KINO — German Film News February 2007

The Berlin International Film Festival has been presenting the Berlinale Camera since 1986 to film personalities or institutions to whom they feel particularly indebted — and to whom they wish to express their appreciation in the form of this special honour. Since 2004, the award has been donated by the Dusseldorf Jeweller, Georg Hornemann.

The Berlinale has been associated with Dorothea Moritz and Ron Holloway for many years. As early as 1976, Ron Holloway contributed to the diversification of the programme. In 1979 he founded, together with his wife Dorothea Moritz, the English language journal, KINO — German Film & International Reports which is solely dedicated to German film. Dorothea Moritz and Ron Holloway combine their industry knowledge and their passion for film to report internationally on German film making. The actress, publisher and producer Dorothea Moritz has been selecting films for the Berlinale for 19 years; Ron Holloway has also worked as a documentary maker.

On the occasion of the presentation of the Berlinale Camera to actress, publisher and producer Dorothea Moritz and to director and film journalist Ron Holloway, the festival presented their documentary, Parajanov — a Requiem (1994). This documentary portraits the celebrated Armenian director Sergej Parajanov (1924-1990), who aroused the suspicions of the Soviet leadership with the at times surrealistic imagery in his films.