It’s a story — the attempted genocide of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their willing executioners — that has been told many times before. But, say the creators of the new German TV drama The Interpreter of Silence, it’s a story that needs to be told again and again.
The five-part limited series, which bowed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ worldwide Nov. 15, is up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the best foreign-language TV series category. The period drama will go up against the South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the French crime series Lupin, and the Italian mafia drama The Good Mothers.
Set in Frankfurt in 1963, The Interpreter of Silence follows the events of Eva Bruhns, a 24-year-old German woman, played by Katharina Stark, who gets a job as a Polish-to-German interpreter in the Auschwitz trials, the...
The five-part limited series, which bowed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ worldwide Nov. 15, is up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the best foreign-language TV series category. The period drama will go up against the South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the French crime series Lupin, and the Italian mafia drama The Good Mothers.
Set in Frankfurt in 1963, The Interpreter of Silence follows the events of Eva Bruhns, a 24-year-old German woman, played by Katharina Stark, who gets a job as a Polish-to-German interpreter in the Auschwitz trials, the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
They will screen as part of the New German Films line-up at the 40th edition of the German festival later this month.
New feature films by Asli Özge, Maximilian Erlenwein and Henrika Kull are among 15 titles premiering in the New German Cinema sidebar at the Filmfest München’s 40th anniversary edition (June 23 - July 1).
Turkish-born director Özge’s thriller Black Box, whose cast includes Luise Heyer, Felix Kramer, and Christian Berkel, will open the section on June 24 and be released theatrically in Germany by Port au Prince Pictures on August 10 .
The Zeitsprung Pictures production was co-produced with the Dardennes brothers...
New feature films by Asli Özge, Maximilian Erlenwein and Henrika Kull are among 15 titles premiering in the New German Cinema sidebar at the Filmfest München’s 40th anniversary edition (June 23 - July 1).
Turkish-born director Özge’s thriller Black Box, whose cast includes Luise Heyer, Felix Kramer, and Christian Berkel, will open the section on June 24 and be released theatrically in Germany by Port au Prince Pictures on August 10 .
The Zeitsprung Pictures production was co-produced with the Dardennes brothers...
- 6/6/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Comedy actors Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka will star in a new German original series for Amazon Prime Video to be produced by Bildundtonfabrik.
The series is due to appear on the platform next year. Further details on the show have yet to be announced.
“Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka are a real dream team in front of the camera. Viewers can look forward to their first series project together on Prime Video,” said Philip Pratt, head of German originals for Prime Video.
News of the show was revealed by Pratt on Tuesday at a panel during the Berlin Film Festival about Prime Video’s international content strategy. Other speakers included head of Nordic Originals, Karin Lindström, and head of Nigerian Originals, Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu.
Amazon’s German shows have included thrillers such as the Matthias Schweighöfer starrer “You Are Wanted” and “Beat,” with Jannis Niewöhner,...
The series is due to appear on the platform next year. Further details on the show have yet to be announced.
“Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka are a real dream team in front of the camera. Viewers can look forward to their first series project together on Prime Video,” said Philip Pratt, head of German originals for Prime Video.
News of the show was revealed by Pratt on Tuesday at a panel during the Berlin Film Festival about Prime Video’s international content strategy. Other speakers included head of Nordic Originals, Karin Lindström, and head of Nigerian Originals, Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu.
Amazon’s German shows have included thrillers such as the Matthias Schweighöfer starrer “You Are Wanted” and “Beat,” with Jannis Niewöhner,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Leo Barraclough and Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has set “German House,” a drama about a young interpreter who is confronted with the shocking truth of the Holocaust during her work at the first Auschwitz trial in 1963, as its next German original.
The five-part miniseries is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by author Annette Hess, who also wrote the screenplay and serves as showrunner.
Shooting on “German House” has been underway in Poland since late August and will continue until mid-December. Isa Prahl (“Westwall”) and Randa Chahoud (“Deutschland 89”) serve as directors.
Produced by Gaumont Germany, the series sees the protagonist uncover horrible crimes, suffering and guilt that had been suppressed during the German economic miracle as she also discovers her own family entanglements in the dark side of German history.
The cast comprises Katharina Stark (“Tatort”), Anke Engelke, Iris Berben, (“Krupp”), Hans-Jochen Wagner her father Ludwig and Ricarda Seifried (“A Winter’s...
The five-part miniseries is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by author Annette Hess, who also wrote the screenplay and serves as showrunner.
Shooting on “German House” has been underway in Poland since late August and will continue until mid-December. Isa Prahl (“Westwall”) and Randa Chahoud (“Deutschland 89”) serve as directors.
Produced by Gaumont Germany, the series sees the protagonist uncover horrible crimes, suffering and guilt that had been suppressed during the German economic miracle as she also discovers her own family entanglements in the dark side of German history.
The cast comprises Katharina Stark (“Tatort”), Anke Engelke, Iris Berben, (“Krupp”), Hans-Jochen Wagner her father Ludwig and Ricarda Seifried (“A Winter’s...
- 10/26/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The German festival is running from June 23 to July 2.
Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage will launch Filmfest München in an opening gala at the German city’s Isar Philharmonic concert hall today
The Filmfest is screening 120 films from 52 countries, including 35 world premieres. Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher will be presented with this year’s CineMerit Award, while there will be a homage to German filmmaker Doris Dörrie with the premiere of her latest film The Pool.
Festival director Diana Iljine and artistic director Christoph Gröner talk to Screen about this year’s event and the Filmfest’s significance as a launchpad for international careers of German films.
Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage will launch Filmfest München in an opening gala at the German city’s Isar Philharmonic concert hall today
The Filmfest is screening 120 films from 52 countries, including 35 world premieres. Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher will be presented with this year’s CineMerit Award, while there will be a homage to German filmmaker Doris Dörrie with the premiere of her latest film The Pool.
