VIDEO Ted Chalmers back to MGB with his Summer Hill Entertainment and TomCat...
Ted Chalmers has been involved with the sales and distribution of such well-known films as THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION, HELLRAISER, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK,...
View ArticleVIDEO Saudi Film Commission lunch introduction at Berlinale
Watch the introduction by Abduljaleel Alnasser, Senior Development & Investments Attraction General Manager, of the Saudi Film Commission: his speech was as brief as the lunch served by Ritz...
View ArticleGustav Möller's interviewed on his prison drama 'Sons' ('Vogter') world...
Berlinale 2024 Competition: Jon Ekstrand's original score to Gustav Möller's psychological thriller 'SONS' balances between the physical outter world of the film - set in prison - and the inner psyche...
View ArticleVIDEO: Michel NOLL interviewed on his 6 film festivals
Find out about the 6 festivals Michel Noll has launched in this Interview at MGB during EFM 2024 (by Bruno Chatelin).Michel Noll (born 10 May 1949) is a French television director and producer.Born in...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview with Greg Reitman Blue Water Film Festival founder
Meet our friend Greg Reitman : two hats and one passion for film as a Filmmaker and Festival founder of The Blue Water Film Festival in San Diego CA.Interview by Bruno Chatelin during Berlinale 2024....
View ArticleVIDEO Richard Paradise interviewed on his 6 festivals at Martha's Vineyard
Richard Paradise : Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival founder in interview at Ritz Carlton Berlin, during Berlinale 2024Filmfestivals.com late Sandy Mandelberger had interviewed Richard some...
View ArticlePrizes at the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2024
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award Preisverleihung des Berlinale Co-Production Market 2024 © Carlos ColladoOn Sunday, three cash prizes and one in-kind prize were awarded to selected feature...
View ArticleToday is World Cinema Fund Day at Berlinale
World Cinema Fund Day: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 2.30 pm WCF Day is the World Cinema Fund’s public think-tank. The panels and discussions focus on film culture, production conditions in the...
View ArticleBerlinale Camera for Edgar Reitz
Filmstunde_23 (Subject: Filmmaking) © Simon HasenederSince 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Honorary Golden Bear: In Conversation with Martin Scorsese
The Berlinale presented today this year’s Honorary Golden Bear to to Martin Scorsese: a filmmaker who has constantly pushed the medium toward uncharted paths. With a body of work spanning six decades...
View ArticleThe Berlin Beat Dailies N°5
DO NOT MISS A BIT from BERLINALE AND EFM 2024 FOLLOW US : TAKE CENTER STAGE IN OUR NEWSLETTERS: ADVERTISE WITH US AND PROMOTE YOUR LINE UP AND PROJECTSEMAIL US FOR A CHANCE TO BRAINSTORM...
View ArticleSuccessful First Part of the 74th Berlinale, the market ended to high notes
Honorary Golden Bear for Martin Scorsese – The 74th Berlinale awards the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement to Martin Scorsese. F. l. t .r.: Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Martin Scorsese, laudator...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview of Carmen Jaquier for her Panorama Premiere of "Les Paradis...
Interview by Alice KanterianA woman strolls through the bustling streets of Benidorm in Spain. She is alone and carrying nothing except a bag from the pharmacy. Diane has abandoned her newborn child...
View ArticleVIDEO: Swiss Film Managing Director Nicola RUFFO interviewed at Berlinale 74
Interview with Nicola RUFFO (Managing Director SWISS FILMS) by Alice Kanterian during Berlinale / EFM 2024The reception was dedicated to Swiss Films and so Mr. Ruffo, who is not only the new Director...
View ArticleEclipse International Announces SHURIKA, and DARIYO: PLANET UNIVERSE
Brand new elevated genre films from the team behind King of Killers and Like Minds make World Market Debut in Berlin at EFMReiko Bradley’s Eclipse International announces action adventure SHURIKA and...
View ArticleLooking for europe's up-and-coming international producers for the 25th...
