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Christian Beetz with Bernhard Fleischer and Uwe Dierks talk about “The Future of Funding”
The german producers Christian Beetz, Bernhard Fleischer (Moving Images) and Uwe Dierks (Boomtown Media) give a lecture on “The Future of Funding” while the Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN. Film technicians will have a look into questions like, how to find money for future projects and lobbying in the national and international […]
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 […]
Gebrueder Beetz at “World Congress of Science & Factual Producers”
Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion’s Executive Directors Christian and Reinhardt Beetz and Chief Editor in Hamburg Ira Beetz will attend the “World Congress of Science & Factual Producers”. WCSFP members of the science, history and content-rich factual media community gather to share, explore and reveal how science and history are communicated to the world. Panel: “Co-Producing and […]
“The Wagner Files” hits Canadian cinemas
Following the great success of “The Wagner Files” (Director: Ralf Pleger) at the World Film Festival in Montreal, the film now celebrates its official cinema release in Canada: starting 13 December, “The Wagner Files” is shown at the Carlton Cinemas in Toronto, Vancity Theater in Vancouver screens the film from 20 December onwards. For more […]
Gebrueder Beetz at IDFA in Amsterdam
CEO Christian Beetz and Producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler attend the IDFA in Amsterdam from Sunday. Gebrueder Beetz’ first activity is the EBU-pitch for the documentary “Falciani” on Sunday, November 24th. Following this, our film “Nelson Mandela: the myth & me” has it’s world premiere at 9:00 pm at the long-standing Theater Tuschinski. Further pitching takes place […]
Gebrueder Beetz at SoundTrack_Cologne
Christian Beetz, executive director of Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, presents the cross media format “The Culture Files” (Wagner + Beethoven) at SoundTrack_Cologne. The presentation starts Saturday, 23rd November 2013 at 4:30 pm. The congress of music and sound in films, games and media takes place from 21st to 23rd November 2013.
“Autumn Gold” on TV – tonight!
Jan Tenhaven’s award-winning documentary “Autumn Gold” will be screened on WDR tonight at 11:15 pm. The film tells the story of five athletes as they prepare for the Track and Field World Championships. Their toughest challenge is their age: These potential world champions are between 80 and 100 years old.
Gebrueder Beetz at “Junge Ohren Preis 2013”
Crossmedia producer Tanja Schmoller will attend the “Junge Ohren Preis 2013” on November 22nd. He will present our crossmedia project “The Wagner files” at the panel “mobile worlds” from 2-5 pm. The event takes place in Leipzig from November 21st – November 23rd and addresses people and institutions, which encourages musical society.