Festival director Diana Iljine and artistic director Christoph Gröner talk to Screen about this year’s event and the Filmfest’s significance as a launchpad for international careers of German films.
- 6/23/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Chryssos won the best director award for ‘A Pure Place’.
World premieres by Nikias Chryssos and Franziska Stünkel were among the winners of the German Cinema New Talent Awards at this year’s Filmfest München, which wrapped at the weekend.
Chryssos won the best director award for his second feature A Pure Place, an offbeat coming-of-age tale about two young siblings engulfed in a secret community obsessed with soap, located on a remote Greek island. He was selected by a jury comprised of actors Sophie von Kessel and Komi M. Togbonou, and Barbara Mundel, artistic director of the Münchner Kammerspiele.
World premieres by Nikias Chryssos and Franziska Stünkel were among the winners of the German Cinema New Talent Awards at this year’s Filmfest München, which wrapped at the weekend.
Chryssos won the best director award for his second feature A Pure Place, an offbeat coming-of-age tale about two young siblings engulfed in a secret community obsessed with soap, located on a remote Greek island. He was selected by a jury comprised of actors Sophie von Kessel and Komi M. Togbonou, and Barbara Mundel, artistic director of the Münchner Kammerspiele.
- 7/12/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
German cinema looks set for a major boost this year from some of the country’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors tackling such eclectic subject matter as U.S. torture in Guantánamo, the impact of bipolar disorder on family, and a folkloric love story about the Grim Reaper.
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
German cinema looks set for an exciting year with forthcoming works that include a high-profile Cannes selection celebrating one of Germany’s most iconic filmmakers, an expressionistic thriller set in 1920s Vienna, a tale of Nazi seduction and a new Thomas Mann adaptation.
The Covid-19 pandemic dashed the excitement of a splashy Cannes premiere for Oskar Roehler’s “Enfant Terrible,” part of the festival’s Official Selection, but the film is nevertheless certain to generate buzz with its portrayal of legendary filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and his turbulent film career that spanned 1969 to 1982.
In making the film, Roehler found inspiration in Fassbinder’s own work.
“We didn’t want to do your standard biopic,” says producer Markus Zimmer, managing director of Bavaria Filmproduktion. “I think we did come very close to what Fassbinder would have made out of his own life. We tried to be in line with the artistic...
The Covid-19 pandemic dashed the excitement of a splashy Cannes premiere for Oskar Roehler’s “Enfant Terrible,” part of the festival’s Official Selection, but the film is nevertheless certain to generate buzz with its portrayal of legendary filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and his turbulent film career that spanned 1969 to 1982.
In making the film, Roehler found inspiration in Fassbinder’s own work.
“We didn’t want to do your standard biopic,” says producer Markus Zimmer, managing director of Bavaria Filmproduktion. “I think we did come very close to what Fassbinder would have made out of his own life. We tried to be in line with the artistic...
- 6/24/2020
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
The German family drama, now in post-production, will star Sinje Irslinger, Til Schweiger and Heike Makatsch in the lead roles. Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International has picked up the international rights to André Erkau’s family drama God You’re Such a Prick. The director’s latest cinematic endeavour was Happy Burnout (2016), a comedy revolving around an unemployed man diagnosed with burn-out syndrome, and starring Torben Liebrecht, Kostja Ullmann and Anke Engelke in the lead roles. The news about Picture Tree International’s acquisition was first reported by Variety. The script of God You’re Such a Prick, penned by Tommy Wosch and Katja Kittendorf, centres on a 16-year-old girl called Stefanie (Sinje Irslinger), whose world is turned upside down when she finds out she has terminal cancer right before a school graduation trip to Paris. When Stefanie’s parents (Til Schweiger and Heike Makatsch) decide that she should stay home instead,...
Anke Engelke will play a funeral eulogy speaker who loses faith in her work and tries to sabotage her husband’s funeral in “The Last Word,” an original comedy drama out of Germany for Netflix.
Pantaleon Films is making the six-part series with Aron Lehmann and Carlos V. Irmscher attached as showrunners. The pair co-wrote the series with authors Nora Valo and Carolina Zimmermann. Lehmann will also direct the show.
“Just like in real life, drama and humor are clashing constantly,” Engelke said of the series. “Family and relationships, loss and grief, life and death, the absurdities of life, the rediscovery of strength and lust for life, it is all in there – so beautiful it makes you cry.”
“The Last Word” is based on an idea of Thorsten Merten. The series is the latest in a growing roster of German originals from Netflix as the streamer increasingly looks to local production.
Pantaleon Films is making the six-part series with Aron Lehmann and Carlos V. Irmscher attached as showrunners. The pair co-wrote the series with authors Nora Valo and Carolina Zimmermann. Lehmann will also direct the show.
“Just like in real life, drama and humor are clashing constantly,” Engelke said of the series. “Family and relationships, loss and grief, life and death, the absurdities of life, the rediscovery of strength and lust for life, it is all in there – so beautiful it makes you cry.”
“The Last Word” is based on an idea of Thorsten Merten. The series is the latest in a growing roster of German originals from Netflix as the streamer increasingly looks to local production.
- 6/5/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Deutschland ’86 star Anke Engelke is to lead a German Netflix original as a funeral eulogy speaker who sabotages her own husband’s funeral.
The Svod service has ordered The Last Word, a six-part series from Pantaleon Films, which produces Amazon’s You Are Wanted. It will be showrun by Aron Lehmann and Carlos V. Irmscher, who wrote the series with Nora Valo and Carolina Zimmermann based on an idea from Thorsten Merten.
Engelke plays a funeral eulogy speaker who loses both faith in her work and control over her family. When she realises that she can’t let go, she starts to sabotage her husband’s funeral – until she finds the right words.
