includes Oliver Schmitz’ “Mapantsula,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
There were several prizes for German co-productions at the Cannes Film Festival (14 - 25 May 2014) this year: Winter Sleep (Tr/De/Fr, Bredok Film Production) won the Palm d'Or . The film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan also received the Fipresci Prize from the international film critics. Another co-production with German participation, Le Meraviglie by Alice Rohrwacher (It/Ch/De, Pola Pandora), was awarded the Grand Prix. White God by Kornél Mundruczó (Hu/De/Se, Pola Pandora) received the main award in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Pola Pandora, the German production company serving as a partner on both films, was co-founded by the recently departed Karl Baumgartner, a pioneer of European arthouse cinema. Wim Wenders and his co-director Juliano Ribeiro Salgado received the Special Prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar for the French production The Salt of the Earth. Juan Sarmiento G. was responsible for the camerawork on Leidi, the Golden Palm for Short Films. He is now living and working in Berlin after having studied at the Hff Potsdam-Babelsberg.
The cinema was filled to capacity at the world premiere of the Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 program of shorts on Sunday, 18 May 2014. Around 250 guests came to the Star Cinema where the directors and producers of the 14 selected shorts presented their works to an audience of international professionals. The director and Oscar-winner® Caroline Link, who was a member of the jury, was also present at the premiere in Cannes. Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 is organized by German Films and the German Federal Film Board (Ffa). After the screening, the audience – which included representatives of international festivals, journalists, producers and buyers, rewarded the achievements of the German short film talents with long and enthusiastic applause.
Mariette Rissenbeek, managing director of German Films: "We are delighted that this year again saw such a large interest from people wanting to get to know the up-and-coming generation of German filmmakers at the Next Generation Short Tiger premiere. Everything was represented – from the Western through drama, animation, thriller, documentary and also comedy – and all of this was of a very high quality." The first festival invitations had already started coming in after the screening in Cannes. The Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 program will be shown in the upcoming months as part of the Festivals of German Films which are organized by German Films in Madrid, New York, Buenos Aires, Paris and Moscow.
This year, the market screenings organized by German Films under the banner of " New German Films in Cannes " at Cannes' Marché du Film presented 35 new German films. The screenings were well received by the professional visitors. A popular and highly regarded meeting place – along with the German Pavilion in the International Village – proved once again to be the German Reception in honor of German cinema and the films with German participation at the festival.
Over 850 guests took the opportunity to come together in a convivial atmosphere on La Plage - Majestic Barrière on Saturday, 17 May 2014. The State Minister for Culture, Prof. Monika Grütters, made the opening speech on the occasion of her first visit to Cannes. The producers Eva Blondiau (Torn), Michael Eckelt (That Lovely Girl / Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsallem), Alfred Hürmer (Maps to the Stars), Thanassis Karathanos (Clouds of Sils Maria) and Titus Kreyenberg (Bridges of Sarajevo), the directors Elmar Imanov and Engin Kundag (Torn), Slomi Elkabetz (Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsallem) and Jessica Hausner (Amour Fou) as well as the actors Christian Friedel and Stefan Großmann (Amour Fou) were among those attending from the delegations of the German co-productions showing at the festival. The guests included, among others, representatives of festivals from Moscow, Montreal, Palm Springs, Locarno and São Paulo, the actors Stefan Konarske and Maxim Mehmet, the directors Margarethe von Trotta, Caroline Link, Dietrich Brüggemann, Veit Helmer and Marco Kreuzpaintner, author Katja Eichinger as well as international and national distributors, producers and funders.
The cinema was filled to capacity at the world premiere of the Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 program of shorts on Sunday, 18 May 2014. Around 250 guests came to the Star Cinema where the directors and producers of the 14 selected shorts presented their works to an audience of international professionals. The director and Oscar-winner® Caroline Link, who was a member of the jury, was also present at the premiere in Cannes. Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 is organized by German Films and the German Federal Film Board (Ffa). After the screening, the audience – which included representatives of international festivals, journalists, producers and buyers, rewarded the achievements of the German short film talents with long and enthusiastic applause.
