Media News from Berlin-Brandenburg
Robert de Niro, Hilary Swank and Kylie Minogue to Receive Golden Camera Awards
(February 6, 2008, 8:15 pm, Ullstein Halle, Berlin)
Robert de Niro, Kylie Minogue and Hilary Swank are among the many national and international recipients of this year’s Golden Camera to be handed out in Berlin’s Ullstein Halle on the eve of the Berlinale. German entertainer Thomas Gottschalk will host the glamorous gala, which will take place this year for the 43rd time. For more information visit www.goldenekamera.de.
58th Berlin International Film Festival 2008 with Madonna, Isabella Rossellini, Ben Kingsley and many more
(February 7-17, 2008, Berlin)
For ten days this February, Berlin will once again be in the spotlight of the international film industry. Madonna, Isabella Rossellini, Penélope Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day-Lewis, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, John Malkovich, Woody Harrelson and many more will join festival director Dieter Kosslick on the red carpet. Audiences will be able to choose from 384 films from 59 countries in the following festival categories: Competition, Panorama, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Forum, Generation, Retrospektive and many more. For more information visit www.berlinale.de.
Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones Open the Berlinale
(February 7, 2008, 8 pm, Berlinale Palast)
Martin Scorsese – along with his new film “Shine a Light” – will join the Rolling Stones to open this year’s Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast. It will mark the first time that a documentary film opens the festival. A total of 26 films from 19 countries are in competition this year, 18 of which are world premieres. For more information visit www.berlinale.de.
Costa-Gavras named Berlinale Jury President
(February 7-17, 2008, Berlin)
The Greek-French director and Oscar-winner Constantin Costa-Gavras will function as President of the International Jury at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Other jury members include Danish director Susanne Bier (After the Wedding), French actress Sandrine Bonnaire, German actress Diane Kruger (Mr. Nobody), actress Shu-Qi (Taiwan), set designer Uli Hanisch (Germany), sound designer and editor Walter Murch (USA) and film producer Alexander Rodniansky (Russia). For more information visit www.berlinale.de.
European Film Market Continues its Rapid Expansion
(February 7-17, 2008, Martin Gropius Building, Berlin)
420 companies from 50 countries have already registered for the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlinale – a significant increase from 2007. There are a total of 636 registered buyers, including an increased number from Korea as well as several new firms from Argentina, Australia and the USA. This year’s EFM program includes roughly 700 films, approximately 75 percent of which are market premieres. www.berlinale.de.
Berlinale Co-Production Market to Show 35 Projects from 25 Countries
(February 10-12, 2008, Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin)
35 selected motion picture projects from 25 countries will be presented at the 2008 Co-Production Market, including works by renowned directors such as Deepa Mehta, Agnieszka Holland and Andrei Zvyagintsev and featuring budgets of between 1 and 12 million euro. The numbers from last year’s Co-Production Market are impressive: 59 projects are either already finished or currently in production. For more information visit www.berlinale.de.
Jade Raymond and Don Tapscott to Speak at the 2008 Berlinale Keynotes
(February 12, 2008, 2-6 pm, Kaisersaal, Berlin)
Under the heading “The Age of Collaboration,” innovative leaders in the international digital media industry will discuss new alliances between film, games and Web 2.0. Among the prominent international speakers are Don Tapscott (New Paradigm, Toronto), Matt Hanson (Visual Intelligence Agency, Brighton), Ton Roosendaal (Blender Foundation, Amsterdam), Jade Raymond (Ubisoft, Montreal) and Jordan Mechner (screenwriter "Prince of Persia"). By invitation only. For more information visit: www.medienboard.de/berlinalekeynotes.
Hollywood Lectures to Discuss Recipes for Success for Hollywood and Europe
(February 13, 2008, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, Atrium Deutsche Bank, Berlin)
The 7th Hollywood Lectures will focus on questions of film financing in Germany and successful new formulas for Hollywood and Europe. Topics include the German Film Fund (DFFF), international co-productions as well as global and European film support systems. Click here to register and receive more information.
