🎬 “Second Thoughts” in the Valentine’s Day special on MUBI

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

🎬 Documentary “One Hundred Four” (NONFY Documentaries) nominated for the Grimme Award 2025

“One Hundred Four” by Jonathan Schörnig has been nominated for the Grimme Award 2025 in the category “Information & Culture Competition”. 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…

🎬 International premiere of ‘Rock ́n ́Roll Ringo’ at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)

Dominik Galizia’s feature film “Rock ́n ́Roll Ringo” 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 “Limelight” section, which is dedicated to avant-premieres and cinematic highlights from the current festival season. ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo’ is the…

🎬 ‘One Hundred Four’ by Jonathan Schörnig in the running for the 2025 Oscars in the category ‘Documentary Feature Film’

Great honour for the documentary ‘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…

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

From today, Thursday 7 November 2024, ‘Martin reads the Quran’  (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…

🎬 “Martin Reads the Quran” 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…