GFQ 2-2007 - german films
GFQ 2-2007 - german films
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M. Wiedemann, U. Muehe, Q. Berg, S. Koch, S. Buhr, P. Rommel,<br />
C. Gordon, C. Danckwerts, M. Borries-Knopp, C. Stocks<br />
(photo © Jack Zeman)<br />
Florian Henckel von Donnermarck and “OSCAR”<br />
(photo © Jack Zeman)<br />
FLORIAN GOES TO HOLLYWOOD …<br />
Once again this year, German Films and Villa Aurora (Foundation for<br />
European American Relations) in cooperation with the German<br />
Consulate General and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles welcomed<br />
some 400 guests to the traditional OSCAR reception under the<br />
California sun at the Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades in honor of the<br />
nomination for The Lives of Others.<br />
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO …<br />
With the support of German Films, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and<br />
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, over 200 guests got together for<br />
a “viewing party” of this year’s OSCAR awards ceremony at a<br />
private villa in Hollywood and celebrated Florian Henckel von<br />
Donnersmarck’s victory into the early morning hours.<br />
The Lives of Others (US distributor: Sony Pictures Classics) got off to<br />
a great start in the US and can already claim the second largest box<br />
office take for a German-language film in the US.<br />
AWARDS FOR GERMAN SHORT FILMS<br />
IN TAMPERE, ASPEN AND MAR DEL PLATA<br />
At recent festivals, German short <strong>films</strong> have garnered some major<br />
awards: At the Tampere International Short Film Festival (7-11 March<br />
<strong>2007</strong>) Michaela Kezele’s short Milan was the first German film to win<br />
the Grand Prix. Fair Trade by Michael Dreher received the Best Drama<br />
award at the Aspen Shortsfest (3-8 April <strong>2007</strong>).<br />
Both awards qualified the <strong>films</strong> for entry at the 2008 Academy Awards<br />
in the Short Film-Live Action category. At Aspen, Fair Trade also won<br />
the Youth Jury Prize, and Motodrom by Joerg Wagner received the<br />
award for Best Cinematography. And at the Mar del Plata Film Festival<br />
(8-18 March <strong>2007</strong>), the ACCA Jury (Asociación Cronistas Cine -<br />
matográficos de la Argentina) chose the short dark comedy Wigald by<br />
Timon Modersohn as Best Foreign Short Film.<br />
GERMAN SHORT DOCUMENTARIES<br />
IN ECQUADOR AND MEXICO<br />
In April <strong>2007</strong>, the fourth edition of Ambulart – Festival of Visual Arts,<br />
a non-commercial, trilateral event was organized in Ecuador.<br />
Ambulart is a traveling festival founded in 2004 by German and Latin<br />
American students from the Academy of Visual Arts Hamburg. Its aim<br />
is to stimulate cultural exchange between European and Latin<br />
American countries, thereby improving cultural understanding.<br />
The German Short Film Association (AG Kurzfilm) presented<br />
a selection of outstanding German short documentaries at the<br />
festival: Motodrom by Joerg Wagner, Cousins (Cousin Cousine) by Maria<br />
Mohr, Hallelujah! by Jochen Hick, Through Red Wine (Durch Rotwein<br />
durch) by Dagie Brundert, Cigaretta mon Amour – Portrait of My Father<br />
by Hannah Ziegler, Benidorm by Carolin Schmitz, female/male by<br />
Daniel Lang, and Fresh Air Matchcut (Frischluft Matchcut) by Stephan-<br />
Flint Mueller. Director Maria Mohr was on hand to present the program<br />
and conducted a one-week workshop for Ecuadorian film -<br />
makers. Festival venues were the cinema Ocho y Medio in Quito and<br />
the MAAC Cine in Guayaquil. In September <strong>2007</strong>, Ambulart will be a<br />
guest of the Museo de Artes in Guadalajara/Mexico. The festival’s<br />
program can also be seen in Hamburg from 10-11 November <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
<strong>german</strong> <strong>films</strong> quarterly news<br />
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Scene from “Cousins” (photo © Maria Mohr)
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