Engelke said, “I am very much looking forward to The Last Word and this work and journey with Netflix, Pantaleon, the wonderful director Aron Lehmann, the fantastic screenplay and amazing colleagues. Just like in real life, drama and humour are clashing constantly.
The Svod service has ordered The Last Word, a six-part series from Pantaleon Films, which produces Amazon’s You Are Wanted. It will be showrun by Aron Lehmann and Carlos V. Irmscher, who wrote the series with Nora Valo and Carolina Zimmermann based on an idea from Thorsten Merten.
Engelke plays a funeral eulogy speaker who loses both faith in her work and control over her family. When she realises that she can’t let go, she starts to sabotage her husband’s funeral – until she finds the right words.
Engelke said, “I am very much looking forward to The Last Word and this work and journey with Netflix, Pantaleon, the wonderful director Aron Lehmann, the fantastic screenplay and amazing colleagues. Just like in real life, drama and humour are clashing constantly.
- 6/5/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has added another big European name to its roster, announcing a new original series featuring German comedy star Anke Engelke.
Netflix has greenlit the six-part German-language dramedy The Last Word, in which Engelke will star as a funeral eulogy speaker who loses faith in her work and loses control over her family. When she realizes she can't let go, she starts to sabotage her own husband’s funeral — until she finds the right words.
Pantaleon Films, the German production company behind two Amazon Prime series —Beat and You Are Wanted — will produce The Last Word.
Aron Lehmann and ...
Netflix has greenlit the six-part German-language dramedy The Last Word, in which Engelke will star as a funeral eulogy speaker who loses faith in her work and loses control over her family. When she realizes she can't let go, she starts to sabotage her own husband’s funeral — until she finds the right words.
Pantaleon Films, the German production company behind two Amazon Prime series —Beat and You Are Wanted — will produce The Last Word.
Aron Lehmann and ...
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
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
Receiving Variety‘s Achievement in International Film Award, Berlin Film Festival chief Dieter Kosslick bid a fond farewell to the event Monday as the end credits loom after his good humored and productive 18-year epic reign.
Speaking at the prize-giving event Monday at the Audi Berlinale Lounge – which overlooks the entrance to the fest’s main venue, the Berlinale Palast – to a hand-picked crowd of colleagues and industry friends, including actress Tilda Swinton – Kosslick said he was “honored” and “moved” to receive the award, as he gazed out wistfully through the window at the red carpet.
“It was 18 years of excitement and it was also really fun,” he said. In recent days, as people said goodbye, he had “become a little melancholic,” he said, but considered it to have been “a privilege” to run the festival.
Kosslick said this would have been beyond his wildest dreams when he started going...
Speaking at the prize-giving event Monday at the Audi Berlinale Lounge – which overlooks the entrance to the fest’s main venue, the Berlinale Palast – to a hand-picked crowd of colleagues and industry friends, including actress Tilda Swinton – Kosslick said he was “honored” and “moved” to receive the award, as he gazed out wistfully through the window at the red carpet.
“It was 18 years of excitement and it was also really fun,” he said. In recent days, as people said goodbye, he had “become a little melancholic,” he said, but considered it to have been “a privilege” to run the festival.
Kosslick said this would have been beyond his wildest dreams when he started going...
- 2/13/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
A visibly moved Dieter Kosslick received a standing ovation at the opening of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday as he took to the stage to welcome international stars, filmmakers, and cinephiles for the final time as festival director.
The 69th Berlinale opened with a 1920s-style serenade dedicated to Kosslick by popular German singer Max Raabe and entertainer Anke Engelke, who also hosted the ceremony.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s culture and media commissioner, praised Kosslick for his 18 years at the head of one of the world’s largest film festivals.
Kosslick succeeded in sharpening the festival’s political profile, attracting international stars and filmmakers and ensuring the glamour factor, Grütters said.
“Our Berliner Bear in gold and silver, our beautiful trophy, is our most famous ambassador of film, but only one person can compete with him. That’s you, dear Dieter. And at the opening of your 18th and our 69th Berlinale,...
The 69th Berlinale opened with a 1920s-style serenade dedicated to Kosslick by popular German singer Max Raabe and entertainer Anke Engelke, who also hosted the ceremony.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s culture and media commissioner, praised Kosslick for his 18 years at the head of one of the world’s largest film festivals.
Kosslick succeeded in sharpening the festival’s political profile, attracting international stars and filmmakers and ensuring the glamour factor, Grütters said.
“Our Berliner Bear in gold and silver, our beautiful trophy, is our most famous ambassador of film, but only one person can compete with him. That’s you, dear Dieter. And at the opening of your 18th and our 69th Berlinale,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Sony took advantage Monday of the chance to make a splash ahead of the Cannes Film Festival getting underway, unleashing water-skiing zombies and gremlins in speedboats to promote its upcoming animated feature, “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.”
The studio has tried to make the most of the lull ahead of the festival’s launch in recent years, with a stunt for “The Emoji Movie” last year and “Angry Birds” in 2016. This time, undead bellhops danced to pop music before puppets of the cast emerged and joined in, along with an array of local kids.
Some of the film’s international voice talent — including Anke Engelke, Rick Kavanian and Lesia Nikitiuk — then came onto the pier, alongside director Genndy Tartakovsky.
He said that the new installment of the Sony Pictures Animation franchise will double-down on the action, playing to the international market. “It probably has half as much dialogue and so much more physical humor,...
The studio has tried to make the most of the lull ahead of the festival’s launch in recent years, with a stunt for “The Emoji Movie” last year and “Angry Birds” in 2016. This time, undead bellhops danced to pop music before puppets of the cast emerged and joined in, along with an array of local kids.
