Media News from Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin in Lights-Festival in New York
(November 2-18, 2007, Carnetgie Hall, New York)
With close to 50 events presented at five boroughs of New York City at Carnegie Hall and partner venues, the Carnegie Hall’s first international festival BERLIN IN LIGHTS is a 17-day celebration of the extraordinary city that is Berlin today. Berlin in Lights offers a snapshot of Germany’s vibrant capital city through classical cabaret, world and techno music concerts as well as film, architecture, literature and photography events. For more information click here.
17th FilmFestival Cottbus: Leading festival of East European Cinema
(November 6-10, 2007, Cottbus)
Under the motto "after YU," Brandenburg's FilmFestival Cottbus focuses on everyday life and visions in the countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia. At the festival a total of 80 films from 25 countries will be shown for the competition; ten films are from ten Eastern European countries. As the most important festival for Eastern European films, the event serves as a meeting place for producers, editors, financers and distributors from Western and Eastern Europe, and is being sponsored by Medienboard. More at www.filmfestivalcottbus.de.
Connecting Cottbus paving the way for co-productions
(November 8-9, 2007, Cottbus)
Twelve feature film projects from eleven countries will be highlighted at the ninth East-West co-development market Connecting Cottbus during the film festival. The forum provides producers, authors and directors from Western and Eastern Europe with a pitching platform for their future projects aimed at the European market. The event is being sponsored by Medienboard, the MDM and the EU’s MEDIA Programme. More at www.connecting-cottbus.de.
Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin
(November 5-8, 2007, Messe Berlin, Berlin)
Marketing and business experts, designers and technicians come together at the four-day Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. The most important yearly meeting of the European Web 2.0 Community provides a comprehensive overview about current sector developments all over the world. Keynote speakers include Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Microsoft Live Labs), Toby Coppel (Yahoo! Europe), Tristan Nitot (Mozilla Europe), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Group), and Werner Vogels (Amazon.com). More at www.web2expo.com.
interfilm: 23rd International Short Film Festival in Berlin
(November 6-11, 2007, Berlin)
Over 400 short films from all over the world will be shown at the international interfilm Short Film Festival. South American and Spanish short films are the focus of the section "Around the World." Further categories: International Competition, German Competition, Confrontations – Against Violence and Intolerance, Documentary Program, Audience Competition, and Youth and Children’s Competition. More at www.interfilm.de.
Minister of Culture and Media confers German Short Film Award in Potsdam
(November 13, 2007, HFF "Konrad Wolf," Potsdam)
Of the 243 films entered, ten films have been nominated for the German Short Film Award, which will be conferred by Bernd Neumann, German Minister of Culture and Media, at Babelsberg's Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television. The winners will be presented with a premium of up to €12,500. The Prize is awarded together with the FFA short film award Short Tiger. Further information at www.deutscherkurzfilmpreis.de.
Cartoon Masters: The international animation scene in Potsdam
(November 14-16, 2007, HFF "Konrad Wolf," Potsdam)
Producers, sales professionals, broadcasting representatives, lawyers and creatives from all over Europe will meet in Babelsberg. With over 40 films in European cinemas, animated films are more successful than ever. Production, writing techniques, financing as well as promotion and sales of European animation films and cross-boarder co-operation between Europe, Japan and the USA build the focus of seminars sponsored by Medienboard. Information at www.cartoon-media.be.
Steinmeier and Clement at the 5th European Television Dialogue
(November 22, 2007, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin)
German Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will open the European Television Dialogue, which after Munich and Budapest takes place this year in Berlin. Key topics are among others the media in Bulgaria and Romania, IPTV in Eastern Europe, and Germany in Polish media and Poland in German media. Wolfgang Clement will hold a keynote speech under the heading "Visions of European Television." Registration and information at www.european-tv-dialogue.com.
European film composers in concert in Berlin
(November 30, 2007, Admiralspalast, Berlin)
A highlight of the festivities for the 20th European Film Awards is the European film composers' concert on the eve of the award ceremony. The Flemish Radio Orchestra will play film music from famous composers like Peer Raben (Querelle, 2046), Georges Delerue (La Nuit Américaine) and many more. More at www.europeanfilmacademy.org.
20th European Film Awards in Berlin
(December 1, 2007, Berlin Arena, Berlin)
The 20th edition of the European Film Awards will take place in Berlin. Among the nominations from all over Europe: Christian Mungius’ Cannes winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” from Romania; Fatih Akin’s "The Edge of Heaven"; Kevin MacDonald’s Oscar nomination "The Last King of Scotland"; Stephen Frear’s "The Queen" and many more. www.europeanfilmacademy.org
Berlin-Brandenburg at the 6th Festival of German Films in Moscow
(December 5-9, 2007, Moscow)
Nine German feature films, two documentaries, a TV movie, a children’s film, the short film roll NEXT GENERATION and three further short films will be shown at the 6th Festival of German Films. Two of the films are from Germany’s capital region: Christian Petzold’s Berlinale prize winner "Yella" and Volker Schlöndorff’s Cannes entry "Ulzhan." In the framework of the festival, a co-producers meeting with German and Russian producers and distributors is planned. The festival is organized by German Films Service and Marketing GmbH. More at www.german-cinema.de.
