The new Master‘s program »Entertainment Producing« starts today at the ifs internationale filmschule köln. The four-semester part-time course, which is unique in the German-speaking world, is dedicated to the development, production and exploitation of non-fictional entertainment formats.
September 15, 2021 sees the call for applications being launched again for the Baumi Script Development Award which is endowed with 20,000 Euros for the development of outstanding cinematic stories. Starting today, German and international writers can apply for the script award at www.baumi-award.com.
Three Filmstiftung-backed productions have been invited to the 46th Toronto International Film Festival (tiff), including one as a world premiere: "The Middle Man" by Bent Hamer.
Yesterday saw the Semi-Final Round of Judging being held in Cologne for the 15th time with a jury of 46 television professionals deciding on the nominations for the Best Performance by an Actress, Best Documentary and Best Comedy categories on behalf of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
On Wednesday, 1 September, the Semi-Final Round of Judging will take place in Cologne for the 15th time and be held at Schloss Arff on this occasion. A jury of 46 film and television professionals will decide on the nominations in three categories on behalf of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Saskia Rosendahl was recognised at the 74th Locarno Film Festival for her role in the Cologne-based Weydemann Bros. production "No One's With The Calves" by director and KHM graduate Sabrina Sarabi. She received the "Leopard for Best Actress" in the "Filmmakers of the Present" section.
The Venice International Film Festival has just announced that two Filmstiftung-backed co-productions - "Spencer", produced by Komplizen Film ("Toni Erdmann"), and "The Peacock’s Paradise", produced by Cologne-based Match Factory Productions - have been invited to screen at the Venice Film Festival.
The 74th Festival de Cannes has just wrapped its Palme d'Or award ceremony. The Palme d'Or for Best Film went to the fantasy drama "Titane" by Julia Ducournau. Leos Carax, the director of the Filmstiftung-backed musical "Annette", was awarded the prize for Best Director.
The Locarno Film Festival has just announced that the Filmstiftung-backed productions „Monte Verità“ by Stefan Jäger, co-produced by Cologne's Coin Film, and „No One's With The Calves“, a production of Weydemann Bros., Köln, by Sabrina Sarabi have been invited to the festival's 74th edition.
The Festival de Cannes has just announced that another three Filmstiftung-backed productions have been selected to screen in the festival's Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard sections. It had already been announced in April that the drama "Annette" by the exceptional director Leos Carax would be opening the festival.