An adaptation of a novel by Markus Orths, writer-director Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid is the most delicate and introspective movie about S&M that you will probably ever see. The German-language drama follows the titular chambermaid, Lynn (Vicky Krieps), as she goes about her very meticulously scheduled life. Lynn voluntarily spent time in an asylum; she says that she checked herself in, but won’t give up the details as to why. Now back out in the world, much of her life is spent obsessively cleaning rooms at the Hotel Eden--even the ones without guests--making her by far the hardest working maid in the business. Every once and awhile, she has bored, businesslike sex with her manager, seemingly only in order to make some feeble attempt at human interaction; other than that, she rarely makes eye contact or speaks a word with anyone other than her psychiatrist or her mother.
- 10/10/2015
- by Lee Jutton
- JustPressPlay.net
Denmark’s Katja Adomeit and Germany’s Ingmar Trost among upcoming European producers set to be showcased at Cannes.Scroll down for full list
European Film Promotion (Efp) has selected 20 emerging young European producers for the 16th edition of its Producers on the Move networking initiative, which will be held during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival from May 15-18.
The 2014 selection includes Danish producer Katja Adomeit, who produced and co-directed the hybrid film Not At Home with the Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat as well as co-producing Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure as a freelancer for the Copenhagen office of Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office.
Cologne-based Ingmar Trost of Sutor Kolonko has also been selected. His credits include Ilian Metev’s award-winniıng documentary Sofıa’s Last Ambulance, Latvian director Juris Kursietis’ Modrıs and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, and he has just completed production of his third feature, Isabelle Stever’s The Weather Inside.
Lithuania will be...
European Film Promotion (Efp) has selected 20 emerging young European producers for the 16th edition of its Producers on the Move networking initiative, which will be held during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival from May 15-18.
The 2014 selection includes Danish producer Katja Adomeit, who produced and co-directed the hybrid film Not At Home with the Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat as well as co-producing Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure as a freelancer for the Copenhagen office of Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office.
Cologne-based Ingmar Trost of Sutor Kolonko has also been selected. His credits include Ilian Metev’s award-winniıng documentary Sofıa’s Last Ambulance, Latvian director Juris Kursietis’ Modrıs and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, and he has just completed production of his third feature, Isabelle Stever’s The Weather Inside.
Lithuania will be...
- 4/21/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
- 1/8/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
The lineups for the 44th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam are just about all set now with the addition of the titles slated to screen in the Bright Future and Spectrum programs. Nominated for the Big Screen Awards are Lisandro Alonso's Jauja, Danial Aragão's I Swear I'll Leave This Town, Debbie Tucker Green's Second Coming, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's The Lesson, Ingo Haeb's Das Zimmermädchen Lynn, Ando Hiroshi's Undulant Fever, Lee Kwang-Kuk's A Matter of Interpretation, Michael Noer's Key House Mirror, Marat Sarulu's The Move and Carlos Vermut's Magical Girl. » - David Hudson...
- 1/7/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The lineups for the 44th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam are just about all set now with the addition of the titles slated to screen in the Bright Future and Spectrum programs. Nominated for the Big Screen Awards are Lisandro Alonso's Jauja, Danial Aragão's I Swear I'll Leave This Town, Debbie Tucker Green's Second Coming, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's The Lesson, Ingo Haeb's Das Zimmermädchen Lynn, Ando Hiroshi's Undulant Fever, Lee Kwang-Kuk's A Matter of Interpretation, Michael Noer's Key House Mirror, Marat Sarulu's The Move and Carlos Vermut's Magical Girl. » - David Hudson...
- 1/7/2015
- Keyframe
Iffr reveals Big Screen Awards nominees and the complete line-up for its Bright Future and Spectrum strands, including world premieres from the Us, China and the Netherlands.
Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall, has been named as one of 10 films up for the Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (Jan 21 - Feb 1).
The UK film, written and directed by Debbie Tucker Green, will be vying for a prize of €10,000 ($12,000) awarded specifically to support theatrical distribution of the film in The Netherlands
The 10 nominees are from Iffr’s Bright Future and Spectrum programmes with the winner chosen by a specially selected audience jury. Other titles include Lisandro Alonso’s Cannes Fipresci winner Jauja and Carlos Vermut’s San Sebastian winner Magical Girl.
The nominees are:
I Swear I’ll Leave This Town, Danial AragãoJauja, Lisandro AlonsoKey House Mirror, Michael NoerThe Lesson, Kristina Grozeva, Petar ValchanovMagical Girl, Carlos VermutA...
Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall, has been named as one of 10 films up for the Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (Jan 21 - Feb 1).
The UK film, written and directed by Debbie Tucker Green, will be vying for a prize of €10,000 ($12,000) awarded specifically to support theatrical distribution of the film in The Netherlands
The 10 nominees are from Iffr’s Bright Future and Spectrum programmes with the winner chosen by a specially selected audience jury. Other titles include Lisandro Alonso’s Cannes Fipresci winner Jauja and Carlos Vermut’s San Sebastian winner Magical Girl.
The nominees are:
I Swear I’ll Leave This Town, Danial AragãoJauja, Lisandro AlonsoKey House Mirror, Michael NoerThe Lesson, Kristina Grozeva, Petar ValchanovMagical Girl, Carlos VermutA...
