at Cannes 2010 - German Film
at Cannes 2010 - German Film
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<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s: A Profile<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s Service + Marketing is the n<strong>at</strong>ional infor m<strong>at</strong>ion and ad -<br />
visory center for the promotion of <strong>German</strong> films worldwide. It was established in<br />
1954 under the name Export-Union of <strong>German</strong> Cinema as the umbrella associa -<br />
tion for the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>German</strong> Fe<strong>at</strong>ure <strong>Film</strong> Producers, the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
New <strong>German</strong> Fe<strong>at</strong>ure <strong>Film</strong> Producers and the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
Exporters, and oper<strong>at</strong>es today in the legal form of a limited company. In 2004, the<br />
company was reorganized and now oper<strong>at</strong>es under the name: <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Service + Marketing GmbH.<br />
Shareholders are the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Producers, the <strong>German</strong><br />
Producers Alliance, the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Exporters, the <strong>German</strong><br />
Federal <strong>Film</strong> Board (FFA), the Stiftung Deutsche Kinem<strong>at</strong>hek, the <strong>German</strong><br />
Documentary Associ<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>Film</strong>FernsehFonds Bayern and <strong>Film</strong>stiftung NRW<br />
represent ing the seven main regional film funds, and the <strong>German</strong> Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Members of the advisory board are: Alfred Huermer (chairman), Peter Dinges,<br />
Antonio Exacoustos, Roman Paul, Ulrike Schauz, Michael Schmid-Ospach.<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s itself has 14 members of staff:<br />
Christian Dorsch, managing director<br />
Mariette Rissenbeek, public rel<strong>at</strong>ions/deputy managing director<br />
Petra Bader, office manager<br />
Julia Basler, project co ordin<strong>at</strong>or/documentary film<br />
Christin Czarnecki, trainee<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Grzelak, managing director’s assistant/project co ordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
Angela Hawkins, public<strong>at</strong>ions & website editor<br />
Barbie Heusinger, project coordin<strong>at</strong>or/distribution support<br />
Nicole Kaufmann, project coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
Michaela Kowal, accounts<br />
Kim Liebeck, PR assistant/festival coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
Martin Scheuring, project coordin<strong>at</strong>or/short film<br />
Konstanze Welz, project coordin<strong>at</strong>or/television<br />
Stephanie Wimmer, project coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
In addition, <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s has foreign represent<strong>at</strong>ives in nine countries.<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s’ budget of presently €4.8 million comes from film export levies, the<br />
office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and<br />
the FFA. The seven main regional film funds (<strong>Film</strong>FernsehFonds Bayern, <strong>Film</strong> -<br />
foerderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, <strong>Film</strong>stiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-<br />
Brandenburg, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mitteldeutsche Medien foerderung, and<br />
Nord media) make a financial contribution – currently amounting to €324,000 –<br />
towards the work of <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s.<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s is a founding member of the European <strong>Film</strong> Promotion, a network<br />
of European film organiz<strong>at</strong>ions (including Unifrance, Swiss <strong>Film</strong>s, Austrian <strong>Film</strong><br />
Commission, Holland <strong>Film</strong>, among others) with similar responsibilities to those of<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s. The organiza tion, with its headquarters in Hamburg, aims to develop<br />
and realize joint projects for the present<strong>at</strong>ion of European films on an inter -<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional level.<br />
<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s’ range of activities includes:<br />
■ Close cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with major intern<strong>at</strong>ional film festivals, in cluding Berlin,<br />
<strong>Cannes</strong>, Venice, Toronto, Locarno, San Sebastian, Montreal, Karlovy Vary, Moscow,<br />
Nyon, Shanghai, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Sydney, Gothenburg, Warsaw,<br />
Thessaloniki, Rome, and Turin, among others<br />
■ Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion of umbrella stands for <strong>German</strong> sales companies and producers <strong>at</strong><br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional television and film markets (Berlin, <strong>Cannes</strong>, AFM Los Angeles,<br />
Shanghai)<br />
■ Staging of “Festivals of <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s” worldwide (Madrid, Paris, New York,<br />
Buenos Aires, Moscow, Stockholm, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne)<br />
■ Staging of the “<strong>German</strong> Premieres” industry screenings in New York, Rome,<br />
Copenhagen, and Stockholm<br />
■ Providing advice and inform<strong>at</strong>ion for represent<strong>at</strong>ives of the intern<strong>at</strong>ional press<br />
and buyers from the fields of cinema, video, and television<br />
■ Providing advice and inform<strong>at</strong>ion for <strong>German</strong> filmmakers and press on inter -<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional festivals, conditions of particip<strong>at</strong>ion, and <strong>German</strong> films being shown<br />
■ Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion of the annual NEXT GENERATION short film program, which<br />
presents a selection of shorts by students of <strong>German</strong> film schools and is pre -<br />
miered every year <strong>at</strong> <strong>Cannes</strong><br />
■ Public<strong>at</strong>ion of inform<strong>at</strong>ional liter<strong>at</strong>ure about current <strong>German</strong> films and the<br />
<strong>German</strong> film industry (<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s Quarterly), as well as intern<strong>at</strong>ional market<br />
analy ses and special festival brochures<br />
■ An Internet website (www.german-films.de) offering informa tion about new<br />
<strong>German</strong> films, a film archive, as well as in form<strong>at</strong>ion and links to <strong>German</strong> and intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
film festivals and institutions<br />
■ Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion of the selection procedure for the <strong>German</strong> entry for the Oscar ®<br />
for Best Foreign Language <strong>Film</strong><br />
■ Collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with Deutsche Welle’s DW-TV KINO program which fe<strong>at</strong>ures<br />
the l<strong>at</strong>est <strong>German</strong> film releases and inter n<strong>at</strong>ional productions in <strong>German</strong>y<br />
■ Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion of the “<strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s Previews” geared toward arthouse distri -<br />
butors and buyers of <strong>German</strong> films<br />
■ Selective financial Distribution Support for the foreign releases of <strong>German</strong> films<br />
■ Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion with Unifrance of the annual <strong>German</strong>-French film meeting<br />
■ In associ<strong>at</strong>ion and cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with its shareholders, <strong>German</strong> <strong>Film</strong>s works to<br />
promote fe<strong>at</strong>ure, documentary, television and short films.<br />
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