Mariette Rissenbeek, managing director of German Films: "We are delighted that this year again saw such a large interest from people wanting to get to know the up-and-coming generation of German filmmakers at the Next Generation Short Tiger premiere. Everything was represented – from the Western through drama, animation, thriller, documentary and also comedy – and all of this was of a very high quality." The first festival invitations had already started coming in after the screening in Cannes. The Next Generation Short Tiger 2014 program will be shown in the upcoming months as part of the Festivals of German Films which are organized by German Films in Madrid, New York, Buenos Aires, Paris and Moscow.
This year, the market screenings organized by German Films under the banner of " New German Films in Cannes " at Cannes' Marché du Film presented 35 new German films. The screenings were well received by the professional visitors. A popular and highly regarded meeting place – along with the German Pavilion in the International Village – proved once again to be the German Reception in honor of German cinema and the films with German participation at the festival.
Over 850 guests took the opportunity to come together in a convivial atmosphere on La Plage - Majestic Barrière on Saturday, 17 May 2014. The State Minister for Culture, Prof. Monika Grütters, made the opening speech on the occasion of her first visit to Cannes. The producers Eva Blondiau (Torn), Michael Eckelt (That Lovely Girl / Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsallem), Alfred Hürmer (Maps to the Stars), Thanassis Karathanos (Clouds of Sils Maria) and Titus Kreyenberg (Bridges of Sarajevo), the directors Elmar Imanov and Engin Kundag (Torn), Slomi Elkabetz (Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsallem) and Jessica Hausner (Amour Fou) as well as the actors Christian Friedel and Stefan Großmann (Amour Fou) were among those attending from the delegations of the German co-productions showing at the festival. The guests included, among others, representatives of festivals from Moscow, Montreal, Palm Springs, Locarno and São Paulo, the actors Stefan Konarske and Maxim Mehmet, the directors Margarethe von Trotta, Caroline Link, Dietrich Brüggemann, Veit Helmer and Marco Kreuzpaintner, author Katja Eichinger as well as international and national distributors, producers and funders.
- 6/7/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The lineup for the 2014 edition of Quinzane des réalisateurs (or "Directors' Fortnight") has been announced and includes the following:
Feature Films
Queen and Country (John Boorman)
Fighters (Thomas Cailley)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Alleluia (Fabrice Du Welz)
Li’l Quinquin (Bruno Dumont)
Gett – Le Procès de Viviane Amsalem (Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz)
These Final Hours (Zach Hilditch)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), the 4K restoration (Toby Hooper)
Eat Your Bones (Jean-Charles Hue)
A Hard Day (Seong-Hun Kim)
Next to Her (Asaf Korman)
Tu Dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur)
Refugiado (Diego Lerman)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma)
Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isao Takahata)
Pride (Matthew Warchus)
National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman)
Catch Me Daddy (Daniel Wolfe)
Short Films
Cambodia 2099 (Davy Chou)
In August (Jenna Hasse)
Guy Moquet (Demis Herenger)
Torn (Elmar Imanov and Engin Kundag)
Man on the Chair (Dahee Jeong)
It Can Pass Through the Wall (Radu Jude)
Heartless (Nara Normande...
Feature Films
Queen and Country (John Boorman)
Fighters (Thomas Cailley)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Alleluia (Fabrice Du Welz)
Li’l Quinquin (Bruno Dumont)
Gett – Le Procès de Viviane Amsalem (Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz)
These Final Hours (Zach Hilditch)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), the 4K restoration (Toby Hooper)
Eat Your Bones (Jean-Charles Hue)
A Hard Day (Seong-Hun Kim)
Next to Her (Asaf Korman)
Tu Dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur)
Refugiado (Diego Lerman)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma)
Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isao Takahata)
Pride (Matthew Warchus)
National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman)
Catch Me Daddy (Daniel Wolfe)
Short Films
Cambodia 2099 (Davy Chou)
In August (Jenna Hasse)
Guy Moquet (Demis Herenger)
Torn (Elmar Imanov and Engin Kundag)
Man on the Chair (Dahee Jeong)
It Can Pass Through the Wall (Radu Jude)
Heartless (Nara Normande...
