MUNICH -- The European Film Academy, a Berlin-based organization of film industry professionals publicly funded by German and European Union sources, announced the nominees for its annual European Film Prize Documentary -- Prix Arte award on Tuesday .
Arte is a German-French pubcasting venture that features mostly informational programming. The three-member jury was chosen together by the EFA and Arte, and will meet this weekend in Berlin.
Ten films were nominated out of 75 entries, said an EFA spokesman. The winning film will be announced next week, and the award will be presented at a gala ceremony in Berlin on Dec. 1.
The nominated documentaries are:
"Am Limit" (To the Limit) by Pepe Danquart, Germany/Austria
"Belarusian Waltz" by Andrzej Fidyk, Norway
"Forever" by Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands
"Heimatklaenge" (Echoes of Home) by Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/ Germany
"Le Papier Ne Peut Pas Envelopper La Braise" (Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers) by Rithy Panh, France
"Malon 9 Kohavim" (9 Star Hotel) by Ido Haar, Israel
"Meragel Hashampaniya" (The Champagne Spy) by Nadav Schirman, Israel/Germany
"Ou Est L'amour Dans La Palmeraie?" (Where is the Love in the Palmgrove?) by Jerome Le Maire, Belgium
"Razvod Po Albanski" (Divorce Albanian Style) by Adela Peeva, Bulgaria
"The Monastery" by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, Denmark...
Arte is a German-French pubcasting venture that features mostly informational programming. The three-member jury was chosen together by the EFA and Arte, and will meet this weekend in Berlin.
Ten films were nominated out of 75 entries, said an EFA spokesman. The winning film will be announced next week, and the award will be presented at a gala ceremony in Berlin on Dec. 1.
The nominated documentaries are:
"Am Limit" (To the Limit) by Pepe Danquart, Germany/Austria
"Belarusian Waltz" by Andrzej Fidyk, Norway
"Forever" by Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands
"Heimatklaenge" (Echoes of Home) by Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/ Germany
"Le Papier Ne Peut Pas Envelopper La Braise" (Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers) by Rithy Panh, France
"Malon 9 Kohavim" (9 Star Hotel) by Ido Haar, Israel
"Meragel Hashampaniya" (The Champagne Spy) by Nadav Schirman, Israel/Germany
"Ou Est L'amour Dans La Palmeraie?" (Where is the Love in the Palmgrove?) by Jerome Le Maire, Belgium
"Razvod Po Albanski" (Divorce Albanian Style) by Adela Peeva, Bulgaria
"The Monastery" by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, Denmark...
- 10/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- After making their short lists for best feature, best first film and short film, the European Film Academy how pronounced themselves on the nominations for the Documentary 2007 Prix Arte. Th heavy favorite of the category is Pernille Rose Grønkjær's doc that is far from a talking head type docu. Here are the 10 nominated docs up for the award.Am Limit (To the Limit)by Pepe Danquart, Germany/AustriaBELARUSIAN WALTZby Andrzej Fidyk, NorwayFOREVERby Heddy Honigmann, The NetherlandsHEIMATKLÄNGE (Echoes of Home)by Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/ GermanyLE Papier Ne Peut Pas Envelopper La Braise(Paper cannot Wrap up Embers)by Rithy Panh, FranceMALON 9 Kohavim (9 Star Hotel)by Ido Haar, IsraelMERAGEL Hashampaniya (The Champagne Spy)by Nadav Schirman, Israel/GermanyOU Est L¹AMOUR Dans La Palmeraie? (Where is the Love in the Palmgrove?)by Jérôme Le Maire, BelgiumRAZVOD Po Albanski (Divorce Albanian Style)by Adela Peeva, BulgariaTHE MONASTERYby Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Denmark.
- 10/9/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- There might be fewer German titles in Competition in the Berlin International Film Festival this year but the Festival's Forum sidebar is more than making up for that.
The Forum lineup, announced Wednesday, features no fewer than nine German-language features, including Madonnas, the sophomore effort from Maria Speth (The Days Between) featuring 2006 Silver Bear winner Sandra Hueller (Requiem).
