By Tom Grater
23.04.2020 - 16:05 / variety.com
By Carole Horst
This year’s German Film Award nominees for best picture include hard-hitting social dramas, tales of romance and cultural divides, family relationships and musical icons as well as works by a growing number of filmmakers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The German Film Academy, forced to revamp its 70th German Film Awards ceremony due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will honor the country’s most acclaimed films during a special live TV presentation on April 24.
The German
By Tom Grater
Oldenburg is not letting the novel coronavirus pandemic stop it. The independent film festival, dubbed by some as "Germany's Sundance," said Friday it will be going ahead as planned this year, from Sept.
By Ed Meza
By Andreas Wiseman
A German court on Monday closed a trial over the mass panic at the 2010 Love Parade techno music festival in which 21 people died, ending the proceedings without a verdict after two and a half years.The Duisburg state court ended the trial after 184 court sessions, news agency dpa reported.
Even a global pandemic can’t stop Germany from a rave.
Invisible Hits is a column in which Tyler Wilcox scours the internet for the best (and strangest) bootlegs, rarities, outtakes, and live clips.
The trend of drive-in performances is gathering pace in Europe
By Jake Kanter
Taking one big bull by the horns, the second online industry talk at Switzerland’s Visions du Réel debated Tuesday evening the impact of COVID-19 across pretty much the whole of the movie value chain.