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“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 […]
“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 […]
IDFA 2012: GBF presents its cross media work at the IDFA Academy
On November 17, 2012, GBF will present its on-going and finalised cross media projects between 12.30 and 3 pm at the Compagnietheatre, Amsterdam.
GBF at „Cross media Workshop“/ Dokfest in Kassel
On November 16, 2012, Producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler will join a panel discussion on the subject „Interactive documentaries – Storytelling in the internet – a lasting genre or a trend?“, in the afternoon he will host a concept workshop dedicated to interactive documentaries in the Internet.
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.