Also from Germany is the family drama Hounds, from first-timer Ann-Kristin Reyels and Angela Schanelic's Afternoon, a retelling of Chekhov's The Sea Gull set in modern day Potsdam and Berlin.
Berlin-based artist Philip Scheffner will also be represented in this year's Forum with The Halfmoon Files, a look at the history of colonialism though the use of historic sound documents.
From Austria, the Forum has picked It Happened Just Before, a documentary-style drama from Anja Salomonowitz, Schindler's Houses from Heinz Emingholz which chronicles the work of architect Rudolph Schindler in Los Angeles; and The Prater, Ulrike Ottinger's portrait of Vienna's legendary fun fair with its iconic giant Ferris Wheel.
Two films from German-speaking Switzerland are also in this year's Forum lineup: Thomas Imbach's underwater fairytale I Was a Swiss Banker and Stefan Schwietert's portrayal of three traditional Swiss musicians, Heimatklaenge.
But the Berlinale Forum is hardly restricting itself to German-language cinema.
This year's Forum includes pictures from India -- Farhan Akhtar's updated version of classic Bollywood gangster film "Don" -- to the U.S., with Frederick Weisman's three-and-half-hour documentary examination of democracy in Idaho: State Legislature.
Other Forum titles include the debut feature Elvis Pelvis, a father-and-son tale from director Kevin Aduaka; Dol, a sarcastic drama from Iraqi Kurd helmer Hiner Saleem and Shotgun Stories, from Jeff Nichols, which tells the story of two feuding brothers in the southern U.S.
The Forum lineup, announced Wednesday, features no fewer than nine German-language features, including Madonnas, the sophomore effort from Maria Speth (The Days Between) featuring 2006 Silver Bear winner Sandra Hueller (Requiem).
Also from Germany is the family drama Hounds, from first-timer Ann-Kristin Reyels and Angela Schanelic's Afternoon, a retelling of Chekhov's The Sea Gull set in modern day Potsdam and Berlin.
Berlin-based artist Philip Scheffner will also be represented in this year's Forum with The Halfmoon Files, a look at the history of colonialism though the use of historic sound documents.
From Austria, the Forum has picked It Happened Just Before, a documentary-style drama from Anja Salomonowitz, Schindler's Houses from Heinz Emingholz which chronicles the work of architect Rudolph Schindler in Los Angeles; and The Prater, Ulrike Ottinger's portrait of Vienna's legendary fun fair with its iconic giant Ferris Wheel.
Two films from German-speaking Switzerland are also in this year's Forum lineup: Thomas Imbach's underwater fairytale I Was a Swiss Banker and Stefan Schwietert's portrayal of three traditional Swiss musicians, Heimatklaenge.
But the Berlinale Forum is hardly restricting itself to German-language cinema.
This year's Forum includes pictures from India -- Farhan Akhtar's updated version of classic Bollywood gangster film "Don" -- to the U.S., with Frederick Weisman's three-and-half-hour documentary examination of democracy in Idaho: State Legislature.
Other Forum titles include the debut feature Elvis Pelvis, a father-and-son tale from director Kevin Aduaka; Dol, a sarcastic drama from Iraqi Kurd helmer Hiner Saleem and Shotgun Stories, from Jeff Nichols, which tells the story of two feuding brothers in the southern U.S.
- 1/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A fine lead-in to The Los Angeles Yiddish Film Festival -- which starts Saturday at Laemmle's Music Hall and Encino Town Center cinemas -- "A Tickle in the Heart" is a first-rate documentary about the Epstein brothers, American klezmer musicians who together and individually have had remarkable careers. The German production -- in English and Yiddish with English subtitles -- will delight its target audience as well as discerning gentile viewers.
