Jonathan Glazers Holocaustdrama hat bei der gestrigen Verleihung des Civis Medienpreises den Publikumspreis erhalten.
Der Civis Medienpreis wurde gestern erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica vergeben (Credit: CIVIS_Bernhard_Ludewig)
Bei der gestrigen Vergabe des Civis Medienpreises, die erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica in Berlin stattgefunden hat, sind Regisseur Jonathan Glazer sowie die Produzenten James Wilson und Ewa Puszczyńska für das Holocaust-Drama „The Zone of Interest“ mit Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel in den Hauptrollen mit dem Publikumspreis ausgezeichnet worden.
Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Hauptpreis, der Civis Top Award, ging an das Social-Media-Format „STRG_F: Israel und Gaza: Leben zwischen Terror und Krieg“ (Ndr | funk). Die Autoren Manuel Biallas, Armin Ghassim, Lisa Hagen, Mariam Noori, Timo Robben, Sulaiman Tadmory. Schildern darin das Schicksal zweier junger Menschen, die vom Überfall der Hamas auf Israel und vom Krieg Israels in Gaza betroffen sind: die Deutsch-Israelin Yarden und der Deutsch-Palästinenser Abed.
Die Jury des...
Der Civis Medienpreis wurde gestern erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica vergeben (Credit: CIVIS_Bernhard_Ludewig)
Bei der gestrigen Vergabe des Civis Medienpreises, die erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica in Berlin stattgefunden hat, sind Regisseur Jonathan Glazer sowie die Produzenten James Wilson und Ewa Puszczyńska für das Holocaust-Drama „The Zone of Interest“ mit Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel in den Hauptrollen mit dem Publikumspreis ausgezeichnet worden.
Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Hauptpreis, der Civis Top Award, ging an das Social-Media-Format „STRG_F: Israel und Gaza: Leben zwischen Terror und Krieg“ (Ndr | funk). Die Autoren Manuel Biallas, Armin Ghassim, Lisa Hagen, Mariam Noori, Timo Robben, Sulaiman Tadmory. Schildern darin das Schicksal zweier junger Menschen, die vom Überfall der Hamas auf Israel und vom Krieg Israels in Gaza betroffen sind: die Deutsch-Israelin Yarden und der Deutsch-Palästinenser Abed.
Die Jury des...
- 5/28/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s suspense drama “Hysteria” offers a timely look at Germany’s diverse West Asian community and the subtle racism and hypocrisy that often permeates liberal discourse about immigrants and foreign cultures.
“Hysteria” centers on a provocative film being shot by a Turkish-German director about racist arson attacks on German migrant residences in the 1990s. When a Quran goes up in flames during the shoot, the Arab extras on set are outraged, resulting in a set fraught with tension. Caught in the crossfire, production intern Elif, played by Devrim Lingnau (“The Empress”), finds herself increasingly drawn into a whirlwind of shame and suspicion.
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Büyükatalay, who won the Berlinale’s Best First Feature Award in 2019 for his drama “Oray,” which likewise explores themes of Muslim culture in Germany, is among seven film professionals selected as part of this year’s Face to Face with German Films talent showcase campaign.
“Hysteria” centers on a provocative film being shot by a Turkish-German director about racist arson attacks on German migrant residences in the 1990s. When a Quran goes up in flames during the shoot, the Arab extras on set are outraged, resulting in a set fraught with tension. Caught in the crossfire, production intern Elif, played by Devrim Lingnau (“The Empress”), finds herself increasingly drawn into a whirlwind of shame and suspicion.
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Büyükatalay, who won the Berlinale’s Best First Feature Award in 2019 for his drama “Oray,” which likewise explores themes of Muslim culture in Germany, is among seven film professionals selected as part of this year’s Face to Face with German Films talent showcase campaign.
- 2/18/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Pluto Film has expanded its lineup ahead of this year’s EFM in Berlin with Generation 14plus screener “Huling Palabas.”
The Berlin-based sales company has also acquired the historical drama “Sima’s Song” by award-winning Afghan director Roya Sadat; Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s timely and suspenseful German social drama “Hysteria”; and Luxembourgish helmer Eric Lamhène’s “Breathing Underwater,” which explores violence against women.
