Medienboard-Cocktail in Cannes

Berlin/Postdam/Cannes - On Monday afternoon 300 international and German producers, actors and directors attended the Medienboard Cocktail on the occasion of five Medienboard funded films selected for this year's Festival de Cannes. Medienboard, Unverzagt von Have, Commerzbank and Studio Babelsberg welcomed their guests at the Grand Hotel.

Amongst the guests: producers Dr. Carl Woebcken and Christoph Fisser (Studio Babelsberg) as well as the actors Daniel Brühl, Christoph Waltz, Gedeon Burkhard and Jana Pallaske starring in Quentin Tarantino's „Inglourious Basterds", the producers of Michael Haneke's competition film „The White Ribbon" Manuela Stehr and Stefan Arndt (X Filme Creative Pool), the team of „Jaffa" - presented as Special Screening - including the Berlin-based co-producers of Rohfilm, Thanassis Karathanos (Twenty Twenty Vision) whose „Ajami" is shown in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and „Altiplano" co-producer Heino Deckert, who joined the party together with Hollywood-Star Tilda Swinton.

On Tuesday morning approximately 150 film makers from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and -as this year's special guests - from Scandinavia attended the CRC (Capital Regions for Cinema) meeting on the terrace of Hotel Palais Stephanie to find co-producers for their upcoming projects.

Alfred Hürmer (Integralfilm), „Altiplano"-Produzent Heino Deckert (ma.ja.De), Tilda Swinton, Kirsten Niehuus

Hosts Kirsten Niehuus, Harro von Have and Andreas Pense (Unverzagt von Have) with the „Inglourious Basterds" team : v.l.n.r. Daniel Brühl, Gedeon Burkhard, Christoph Fisser (Studio Babelsberg), Jana Pallaske, Christoph Waltz

 

Kirsten Niehuus with the „Jaffa" team : director Keren Yedaya, geman co-producers Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter and Anne Tetzlaff (Rohfilm) mit actress Dana Ivgy

"The White Ribbon" producers Manuela Stehr und Stefan Arndt von X Filme Creative Pool

Thanassis Karathanos (Twenty Twenty Vision), Kirsten Niehuus and directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani from „Ajami"

Cockail hosts: Andreas Pense (Unverzagt von Have), Olaf Stührk and Christine Wehrmann (Commerzbank), Dr. Carl Woebcken (Studio Babelsberg) , Kirsten Niehuus

 

Zentropa International producer Maria Köpf and Andreas Schreitmüller from ARTE

Producer on the Move Janine Jackowski and "Alle anderen" director Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)

Jaqueline Jagow (Warner Bros.) and Judy Tossell (Egoli Tossell)

Kirsten Niehuus and Constantin-Chef Martin Moszkowicz

Teresa Hoefert de Turegano (Medienboard) with „Jaffa" producer Benny Drechsel and Dana Ivgy

Joshua Marston, Kirsten Niehuus and Mirsad Purivatra from Sarajevo Film Festival

Daniel Brühl und Sebastian Zühr from newly founded Fouron Film production with Kirsten Niehuus

Jens Meurer (Egoli Tossell) and Phil Robertson (Zephyrfilm), producers from „Black Death" being shot in Berlin-Brandenburg

Dr. Klaus Schaefer (FFF Bayern), Christoph Müller (Senator), Kirsten Niehuus, Patricia Barona (Senator)

Tobias Bauckhage (moviepilot), Roman Paul (Razor Film), Jon Handschin (moviepilot)

Christine Wehrmann (Commerzbank) and Peter Dinges (FFA)

Christoph Waltz and Christoph Fisser (Studio Babelsberg)

 

Cristina Priarone (Roma Lazio), Manuel Soria de la Fuente (Madrid), Olivier-René Veillon (Ile de France), Kirsten Niehuus und Ingrid Rudefors (Stockholm)

150 producers from Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia came to the C.R.C. co-production meeting

Kirsten Niehuus, Cristina Priarone (Roma Lazio Film Commission), Olivier-René Veillon (Ile de France Film Commission), Teresa Hoefert de Turégano (Medienboard)

For further impressions please please click here.

 

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© Fotos: Medienboard/Mareike Jung

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