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Friday, December 3rd, 2010An einem Nachmittag im November saßen wir beisammen – Martin Blaney, Gregor Sedlag und ich – und machten Pläne für KINO – German Film No: 99, 2011, die Berlinale-Ausgabe. Da schlug Martin vor aus Rons Doktorarbeit eine Passage über Ingmar Bergman zu zitieren. Das freute mich natürlich, denn die Berlinale wird eine Bergman-Retrospektive im Programm […]
Hof 2010: Kulturpreis for Heinz Badewitz
Thursday, November 4th, 2010One could hardly imagine Heinz Badewitz being able to slip away from his own festival for even a few hours. However, he actually managed this year to travel to nerby Bamberg to receive a Culture Award which has been presented by the energy concern Eon Bayern in collaboration with the Bavarian Ministry of Science and […]
Bitola Keeps on Filming
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010Now into its third decade, the Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival in Bitola, Macedonia, followed last year’s motto of “Keep on Dreaming” with a new one, “Keep on Filming”, as the event changed its dates from the end of September to the middle of October. Actress-producer Labina Mitevska served as the festival director and […]
German Double Triumph in Moscow
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010German cinema scored a double triumph at this year’s Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF, June 17 – 26) when feature debutant Johannes Naber’s immigration drama The Albanian (Der Albaner) picked up the Special Jury Prize and the “Silver St. George” for Best ActorSfor lead actor Nik Xhelilaj. Naber’s screenplay, which he wrote with co-authors Christoph […]
goEast turns 10
Monday, May 17th, 2010Time flies when you are organizing a film festival, but it still seems remarkable that Wiesbaden’s goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film should have already been celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Immigration, Islam and Berlin – Shahada and Neukoelln Unlimited at the 60th Berlinale
Monday, May 17th, 2010One of the themes dealt with by a number of films at this year’s 60th Berlinale was the lives of Muslims in today’s society. Two of these portrayed Muslims in today’s Berlin – each for themselves, but very much interrelated – one fictional (Shahada), one real (Neukölln Unlimited).
From Tragedy to Comedy … and Back Again. German films at the 9th Tribeca Film Festival
Monday, May 17th, 2010Just like the city itself, the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City has become hot spot for discoveries, especially for emerging filmmakers and documentaries. Now in its 9th year, the 2010 edition featured a substantial German contingent with four feature-length films and one short, each screening in important sections of the festival.
Berlinale Church Service, on February 14 2010
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Berlin’s Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis Church on Breitscheidplatz opposite the Zoo Palast Cinema will host a special church service for Berlinale visitors on Sunday, February 14, at 10.00. The service will also pay homage to the late film critic Ron Holloway, including a reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians by his widow Dorothea Moritz. The local […]
Requiem for Ron
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Friends and colleagues gathered at the Arsenal-Kino at Potsdamer Platz last Sunday (January 24) to remember the life and work of Ron Holloway. The idea for the Requiem for Ronald Holloway had come from two close friends of Ron and Dorothea Holloway, Andreas Dobers, board member of X Verleih AG, and Wilhelm Faber, special programme […]
Ron Holloway 1933 – 2009
Thursday, December 17th, 2009The international film festival circuit will not be the same following the sad news that the veteran film historian, critic and filmmaker Ron Holloway has died in Berlin at the age of 76. Further Links: Cleveland Cinematheque CinemaTalk (PDF) Politika, Belgrade Der Tagesspiegel DIE WELT Berliner Zeitung Screendaily The Hollywood Reporter Variety Movingpictures Magazine WACC […]
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