German producer-distributor announces measures to improve working environment for filmmakers.
Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film has announced a package of measures “to guarantee a professional and respectful working environment for filmmakers” after the publication of an independent investigation into allegations of abuse and bullying by actor-director Til Schweiger during production of Manta Manta - Zwoter Teil (MM2).
Constantin commissioned the investigation from Munich law film Skw Schwarz after German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported that, among other things, Schweiger had been intoxicated on set on several occasions, had assaulted a staff member of Constantin Film, and forced a female...
Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film has announced a package of measures “to guarantee a professional and respectful working environment for filmmakers” after the publication of an independent investigation into allegations of abuse and bullying by actor-director Til Schweiger during production of Manta Manta - Zwoter Teil (MM2).
Constantin commissioned the investigation from Munich law film Skw Schwarz after German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported that, among other things, Schweiger had been intoxicated on set on several occasions, had assaulted a staff member of Constantin Film, and forced a female...
- 10/27/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
‘Run Rabbit Run’ Adds Cast
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi have joined Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run, the horror-thriller that commenced production this week in South Australia and Victoria. Further cast includes Trevor Jamieson, Neil Meville, Naomi Rukavina, Georgina Naidu, Genevieve Morris, Katherine Slattery and newcomer Sunny Whelan. In the movie, Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior. Daina Reid is directing the project. Hannah Kent wrote the script from an original idea developed with Carver Films, with Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films producing. XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales.
Spanish Soccer Piracy Case
Mediapro, the Spanish media outfit that controls the majority of soccer rights in the country, is calling for a six-year jail term for the creator of Rojadirecta.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi have joined Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run, the horror-thriller that commenced production this week in South Australia and Victoria. Further cast includes Trevor Jamieson, Neil Meville, Naomi Rukavina, Georgina Naidu, Genevieve Morris, Katherine Slattery and newcomer Sunny Whelan. In the movie, Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior. Daina Reid is directing the project. Hannah Kent wrote the script from an original idea developed with Carver Films, with Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films producing. XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales.
Spanish Soccer Piracy Case
Mediapro, the Spanish media outfit that controls the majority of soccer rights in the country, is calling for a six-year jail term for the creator of Rojadirecta.
- 1/25/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke join as managing director and artistic director, respectively.
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s advisory board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s advisory board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
- 6/7/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke join as managing director and artistic director, respectively.
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s Advisory Board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s Advisory Board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
- 6/7/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke join as managing director and artistic director, respectively.
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s Advisory Board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Dffb) has appointed Catherine Ann Berger and Marie Wilke as its new executive management team, the first time in the institution’s 55-year history that it will be headed up by two women.
Berger joins as managing director and Wilke as artistic director, with their five-year contracts starting on August 1.
The Dffb’s Advisory Board, whose members include Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg CEO Kirsten Niehuus and DETAiLFILM’s Fabian Gasmia, co-producer of Cannes opener Annette, signed off on the duo last...
- 6/7/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
German major Leonine has appointed former Hulu and Google executive Heather Moosnick to its advisory board.
As Senior Vice President of Content Partnerships at Hulu, Moosnick drove the platform’s content partnership and acquisition strategy across its live and on-demand subscription streaming services. At Google, she served as head of global business development, strategy and content partner management for YouTube TV and Google Fiber, including all TV networks and affiliates.
Prior to that, Moosnick was the head of music label partnerships for YouTube, where she shaped the launches of YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Music. She has also held senior executive roles at Warner Music Group (Wmg), CBS and Viacom (MTV Networks).
German distributor Leonine is backed by Kkr and Atwater Capital. The advisory board includes Vania Schlogel (Founder and Managing Partner Atwater Capital), Heather Moosnick, Bettina Reitz (President University of Television and Film Munich), Philipp Freise (Partner and...
As Senior Vice President of Content Partnerships at Hulu, Moosnick drove the platform’s content partnership and acquisition strategy across its live and on-demand subscription streaming services. At Google, she served as head of global business development, strategy and content partner management for YouTube TV and Google Fiber, including all TV networks and affiliates.
Prior to that, Moosnick was the head of music label partnerships for YouTube, where she shaped the launches of YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Music. She has also held senior executive roles at Warner Music Group (Wmg), CBS and Viacom (MTV Networks).
German distributor Leonine is backed by Kkr and Atwater Capital. The advisory board includes Vania Schlogel (Founder and Managing Partner Atwater Capital), Heather Moosnick, Bettina Reitz (President University of Television and Film Munich), Philipp Freise (Partner and...
- 3/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
BERLIN -- It will come as no surprise to anyone that the Germans have produced another film about death and dying.
But it is a surprise to discover that it is light-footed, entertaining, warmly human and utterly charming. For that is exactly what "Grave Decisions", a modest gem of a movie, is. The picture, which won a clutch of year-end honors in Germany, is stirring interest internationally.
Director Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller and co-writer Christian Lerch have created a funny and inventive tale of a young boy trying to figure out the world he was thrown into in an unusual and wholly charming way. Although the film will lose some of its charm when viewed with subtitles (the original is acted in a thick Bavarian accent that even made it hard for many northern Germans to follow), there is still plenty of human warmth here to give ticket buyers a bounce in their step as they leave theaters.
