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“An Apartment in Berlin” at the 29th International DOK.fest in Munich
Good news from Munich: our documentary “An Apartment in Berlin” was selected to be shown in May at the 29th International Film Festival in Munich. Director Alice Agneskirchner confronted herself and three young Israelis with their German-Jewish past and created a film with a very surprising and unexpected ending. Founded in 1985, the International Documentary […]
“The Lithium Revolution” at 22nd Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC
Our production “The Lithium Revolution” (Screenwriters & Directors : Andreas Richter and Julio Weiss) can be watched at the 22nd Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC. The awarded documentary is a high-stakes power play with global repercussions. In it’s centre: Lithium as “the” natural resource of the 21st century. The Environmental Film Festival takes place […]
“Midsummer Night’s Tango” wins at 40th Filmwochenende in Würzburg
We are very proud that our German-Finnish-Argentine production “Midsummer Night’s Tango” won the award for best documentary at 40th International Filmwochenende in Würzburg this weekend. Especially director Viviane Blumenschein is happy about that. From 10th March she will visit the cinemas across Germany. At the premiers she will be available for questions and answers. From […]
“Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” at Human Rights Watch
We gladly pronounce that our documentary “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” will be screened at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London on Friday, 21st of March at 6.30pm at Ritzy and on Saturday, 22nd of March at 4pm at Curzon Soho. Director Khalo Matabane creates a multi-facetted image of the living myth Nelson Mandela […]
MAKE LOVE nominated for IMPACT Award
The trimedial production MAKE LOVE (TV, Radio, Web) is nominated for the renowned IMPACT Award in the category Best Digital Production. With the documentary format, that we produced in 2013 in co-production with MDR and SWR and that has been watched by more than 1.5 Million TV viewers, we try to find a language for […]
“An Apartment in Berlin” at Stranger Than Fiction 2014
During the documentary film festival STRANGER THAN FICTION our production “An Apartment in Berlin” will be screened on 16th of February at 5 pm in the Cinema Münster. Director Alice Agneskirchner and three young Israelis confront themselves with their German-Jewish past in Berlin. STRANGER THAN FICTION will take place for the 16th time in 2014 and offers a […]
Christian Beetz at Avant Première 2014
Our producer Christian Beetz will present some of our current projects at the Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN. He will talk about our cross media format “The culture files” (The Wagner Files, The Beethoven Files, The Zarah Leander Files). Another production “Gardenia – Before The Last Curtain Falls” gives an insight of […]
Available as book now: “Madiba – Das Vermächtnis des Nelson Mandela”
We proudly announce that our documentary “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” (Editor: Christian Beetz, Khalo Matabane, Sasha Abramsky) is now availabe as book, called “Madiba – Das Vermächtni des Nelson Mandela”. The centre question of film and book is: Who was Nelson Mandela? Roundabout thirty people try to help us answer the question: his […]
“An Apartment in Berlin” in Köln and Bochum
Director Alice Agneskirchner and Producer Kerstin Meyer-Beetz present “An Apartment in Berlin” today, 29th January, at the 16th Kölner Dokumentarfilmfestival. In the context of so called “Werkstattgespräche” the film will be shown and they give information about the documentary and it’s production. The event starts at 7 p.m. in the assembly hall of “Kunsthochschule für […]
“Midsummer Night’s Tango” at International Film Festival Rotterdam
We proudly announce, that our German-Finnish-Argentin Coproduction”Midsummer Night’s Tango” (Script & Director: Viviane Blumenschein) will be shown on 28th Janaury at the International Fil Festival Rotterdam. The IFFR is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and takes place from 22nd January to 2nd February for the 43rd time. Our documentary searches the […]
„Nelson Mandela: the myth & me“ on BBC, January 13th, 10pm
Khalo Matabane’s film, awarded with the IDFA Special Jury Award, will be broadcast by BBC/Storyville on January 13th at 10pm. Provocative, surprising, stimulating.
Positive reaction from Indiewire about “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me”
“ These assertions are juxtaposed with an impressive lineup of establishment figures ranging from Colin Powell and Henry Kissinger to the president of Germany. Using their voices to explore the nature of Mandela’s diplomacy, Matabane both shows reverence for the erstwhile president’s influence on other world leaders while demystifying his presumed greatness.” Indi wire; 26th of November 2013
“A Letter to Nelson Mandela” wins Special Jury Award at IDFA 2013
Born Free Media and gebrueder beetz fimproduction celebrate and congratulate Khalo Matabane on scooping the prestigious Special Jury Award for “A Letter to Nelson Mandela” at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the pre-eminent festival for creative documentaries. The director asks global thinkers, Apartheid-victims and Mandela’s entourage to classify Nelson Mandela’s achievements, thereby providing a multi-facetted […]
Successful IDFA-pitches: “Mali Blues” and “Falciani’s List”
Two of our recent projects “Mali Blues” and “Falciani´s List” were successfully pitched at IDFA last week. “Falciani´s List” (Director: Ben Lewis / spanish coproduction: Polar Star Films, Bettina Walter) Pitch on Sonday, 24th November 2013 Lutz Gregor’s film is a musical road movie illustrating Mali’s rich musical culture. It is about islamic fundamentalists threatening […]