The 71st Berlin International Film Festival will not take place in the usual form in 2021 and have developed a new festival format due to the current COVID-19 situation. The 71st Berlinale in March will kick off with an online offer.
The Filmstiftungs-backed drama "Louis van Beethoven" has been sold to 35 territories. Beta Film sold the biographical movie celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday to Italy (Sky), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (RTP), Lithuania (LRT), Hungary (MTVA), Croatia (HRT), Czech Republic (CT) and Russia (Kultura).
The international co-production „Taming the Garden“ by Salomé Jashi will be celebrating its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary Competition. The Sundance Film Festival is being held from 28 January to 3 February, 2021 online as well as in some physical events.
ZDF's Director General Thomas Bellut will receive the International Emmy's 2021 Directorate Award. The Special Emmy of the International Academy will be presented to Bellut at the 49th awards gala in New York City on 22 November, 2021.
Sudan has entered the Academy Awards race with the selection of "You Will Die at Twenty" by Amjad Abu Alala (Die Gesellschaft DGS) as the country’s first Best International Feature Film submission for the 2021 Academy Awards. The Filmstiftung supported the film’s postproduction with 25,000 Euros.
The Filmstiftung-backed series "Babylon Berlin" has now been sold to over 140 territories worldwide. Among the latest deals are Latin America (AMC), Japan (BS 12) and South Korea (Channel U), announced Beta Film.
The Filmstiftung-backed drama "Exile" by Visar Morina has been selected for Oscars' International Feature Film Race in 2021 by Kosovo. In August, Poland had already chosen Filmstifung-backed "Never Gonna Snow Again" by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert.
For the filmmakers behind the participating 28 projects from 34 countries, two exciting and very successful days are coming to an end. After numerous pitching sessions and one-to-one meetings, the international jury has announced the six winners of the third edition of European Work in Progress Cologne.
Tonight the Filmstiftung-funded production "Never Gonna Snow Again" by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert premiered in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.
Yesterday at 11 a.m. the Filmstiftung-funded production "The New Gospel" by Milo Rau in the section Giornate degli Autori celebrated its premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival in the presence of cast and crew.