The Venice International Film Festival announced today that the Swedish director Roy Andersson will be represented in this year's Competition with the international co-production „About Endlessness“. Andersson had previously been awarded the Golden Lion in 2014 for the Filmstiftung-backed film „A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence“.
Germany is the "Country of Honour" of the 30th edition of the European documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc, which begins today (Monday) and will be running in La Rochelle, France, until 27 June.
A jury of film and television professionals will meet for the 13th time on Wednesday, 19 June, for the Semi-Final Round of Judgings in Cologne to determine the international nomination candidates in four categories. The nominations in all 20 categories will be announced at MIPCOM in the autumn.
Today the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW invited to its annual press conference. CEO Petra Müller presented the results and highlights of 2018 and gave an outlook for 2019.
The evening's big winner with 6 Lolas was „Gundermann“ by Andreas Dresen, the largest number of awards won by one film this year, 4 Lolas were presented to „Styx“ by Wolfgang Fischer and 3 Lolas went to „All About Me“ by Caroline Link.
The Festival de Cannes announced at today's programme press conference that "The Traitor", a biopic supported by the Filmstiftung, has been selected for the festival's Official Competition.
This Friday, April 5, will see the start of the second edition of the Cannes International Series Festival. "Bauhaus – A New Era" is among ten international series being shown in the competition where it will also have its world premiere.
German Films and FOCUS Germany will have a joint presence in the „German Pavilion“ The „German Pavilion“ in the Village International of the Marché du Film has served for several years as the meeting place and point of contact at the Festival de Cannes for the accredited festival delegates from the German and international film
The Baumi Script Development Award is going in its fourth year to a German filmmaker for the first time. The author, producer and director Martin Rehbock received the award today for his treatment for „The Mule With Three Legs“.
The market access of the streaming platforms and the current boom in series have opened up enormous possibilities for producers and creatives whilst at the same time triggering a tough international competition for talents, producers and service-providers. Opportunities and challenges in the new competitive situation were the central themes of the opening discussion at the Drama Series Days.