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“Shackelton´s Captain” honored with camera price
Cinematographer Simon Baumfield was awarded for best cinematography in the category documentary/factual by TVNZ for his work in Shackleton’s Captain at the most important TV-awards in New Zealand.
The cross media project „The Culture Files“ at the ZDF-Symposium in Mainz
How can reach a young audience with high culture in this ever changing media landscape? That’s the subject of the expert symposium „Klassische Musik für den Schirm und den Monitor“ („Classical music for the screen and the monitor“) at the ZDF in Mainz, Germany from 20th to 21st of November 2012. We will introduce our […]
Screening “Wadan’s World” in Hamburg
Within the event `The political Film´, hold by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, our documentary “Wadan’s World” is running on November the 5th at 7pm at the cinema Lichtmeß in Hamburg. After the screening, the director Dieter Schumann and leading economic experts, will discuss about the impacts of the crisis to the people. The event is free of […]
“Biomimicry – Inspired by nature” on Asia tour
Our 4-part series “Biomimicry – Inspired by nature” is travelling within the Science Film Festival through Asia. With more than 139.000 visitors in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, the festival is one of the greatest events of its kind worldwide. The festival celebrates the union of art and science through […]
PRIX EUROPA – The Countdown continues
The tension is mounting at the PRIX EUROPA Festival. After we presented our webformats “Empire Me. Interactive” and “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” to the jury, now we are waiting for the announcement of the winner. Both web docs are nominated within the category `Best online production of the year 2012´. Fingers crossed!
Lars Eidinger plays Beethoven
For three days, actor Lars Eidinger will turn into Ludwig van Beethoven, as part of our production “The Beethoven File”, directed by Ralf Pleger and Hedwig Schmutte. Together with Pheline Roggan, who plays Beethoven’s “immortal beloved”, they will bring a secret love affair back to live, set against the backdrop of historical Dresden. In addition […]
Opening of the installation „Rotations“
Less than ordinary is the video installation, which can be visited from October 25th until February 10th 2012 in the museum „Sammlung Prinzhorn“ in Heidelberg. In his installation the artist Javier Téllez deals with the destiny of the collection Prinzhorn during the National Socialism, when pieces from the popular fund in Heidelberg were shown as […]
A rendezvous with “Farewell Comrades! Interactive”
Our webformat “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” will be presented during the “Rendez-vous de l’Historie” in France. The event is the biggest yearly meeting in France for historians and researchers in history and takes place October 18th to 21st in Blois.
Start of production: Wagner & Beethoven App
We fired the starting pistol of our Wagner and Beethoven App. Together with the producers of the „Nighty Night”-App (Uwe Flade/former Shape Minds) and the agency KIDS Interactive from Erfurt, we work on an enhaced Graphic Novel App for tablets and smartphones und retell the story of the big geniuses of music history by creating […]
Gebrueder Beetz attends FilmCup Brazil&Germany in São Paulo
Great news reached us from Brazil: Our 5-part documentary series “Hunting for the Green Pharmacy” has been selected for the FilmCup 2012 Brazil&Germany. Christian Beetz will pitch the project on October 25th in São Paulo.
“The Medici Files”: start of re-enactment filming in Italy
Under the Italian autumn sun we are filming the scenic elements of our two-part docudrama about unsolved murder cases and conspiracies within the Medici dynasty. A great cast with German top actors Jana Pallaske, Alexander Beyer and Franz Dinda will make Renaissance Florence come alive.
“Icebound” celebrates its world premiere at the IDFA
Our US-german co-production was selected within the section `Reflecting Images´ at the renowned Documentary Film Festival IDFA, which is running from 14th to 25th of November in Amsterdam. “Icebound” (director: Daniel Anker) tells the story of an outbreak of diphtheria in a small town in Canada in the nineteen thirties. For rescue, one of the […]
Wagner App at Power to the Pixel in London
After developing the Wagner App at the Pixel Lab 2012 in Potsdam, now we will present the project at the Pixel Pitch within the “Cross-Media Forum” on 18th of October in London. The Cross-Media Forum is a truly unique event crucial for anyone working in film, TV, publishing, games, advertising, mobile, interactive or online.
“New Zealand from Above” this week on arte
Our visually stunning documentary series “New Zealand from Above” will be shown on TV for the first time. From 8th to 12th of October the cultural channel arte airs every day at 7.30 pm one episode of the five-part series. Impressive nature pictures give an insight in the fascinating landscape, the diverse culture and the […]