The third feature in Laemmle's Jewish Cinema Series at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills, "A Tickle in the Heart" continues indefinitely with Saturday-Sunday morning screenings at the Sunset 5. Directed by Swiss documentarian Stefan Schwietert, the generally upbeat profile of the three Epstein brothers -- Max, Willie and Julie -- includes many performances of joyous and sentimental Yiddish music and is superbly filmed in black and white.
Now living in a retirement community in Tamarac, Fla., the Epsteins were once a quartet (one brother passed away) and they played countless weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York circa the 1950s-70s. Born to Polish immigrants living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the brothers were encouraged to become musicians.
With oldest Max on clarinet ("I play the way I would tell a story"), Willie on trumpet and Julie on drums, the Epsteins are joined on stage and in the recording studio by a piano player and bassist.
Using cinema verite, the filmmakers revel in the soulful, festive atmosphere of concerts and group gatherings, and successfully capture the personalities and lifestyles of the aging-but-amazingly-active Epsteins. There's not much material that's unrelated to klezmer and there's nary a sour note played by the three leads except for flashes of temper and stubbornness.
For the brothers, playing klezmer music is both a vocation and avocation. On the road in Germany, New York and Florida, the Epsteins ride a lot of trains and win over diverse audiences, including a wonderful sing-along sequence with a reluctant crowd unfamiliar with Yiddish songs.
It may be a "lazy man's business," but the group only makes hundreds of dollars a gig and only recently began recording their music. The constant social interaction and central role they play in a proud culture, however, are more than enough rewards for a lifetime of bringing happiness to strangers, even when they themselves have no idea why non-Jewish people find their music so invigorating and vital.
A TICKLE IN THE HEART
Kino International
zero film
Neapel Film
Director Stefan Schwietert
Producers Edward Rosenstein,
Martin Hagemann, Thomas Kufus
Director of photography Robert Richman
Editor Arpad Bondy
Music The Epstein Brothers
Black and white/stereo
With: Max Epstein, Willie Epstein Julie Epstein, Peter Solokow, Pat Merola
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The third feature in Laemmle's Jewish Cinema Series at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills, "A Tickle in the Heart" continues indefinitely with Saturday-Sunday morning screenings at the Sunset 5. Directed by Swiss documentarian Stefan Schwietert, the generally upbeat profile of the three Epstein brothers -- Max, Willie and Julie -- includes many performances of joyous and sentimental Yiddish music and is superbly filmed in black and white.
Now living in a retirement community in Tamarac, Fla., the Epsteins were once a quartet (one brother passed away) and they played countless weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York circa the 1950s-70s. Born to Polish immigrants living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the brothers were encouraged to become musicians.
With oldest Max on clarinet ("I play the way I would tell a story"), Willie on trumpet and Julie on drums, the Epsteins are joined on stage and in the recording studio by a piano player and bassist.
Using cinema verite, the filmmakers revel in the soulful, festive atmosphere of concerts and group gatherings, and successfully capture the personalities and lifestyles of the aging-but-amazingly-active Epsteins. There's not much material that's unrelated to klezmer and there's nary a sour note played by the three leads except for flashes of temper and stubbornness.
For the brothers, playing klezmer music is both a vocation and avocation. On the road in Germany, New York and Florida, the Epsteins ride a lot of trains and win over diverse audiences, including a wonderful sing-along sequence with a reluctant crowd unfamiliar with Yiddish songs.
It may be a "lazy man's business," but the group only makes hundreds of dollars a gig and only recently began recording their music. The constant social interaction and central role they play in a proud culture, however, are more than enough rewards for a lifetime of bringing happiness to strangers, even when they themselves have no idea why non-Jewish people find their music so invigorating and vital.
A TICKLE IN THE HEART
Kino International
zero film
Neapel Film
Director Stefan Schwietert
Producers Edward Rosenstein,
Martin Hagemann, Thomas Kufus
Director of photography Robert Richman
Editor Arpad Bondy
Music The Epstein Brothers
Black and white/stereo
With: Max Epstein, Willie Epstein Julie Epstein, Peter Solokow, Pat Merola
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/16/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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