The highly acclaimed and well-known programme PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, which is financially supported by the European Union's Creative Europe - Media Programme and the participating European national...
View ArticleThe European Film Market 2024 sets new records
Another buzzing edition comes to a close at the European Film Market 2024 and one of its main locations, the Gropius Bau © EFM 2024 / Angela Regenbrecht Big Crowds and High-Turnover Deals at the First...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview with Swiss co-director Carmen Jaquier. for her Panorama...
by Alice Kanterian during Berlinale / EFM 2024The reception at the Swiss Embassy was dedicated to Swiss Films lead by Mr. Ruffo, the new Director of Swiss Films but an also an internationally well...
View ArticleThe MFG Baden-Württemberg and the German film industry celebrating new...
By Alice Kanterian: On the occasion of the Berlinale the MFG Baden-Württemberg is organising one of the most wanted events, the Thomas Strittmatter Award Ceremony at their impressive "embassy" in...
View ArticleKatja Riemann on her role in the new film by German director Kilian Riedhof :...
Katja Riemann talks about her role in the new film by German director Kilian Riedhof. In "Stella.a life"by Alice KanterianRiemann plays the mother of Stella Goldschlag and the action is based in the 40...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Tanzanian film director Cece Mlay commenting on her new...
The Tanzanian film director Cece Mlay commenting on her new documentary "The empty grave" she coproduced with Agnes Lisa Wegner about the bloody history of German collonial killing in Tanzania. The...
View ArticleCrystal Bears and Prizes of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung...
Clockwise from top left: Last swim © Caviar, Pablo & Zeus; Kai Shi De Qiang (She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones) © CHN 2024, Generation; Cura sana © ESCAC Films; Lapso (Lapse) © Nathalia...
View ArticleThe Panorama Audience Awards Go to Memorias de un cuerpo que arde and No...
Memorias de un cuerpo que arde (Memories of a Burning Body) © Substance Films; No Other Land© PSE, NOR 2024, Panorama Berlinale 2024: The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Memorias de un cuerpo que arde...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview with Min Bahadur Bham, director of SHAMBHALA my pick for this...
(A still of Thinley Lhamo from Shambhala by Min Bahadur Bham, © Aditya Basnet / Shooney Films) By Lindsay R. ''Lulu'' Bellinger Shambhala is a glorious exploration of womanhood, being true to one's...
View ArticleBerlinale Awards revealed
PRIZES OF OFFICIAL JURIESPRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY Members of the Jury: Lupita Nyong‘o (Jury President), Brady Corbet, Ann Hui, Christian Petzold, Albert Serra, Jasmine Trinca, Oksana...
View ArticleVIDEO : Berlinale Awards of the Independent Juries
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURYMembers of the Jury: Karin Becker, Jacques Champeaux, Anita Nemes, Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone, Sr. Francesca...
View ArticleBerlinale 2024: Prizes at Generation Kplus
Berlinale 2024: Prizes at Generation KplusClockwise from top left: It's Okay! (Es ist okay!); Young Hearts (Junge Herzen) © Thomas Nolf; Sukoun (Amplified / In die Stille) © Baha’ Slieman, Madd...
View ArticleBerlinale Files Criminal Charges Over the Spreading of Anti-Semitic Posts /...
Social Media Channel Hacked On Sunday, February 25, the Instagram channel of the Berlinale Panorama section was briefly hacked and anti-Semitic image-text posts about the Middle East war with the...
View ArticleSHAMBHALA Review: Berlin Film Festival Competition Film from Nepal
(Thinley Lhamo from Shambhala by Min Bahadur Bham, © Aditya Basnet / Shooney Films) By M.R. D’Amico It is the first Nepalese film to be in competition at Berlinale and one of the best surprises of the...
View ArticleBLACK TEA Review: Berlin Film Festival Competition Film from Mauritania
(Black Tea by Abderrahmane Sissako © Olivier Marceny / Cinéfrance Studios / Archipel 35 / Dune Vision) By M.R. D’Amico Even before its world premiere at Berlinale 2024, Black Tea had generated strong...
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