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“Modern Ruins – Detroit: Hope for the Motor City“ screening at FIFA in Montreal
Detroit goes Canada: We are happy to be invited to the 31st International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), held in Montreal, March 14-24, 2013. Our production „Modern Ruins – Detroit: Hope for the Motor City“ has been selected for a screening in the Horizons section!
“Open Heart” nominated for Academy Award!
We are thrilled to announce that our coproduction with Urban Landscapes Productions “Open Heart” by director Kief Davidson has been nominated for the 2013 Academy Award in the category Best Documentary Short! “Open Heart” is the story of eight Rwandan children who leave their families behind and embark on a life-or-death journey to receive high-risk […]
“Open Heart” shortlisted for Oscar Nominations
We are thrilled to announce that our coproduction “Open Heart” has been shortlisted for the 2013 Academy Awards in the category Best Documentary Short Subject! “Open Heart” is the story of eight Rwandan children who leave their families behind and embark on a life-or-death journey to receive high-risk open-heart surgery in Africa’s only free-of-charge, state-of-the-art […]
“Four Seasons” will start in 2013
With the new year, we too will enter into the seasons. Our TV-series “Four Seasons” depicts the wondrous circle of nature. Accompanied by a cross-media format based on user-generated content, the series leads the user through the entire year – spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Up to “The Viking Women” in Norway!
In January we are tracking the trails of the Viking Women and travel to the region of Lillehammer supported by the Norwegian Film Board. In Co-Production with NDR/arte we will produce a two-part series which will lead us across the globe.
“The Medici Files” on Terra X
Our 2-part docudrama “The Medici Files” is edited once again for Terra X . The 43 minutes version with focus on crime will be broadcasted mid-February on ZDF.
“Mysterious Marinas” – all five series for the first time on Arte
All mayor discoveries started onboard of a ship… The five-part documentary series docks in some of the most beautiful places of maritime culture from 07 – 11 January 2013 each at 7.30 pm on Arte: Mon, 07 Jan 2013: Cádiz / Spain – Port of Light Tue, 08 Jan 2013: Alaska / USA – The […]
“The Medici Files” – First broadcast on Arte
It is the largest-scale project in forensic medicine of all times: An international group of scientists gets to the bottom of the rumors about murder and intrigues within the Medici dynasty. With a top cast the two-part docudrama ‘The Medici Files’ brings to life the occurrences in Renaissance Florence. TV premiere on 16 February 2013 […]
TV premiere “Munchausen – The Truth Behind The Lies”
The greatest liar of all times, Baron Munchausen, fell prey to a plot of lies himself? The docudrama starring Ben Becker reveals the truth behind the lies. For the first time on TV: 19 January 2013 at 8.15 pm on Arte.
“Shackleton’s Captain” awarded Best Script
After recieving the camera award, now we are glad to announce, that “Shackleton’s Captain” was honored in the category `Best Script´ at this year’s Torello Mountainfilm festival in Spain.
“Arts home is my Kassel” post-production starts in January
“Arts home is my Kassel” tells – with a twinkle in the eye – the story of a culture clash, which happens every five years during the key art fair of the world, the documenta, in the small German town Kassel. The project was glad to recieve recently the DFFF funding. In January 2013 we […]
The production of the crossmedia project “The Culture File” runs at full speed!
After finishing shooting the feature scenes of “The Wagner File” and “The Beethoven File”, we are now shooting in Rome (“The Pasolini File”) and in several locations in Sweden (“The Zarah Leander File”).The production of the Wagner-App is making great progress, too: the first drawings and the Click-dummy allow a promising first glimpse into the […]
“Empire Me!” travels to Cuba
We are glad about the invitation of our Microstate-Documentary “Empire Me!” to the 34th International Festival of Latin America Cinema in Cuba. The festival takes place in La Habana from the 4th until the 14th of December.
Samuel Finzi and Pegah Ferydoni slip into the role of Richard and Cosima Wagner
For our event movie “The Wagner File” (Director: Ralf Pleger), actor Samuel Finzi will slip into the role of the most serious of all composers, Richard Wagner, accompanied by Pegah Ferydoni as the conspiratorial wife Cosima Wagner. For four days, they revive the fascinating story of this extravagant couple in the spectacular setting of the […]