Ryan Espinosa Machado’s Philippine coming-of-age drama “Huling Palabas,” described by Pluto Film CEO Daniela Cölle as “a charming LGBTQ debut,” follows a 16-year-old boy in 2001 who, while searching for his father in the most unlikely of places, becomes mystified by two movie-like characters who appear in his small town.
“Huling Palabas” is produced by the Philippines’ Tilt Studios, Terminal Six, Waf Studios and Studio Pulo.
“Sima’s Song”
“Sima’s Song” stars Mozhdah Jamalzadah and Niloufar Koukhani as Suraya and Sima, lifelong friends whose lives take...
The Berlin-based sales company has also acquired the historical drama “Sima’s Song” by award-winning Afghan director Roya Sadat; Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s timely and suspenseful German social drama “Hysteria”; and Luxembourgish helmer Eric Lamhène’s “Breathing Underwater,” which explores violence against women.
Ryan Espinosa Machado’s Philippine coming-of-age drama “Huling Palabas,” described by Pluto Film CEO Daniela Cölle as “a charming LGBTQ debut,” follows a 16-year-old boy in 2001 who, while searching for his father in the most unlikely of places, becomes mystified by two movie-like characters who appear in his small town.
“Huling Palabas” is produced by the Philippines’ Tilt Studios, Terminal Six, Waf Studios and Studio Pulo.
“Sima’s Song”
“Sima’s Song” stars Mozhdah Jamalzadah and Niloufar Koukhani as Suraya and Sima, lifelong friends whose lives take...
- 2/2/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: German Films, the agency that promotes German cinema globally, has unveiled the seven participants for the ninth edition of its annual Face to Face campaign, which include talents who have worked on projects ranging from television series such as Deutschland ‘89 and Kafka to feature film Turning Tables.
This year’s edition, which is dubbed Face to Face with German Films – The Filmmakers, will showcase seven filmmakers who have made a lasting impact on the German film industry with their creative and artistic work. The initiative is considered a prominent platform for showcasing German talent to the international film and television worlds.
The participants this year are: actor Jan Bülow; writer and director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay; actor Banafshe Hourmazdi; writer-director Moritz Müller-Preißer; production designer Mona Cathleen Otterbach; writer-director Eva Trobisch; and writer-director Soleen Yusef.
They are following in the footsteps of such respected filmmakers as internationally renowned stars Sandra Hüller,...
This year’s edition, which is dubbed Face to Face with German Films – The Filmmakers, will showcase seven filmmakers who have made a lasting impact on the German film industry with their creative and artistic work. The initiative is considered a prominent platform for showcasing German talent to the international film and television worlds.
The participants this year are: actor Jan Bülow; writer and director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay; actor Banafshe Hourmazdi; writer-director Moritz Müller-Preißer; production designer Mona Cathleen Otterbach; writer-director Eva Trobisch; and writer-director Soleen Yusef.
They are following in the footsteps of such respected filmmakers as internationally renowned stars Sandra Hüller,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The film looks at the music sub-culture of Germany’s Turkish guest workers
London-based documentary specialists Taskovski Films has picked up German feature documentary Love, Deutschmarks And Death, which is screening in Berlin Panorama this week.
Taskovski has taken worldwide sales and distribution rights, except Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland for the film. Rapid Eye Movies holds the German rights and will release the film in Germany later this year.
Directed by Cem Kaya, the film uncovers a forgotten subculture – that of the music made by the Turkish “guest workers” who came to Germany from the early 1960s onwards. Often suffering from homesickness,...
London-based documentary specialists Taskovski Films has picked up German feature documentary Love, Deutschmarks And Death, which is screening in Berlin Panorama this week.
Taskovski has taken worldwide sales and distribution rights, except Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland for the film. Rapid Eye Movies holds the German rights and will release the film in Germany later this year.
Directed by Cem Kaya, the film uncovers a forgotten subculture – that of the music made by the Turkish “guest workers” who came to Germany from the early 1960s onwards. Often suffering from homesickness,...