Some of the film’s international voice talent — including Anke Engelke, Rick Kavanian and Lesia Nikitiuk — then came onto the pier, alongside director Genndy Tartakovsky.
He said that the new installment of the Sony Pictures Animation franchise will double-down on the action, playing to the international market. “It probably has half as much dialogue and so much more physical humor,...
- 5/7/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Drac Pack is coming to Cannes. For the third year in a row, Sony’s marketing team is pulling out the stops for a pre-film festival stunt that will showcase an upcoming title. In this year’s case, it’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. This follows similar plays with last year’s The Emoji Movie and 2016’s Angry Birds promo. HT3 tomorrow will stake out prime real estate during the lull in which much of the world’s media is prepping for the main event to open — and looking for photo ops.
Typically, this would be before the Wednesday kick off of the Cannes Film Festival, but the fest this year is going a day early, on Tuesday. And so, Sony stayed in step, planning its latest stunt for Monday.
At 3Pm local time tomorrow, folks from HT3 (whose full international title is Hotel Transylvania 3: A...
Typically, this would be before the Wednesday kick off of the Cannes Film Festival, but the fest this year is going a day early, on Tuesday. And so, Sony stayed in step, planning its latest stunt for Monday.
At 3Pm local time tomorrow, folks from HT3 (whose full international title is Hotel Transylvania 3: A...
- 5/6/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Kayti Burt Oct 25, 2018
Everything you need to know about Deutschland 86, the sequel series to Sundance TV's German spy thriller Deutschland 83...
If you've yet to watch Deutschland 83, the Peabody Award-winning German TV series about an East German 24-year-old kid who gets sent to West Germany in 1983 as a spy, then you need to stop what you are doing right now and check it out on Hulu where all eight episodes are currently available. The historial thriller is one part The Americans, one part Atomic Blonde, and all parts awesome.
Now is the perfect time to catch up, as well, given that Sundance TV, who co-produces the series with Rtl Television, has a 10-episode sequel series, called Deutschland 86, premiering tonight. The second season of the spy drama filmed in South Africa and Berlin last year. As you might expect from the title, Deutschland 86 will pick up three years...
Everything you need to know about Deutschland 86, the sequel series to Sundance TV's German spy thriller Deutschland 83...
If you've yet to watch Deutschland 83, the Peabody Award-winning German TV series about an East German 24-year-old kid who gets sent to West Germany in 1983 as a spy, then you need to stop what you are doing right now and check it out on Hulu where all eight episodes are currently available. The historial thriller is one part The Americans, one part Atomic Blonde, and all parts awesome.
Now is the perfect time to catch up, as well, given that Sundance TV, who co-produces the series with Rtl Television, has a 10-episode sequel series, called Deutschland 86, premiering tonight. The second season of the spy drama filmed in South Africa and Berlin last year. As you might expect from the title, Deutschland 86 will pick up three years...
- 9/14/2017
- Den of Geek
The Golden and Silver Bears are set to be awarded shortly. Keep up with the latest here…
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Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Death In Sarajevo (Fr-Bos), dir. Danis Tanovic
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery (Phil-Sing), dir. Lav Diaz
Silver Bear for Best Director
Mia Hansen-Love for Things To Come
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Trine Dyrholm in The Commune
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Majd Mastoura in Hedi
Silver Bear for Best Script
Tomasz Wasilewski for United States Of Love (Pol-Swe), dir. Tomasz Wasilewski
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Mark Lee Ping-bing for cinematography of Crosscurrent (China), dir. Yang Chao
Best First Feature Award (€50,000)
Hedi (Tun-Bel-Fr), Mohamed Ben Attia
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Batrachian’s Ballad (Balada de um Batráquio), Leonor Teles, Portugal
Berlin Short Film Nominee for the EFAs
A Man Returned, Mahdi Fleifel (UK-Neth-Den)
Audi Short Film Award (€20,000)
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Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Death In Sarajevo (Fr-Bos), dir. Danis Tanovic
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery (Phil-Sing), dir. Lav Diaz
Silver Bear for Best Director
Mia Hansen-Love for Things To Come
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Trine Dyrholm in The Commune
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Majd Mastoura in Hedi
Silver Bear for Best Script
Tomasz Wasilewski for United States Of Love (Pol-Swe), dir. Tomasz Wasilewski
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Mark Lee Ping-bing for cinematography of Crosscurrent (China), dir. Yang Chao
Best First Feature Award (€50,000)
Hedi (Tun-Bel-Fr), Mohamed Ben Attia
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Batrachian’s Ballad (Balada de um Batráquio), Leonor Teles, Portugal
Berlin Short Film Nominee for the EFAs
A Man Returned, Mahdi Fleifel (UK-Neth-Den)
Audi Short Film Award (€20,000)
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- 2/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Lena Schömann, producer of box office hit Fack Ju Göhte (Suck Me Shakespeer), is switching to Constantin Film after 12 years at the distributor-producer’s subsidiary Rat Pack Filmproduktion.
Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter..
Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November.
Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015.
Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International.
Constantin stays at school
School-based stories are clearly...
Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter..
Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November.
Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015.
Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International.
Constantin stays at school
School-based stories are clearly...
- 6/3/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
French actor takes snowy Berlin in her stride as she wins prize at a European film awards dominated by The Great Beauty
The wet snow that fell on Berlin on Saturday evening had nothing on the froideur of Catherine Deneuve, in town to receive a lifetime achievement prize at the European film awards and not best pleased about it either. "Lifetime achievement – those are not good words," the 70-year-old French actor told the press before the ceremony. "To achieve life is to mean that you are dead. It's not an award you give to someone who is still alive."
Deneuve was honoured for an impressive 50-year back catalogue that stretches from roles in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Repulsion and Belle de Jour through to more recent work in the likes of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark and François Ozon's Potiche. Along the way she has been...