Berlinale Talent Campus and Berlin Today Award
(February 9-14, 2008, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin)
350 up-and-coming filmmakers were chose out of a pool of over 3000 talented young professionals from 122 countries to attend the 6th annual Berlinale Talent Campus under the motto “Screening Emotions - Cinema’s Finest Asset.” The Berlin Today Award for short films will be handed out to one of the following three finalists: the Pakistani drama “Match Forever,” the Danish documentary “Berlin Hair Today” and the Finnish comedy “The Last Wash.” To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 2009 BTA will be held under the motto “My Wall”. For more information visit www.berlinale-talentcampus.de, www.berlintoday.de.
Star-studded Medienboard Reception at the Berlinale
(February 9, 2008, 7 pm, Hotel Ritz-Carlton, by invitation only)
Wim Wenders, Jürgen Vogel, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Udo Kier, Heino Ferch, Senta Berger, Michael Verhoeven, Julia Jentsch and many other guests from the fields of film, politics, business and media are expected to attend the Medienboard Reception at Berlin’s Ritz-Carlton. As part of the reception, the Ernst Lubitsch Award will be handed out to Til Schweiger for his hit comedy "Keinohrhasen". Event partners and sponsors include Commerzbank AG, TV Spielfilm, Ritz Carlton/Berlin, Weinland Rheinland-Pfalz, postperfect-vision & sound, Gerolsteiner, Eutelsat, GWFF, DFG, Berliner Kindl Schultheiss Brauerei and Ramazzotti. By invitation only.
European CRC Networks Co-production Meeting
(February 8, 2008, 10 am – 2 pm, Landesvertretung Brandenburg, Berlin)
This year’s network meeting of the Capital Regions for Cinema (CRC) will once again provide producers from the capital regions of Berlin-Brandenburg, Paris/Île de France, Rom-Latium and Madrid with access to several co-production and cooperation partners for international projects. 2008 will mark the first time that American producers will attend. By invitation only.
German-Russian Co-production Meeting
(February 10, 2008, 1 pm – 3 pm, Landesvertretung Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin)
For the second time, representatives of the Medienboard, Mitteldeutsche Filmförderung (Central German Film Funding) and the Filmförderungsanstalt (German Federal Film Board) will meet with representatives of Russian film funding to discuss co-production and financing opportunities with various producers and distributors from both countries. By invitation only.
Medienboard-Funded Films in Competition
(February 7-17, 2008, Berlin)
Several “Made in Berlin-Brandenburg” film productions are in competition for the Golden Bear Award at this year’s Berlinale, including Doris Dörrie‘s new film “Cherry Blossoms -Hanami,” and the international co-productions “Heart of Fire” from Luigi Falorni and “Black Ice” by Petri Kotwica, all of which were provided with financial support by the Medienboard. For more information visit www.berlinale.de.
Medienboard-funded Films up for Oscars
(February 24, 2008, Beverly Hills, USA)
Two of this year’s nominees for best foreign-language film at the 80th Academy Awards in the Kodak Theater in L.A. were partially made in Berlin-Brandenburg: “Mongol” by Sergej Bodrow is representing Kazakhstan and “The Counterfeiters” by Stefan Ruzowitzky, most of which was filmed in Studio Babelsberg, is representing Austria. The Medienboard provided financial support to both films. For more information visit www.oscars.org.
Alicia Keys, James Blunt and Kylie Minogue at the Echo Awards 2008
(February 15th, 2008, International Congress Center, Berlin)
Kylie Minogue, Alicia Keys, James Blunt and many more are expected at the award ceremony of the 17th Echo music awards in Berlin. Nominated in 23 categories for one of the most prestigous prizes of the industry are Bruce Springsteen, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Bon Jovi and the Kaiser Chiefs among many others. More at www.echopop.de.
