šŸŽ¬ ā€˜One Hundred Four’ by Jonathan Schƶrnig wins the 2025 Grimme Award in the category ā€œInformation & Cultureā€

The real-time documentary ā€˜One Hundred Four’ (German Original title: “Einhundertvier”) by Jonathan Schƶrnig, which was released on the NONFY Documentaries label, has been awarded this year’s Grimme Prize in the category ā€˜Information & Culture’. The jury praised the film for its powerful examination of socially relevant topics and its convincing narrative design. ā€˜One Hundred Four’…

šŸŽ¬ “Surviving Brandenburgā€ celebrates its international premiere at the 31st Sedona International Film Festival 2025

Ten months after its German theatrical release in April 2024, the comedy “Surviving Brandenburg” (German title “Überleben in Brandenburg”) celebrates its international premiere at the Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF), Sedona, Arizona, USA. The Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF) is an annual film festival in Sedona, Arizona, founded in 1994. It will take place for…

šŸŽ¬ UCM.ONE at the 75th Berlinale and the EFM 2025

The UCM.ONE team will be present at the 75th Berlinale this year from February 13 to 23. The Berlinale (or in long form: Berlin International Film Festival) is an annual film festival held in Berlin. Alongside the film festivals in Cannes and Venice, it is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and…

šŸŽ¬ Music documentary ā€œThe Art of Destructionā€ about the thrash metal band Destruction in cinemas from March 6, 2025

The unique music documentary ā€œThe Art of Destructionā€ about the legendary thrash metal band Destruction celebrates its world premiere at Berlin’s CineStar CUBIX at Alexanderplatz on March 6, 2025, one day before the release of the latest album ā€œBirth of Maliceā€ on the metal label Napalm Records. Formed in 1982 in the German town of…

šŸŽ¬ ā€œSecond Thoughtsā€ in the Valentine’s Day special on MUBI

The arthouse streaming service MUBI is showing the Darling Berlin film ā€œSecond Thoughts (German title: “Ich Ich Ich”) as part of the film series ā€œWill They? Won’t They?ā€. Director Zora Rux’s feature film debut, starring Elisa Plüss and Thomas FrƤnzel, premiered on September 25, 2021 at the Zurich Film Festival and screened in the feature…

šŸŽ¬ Documentary ā€œOne Hundred Fourā€ (NONFY Documentaries) nominated for the Grimme Award 2025

ā€œOne Hundred Fourā€ by Jonathan Schƶrnig has been nominated for the Grimme Award 2025 in the category ā€œInformation & Culture Competitionā€. The film is the only entry in this competition that was realized without the involvement of a broadcasting station – a special recognition of independent film production. The film was also recently longlisted for…

šŸŽ¬ International premiere of ā€˜Rock ́n ́Roll Ringo’ at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)

Dominik Galizia’s feature film ā€œRock ́n ́Roll Ringoā€ will be presented internationally for the first time at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on 4 February 2025. The film will be screened in the ā€œLimelightā€ section, which is dedicated to avant-premieres and cinematic highlights from the current festival season. ā€˜Rock ā€˜n’ Roll Ringo’ is the…

šŸŽ¬ ā€˜One Hundred Four’ by Jonathan Schƶrnig in the running for the 2025 Oscars in the category ā€˜Documentary Feature Film’

Great honour for the documentary ā€˜One Hundred and Four (German title: “Einhundertvier”)’: The film is on the official list of qualifying documentaries for the 97th Academy Awards 2025, clearing the first hurdle on the way to a possible Oscar nomination in the prestigious “Documentary Feature Film ’ category. A total of 169 documentary films are…

šŸŽ¬ Theatrical release: Ulrich Tukur in “Martin reads the Quran” by Jurijs Saule is in cinemas nationwide from today.

From today, Thursday 7 November 2024, ā€˜Martin reads the Quran’ Ā (German title: “Martin liest den Koran”) can be seen in cinemas across Germany. The film, in which Ulrich Tukur plays one of the leading roles, addresses current issues such as identity, radicalisation and cultural tensions. Ulrich Tukur gives the film a strong and thoughtful depth…

šŸŽ¬ ā€œMartin Reads the Quranā€ by Jurijs Saule celebrated its theatrical release at the traditional Babylon Cinema in Berlin

The psychological religious thriller about a family man of Iranian descent (Zejhun Demirov) who wants to get an assurance from a professor of Islamic studies (Ulrich Tukur) that the Quran allows the killing of third parties under certain circumstances had its Berlin and theatrical premiere in front of a sold-out house at the traditional Berlin…