The wet snow that fell on Berlin on Saturday evening had nothing on the froideur of Catherine Deneuve, in town to receive a lifetime achievement prize at the European film awards and not best pleased about it either. "Lifetime achievement – those are not good words," the 70-year-old French actor told the press before the ceremony. "To achieve life is to mean that you are dead. It's not an award you give to someone who is still alive."
Deneuve was honoured for an impressive 50-year back catalogue that stretches from roles in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Repulsion and Belle de Jour through to more recent work in the likes of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark and François Ozon's Potiche. Along the way she has been...
- 12/9/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
I watched a bit of the European Film Awards live streaming earlier today and the first sight that greeted me was Anke Engelke looking like she'd stepped out of the Capitol to announce the next Hunger Games. The only thing she got wrong was that her hair and makeup were too demure. Tim said she looked a "teensy bit too lindt bunny" which made me giggle.
While attempting to watch the show I was pulled into an endless twitter debate about misogyny and glorification/condemnation thereof in The Wolf of Wall Street - a conversation which I expect will rage throughout awards season unless the veritable army of Scorsese stans succeeds in stamping out open discussion about the movie's merits; they're weirdly adamant that one should only do adrenaline fueled wolf howls at it which is, I don't mind saying, one of the worst things that can happen to a...
While attempting to watch the show I was pulled into an endless twitter debate about misogyny and glorification/condemnation thereof in The Wolf of Wall Street - a conversation which I expect will rage throughout awards season unless the veritable army of Scorsese stans succeeds in stamping out open discussion about the movie's merits; they're weirdly adamant that one should only do adrenaline fueled wolf howls at it which is, I don't mind saying, one of the worst things that can happen to a...
- 12/7/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) came to an end with the announcement of the awards of the International Competiton at a grand closing ceremony hosted by German actress and comedienne Anke Engelke. The International Jury with the President Wong Kar Wai, and the other members Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen, Ellen Kuras, Shirin Neshat, Tim Robbins and Athina Rachel Tsangari was the star attraction. A number of well-known names of world cinema were present Read More...
- 2/18/2013
- Bollywood Trade
The Berlin International Film Festival is celebrating its opening today, on February 7, 2013 at 7.30 pm. After a few words of greeting from Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann and Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit, the Festival will be officially opened by Jury President Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong, China) and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. The International Jury – whose other members are Susanne Bier (Denmark), Andreas Dresen (Germany), Ellen Kuras (USA), Shirin Neshat (Iran), Tim Robbins (USA) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece) – will also be introduced during the gala. Anke Engelke will again host the evening. This year’s music will be provided by Ulrich Tukur & Die Rhythmus Boys. 3sat will be broadcasting the opening live. Ziyi Zhang in Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster) by Wong Kar Wai Following the gala, Wong Kar Wai’s epic martial-arts drama The Grandmaster will have its international premiere. The director and his leading actors,...
- 2/7/2013
- by hnblog@hollywoodnews.com (Hollywood News Team)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Helen Mirren honoured for achievement in world cinema, and Wim Wenders calls for greater investment in European film
Helen Mirren harked back to a golden age of European cinema in her speech at the silver anniversary of the European film awards on Saturday night. "Thank you for the great honour of recognising that I, too, am a fucking whore," she said, after being handed an achievement in world cinema award by her sometime co-star Michael Gambon. "And very, very proud of it."
Mirren's words were an echo of a description of the acting profession coined by Jeanne Moreau when picking up an equivalent honour five years ago, and brought gales of laughter and applause from the 1,000-strong audience in Malta. In her address, Mirren explained that it was actors such as Moreau, as well as Claudia Cardinale and Liv Ullman, who had inspired her early in her career, after an...
Helen Mirren harked back to a golden age of European cinema in her speech at the silver anniversary of the European film awards on Saturday night. "Thank you for the great honour of recognising that I, too, am a fucking whore," she said, after being handed an achievement in world cinema award by her sometime co-star Michael Gambon. "And very, very proud of it."
Mirren's words were an echo of a description of the acting profession coined by Jeanne Moreau when picking up an equivalent honour five years ago, and brought gales of laughter and applause from the 1,000-strong audience in Malta. In her address, Mirren explained that it was actors such as Moreau, as well as Claudia Cardinale and Liv Ullman, who had inspired her early in her career, after an...
- 12/3/2012
- by Helen Mirren, Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
A good night for Britons at ceremony with Colin Firth and Tilda Swinton, Terry Gilliam and Stephen Frears winning prizes
The apocalypse came with a happy ending at the 24th annual European film awards in Berlin, as Lars von Trier's Melancholia – an extravagant drama about the end of the world, took the crowning prize for best film. It marked a redemption of sorts for the Danish director, who was ejected from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi. Von Trier's wife, Bente Froge, collected the award on his behalf.
She said her husband had taken a vow of silence after the Nazi row. "I should say from Lars that he has no statement for you," she announced. "But he did ask that I should wave to you in a kind and gentle way."
Melancholia stars the American actor Kirsten Dunst as a brittle manic-depressive who rises...
The apocalypse came with a happy ending at the 24th annual European film awards in Berlin, as Lars von Trier's Melancholia – an extravagant drama about the end of the world, took the crowning prize for best film. It marked a redemption of sorts for the Danish director, who was ejected from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi. Von Trier's wife, Bente Froge, collected the award on his behalf.
She said her husband had taken a vow of silence after the Nazi row. "I should say from Lars that he has no statement for you," she announced. "But he did ask that I should wave to you in a kind and gentle way."
Melancholia stars the American actor Kirsten Dunst as a brittle manic-depressive who rises...
