“Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf”) has been awarded “Children’s Film of the Year 2018” by the Association of German Film Critics (VdFK). The award ceremony took place on Monday evening (February 02, 2019) during the 69th Berlinale in Berlin. The film by Joya Thome prevailed against the blockbuster “The Little Witch” (German: “Die…
The film “Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf”) by Joya Thome is nominated in the category “Best Children’s Film” at the “Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2018”. Thus, “The Queen” appears against “The Little Witch,” a film by Michael Schaerer, who was also nominated. The prize has been awarded for more than 60 years by…
The comeback of the German vampire movie is now on sale (release date: 08.02.2019). Grandios occupied with many famous German stars like Cosima Shiva Hagen (7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald), Julia Dietze (Iron Sky) or Sönke Möhring (Inglourious Basterds). The film is recommended by X-RATED, Germany’s # 1 Horror Magazine, and is winner…
The documentary “Searching Eva” by director Pia Hellenthal will celebrate its world premiere on 11 February in the official programme of this year’s 69th Berlinale. This extraordinary portrait has been nominated for Best Documentary in both the Panorama Documents section and the Teddy Award. UCM.ONE starts “Searching Eva” in November 2019 in cinemas all over…
For the 20th anniversary of the death of director and author Will Tremper, the Filmmuseum Munich will be showing its three Darling Berlin films “Flucht nach Berlin” (English: “Escape to Berlin”) “Playgirl” and “Die endlose Nacht” (English: “The Endless Night”) in December, culminating in a revival of the Tremper film “Sperrbezirk” has been lost for…
Joya Thome has been honoured for her film “Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf”) [Darling Berlin] in Munich with the German Director Award 2018 (Metropolis) in the category Children’s Film. The prize was awarded for the 8th time at a gala event in the Audimax of the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich.…
The film “Schwimmen” (English title: “Swimming”) by Luzie Loose has won the “Hofer Goldpreis” award for Best Director at the Hof International Film Festival. The award is given in memory of the longtime director of the Hofer Filmfestival Heinz Badewitz, who died in 2016. The prize was handed over by Edgar Reitz, who had the idea…
At the “Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino” in Hof, the jury selected Max Gleschinski’s film “Kahlschlag” (english title: A Clear Felling”) as the “best young German film”. The award was presented on 25 October 2018 during the 52nd International Hof Film Festival. The jury justified its decision for “Kahlschlag” as follows: “A seemingly classic love triangle…
Philipp Eichholtz’s new film “Everything Always All the Time” (German: “Kim hat einen Penis”) celebrates its first international appearance at the Prague Film Festival after its premiere at the Munich Film Festival in July 2018. The screenings will take place on Sunday, 21 October 21 and Friday, November 2nd. The film was invited to the…
The first of six parts of the “Sharknado series” was released by the production company The Asylum in the fall of 2013. It is a film about a tornado that causes thousands of sharks to rain from the sky, actually quite pointless and yet the first part has already advanced Sharknado has become a cult…