- 4/22/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Bruno Dumont finds a special place on the croisette to premiere his latest work (his television mini-series Li’l Quinquin) and Frederick Wiseman makes another appearance in the section with London Museum bliss in National Gallery as the 2014 edition of the Directors’ Fortnight is low of first time works (only three) and filled with renowned auteurs. Rumored as a possible Main Comp entry, it is the hotly anticipated Bande De Files from Céline Sciamma that will open the section which will be book-ended by what could be a feel-good The Full Monty type in Matthew Warchus’ Pride. Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, this 1984 Margaret Thatcher set drama sees gay and lesbian activists support the families of National Union of Mineworkers and thus form to a surprising partnership. Also on the English side, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh will have some company in John Boorman, Queen and Country...
- 4/22/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Celine Sciamma’s Girlhood (Bande de Filles) [pictured] to open; Matthew Warchus’ Pride to close.Scroll down for full list
Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood (Bande de Filles), revolving around a girl gang in a tough Paris neighbourhood, will open Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 15-25.
The Cannes parallel section’s artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled the non-competitive line-up at a press conference at the Forum des Images in Paris today.
Sciamma was last in Cannes with adolescent locker room drama Water Lilies, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2007, but is best known internationally for her 2011 Tomboy, which sold to some 35 territories.
UK’s Pride is Closing Film
Matthew Warchus’ Pride, starring an ensemble cast featuring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine and Andrew Scott, will close the selection. The UK comedy revolves around an unexpected alliance in 1984 between a bunch of striking Welsh miners and gay and lesbian activists.
Other UK selections...
Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood (Bande de Filles), revolving around a girl gang in a tough Paris neighbourhood, will open Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 15-25.
The Cannes parallel section’s artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled the non-competitive line-up at a press conference at the Forum des Images in Paris today.
Sciamma was last in Cannes with adolescent locker room drama Water Lilies, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2007, but is best known internationally for her 2011 Tomboy, which sold to some 35 territories.
UK’s Pride is Closing Film
Matthew Warchus’ Pride, starring an ensemble cast featuring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine and Andrew Scott, will close the selection. The UK comedy revolves around an unexpected alliance in 1984 between a bunch of striking Welsh miners and gay and lesbian activists.
Other UK selections...
- 4/22/2014
- ScreenDaily
These Final Hours, an Apocalyptic thriller from first-time writer-director Zak Hilditch, will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors. Fortnight section in May.
Its selection enhances the Australian profile at the festival with David Michôd.s The Rover getting a midnight screening out of competition and Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country showing in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
.I think it.s every director.s dream to have their work screen in Cannes. This is a huge achievement for everyone who worked on the film,. Hilditch told If on Tuesday night.
In a joint statement with his producer Liz Kearney, he continued, .We are feeling so excited and proud to have our debut feature film selected for Directors' Fortnight. We are really looking forward to sharing These Final Hours with an international audience for the first time and could not ask for a better platform to premiere the film internationally in.
Its selection enhances the Australian profile at the festival with David Michôd.s The Rover getting a midnight screening out of competition and Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country showing in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
.I think it.s every director.s dream to have their work screen in Cannes. This is a huge achievement for everyone who worked on the film,. Hilditch told If on Tuesday night.
In a joint statement with his producer Liz Kearney, he continued, .We are feeling so excited and proud to have our debut feature film selected for Directors' Fortnight. We are really looking forward to sharing These Final Hours with an international audience for the first time and could not ask for a better platform to premiere the film internationally in.
- 4/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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