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…
The Andalusian and Moroccan coasts are popular as a holiday paradise. However, until a few years ago, neither science nor the public was aware of what a natural paradise is the strait of Gibraltar, a narrow waterway between the continents of Europe and Africa: Here more whale species live in a confined space than anywhere…
Director Will Tremper would have turned 90 on September 19, 2018. In his honor, the film label Darling Berlin starts a retrospective of several months of his films. On December 14, 2018, Tremper’s 20th year of death will be also remembered. On this occasion, together with moviemax, UCM.ONE brings his most important films back to…
The film “Datsche” by Lara Hewitt opens as German premiere the first international film festival in Stolpe with the subtitle: “Wonderous Stories”. For the festival premiere, Marcel Grant has selected a total of 28 films with an international board of trustees, including 15 feature films by filmmakers from Germany, France, Italy, England, Belgium, China, Argentina,…
Nach einer ausverkauften Preview im Hamburger Abaton Kino am Dienstag ist heute der neue Film von Zoltan Paul „Breakdown in Tokyo – Ein Vater dreht durch“ bundesweit gestartet. Im Berliner City Kino Wedding fand am Abend die Kinostartpremiere mit einem Konzert der Filmband PeroPero statt. Der Film erählt die Geschichte des 60jährigen Regisseurs Lászlo (Zoltan…
In the presence of director Joya Thome and leading actress Lisa Moell, “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) has started in French cinemas. The family film with the French name “Reine d’un été” runs on over 50 screens. To kick off in Paris over 200 children could marvel at the film in a school screening, before…