The story centers on 11-year-old Sebastian (played fluidly and convincingly by Markus Krojer), growing up in a picturesque Bavarian village with an older brother and a single father who runs the village tavern. The combination of Catholic liturgy, Bavarian folklore and the silly talk of the bar regulars makes for a strange childhood to begin with, but when Sebastian learns that his mother died while giving birth to him, he becomes fascinated with death, dying and immortality. (The German title translates as "The sooner you die, the longer you stay dead.")
Sebastian's experiments take him from one mishap to another. He takes the advice of the bar regulars all too literally, which gets him into trouble, and he gets into more trouble when he receives "signs" from his dead mother telling him to steal (and learn to play) a guitar, to set up his father with a married woman and more. And because he believes he has already killed his mother, it's a small step toward committing murder. He comes close to that again and again.
"Grave Decisions" never makes the mistake other filmmakers have by trying to make comedies about death by becoming morbid. Although this story of growing up is told through Sebastian's eyes, everything is intertwined with the denizens of his little Bavarian village, a variety of believable yet slightly eccentric personalities, like the rock 'n' roll DJ who gives spiritual advice over the air. Rosenmueller's terse, unpretentious direction saves the village from falling into picturesque "Heidi"/Alpine village cliches.
GRAVE DECISIONS
Roxy Film/BR Television
Credits:
Director: Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller
Screenwriters: Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller, Christian Lerch
Producers: Annie Brunner, Andreas Richter, Ursula Woerner
Executive producers: Cornelia Ackers, Bettina Reitz
Director of photography: Stefan Biebl
Editors: Anja Pohl, Susanne Hartmann
Art director: Michael Koening
Costume designer: Steffi Bruhn
Music: Gerd Baumann
Cast:
Sebastian: Markus Krojer
Lorenz: Fritz Karl
Veronika: Jule Ronstedt
Alfred Dorstreiter: Jurgen Tonkel
Frau Kramer: Saskia Vester
Franz: Franz Xaver Bruckner
Sepp Graudinger: Johann Schuler
Proske: Sepp Schauer
Gumberger: Heinz Josef Braun
Irmengard: Tim Seyfi
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
But it is a surprise to discover that it is light-footed, entertaining, warmly human and utterly charming. For that is exactly what "Grave Decisions", a modest gem of a movie, is. The picture, which won a clutch of year-end honors in Germany, is stirring interest internationally.
Director Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller and co-writer Christian Lerch have created a funny and inventive tale of a young boy trying to figure out the world he was thrown into in an unusual and wholly charming way. Although the film will lose some of its charm when viewed with subtitles (the original is acted in a thick Bavarian accent that even made it hard for many northern Germans to follow), there is still plenty of human warmth here to give ticket buyers a bounce in their step as they leave theaters.
The story centers on 11-year-old Sebastian (played fluidly and convincingly by Markus Krojer), growing up in a picturesque Bavarian village with an older brother and a single father who runs the village tavern. The combination of Catholic liturgy, Bavarian folklore and the silly talk of the bar regulars makes for a strange childhood to begin with, but when Sebastian learns that his mother died while giving birth to him, he becomes fascinated with death, dying and immortality. (The German title translates as "The sooner you die, the longer you stay dead.")
Sebastian's experiments take him from one mishap to another. He takes the advice of the bar regulars all too literally, which gets him into trouble, and he gets into more trouble when he receives "signs" from his dead mother telling him to steal (and learn to play) a guitar, to set up his father with a married woman and more. And because he believes he has already killed his mother, it's a small step toward committing murder. He comes close to that again and again.
"Grave Decisions" never makes the mistake other filmmakers have by trying to make comedies about death by becoming morbid. Although this story of growing up is told through Sebastian's eyes, everything is intertwined with the denizens of his little Bavarian village, a variety of believable yet slightly eccentric personalities, like the rock 'n' roll DJ who gives spiritual advice over the air. Rosenmueller's terse, unpretentious direction saves the village from falling into picturesque "Heidi"/Alpine village cliches.
GRAVE DECISIONS
Roxy Film/BR Television
Credits:
Director: Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller
Screenwriters: Marcus Hausham Rosenmueller, Christian Lerch
Producers: Annie Brunner, Andreas Richter, Ursula Woerner
Executive producers: Cornelia Ackers, Bettina Reitz
Director of photography: Stefan Biebl
Editors: Anja Pohl, Susanne Hartmann
Art director: Michael Koening
Costume designer: Steffi Bruhn
Music: Gerd Baumann
Cast:
Sebastian: Markus Krojer
Lorenz: Fritz Karl
Veronika: Jule Ronstedt
Alfred Dorstreiter: Jurgen Tonkel
Frau Kramer: Saskia Vester
Franz: Franz Xaver Bruckner
Sepp Graudinger: Johann Schuler
Proske: Sepp Schauer
Gumberger: Heinz Josef Braun
Irmengard: Tim Seyfi
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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