European Film Promotion (EFP) today announced the ten up-and-coming acting talents who will be presented online as the Shooting Stars for 2021 ahead of the 71st Berlinale. Albrecht Schuch has been selected to represent Germany.
The finale of the 33rd European Film Awards (EFA) came to a close on Saturday evening (12 December) in a live virtual awards ceremony from Berlin. Paula Beer received the 'European Actress 2020' statuette for her acting performance in Christian Petzold's Filmstiftung-backed romantic drama "Undine".
As the European Film Academy (EFA) has just announced, the two Filmstiftung-backed productions „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ by Burhan Qurbani and „Undine by Christian Petzold will now be in the running in the European Film 2020 category at the 33rd European Film Awards.
Five of the 10 films, which were announced by German Films as being under consideration for the German entry to the „Best International Feature Film“ category at the 2021 Oscars, have been supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.
Today the third edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) will be launched during the 30th Film Festival Cologne. 28 film projects from 34 countries have been carefully selected and the production teams now have the opportunity to present their film productions to an international industry audience.
Trends in the European series market, new productions and opportunities for distribution are in the focus of the fifth European Series Day on 2 October in Cologne. The event is being held for the first time in the largest cinema at Cologne's Filmpalast.
The Film Festival Cologne will open on 1 October with the Filmstiftung-backed drama „Proxima“ by the director Alice Winocour with the Oscar-nominated actors Eva Green and Matt Dillon in the lead roles.
Never change a winning team: The third edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) continues the successful cooperation with the partners and award sponsors of the last years and even takes on a new award.
Today sees the launch of the open call for the Baumi Script Development Award for the development of outstanding cinematic stories. German and international writers can submit applications to www.baumi-award.com for the € 20,000 grant.
This year’s edition is headed towards a new record number of submissions and EWIP award winners have successfully been launched in the international festival circuit. The third edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) promises to be a success again this year. The positive trend of the last two years continues as the projects submissions have