Some things we still wanted to say ...

Congratulations, Regina Ziegler, on receiving the B.Z.-Kulturpreis ­
to add to your bundle of awards since founding Ziegler-Film ...

Congratulations, Christel Drawer, on your appointment
to programming staff Cinema Europa at Filmfest Stuttgart Ludwigsburg 2003 ...

Congratulations, Doris Dörrie, for being awarded
the Kultureller Ehrenpreis der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt München ...

Congratulations, Albert Wiederspiel, for your appointment
as the new director of the Filmfest Hamburg ...

Congratulations, ICESTORM Entertainment, on celebrating
your fifth anniversary ­ it was a wonderful evening
in the Kaisersaal at the Sony Center am Potsdamer Platz ...

Congratulations, Filmfest Dresden, on founding
the KlangMusikpreis at the forthcoming 15th anniversary
of your international festival of animation and short films ...

Congratulations, Gulandom Muhabbat, on producing Child’s Dream
and My Motherland, two fine short films at Film Studio Tajikfilm ...

Congratulations, Andreas Ströhl, on your appointment
as successor to Eberhard Hauff as director of Filmfest München
beginning in 2004 ...

Congratulations, Miriam Kandelaki, on producing
Levan Glonti’s Onion Tears, a documentary about a talented Georgian musician
living and working in Lübeck ­ in photo left (courtesy Miriam Kandelaki) ...

And thanks very much to all for the support given to KINO 78!

Dorothea and Ron Holloway