Homage to Will Tremper in the Filmmuseum Munich

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 wins with “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) the German Director’s Award 2018 for “Best Director Children’s Film”.

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.…

Luzie Loose wins with “Swimming” the “Hofer Goldprize” for the best director

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…

The film “Kahlschlag” was awarded “Best Film” in Hof

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…