- 2/13/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Kolkata– January 7, 2020 – In its fourth edition, Arthouse Asia Film Festival is establishing a reputation as a relaxed, boutique event, with strong focus on independent cinema and a productive industry programme partnered with prestigious ‘Produire Au Sud’ for screenwriters and producers from South Asia.
“Weihai”
The day began with the screening of Chinese film ‘Weihai‘ directed by Liang Huan. The film has been shot beautifully in black and white and tells the story of a film screenwriter who went to a seaside town for ten days.
The day progressed with an insightful discussion about the landscape of independent film production in South Asia. Renowned Bangladeshi producer Arifur Rahman(Live from Dhaka, Kingdom of Clay Subjects) and Chennai based producer Mathivanan Rajendran (Nirvana Inn) have taken part in the session and shared their experience in the film circuit.
The session turned out extremely important and valuable to the film school students and...
“Weihai”
The day began with the screening of Chinese film ‘Weihai‘ directed by Liang Huan. The film has been shot beautifully in black and white and tells the story of a film screenwriter who went to a seaside town for ten days.
The day progressed with an insightful discussion about the landscape of independent film production in South Asia. Renowned Bangladeshi producer Arifur Rahman(Live from Dhaka, Kingdom of Clay Subjects) and Chennai based producer Mathivanan Rajendran (Nirvana Inn) have taken part in the session and shared their experience in the film circuit.
The session turned out extremely important and valuable to the film school students and...
- 1/12/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Photo courtesy of Pablo Ocqueteau and Berlinale 2019Below you will find our favorite films of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as an index of our coverage.AwardsFAVORITE Filmsdaniel KASMANHeimat Is a Space in Time (Thomas Heise)Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream (Frank Beauvais)Fourteen (Dan Sallitt)I Was at Home, But... (Angela Schanelec)Synonyms (Nadav Lapid)The Plagiarists (Peter Parlow)Delphine and Carole (Callisto McNulty)Holy Beasts Years of Construction (Heinz Emigholz)Bait (Mark Jenkins)Giovanni Marchini CAMIASynonyms (Nadav Lapid)I Was at Home, But... (Angela Schanelec)The Plagiarists (Peter Parlow)Just Don't Think I'll Scream (Frank Beauvais)The Blue Flower of Novalis (Gustavo Vinagre & Rodrigo Carneiro)The Portuguese Woman (Rita Azevedo Gomes)The Last to See Them (Sara Summa)Earth (Nikolaus Geyrhalter)Heimat Is a Space in Time (Thomas Heise)Ms Slavic 7 (Sofia Bohdanowicz & Deragh Campbell)Jordan Cronki Was at Home, But... (Angela Schanelec...
- 2/28/2019
- MUBI
By The Grace Of God wins the Silver Bear, while Yong Mei and Wang Jingchun take the acting Bears for Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son.
Nadiv Lapid’s Synonymes won the Golden Bear for best film at Dieter Kosslick’s 18th and final outing as Berlin’s festival director at the Berlinale Palast tonight (Feb 16).
It’s the first time in the Berlinale’s history that an Israeli director has won the Golden Bear. The film is a French-Israeli-German co-production.
Lapid dedicated the award to his late mother, the editor Ara Lapid, who he described as his “most...
Nadiv Lapid’s Synonymes won the Golden Bear for best film at Dieter Kosslick’s 18th and final outing as Berlin’s festival director at the Berlinale Palast tonight (Feb 16).
It’s the first time in the Berlinale’s history that an Israeli director has won the Golden Bear. The film is a French-Israeli-German co-production.
Lapid dedicated the award to his late mother, the editor Ara Lapid, who he described as his “most...
- 2/16/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
This year’s edition of the Berlin Film Festival has come to an end, and Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” is taking home one of the film world’s most prestigious awards: the Golden Bear for Best Film. “I Was at Home, But” helmer Angela Schanelec was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director by the jury, which was led by Juliette Binoche and gave both acting prizes to the stars of Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Di jui tian chang”.
