Germany Delivers Eclectic Selection at Cannes Film Market

Rebecca Davis editorTop Chinese social media platform Weibo has banned the official account of the German consulate in Guangzhou for “violating community standards” after it posted information about a LGBTQ film festival jointly hosted with 16 other foreign governments.The ban, which has now been in effect for more than two full days, was instated after nationalist Weibo users flooded the platform’s censors with reports that the German consulate’s message was politically problematic.All of the

Perth man, spared jail more than three years ago after attacking his heavily pregnant partner, causing her to lose the baby, fled to Germany part-way through a community payback order. But the long arm of the law caught up with 27-year-old Shaun Brown when he returned to the UK to finally face the music.

Bulgaria and Germany have low enough coronavirus cases to get the green light from the government. Representatives from the UK Government and the devolved administrations are set to meet later this week to decide which countries should be put on the green, amber and red lists.

Take a moment and imagine living in West Germany in July 1969. Like many around the world, you’re sitting in front of a television watching Neil Armstrong as he takes “a giant leap for mankind” by stepping on the moon.

New York investment firm KKR began its remarkable German buying spree in 2019. When it was done, one of the world’s biggest film and TV markets looked dramatically different. The ambitious studio it created, Leonine, is an accumulation of companies, including film and TV powerhouse TMG, film distributor Universum, Dark producers Wiedemann & Berg—one of Germany’s leading TV production labels—and multiple factual indies.

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorHerbert G. Kloiber, who was formerly the owner of German TV and film giant Tele München Group (now known as Leonine), and Constantin Film have set up Vienna-based production company High End Productions, which will produce premium European fiction series for the international market.

coronavirus pandemic.The royal couple were greeted with a 21-gun salute after landing in wet weather at Berlin's airport at the beginning of Willem-Alexander’s first state visit to Germany since he became king in 2013.Later Monday, they will be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at his Bellevue palace.

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Jamie Lang “A staggering 20.6 million of you watched England’s victory on BBC One last night,” tweeted “Match of the Day” host and English soccer legend Gary Lineker on Wednesday as the viewing numbers from Tuesday night’s UEFA European Football Championship round of 16 match between England and Germany came in.