GFQ 2-2007 - german films

That is Next Generation’s drawing card, the best shorts by the most
talented directors of the youngest generation. For instance, back in
2000 the program included the Munich Academy of Television and
Film’s Dobermann, by the tallest short film director in Next
Generation history. Seven years later director Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck was again towering over his peers, winning the OSCAR
for Best Foreign Language Film for The Lives of Others.
Henckel von Donnersmarck said of his experience with Next
Generation: "When Dobermann was selected by German Films to
be part of the Next Generation reel in Cannes in 2000, I was almost
as excited as I was when my nomination for the Academy Awards was
announced seven years later. Apart from a thrilling and all-expensespaid
trip to Cannes, it was a great bonding experience with the other
short film makers. I am still friends with many of them. We had in -
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Scene from ”Dobermann” Next Generation 2000