“Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) at the “Great Children’s Cinema” in Munich

The film “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) by Joya Thome will be presented this Friday (07.06.2019) at the “Großen Kinderkino” in the Munich Gassteig. The performance starts at 3 pm in the Carl-Amery-Saal. A team of the Kinderkino München e.V., consisting of social and media educators as well as film journalists, will select the films for…

“Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) celebrates US premiere at New York International Children’s Film Festival

With two sold out performances at New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF), the film “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) by Joya Thome celebrated its US premiere. The New York International Children’s Film Festival was founded in 1997 to support the creation and dissemination of thoughtful, provocative, and intelligent film for children and teens ages…

German film critics voted “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) for children’s film of the year

“Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf”) has been awarded “Children’s Film of the Year 2018” by the Association of German Film Critics (VdFK). The award ceremony took place on Monday evening (February 02, 2019) during the 69th Berlinale in Berlin. The film by Joya Thome prevailed against the blockbuster “The Little Witch” (German: “Die…

“Queen of Niendorf” by Joya Thome nominated for the Prize of the German Film Critic

The film “Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf”) by Joya Thome is nominated in the category “Best Children’s Film” at the “Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2018”. Thus, “The Queen” appears against “The Little Witch,” a film by Michael Schaerer, who was also nominated. The prize has been awarded for more than 60 years by…

“Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) now with over 24,000 viewers in German and French cinemas

The family film “Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) has reached 15,000 moviegoers in France since the end of August. Thus the film (with the German name: “Königin von Niendorf”) by Joya Thome has been seen by more than 24,000 viewers on German and French screens. Since 16 November, the film has been shown in a…

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.…

“Queen of Niendorf” (Darling Berlin) starts with school screening and premiere in Paris

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…

Two Darling Berlin movies with theatrical releases in France and Germany

The Darling Berlin movie “Queen of Niendorf” (German: “Königin von Niendorf” starts today in French cinemas; “Breakdown in Tokyo” will have its German theatrical release this week. In France, Joya Thome’s family film is being screened in more than 50 cinemas. “Queen of Niendorf” was recently honored in our neighboring country with several prizes. The…

Queen of Niendorf (Darling Berlin) in the starting blocks for French theatrical release

In one month, the movie “Königin von Niendorf” (English title: “Queen of Niendorf”) starts in French cinemas. Under the title “Reine d’un été”, the internationally acclaimed family film will be screened in various French cities from 29th August. In Germany, the directing debut of Joya Thome was 23 weeks in the cinema charts. By loading…