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Jan Koester, Till Nowak, Bernd Neumann this year at Wiesbaden, a little over a month before the 2007 program unspooled. Laurence Kardish, senior curator at the New York Museum of Modern Art’s film department, says, “Next Generation screens as part of ‘Kino’, our annual program of new German films. The series is very popular, and I’m both pleased and surprised that there is such great attendance for shorts by filmmakers who are not yet wellknown but will, we hope, achieve some celebrity in the near future. While the student filmmakers often attend screenings of other German films that haven’t yet opened, I don’t really see them very much. They take advantage of their stay in one of the world’s great film cities to watch hard-to-see films – they’re busy educating themselves.” INCREASING VISIBILITY & CREDIBILITY Interestingly, the fact of being present in Cannes insures the students greater visibility back home. German audiences and media are eager to discover the new films and faces shown in Cannes. And since German festivals already dedicate a large part of their programming to local productions, shorts by unknowns run the risk of going unnoticed. Also, France is the cradle of a thriving short film culture, and its audiences are avid fans of German films. Many festivals are recognizing the need to support young film students. It’s surely no coincidence that in 1998, the year that German Films launched Next Generation, the Cannes film festival inaugurated a new section, Cinéfondation, which allows 20 film students from aro- und the world to attend Cannes and show their films. The director of Cinéfondation, Georges Goldenstern, explains: “The festival wanted to create a specific forum for film students. It was important that they have a unique role, to help them stand out, and to allow the film professionals in Cannes, distributors, buyers, producers and journalists, to spot the work of filmmakers with a future. What’s more, the prestige of Cannes gives credibility to the directors in their home countries.” Shorts are definitely enjoying a renaissance, for the Cannes Film Market too has come on board. In 2004 it created the Short Film Corner, a center to support producers, distributors and festival organizers, which screens, in addition to a multitude of other German and international shorts, the Next Generation films too. The German Short Film Association also hosts a Short Film Lounge every year in Cannes. Let’s leave the last word to Germany’s newest star, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck: “Next Generation was a major stepping stone for me, and I hope it will be for many more filmmakers in the future." Robert Gray, Kinograph / Words for Moving Images german films quarterly focus on 10 years of next generation 2 · 2007 12
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A selection of some of the current projects of former Next Generation participants Oliver Dommenget (Train Roulette, NG 1999, University of Hamburg): 2001 children’s film Help, I’m a Boy! (Berlin festival) Branwen Okpako (LoveLoveLiebe, NG 1999, German Film & Television Academy, Berlin): 2000 documentary Dirt for Dinner (prizes at Leipzig, Saarbruecken, Ouagadougou, etc.), 2003 Valley of the Innocent (Toronto and Berlin festivals), currently in post-production on the documentary The Pilot and the Passenger Zueli Aladag (Listen, NG 2000, Academy of Media Arts Cologne): feature Elefantenherz (2002), television films include the highly acclaimed Wut (2006) Christian Ditter (Enchanted, NG 2000, Munich Academy of Television and Film): 2006 feature French for Beginners (produced by Christoph Menardi, who also produced the NG 2002 entry, Early Bird) Holger Ernst (Little Fish, NG 2001, Academy of Art Kassel): 2004 short Rain is Falling in competition in Venice, numerous prizes and festival invitations; and 2006 feature The House Is Burning as a Special Screening in Cannes Carsten Strauch (The Pocket Organ, NG 2001, Academy of Art and Design Offenbach): 2007 theatrical feature Die Aufschneider Franziska Stuenkel (Make a Wish, NG 2001, University of Applied Sciences & Arts): 2006 theatrical featu re Vineta Ulrike von Ribbeck (At the Lake, NG 2002, German Film & Television Academy, Berlin): 2003 with the same film at Cinéfondation in Cannes, 2004 with Charlotte in Berlin and Cannes (Directors’ Fortnight), 2007 feature Frueher oder spaeter Florian Baxmeyer (Benny X, NG 2002, Hamburg Media School): 2003 Student OSCAR and 2004 OSCAR nomination for The Red Jacket, 2004 two-part TV mini-series Das Blut der Templer, 2007 theatrical feature Die drei Fragezeichen Ulrike Grote (One Way Ticket, NG 2004, Hamburg Media School): 2005 Student OSCAR and 2006 OSCAR nomination for The Runaway Ann-Kristin Wecker Reyels (Dim, NG 2005, “Konrad Wolf ” Academy of Film and Television Potsdam): 2007 theatrical feature Hounds (Berlinale Forum, FIPRESCI Award) Sonja Heiss (Christina Without, NG 2005, Munich Academy of Television and Film): 2007 with Hotel Very Welcome, (which also stars former NG colleague Carsten Strauch and received a Special Mention at the Berlin festival) Marc Brummund (Home, NG 2006, Hamburg Media School): 2007 short Land gewinnen, Special Mention at the Berlin festival german films quarterly focus on 10 years of next generation 2 · 2007 13 Scene from “Listen” Scene from “Christina Without”
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