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MADIBA in the HKW on 30/08
Our South-African coproduction “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” will be screened in the HKW on August 30 at 8pm as part of the festival “20 Years of Democracy in South Africa”. Director Khalo Matabane will attend the screening. Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the South African Embassy celebrate the 20th anniversary of the […]
Locarno Film Festival: sold out screening of “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me”
We are overwhelmed: the official screening of “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” at the Locarno Film Festival last Saturday was completely sold out. They even organized a second screening for everybody who couldn’t fit in the cinema the first time. Director Khalo Matabane attended the festival and was delighted to meet this great audience. […]
„The Lithium Revolution“ wins Life After Oil Award in Italy!
Great news from Italy! Our documentary „The Lithium Revolution“ by director Andreas Pichler and Julio Weiss is honored with the „Life After Oil“ Award at the IX Sardinia Film Festival 2014. The jury explained their decision as follows: The film “The Lithium Revolution” shows us a glimpse into the future and turns to a new […]
Award-Winning TV-Series „Farewell Comrades!“ on August 5th on ARTE
In 2013, the 6-part TV-series „Farewell Comrades!“ was honored with the Grimme Award. On August 5 at 9.45 pm , ARTE will air the first three parts again. The TV-series (2012) is part of a broad crossmedia project including an interactive website, a book and an exhibition. It has been aired in more than 20 […]
„The Zarah Leander Files“ now also on ARD!
After its premiere in October 2013 on ARTE, another oppurtunity to watch „The Zarah Leander Files“ on TV is coming up next Monday: On July 28th at 11:20pm, it will also be screened on ARD for the first time. “The Zarah Leander Files” is part of Christian Beetz’ TV format “The Culture Files”, which brings high […]
MAKE LOVE at Copenhagen TV Festival 2014
MAKE LOVE goes abroad! Our succesful format MAKE LOVE will be introduced to TV-Professionals at the annual must-go event of the Danish television industry – the Copenhagen TV Festival 2014. In an exclusive MAKE LOVE session, Christian Beetz and danish-born Ann-Marlene Henning will give insights on the general concept and production of our special format. […]
African premiere of Nelson Mandela: the myth & me at Durban Film Festival
We proudly announce that our German-South African coproduction “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” will have its African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival. The IDFA-awarded documentary will be screened at the Elizebeth Sneddon Theatre on July 18 at 7:30 pm, in the presence of the filmmaker. Further screenings will take place on July 20 […]
“Art’s Home Is My Kassel” celebrates Germany-wide theatre release
The documentary “Art’s Home is my Kassel – 100 days documenta city” by Katrin und Susanne Heinz starts Germany-wide in theatres on Thursday, July 10th. At the Kasseler cinema Bali there will be two runs – on 5pm and 7pm. One day after Friday, there will be a acreening at 7pm and will be in […]
Four productions and one world premiere at Lubuskie Film Summer
We are very happy to announce that four of our productions will be screened at Lubuskie Film Summer in Lagow, Poland. “Pretty Ugly” will have its world premiere, in the presence of director Jan Tenhaven. “Before the Last Curtain Falls” will take part in the competition and “Midsummer Night’s Tango” and “Sunday Warriors” were accepted […]
Franco-German television premiere of “Teenage” on arte, June 29
Our US-American co-production “Teenage”, based on a groundbreaking book “Teenage” (Campus Verlag) by the music and youth culture author Jon Savage will be broadcast on Franco-German television (arte) on June 29 at 9:35 pm. Director Matt Wolf created an unconventional historical documentary about the invention of the teenager, told in a wild pop-collage made of archive, […]
Wagner-Graphic Novel: Andreas Völlinger and Flavia Scudery at Erlangen Comic Salon
Author of the Wagner Graphic Novel Andreas Völlinger and illustrator Flavia Scuderi will be at the Erlangen International Comic Salon from June 19 to 22 at the booth 33/ 34. They will also have an hour of comic signing on friday at 11 am and on saturday at 3 pm at the booth 59 of Kneesebeck. […]
“Midsummer Night’s Tango” attracts more than 40.000 cinema-goers
Pleasant news from „Midsummer Night’s Tango“: By now, the film has been watched by more than 40.000 cinema-goers. Over the next few months, it will also be screened in Austria, Switzerland, Argentina and in Japan. Aside from that, „Midsummer Night’s Tango“ keeps running successfully at festivals: in July at the renowned New Zealand “Documentary Edge […]
Christian Beetz at Sheffield Doc/Fest and Sunny Side Of The Doc
Producer Christian Beetz on tour: on 10th of June you can meet him at Sheffield Doc/Fest. First he will talk about “How to Co-Produce with Germany. Possibilities to Work with Film Funds, Broadcasters and Producers” on the roundtable at 10 am. He will then attend the session “Co-Producing in South-America”, moderated by producer Bettina Walter at 12 am. […]
MAKE LOVE Web page nominated for Grimme Online Award
Good news from Cologne: The web page of MAKE LOVE is nominated for the Grimme Online Award, Germanys most renowned prize for online journalism. This year over 1300 recommendations were made. 23 of them are now nominated. The jury will award up to eight web pages. The award presentation will take place at 27th June […]