We congratulate our senior lecturer for production and graduate Anna de Paoli, who was awarded the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino at the 36th Filmfest München as the best upcoming producer. The jury emphasizes her production work for her new film A YOUNG MAN WITH HIGH POTENTIAL, as the film was made without the usual funding from televisions and can compete qualitatively with international standards.
The full jury statement can be read here.
Over the years, the Fantasy Filmfest has often shown student short films and graduation films. This year, the festival would like to broaden its scope and offer itself as a discussion forum on the status of German genre cinema. For this purpose, the DFFB will have the opportunity to screen some thematically suitable works (short and/or medium-length films) as part of the festival, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers / film team. The event is free of charge. We warmly invite friends, acquaintances, film fans and festival visitors to get to know what is produced at German film schools in the field of genre film, and to exchange thoughts with the filmmakers. In addition to the film selection, there will be time for talks where we will be able to learn more about the directors’ visions behind their films, the production backgrounds, the filmmaker’s future plans and the status of German genre films, both in Germany and on the international market.
Location and date of the Berlin Special: Sunday, 9th September 2018, matinee at Cinestar at Potsdamer Platz (the exact time and programme TBA).
The DFFB will be represented at the 14th Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award (11.–18.04.2018) by 15 films in various categories. The week-long festival has a focus on new German cinema from Berlin and Brandenburg. The following DFFB films will be presented in the Programme this year:
SARAH JOUE UN LOUP-GAROU -(R: Katharina Wyss, B: Katharina Wyss, Josa Sesink, K: Armin Dierolf, P: Christophe Marzal)
AVA (R/B: Sabine Nawrath, K: Max Preis, P: Ira und Alex Tondowski) LOMO – THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS (R: Julia Langhof, B: Thomas Gerhold, Julia Langhof, K: Michal Grabowski, P: Eva Kemme, Martin Heisler)
DETOUR (R: Nina Vukovic, B: Nina Vukovic & Benjamin Talsik, K: Tobias von dem Borne P: Benjamin Talsik)
SUMMER SATURN (R: Mónica Lima, B: Mónica Lima, Gonçalo Branco, K: David Wilhelm Schmitt, P: Luise Hauschild) DIE FROHE IRRUNG (R/B: Gerald Sommerauer, K: Francisco MeCe, P: Leonie Minor, Ewelina Rosinska)
NEVERMIND POLLY (R: Julia Milz, B: Lisa Roling, K: Katharina Schelling, P: Lisa Roling)
FREMDE (R: Tim Dünschede, B: Marc Vogel, K: Holger Jungnickel, P: Patrick Schorn)
LIEBESBRIEF (R/B: Marcus Hanisch, K: Jasper Techel, P: Maximilian Becht)
NIKOTYNA (R/B: Ewa Wikieł, K: Jesse Mazuch, P: Roxana Richters)
ZEIT DER UNRUHE (R/B: Elsa Rosengren, K: Katharina Wahl, P: Nadja Rothkirch)
WALDGEIST (R: Lasse Holdhus, B: Josef Ulbig, K: Antonia Lange, P: Henning Wagner, Nadja Rothkirch)
EXIT (R: Katharina Woll, K: Daniel Binsted, P: Dana Gal, Markus Kaatsch)
DER UNSICHTBARE FILM (R/B: Anton Gonopolski, K: Anselm Belser, P: Karoline Güldemann)
EGAL GIBT ES NICHT (R/B: Florian Hoffmann, K: Carmen Treichl, P: Tara Biere)
EINFÜHRUNG IN EINE WAHRE GESCHICHTE DER DFFB (R/B/K/P: Frank Behnke, Stefan Pethke, Julia Milz, Leonie Minor, Giorgi Korkashvili, Lisa Roling, Ewelina Rosinska)
More information on the 14th Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award here.
The DFFB feature film HAGAZUSSA (R/B: Lukas Feigelfeld, K: Mariel Baqueiro, P: Simon Lubinski, Lukas Feigelfeld) hits select German-language theatres starting May 17th 2017. The official theatrical distributor for the film is Forgotten Film Entertainment. Indeed Films is responsible for VOD distribution.
Hagazussa is a dark tale of a woman’s struggle with her own sanity. In a time when pagan beliefs of witches spread fear into the minds of the rural folk, the film aims to explore the thin line between ancient beliefs, magic and delusional psychosis.
Following its successful World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, where it won the Next Wave Award for Best Film, HAGAZUSSA has gone on to screen at renowned film festivals such as CPH:PIX, the BFI London Film Festival and the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival
This week prizes were won by the DFFB films VIOLENTLY HAPPY (R/B/K: Paola Calvo, P: Andreas Hörl, Florian Schneider, Maren Lüthje) and LET THE SUMMER NEVER COME AGAIN (R/B/K: Alexandre Koberidze, P: Alexandre Koberidze, Nutsa Tsikaridze, Keti Kipiani). Paola Calvo, director of VIOLENTLY HAPPY, received the prize for Best Up-and-Coming Director of Photography at the 10th International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund/Cologne. LET THE SUMMER NEVER COME AGAIN was awarded the prize for Best Feature Film at the 9th IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia. We warmly congratulate the award winners.
More information on IBAFF 2018 here.
More information on the prize for Best Up-and-Coming Director of Photography here.
We are very happy to announce that two DFFB alumni, Julian Radlmaier and Jide Tom Akinleminu, were awarded the Kompagnon Fellowship with a stipend of €5000 today. The award supports new projects by directors and screenwriters from Berlinale Talents 2018 and directors from Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2017.
Projects:
When a Farm Goes Aflame, the Flakes Fly Home to Bear the Tale by Jide Tom Akinleminu
and
Blutsauger by Julian Radlmaier
More information here.