- 12/5/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The film to beat at the European Film Awards, "Melanchola," took home the top prize Saturday in Berlin. Lars von Trier was not present when his film won, as the eccentric director has stopped making public statements since his series of gaffes earlier this year.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
- 12/4/2011
- by Gazelle Emami
- Huffington Post
Political thriller about man commissioned to write memoirs of former British prime minister takes six categories at EFAs
On arriving in Estonia for the European film awards, the guests were proudly informed that the city of Tallinn is now a boomtown for information technology and that Skype was in fact developed, back in 2003, by a trio of Estonian designers. At Saturday night's ceremony the significance of this milestone was neatly brought home when the fugitive director Roman Polanski cropped up for a series of acceptance speeches, live via video conferencing. Without Skype, it seems safe to assume, there would have been no Roman Polanski at this year's EFAs.
Polanski's The Ghost Writer led the field with six awards; best film, director, script, soundtrack, production design and actor, which went to the British performer Ewan McGregor. On three occasions the giant screen inside the auditorium cut live to Polanski's Paris study to catch the director's reaction.
On arriving in Estonia for the European film awards, the guests were proudly informed that the city of Tallinn is now a boomtown for information technology and that Skype was in fact developed, back in 2003, by a trio of Estonian designers. At Saturday night's ceremony the significance of this milestone was neatly brought home when the fugitive director Roman Polanski cropped up for a series of acceptance speeches, live via video conferencing. Without Skype, it seems safe to assume, there would have been no Roman Polanski at this year's EFAs.
Polanski's The Ghost Writer led the field with six awards; best film, director, script, soundtrack, production design and actor, which went to the British performer Ewan McGregor. On three occasions the giant screen inside the auditorium cut live to Polanski's Paris study to catch the director's reaction.
- 12/6/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The 23rd European Film Awards Photo credit: Efa/René Velli
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer triumphed at this year’s European Film Academy’s 23rd European Film Awards. The film, which I have reviewed here, took the best screenwriter, composer, director and the overall film award, at a ceremony on Saturday (04/12/2010) in snowy Tallinn, Estonia – European Capital of Culture 2011. The best animated feature film award went to Sylvain Chomet’s Illusionist – watch this space for a review in the next few days.
Around 1,400 guests were welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi who were the show’s hosts and over 2,300 members of the European Film Academy are said to have voted at the awards. The individual awards were presented by a line-up of European actors and actresses, among them Efa Ambassador Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Jean-Marc Barr (France), Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Nikolaj Lie Kaas...
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer triumphed at this year’s European Film Academy’s 23rd European Film Awards. The film, which I have reviewed here, took the best screenwriter, composer, director and the overall film award, at a ceremony on Saturday (04/12/2010) in snowy Tallinn, Estonia – European Capital of Culture 2011. The best animated feature film award went to Sylvain Chomet’s Illusionist – watch this space for a review in the next few days.
Around 1,400 guests were welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi who were the show’s hosts and over 2,300 members of the European Film Academy are said to have voted at the awards. The individual awards were presented by a line-up of European actors and actresses, among them Efa Ambassador Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Jean-Marc Barr (France), Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Nikolaj Lie Kaas...
- 12/6/2010
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
The European Film Academy handed off its top prize to Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer," just one of the six honors the movie took home on Saturday night. The European Film Awards took place this year in Tallinn, Estonia and was hosted once again by German comedian Anke Engelke along with young Estonian actor Maert Avandi. Local attendance of the black-tie affair at the Nokia Concert Hall included Toomas Hendrik ...
- 12/5/2010
- Indiewire
Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" was the big winner at Saturday's European Film Awards, where it won awards for Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Actor (Ewan McGregor), as well as receiving honors for its screenplay, music and production design. Polanski's political thriller is considered a longshot in the Oscar race, but its six wins at the ceremony in Tallinn, Estonia far outpaced "Lebanon," which won two awards. No other film won more than one. The show was hosted by German comedian Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Mart Avandi. The...
- 12/4/2010
- The Wrap
German comedienne Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Mart Avandi have been tapped to host the 23rd European Film Awards Ceremony in December. This year's Efa will be held at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn, Estonia on December 4th.
Engelke, 44, who stars in the sketch comedy "Ladykracher," also hosted the show last year, while this will be the first time Avandi, 29, will lead the event.
Among the distinguished film guests will include Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who is set to receive the Efa Lifetime Achievement Award, and Oscar winner Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared ("The English Patient"), who will receive the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2010.
The awards show will honor the greatest achievements in European cinema in 17 categories, including European Film, Director, and People's Choice Award for the best film.
Engelke, 44, who stars in the sketch comedy "Ladykracher," also hosted the show last year, while this will be the first time Avandi, 29, will lead the event.
Among the distinguished film guests will include Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who is set to receive the Efa Lifetime Achievement Award, and Oscar winner Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared ("The English Patient"), who will receive the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2010.
The awards show will honor the greatest achievements in European cinema in 17 categories, including European Film, Director, and People's Choice Award for the best film.
- 11/24/2010
- icelebz.com
Berlin -- The Berlin International Film Festival celebrated its 60th birthday with an opening bash that despite its stylish flairs had the casual feel of kitchen party.
Instead of the all-star lineup many had expected for the anniversary fest, for 2010 the Berlinale has gone back to its roots. The opening film, Wang Quan'an's "Apart Together" is a reminder of Berlin's groundbreaking role as an international platform for Asian cinema. And this year's competition -- despite featuring the world premieres of Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" and Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" -- is more indie art house than glossy mainstream.
There were plenty of empty seats at the opening-night ceremony -- a result of a snowstorm that, while nothing by Washington standards, kept many from reaching Potsdamer Platz for the gala.
The crowd was low on non-German VIPs, though jury member Renee Zellweger and Berlinale regular Tilda Swinton added a bit of Hollywood glam.
