All Germany articles – Page 33
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Reviews‘Land Of Dreams’: Venice Review
Matt Dillon, Isabella Rossellini and Sheila Vand star in Shirin Neshat’s English-language debut, co-directed with Shoja Azari
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NewsFilms Boutique acquires TIFF-bound human-trafficking doc ‘The Devil’s Drivers’ (exclusive)
The film is the story of two cousins who smuggle undoocumented workers through the Middle East.
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NewsPicture Tree boards Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen collaboration ‘The Painter’ (exclusive)
Oehlen is one of the world’s top-selling artists globally.
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NewsGermany’s Veit Helmer begins production on latest feature ‘Gondola’ (exclusive)
Helmer’s previous film was 2018 silent comedy The Bra.
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NewsGerman cinemas to require unvaccinated audiences to show negative Covid test in key regions
The move impacts cinemas in areas with Covid rates above 35 in 100,000 from August 23.
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Reviews‘Hinterland’: Locarno Review
Back to Vienna of old with Stefan Ruzowitsky’s propulsive post-war thriller
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: Kino On Demand
Users of Kino on Demand (KoD) receive a €5 ($6) voucher for the first and every fifth film viewed, which they can redeem at one of more than 800 participating cinemas.
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: filmingo
Switzerland’s trigon-film foundation has also been operating its own streaming platform since 2013.
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: Chili
Chili was created by a group of former Fastweb executives, including the president and CEO Giorgio Tacchia, who left the internet service provider in 2012 to launch the film start-up.
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NewsGerman film financier DZ Bank appoints former Telepool exec
DZ Bank has been involved in the financing of around 2,500 film and TV productions since 2000
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NewsReel Suspects posts deals on sex worker romance ‘Bliss’ (exclusive)
Second feature from Germany’s Henrika Kull debuted in Berlinale’s Panorama this year.
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Reviews‘The Dust Of Modern Life’: FIDMarseille Review
Germany’s Franziska von Stenglin makes a strong feature debut with this documentary following a Vietnamese villager
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NewsSinje Gebauer to head new animation studio for Germany’s Rise Group
Rise’s animation studio is expected to employ a workforce of up to 120 animators.
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NewsPassion Pictures developing feature doc about German chancellor Angela Merkel (exclusive)
Eva Weber will direct ‘Merkel’, made of archive material and interviews.
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NewsBerlin award-winner ‘I’m Your Man’, Daniel Brühl’s ‘Next Door’ score UK-Ireland deals (exclusive)
Maren Eggert won Berlin’s Silver Bear for her performance in Maria Schrader’s romantic comedy.
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NewsNikias Chryssos, Franziska Stünkel titles among Munich winners
Chryssos won the best director award for ‘A Pure Place’.
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NewsCannes market title ‘The Swimmer’ powers through to Salzgeber
Source: Courtesy of M-Appeal The Swimmer Berlin-based distributor Salzgeber has bought Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux rights to Adam Kalderon’s Israeli titleThe Swimmer from M-Appeal. The completed film is screening in the Cannes market. Set in a summer training camp where young athletes compete to ...
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NewsRomantic drama ‘Promises’ lands key deal for Italy’s Vision Distribution (exclusive)
Pierfrancesco Favino and Kelly Reilly star in Amanda Sthers’ film.
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Reviews‘Great Freedom’: Cannes Review
Sebastian Meise’s drama carefully tracks the persecution of homosexuality in Germany over the decades
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NewsPlaymaker Munich’s ‘Caged Birds’ heads to North America (exclusive)
Further deals include Spain and India.