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“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.
Gebrueder Beetz attends DOK Leipzig Co-Production Meeting
Our producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler will present our project “Look@Me” (director: Jan Tenhaven) at the International DOK Leipzig Co-Production Meeting on 29th to 30th of October. We are looking forward to meet new and familiar partners from all over the world.
“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 […]
“Empire Me (Interactive)” nominated for the AWWWARDS
Awwwards are the awards for design, creativity and innovation on the Internet, which recognize and promote the best web designers in the world. Our social documentary web format about micronations and alternate life designs is happy about the nomination and is looking forward to get many clicks, because the voting of the audience is taken […]
Georg Tschurtschenthaler at Nordisk Panorama in Finland
“Is the Future Only Online?” This will be the question at the Nordisk Panorama – 5 Cities Filmfestival in Finland. Our Producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler will talk within the panel `Making Transmedia Documentaries´ about the development of cross-media documentary projects by using the example of “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” and further of our projects. The panel takes […]
Sonja Schmidt moderates the Cross Media Workshop I at the Kasseler DOKFEST
The focus of this years Kasseler DOKFEST is pointing towards interactive formats in times of WEB2.0. In this context our Cross Media Producer Sonja Schmidt takes part at the panel discussion regarding the sustainability of this genre. Afterwords she is leading a workshop, together with Frédéric Dubois, about interactive web-documentaries. The Venue is the conference […]
Field report “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” at AG DOK reunion
“Farewell Comrades! Interactive” will be presented within the topic series `Cross-Media´ initiated by the German Documentary Association AG DOK. The producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler will speak in a field report about the format development and background information on the production of our award-winning cross-media project. The opening session of the event series takes places on Wednesday […]
“Farewell Comrades! Interactive” at TOP:Talente Summit in Leipzig
“Tansmedia Storytelling – Trend or Vision?” – that’s the question discussed at the TOP:Talents summit on September 13, 2012 in Leipzig. Producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler will present our award-winning interactive format “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” at the international panel, which will take place between 5 pm and 7 pm at MediaCity in Leipzig, Germany.
“Empire Me” at HOT SPRING DOCUMENTARY FF
“Empire Me” (director: Paul Poet) travels to Arkansas. Our award-winning cinema documentary was selected among 100 films for HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, one of the longest running Documentary Film Festivals of the USA. The scenery coulnd’t be more beautiful: The festival takes place in the middle of the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas […]
Double nomination PRIX EUROPA 2012: `Best Online Production of the Year 2012´
Great news reached us from the PRIX EUROPA AWARD 2012: two of our productions “Farewell Comrades! Interactive” & “Empire Me. Interactive” were nominated for the prestigious award in the category `Best Online Production of the Year 2012´. The selection committee screened and listened to over 640 submissions from 38 countries. Their unanimous impression: it is worth […]
“Farewell Comrades! Interactive.” nominated for`FRANCE 24/RFI Web documentary award 2012´
Our award-winning web format recently was nominated for the `FRANCE 24 – RFI Prize for the best web documentary 2012´. “Farewell Comrades! Interactive.” was selected among 8 productions. We keep our fingers crossed.
“Farewell, Comrades!” at Filmfestival Cinematik
At the opening of the Filmfestival Cinematik, the 7th international Filmfestival in Piešťany, the first Episode of “Farewell, Comrades!” is brought to Slovakia. On Friday 7th September the episode “Victory” is shown at 4.30 pm followed by the first screening of “Farewell, Comrades!” in Slovak TV on SVT. On that note: Sbohem, soudruzi!