Instead of the all-star lineup many had expected for the anniversary fest, for 2010 the Berlinale has gone back to its roots. The opening film, Wang Quan'an's "Apart Together" is a reminder of Berlin's groundbreaking role as an international platform for Asian cinema. And this year's competition -- despite featuring the world premieres of Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" and Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" -- is more indie art house than glossy mainstream.
There were plenty of empty seats at the opening-night ceremony -- a result of a snowstorm that, while nothing by Washington standards, kept many from reaching Potsdamer Platz for the gala.
The crowd was low on non-German VIPs, though jury member Renee Zellweger and Berlinale regular Tilda Swinton added a bit of Hollywood glam.
- 2/11/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leading light of social-realist British cinema receives accolade from Eric Cantona who hails 'genius' director
Grit, not glamour, proved the order of the day at the 22nd annual European film awards, which took place inside a former power station in Germany's industrial heartland, and handed a lifetime achievement award to the director Ken Loach.
The leading light of social-realist British cinema seemed to relish his trip to the Ruhr region, a landscape dominated by smokestacks and coal-mines. "It reminds me that we used to have an industrial heartland in my country too," he enthused. "Until Margaret Thatcher stuck a dagger through it."
Loach, 73, was honoured for a body of work that includes Kes, Riff-Raff, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He received the award from Eric Cantona, the star of his latest film, Looking For Eric. The former footballer hailed Loach as "a genius" and added:...
Grit, not glamour, proved the order of the day at the 22nd annual European film awards, which took place inside a former power station in Germany's industrial heartland, and handed a lifetime achievement award to the director Ken Loach.
The leading light of social-realist British cinema seemed to relish his trip to the Ruhr region, a landscape dominated by smokestacks and coal-mines. "It reminds me that we used to have an industrial heartland in my country too," he enthused. "Until Margaret Thatcher stuck a dagger through it."
Loach, 73, was honoured for a body of work that includes Kes, Riff-Raff, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He received the award from Eric Cantona, the star of his latest film, Looking For Eric. The former footballer hailed Loach as "a genius" and added:...
- 12/13/2009
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Bochum, Germany -- "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke's powerful depiction of a German village on the eve of World War I, conquered the 2009 European Film Awards, beating out Oscar champ "Slumdog Millionaire" to win the top trophies in the best film and director categories.
"I'm stunned. I'm overwhelmed," Haneke said as he hoisted his best film trophy, adding that the film was "truly an European production" as it featured funding and production teams from four countries -- Germany, Austria, France and Italy.
Haneke also won the European wcreenwriter nod for his disturbing script to "The White Ribbon," which traces the roots of fascism in the oppressive religious and civil society of Germany in 1913.
"Slumdog Millionaire" didn't go away empty-handed, picking up the Efa's people choice award as well as the European cinematographer prize for cameraman Anthony Dod Mantle, who was also honored for his lensing of Lars von Trier's shocker "Antichrist.
"I'm stunned. I'm overwhelmed," Haneke said as he hoisted his best film trophy, adding that the film was "truly an European production" as it featured funding and production teams from four countries -- Germany, Austria, France and Italy.
Haneke also won the European wcreenwriter nod for his disturbing script to "The White Ribbon," which traces the roots of fascism in the oppressive religious and civil society of Germany in 1913.
"Slumdog Millionaire" didn't go away empty-handed, picking up the Efa's people choice award as well as the European cinematographer prize for cameraman Anthony Dod Mantle, who was also honored for his lensing of Lars von Trier's shocker "Antichrist.
- 12/12/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mumbai-based film "Slumdog Millionaire" will have the chance to get its glory in Europe. The Danny Boyle-directed movie is honored with four nominations at 2009 European Film Awards for European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Cinematographer categories. Additionally, the lead actor, Dev Patel, is nominated to receive European Actor prize.
Competing with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the same five categories is Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet", which leads the pack with six nominations. The French prison tale additionally is nominated to take home Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer award. Joining the Mumbai-based film and the Tahar Rahim-starred movie as the possible big winners at the award ceremony is "The White Ribbon", which grabs four nods.
At the same event, Penelope Cruz is nominated as European Actress for her role in "Broken Embraces". She is going up against Kate Winslet in "The Reader", Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Antichrist", Yolande Moreau...
Competing with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the same five categories is Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet", which leads the pack with six nominations. The French prison tale additionally is nominated to take home Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer award. Joining the Mumbai-based film and the Tahar Rahim-starred movie as the possible big winners at the award ceremony is "The White Ribbon", which grabs four nods.
At the same event, Penelope Cruz is nominated as European Actress for her role in "Broken Embraces". She is going up against Kate Winslet in "The Reader", Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Antichrist", Yolande Moreau...
- 11/9/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
German comedienne Anke Engelke has been tapped to host the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony. She will be welcoming the 1,400 guests of the event at Bochum's Century Hall on December 12.
Engelke, known for hosting the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival for several years, will be joined by Bauhouse, pioneers of audiovisual composition, on stage.
British director Ken Loach will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, while French actress Isabelle Huppert is set to be honored with the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2009.
The 22nd European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and Efa Productions.
Engelke, known for hosting the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival for several years, will be joined by Bauhouse, pioneers of audiovisual composition, on stage.
British director Ken Loach will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, while French actress Isabelle Huppert is set to be honored with the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2009.
The 22nd European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and Efa Productions.
- 11/4/2009
- icelebz.com
Cologne, Germany -- German actress and comedian Anke Engelke will host the 22nd European Film Awards on Dec. 12 in Bochum, Germany.
Engelke, one of Germany's best-known TV stars, was the host of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Berlin International Film Festival from 2003-2005 where she dazzled with her bilingual ad-hoc comedy routines.