The full list of winners:
Read More: ‘Synonyms’ Review: An Astonishing, Maddening Drama About National Identity — Berlin
Golden Bear for Best Film: “Synonyms,” directed by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “Grâce à Dieu” (“By the Grace of God”), directed by François Ozon
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize: “Systemsprenger” (“System Crasher”), directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director: Angela Schanelec, “Ich war zuhause, aber” “(I Was at Home, But...
The full list of winners:
Read More: ‘Synonyms’ Review: An Astonishing, Maddening Drama About National Identity — Berlin
Golden Bear for Best Film: “Synonyms,” directed by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “Grâce à Dieu” (“By the Grace of God”), directed by François Ozon
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize: “Systemsprenger” (“System Crasher”), directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director: Angela Schanelec, “Ich war zuhause, aber” “(I Was at Home, But...
- 2/16/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms,” about a young Israeli man in Paris who has turned his back on his native country, won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale on Saturday.
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to François Ozon’s French drama “By the Grace of God,” a fact-based account of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal behind the ongoing trial of Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon.
Accepting the award, Lapid said “Synonyms,” which stars Tom Mercier, would likely be considered “scandalous” in Israel and France – the pic skewers stereotypes from both nations – but added that it was ultimately a celebration.
In his review in Variety, Jay Weissberg wrote that the film takes “a Kalashnikov to the nation’s military culture and its carefully nurtured persecution complex.”
Thanking the Berlinale for selecting his film, Ozon said he did not know whether addressing child sexual abuse...
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to François Ozon’s French drama “By the Grace of God,” a fact-based account of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal behind the ongoing trial of Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon.
Accepting the award, Lapid said “Synonyms,” which stars Tom Mercier, would likely be considered “scandalous” in Israel and France – the pic skewers stereotypes from both nations – but added that it was ultimately a celebration.
In his review in Variety, Jay Weissberg wrote that the film takes “a Kalashnikov to the nation’s military culture and its carefully nurtured persecution complex.”
Thanking the Berlinale for selecting his film, Ozon said he did not know whether addressing child sexual abuse...
- 2/16/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Further acquisitions include ’All The Pretty Little Horses’.
German sales company Pluto Film has added four features to its slate ahead of next week’s Berlin Film Festival (February 7-17).
Amongst the new titles are Oray, which plays in Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlinale and has its market premiere at the Efm. The debut feature from Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay tells the story of Oray, a man torn between his love of faith and his faith in love.
Mirlan Abdykalykov’s Running To The Sky, another Pluto acquisition, explores the world of a young boy who wants to take part in a big race.
German sales company Pluto Film has added four features to its slate ahead of next week’s Berlin Film Festival (February 7-17).
Amongst the new titles are Oray, which plays in Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlinale and has its market premiere at the Efm. The debut feature from Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay tells the story of Oray, a man torn between his love of faith and his faith in love.
Mirlan Abdykalykov’s Running To The Sky, another Pluto acquisition, explores the world of a young boy who wants to take part in a big race.
- 1/28/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ghost Town AnthologyThe titles for the 69th Berlin International Film Festival are being announced in anticipation of the event running February 7-17, 2019. We will update the program as new films are revealed.COMPETITIONThe Ground Beneath My FeetThe Golden Glove (Faith Akin, Germany/France)By the Grace of GodThe Kindness of StrangersI Was at Home, but A Tale of Three SistersGhost Town Anthology (Denis Côté, Canada)Berlinale SPECIALGully Boy (Zoya Akhtar, India)BrechtWatergate (Charles Ferguson, USA)Panorama 201937 Seconds (Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki), Japan)Dafne (Federico Bondi, Italy)The Day After I'm Gone (Nimrod Eldar, Israel)A Dog Called Money (Seamus Murphy, Ireland/UK)Waiting for the CarnivalChainedFlatland (Jenna Bass, South Africa/Germany/Luxembourg)Greta (Armando Praça, Brazil)Hellhole (Bas Devos, Belgium/Netherlands)Jessica Forever (Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France)AcidMid90s (Jonah Hill, USA) Family MembersMonos (Alejandro Landes, Columbia/Argentina/Netherlands/Germany/Denmark/Sweden/Uruguay) O Beautiful Night (Xaver Böhm,...
- 1/2/2019
- MUBI
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