European Shooting Stars 2021This year’s ten European Shooting Star actors are Seidi Haarla (Finland), Nicolas Maury (France), Albrecht Schuch (Germany), Natasa Stork (Hungary), Fionn O’Shea (Ireland), Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė (Lithuania), Martijn Lakemeier (The Netherlands), Sara Klimoska (North Macedonia), Alba Baptista (Portugal) and Gustav Lindh (Sweden). The selection jury included U.S.
How German Oscar Entry ‘And Tomorrow The Entire World’ Became A Target For Far-Right Political Party AFD’s Culture War
23.12.2020 - 16:47 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s prominent far-right political party AFD (Alternative for Germany) is not impressed by the country’s International Oscar entry this year, And Tomorrow The Entire World.
The film, which follows a 20-year-old who joins Antifa to oppose a rising neo-Nazi movement but clashes with her friends over whether violence could ever be a legitimate political answer to fascism, has become a high-profile battle ground in a culture war that has been bubbling in the country for the last few
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variety.com
06.01.2021 / 20:44
‘Blizzard of Souls’ Review: A Teenage Rifleman Comes of Age in Latvian Oscar Submission
Alissa Simon Film CriticA naïve teenager comes of age amid the carnage of World War I’s Eastern Front in this propulsive adaptation of Aleksandrs Grins’ 1934 patriotic classic “Blizzard of Souls.” With its muscular direction by former documentarian Dzintars Dreibergs, atmospheric cinematography and careful attention to period detail, this account of a troop of Latvian Riflemen fighting first for the Russian Imperial Army against invading German forces and then for an independent Latvia should
deadline.com
05.01.2021 / 13:55
Franz Rath Dies: German DoP Known For Volker Schlondorff & Margarethe Von Trotta Collaborations Was 88
Franz Rath, the veteran German DoP known for his collaborations with directors such as Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe Von Trotta, has died aged 88, according to the German Society of Cinematographers.
deadline.com
24.12.2020 / 16:21
International Insider: Brexit Deal?; German Culture War; ‘District Z’ Dispute; Berlin, MipTV Off
Hello, and welcome to the final International Insider of 2020. Jake Kanter and Tom Grater with you in the saddle to look back on another week of offerings from the film and TV biz. International Insider will return in New Year, but until then, we hope your holidays are happy and healthy.
deadline.com
18.12.2020 / 18:03
German Studio Leonine Acquires Production Company SEO Entertainment
German studio Leonine is acquiring Munich-based production company SEO Entertainment effective January 1, 2021.
thewrap.com
17.12.2020 / 01:51
Paul Greengrass Celebrates Christmas Opening of ‘News of the World': ‘We’re Only Going to Recover by Daring to Release Movies’
Also Read: 'News of the World' Film Review: Tom Hanks Plays a Searcher Who Reads the Legends in Old-School Western“News of the World” was shot in New Mexico in late 2019 and features Hanks as a former soldier in post-Civil War Texas who travels from town to town reading stories from newspapers for gatherings of people.
hollywoodreporter.com
15.12.2020 / 21:51
Meet Helena Zengel, the 12-Year-Old Breakout Starring Opposite Tom Hanks in 'News of the World'
It was the summer of 2019 in the lobby of London's Soho Hotel. Helena Zengel, a then-11-year-old German actress with a still-shaky command of English, was meeting British director Paul Greengrass, who was looking to cast the second lead, alongside Tom Hanks, in his new Western News of the World, which Universal is set to open Dec.
hollywoodreporter.com
15.12.2020 / 19:33
German Producers to Make Film Based on Bestseller 'Tsunami in the Head' (Exclusive)
Veteran German producers Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and Michael Lehmann will adapt Max Sprenger's best-selling autobiography Tsunami im Kopf (Tsunami in the Head), about Sprenger's life with locked-in syndrome, for the screen. German director Marco Petry (Heiter bis wolkig) will helm the feature and co-write the script with partner Janina Petry.