- 1/7/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 12 films from Switzerland, Germany, Austria will compete for the Golden Eye award.Scroll down for full list of titles
Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) has unveiled the line-up for its new Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria competition section.
Selected films include Toronto titles Labyrinth of Lies, a post-war German drama from Giulio Ricciarelli; and Baran bo Odar’s computer hacker thriller Who Am I - No System is Safe.
Others include Sudabeh Mortezai’s refugee drama Macondo, first seen at the Berlinale in February, which went on to pick up prizes in Hong Kong and Sarajevo; and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, which debuted at Montreal and centres on a maid in a large hotel with a fear of human interaction but who craves intimacy.
Documentaries in the line-up include Jørg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer’s Capital C, which explores crowdfunding; Nick Brandestini’s Children of the Arctic, about five native...
Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) has unveiled the line-up for its new Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria competition section.
Selected films include Toronto titles Labyrinth of Lies, a post-war German drama from Giulio Ricciarelli; and Baran bo Odar’s computer hacker thriller Who Am I - No System is Safe.
Others include Sudabeh Mortezai’s refugee drama Macondo, first seen at the Berlinale in February, which went on to pick up prizes in Hong Kong and Sarajevo; and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, which debuted at Montreal and centres on a maid in a large hotel with a fear of human interaction but who craves intimacy.
Documentaries in the line-up include Jørg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer’s Capital C, which explores crowdfunding; Nick Brandestini’s Children of the Arctic, about five native...
- 9/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
COLOGNE, Germany -- Oscar-nominated Stasi drama The Lives Of Others, fragrant blockbuster Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and controversial comedy "Mein Fuehrer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler" are among the titles selected for the Berlinale's European Film Market's German Cinema showcase.
The lineup, which provides a cross-section of the most successful and critically acclaimed German-language films of the past year -- along with a few new titles -- includes Marcus H. Rosenmueller's sleeper hit Grave Decisions; Chris Kraus' award-winning 4 Minutes; Matthias Luthardt's Pingpong, which won the screenwriting award in Cannes; and Ralf Westhoff's speed-dating comedy Shoppen, which was snapped up for German release by X Verleih following its debut at the Hof Film days.
The 17 titles picked for this year's showcase will be screened at the CinemaxX 1 cinema Feb. 9-17.
A full list of German Cinema titles follows.
A Friend Of Mine Sebastian Schipper (sales: Telepool)
Emma's Bliss Sven Taddicken (sales: The Match Factory)
4 Minutes Chris Kraus (sales: Beta Cinema)
Grave Decisions Marcus H. Rosenmueller (sales: Beta Cinema)
Mein Fuhrer Dani Levy (sales: Beta Cinema)
Neandertal Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser (sales: Rommel Film)
Offset Didi Danquart (sales: Bavaria Film International)
"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" Tom Tykwer (sales: Summit Film Sales)
Pingpong Matthias Luthardt (sales: Media Luna Entertainment)
Shoppen Ralf Westhoff (sales: Drife Prods.)
Summer '04 Stefan Krohmer (sales: Bavaria Film International)
The Cloud Gregor Schnitzler (sales: Bavaria Film International)
The Last Train Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vavrova (sales: Telepool)
The Lives Of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (sales: Beta Cinema)
Warchild Christian Wagner (sales: Christian Wagner Film)
While You Are Here Stefan Westerwelle (sales: Kunsthochschule fuer Medien KHM)...
The lineup, which provides a cross-section of the most successful and critically acclaimed German-language films of the past year -- along with a few new titles -- includes Marcus H. Rosenmueller's sleeper hit Grave Decisions; Chris Kraus' award-winning 4 Minutes; Matthias Luthardt's Pingpong, which won the screenwriting award in Cannes; and Ralf Westhoff's speed-dating comedy Shoppen, which was snapped up for German release by X Verleih following its debut at the Hof Film days.
The 17 titles picked for this year's showcase will be screened at the CinemaxX 1 cinema Feb. 9-17.
A full list of German Cinema titles follows.
A Friend Of Mine Sebastian Schipper (sales: Telepool)
Emma's Bliss Sven Taddicken (sales: The Match Factory)
4 Minutes Chris Kraus (sales: Beta Cinema)
Grave Decisions Marcus H. Rosenmueller (sales: Beta Cinema)
Mein Fuhrer Dani Levy (sales: Beta Cinema)
Neandertal Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser (sales: Rommel Film)
Offset Didi Danquart (sales: Bavaria Film International)
"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" Tom Tykwer (sales: Summit Film Sales)
Pingpong Matthias Luthardt (sales: Media Luna Entertainment)
Shoppen Ralf Westhoff (sales: Drife Prods.)
Summer '04 Stefan Krohmer (sales: Bavaria Film International)
The Cloud Gregor Schnitzler (sales: Bavaria Film International)
The Last Train Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vavrova (sales: Telepool)
The Lives Of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (sales: Beta Cinema)
Warchild Christian Wagner (sales: Christian Wagner Film)
While You Are Here Stefan Westerwelle (sales: Kunsthochschule fuer Medien KHM)...
- 1/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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