There is more to film than meets the eye. Out to prove this are Dieter Kosslick, Berlinale Director, and his cuisine team in the Culinary Cinema section of the Berlin film festival. Some critics, though, find a lot of cheese in this film fondue, they think this kind of kitchen brings kitsch to the cinema, see too strong an eventisation taking place [...] Continue Reading…
Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival – Photo by *Solar ikon*
This year’s festival is starring – amongst many other high-flyers – films from Angelina and Billy Bob – the question is ‘will they come top or flop?’Angelina’s directorial debut sounds like a jolly good piece of political movie making: In ‘The Land of Blood and Honey’ a Bosnian artist and her [...] Continue Reading…
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When 2 world famous German artists- both leaders in their art- filmmaker and choreographer – Wim Wenders and Pina Bausch get together for a project good things are bound to happen.
Berlin film-maker Wim Wenders is best known for his previous successful films like ‘Buena Vista Social Club’, ‘Der Himmel über Berlin’ and ‘Paris, Texas’ and less known for a recent best-forgotten and [...] Continue Reading…
If ‘Bollywood’ is the Indian Hollywood – is ‘Berlywood’ the German Hollywood?
Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan is in Berlin for the shooting of the film ‘Don 2’ – an Indo-German film co-production which is being shot in the German capital.
In the film he plays a bad guy – yet one who seems redeemable.
Shah Rukh Khan will celebrate his birthday in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 04-02-2010
Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2010 the Berlinale – the Berlin Film Festival – will again accentuate Asian film which it has highlighted often in the past.
Chinese director Wang Quan’an’s film ‘Tuan Yuan’ [Apart Together]- its world premiere -will open the ten day festival and Japanese director Yoji Yamada with his film ‘Otouto’ [About Her Brother] will close the festival.
When in [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 31-01-2010
Roman Polanski won’t be coming to the Berlin Film Festival next month – in spite of a premier of his latest film -and there won’t be any videotaped message as had been speculated.
Roman Polanski is under house arrest in Switzerland and has been to the Berlinale many times in the past – he says he loves the positive artistic atmosphere in [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 29-01-2010
Renowned British architect Norman Foster will take part in a debate about the future of cinema buildings and their changing role in world cities as part of the ‘Berlin International Film Festival’ on 14th February.
He is best known for his modern glass and steel structures, which have included the restoration of the Berlin Reichstag building in Berlin, the Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 22-01-2010
The Berlinale – aka Berlin International Film Festival – today announced that new movies from the Amercian directors Nicole Holofcener and Noah Baumbach will be featured this year.
A world premiere of Noah Baumbach’s movie ‘Greenberg’, with actor Ben Stiller – this follows another sucessful Baumbach written and directed film ‘The Squid and the Whale’.
The film ‘Please Give’ by Nicole Holofcener will have [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 18-01-2010
‘Road, Movie’ – a film which has an original screenplay written by Dev Benegal and is co-produced by Susan Landau and Ross Katz – will open this years ‘Generation 14plus’ Berlinale.
‘Road, Movie’ is a colourful film about the trials and tribulations of the young Vishnu, played by Abhay Deol. He, a restless young man rejects his parent’s middle-class existence and starts [...] Continue Reading…
BMW – known officially in Germany as the Bayerische Motoren Werke - will replace Volkswagon as an official lead sponsor of the Berlinale in 2010.
BMW new cars like the 5-series Gran Turismo will drive stars and visitors around the city from Feb. 11 to Feb. 21. next year.
Volkswagen, the largest auto producer in Europe, have sponsored the past seven Berlinale festivals, did not say [...] Continue Reading…
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