Also performing at the Efa ceremony will be British experimental rock band Bauhaus.
German public broadcaster Zdf and French/German network Arte will be carrying the ceremony, European cinema's top honors. The show will be broadcast in 44 countries worldwide.
Engelke, one of Germany's best-known TV stars, was the host of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Berlin International Film Festival from 2003-2005 where she dazzled with her bilingual ad-hoc comedy routines.
Also performing at the Efa ceremony will be British experimental rock band Bauhaus.
German public broadcaster Zdf and French/German network Arte will be carrying the ceremony, European cinema's top honors. The show will be broadcast in 44 countries worldwide.
- 11/4/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Drink, drugs, guns and prostitution: Judging by the subject matter of the selected films, the Berlin International Film Festival's children and youth sidebar Generation has come of age.
Brit drama "Cherrybomb," from Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn stars "Harry Potter" alumnus Rupert Grint as a teenager out for a wild weekend of stealing and substance abuse.
"Katja's Sister," from famed Dutch director Mijke de Jong -- who won Berlin's best children's film Crystal Bear prize in 2005 with "Bluebird" -- looks at prostitution among Russian immigrants in Amsterdam.
Chinese feature "Lala's Gun" by Ning Jingwu is a coming-of-age story centering on a boy's journey to deliver a gun to his father. And "My Suicide" by U.S. director David Lee Miller tells the story of a teen romance between a geek and the most beautiful, but twisted, girl in school.
But the initial lineup for Generation 2009, announced Wednesday,...
Brit drama "Cherrybomb," from Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn stars "Harry Potter" alumnus Rupert Grint as a teenager out for a wild weekend of stealing and substance abuse.
"Katja's Sister," from famed Dutch director Mijke de Jong -- who won Berlin's best children's film Crystal Bear prize in 2005 with "Bluebird" -- looks at prostitution among Russian immigrants in Amsterdam.
Chinese feature "Lala's Gun" by Ning Jingwu is a coming-of-age story centering on a boy's journey to deliver a gun to his father. And "My Suicide" by U.S. director David Lee Miller tells the story of a teen romance between a geek and the most beautiful, but twisted, girl in school.
But the initial lineup for Generation 2009, announced Wednesday,...
- 12/17/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MUNICH -- The short-lived queen of German late-night comedy, Anke Engelke, has been forced into abdication by the power of the free market. "Anke Late Night"'s ratings have plunged so low since its much-trumpeted premiere in the spring that commercial broadcaster SAT.1 said that the interview-comedy show will be canceled as of Oct. 21. SAT.1 head Roger Schawinski said in a statement that the decision "wasn't easy for any of us. It (was) the result of long and intense thought and discussions," and was based solely on the show's failure to meet the audience's high expectations.
- 10/8/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- The U.K.'s ITV was the big winner in the 44th annual Golden Rose Awards presented at the Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday. Harry Hill was named best male comedy performer for his ITV series, Harry Hill's TV Burp. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway won as best game show and Anthony McPartin and Declan Donnelly were named best variety show hosts. Aardman's Creature Comforts won as best animation series and Martin Freeman (The Office) won as best sitcom actor for the ITV series Hardware. The U.K.'s Channel 4 picked up awards for Wife Swap as best reality show and Peep Show as best sitcom. Shane Richie was named best male soap actor for the BBC's EastEnders. Germany's Anke Engelke was named best female comedy performer for Ladykracher and Felicitas Wolf best sitcom actress for Berlin, Berlin. France's Benedicte Delmas won as best female soap actor for Saint Tropez, which won as best soap. The 2004 Honorary Golden Rose was presented to John de Mol, chairman and CEO of production company Endemol. It was the first time the international television festival had taken place in Lucerne, having previously been based in Montreux, Switzerland.
- 4/18/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE -- German commercial networks RTL and SAT.1 proved they are still the standouts in the stand up crowd by dominating the nominations for the third annual German Comedy Prize, which were announced Wednesday. The two channels picked up 10 nominations each, all but shutting out the competition. The only other station represented in this year's nominations for Germany's top television comedy award is SAT.1 sister channel ProSieben, whose "TV-Total" picked up a nomination for Best Comedy Show. "Alles Atze", (Everything Atze), the weekly RTL sitcom based on the stand up routines of blue collar comedian Atze Schroeder, led the nominations grabbing a nom for Best Comedy Series as well as Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Actress nominations for stars Schroeder and Heike Kloss. Schroeder will also host the German Comedy Prize, which will be broadcast October 11 on RTL. Comedy vet Anke Engelke picked up two nominations for Best Comedian and Best Sketch Show for her SAT.1 weekly "Ladykracher". Up against her in the top Best Comedian category are German-Turkish comedian Kaya Yanar for his sketch/stand up show "Was guckst Du?" (What Are You Looking At?) and Bastian Pastewka for his "Ohne Worte" (Without Words.) This year the Cologne Comedy Festival, the organization which runs the German Comedy Prize, will also present a special honorary award to ground breaking German sketch comedy group Klimbim'.
- 8/27/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- German commercial channels were all but shut out of this year's Adolf Grimme Prizes, one of the country's top television awards, with public stations sweeping the main categories. Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt (Hope Dies Last), a police thriller co-produced by pubcasters NDR and ARD, emerged as the big winner in Tuesday's announcements. The show took four gold prizes: for best actor (Axel Prahl), actress (Kim Sarnau) director (Marc Rothemund) and script (Fred Breinersdorfer). German comedy stars Anke Engelke and Olli Dittrich were honored with gold Grimme awards for their performances in the telefilm Blind Date: Taxi nach Schweinau (Blind Date: Taxi to Schweinau) for public channel ZDF. The awards will be presented at a ceremony March 21 in the western German city of Marl.
- 3/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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