“Datsche” by Lara Hewitt is the name of the opening film of the first Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! online festival. The film is about the Valentine, an out-of-work New York actor, who travels across the Atlantic in order to discover his German roots and stay at the ‘datsche’ or summer cottage that he inherited…
From 6 to 27 December 2020 the Goethe-Instituts Indonesien, Thailand and Malaysia are jointly presenting the online film festival entitled Darling, Berlin! Berlin Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! This year’s program screens six independent from the film label Darling Berlin located in the German capital. The films were mainly made by directors who had only one or two professional films to their…
The feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider was awarded three “beavers” at its German premiere at the 42nd Biberach Film Festival, namely the Debut Beaver as Best Debut Film, the Audience Beaver of the audience jury and the Student Beaver of the student jury. It is the first time in the festival’s…
The feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider will be released in cinemas nationwide on January 14, 2021 on the Darling Berlin film label distributed by UCM.ONE. The film had its world premiere on October 10, 2020 at the Warsaw International Film Festival and will celebrate its German premiere on October 31, 2020…
On 25 September 2020 the fascinating documentary film “Character One: Susan” by Tim Lienhard will be released on DVD. The film was launched in cinemas across Germany on 16 January 2020 by UCM.ONE on the Darling Berlin label. The director met his protagonist at the Loveparade in the early 90s and could not resist her charm.…
For the 5th time the film label Darling Berlin supports the achtung berlin Filmfestival as one of the main partners and awards together with the production company UCMP the prizes for the best actress and the best actor at the festival. The festival directors Sebastian Brose and Hajo Schäfer, together with Regina Kräh and her…
The film “Datsche” by Lara Hewitt, which was released last October, offers a view of Germany from the outside, but is also a film for everyone who has ever loved a place and had to leave it. The comical and at the same time moving film is about overcoming prejudices and the breakthrough humanity in…
Nicolai Max Hahn’s “Oregon Pine” is the 17th film and at the same time the crowning finale of the 15 years of achtung berlin • festival retrospective online. In the film, the wood technology engineer Richard Lüders initially leads a life like a construction, professionally strongly committed, privately reduced to short, sexual acquaintances without actual closeness. When…
“Atme” (English title: “Breathe”) is the title of the feature film by Magosha Siwinsk and Nicki Durand, which will be shown as the 16th film at the 15 Jahre achtung berlin – festival retrospective online. In the film Karl finds the lifeless Johanna in a snowy place in Finland. He takes her in silently and…
The 15th film at the 15 years achtung berlin – festival retrospective online is the mid-length film “Rebecca” by Anna F. Kohlschütter. The movie tells the story about Rebecca. She has recently split up with Ben. She now lives in the shared flat of her best friend sleeping on the sofa in a walk-through room. Rebecca is…
