A highlight of SoundTrack_Cologne 6.0, the Cologne Congress for Music and Sound in Film and Media, was the prize-giving ceremony on Saturday, 21st of November 2009. There were prizes for melodious TV music, for Rising Stars, and one for a legend: Irmin Schmidt was, for his life's work, awarded the SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award.
In the context of the competition of SoundTrack_Cologne, the European Film Music Prize "New Sound in European Film" was awarded for...
Europe's Finest takes over film package from Celluloid Dreams for digital distribution
As of now the Cologne digital cinema distribution platform Europe's Finest is offering nine festival successes from the current slate of Celluloid Dreams in DCI-conform standard for direct booking for European digital cinemas. Among them are films such as BETTER THINGS, DEAD IN 3 DAYS, KILL DADDY GOODNIGHT, LET'S MAKE MONEY, WEDDING DIRECTOR, WHEN A MAN COMES HOME, and WHITE NIGHT WEDDING. All films wer...
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Musiclip, the International Music, Audiovisual Arts and Music Videos of Barcelona keeps widening its frontiers abroad. A prove of it, is that from the 19th - 22nd November Musiclip is going to participate in the german festival SoundTrack_Cologne of Köln (www.soundtrackcologne.de), a space of convergence between music and sound in cinema and media.SoundTrack_Cologne bets on music videos in its sixth edition and for the first time it includes an international music video contest and screenings o...
Director: Susan Everett.
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
“Hunger” by Steve McQueen is the kick-off screening for the KunstFilmbiennale 2009Retrospective with rarities by the jury chairman, Gus Van Sant, in Cologne Cologne, 22 July 2009 – On September 18 at 8 p.m., the complete programme of the KunstFilmBiennale 2009 will be publicly presented at the Filmforum in Museum Ludwig in Cologne.To set the mood for an exceptional festival line-up, there will be a screening of “HUNGER”, the first movie of Steve McQueen, the Turner Prize winning star o...
Calling for Music Documentaries, Artistic Films about Music and Musicians, and Music Videos
Deadline for the submission of music documentaries, artistic films about music and musicians, and music videos for the programme of films featured as part of SEE THE SOUND at SoundTrack_Cologne 6.0: 15 September 20009
Since its inception, SoundTrack_Cologne 6.0 - the German conference on music and sound in film and the media - has developed into the leading platform for music in film and the medi...
Director: Iris Ponkina.
"HOW LONG WINTER LASTS IN ROMANIA" is an observational travelogue through contemporary romanian cities and countryside in the wintertime.
Fragments of "Mioritza", the romanian national ballade intermingles with Jonas Mekas poetic visions.
Romania, a land of contrasts, on the promising doorstep of European Union still seems to be in a state of post-communist syndrome.
Romania's resemblance to Lithuania intrigues questions and skepticism. Winter as a metaphor is I.Ponkina's debut short film.
18th Session
March, 2 to July, 15 2009 Jury's president : Gilles Jacob
Participants
Andreas Bolm
Andreas Bolm was born in 1971 in Cologne, Germany, from a Hungarian mother and a German father. After working as a musician and sound engineer in Manchester, England, he began to experiment in photography and video. He studied film and theatre science in Berlin and at the film FAMU academy in Prague. In 1999, Andreas enrolled in the documentary department of the University of Televi...
The 42nd Annual WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival Announces The Remi Award Winners for 2009Houston, Texas - Apr 26, 2009 WorldFest-Houston, the 3rd longest-running International Film Festival in North America, celebrated the conclusion of its 10-day run of film, fun and fanfare in its 42nd annual independent film showcase with a 10% increase in overall audience attendance! Kick-off was the world premiere of WorldFest alum, Jim Amatulli's "Flying By" with film luminary and Oscar winner, Patric...
Unlimited - European Short Film Festival Cologne
www.unlimited-festival.de
From 18 to 23 November, the festival will present the latest
productions from all over Europe as well as regional film productions.
An extensive additional program including talks and forum events will bring together filmmakers and audience.
Deadline for entries is 31 July 2009.
Online entry is possible via www.reelport.com
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www.unlimited-festival.de
From 18 to 23 November, the festival will present the latest productions from all over Europe, from North Rhine-Westphalia as well as from both Cologne's Universities.
An extensive additional program including talks and forum events will bring together filmmakers and audience.
Deadline for entries is 31 July 2009.
Online entry is possible via www.reelport.com
THE MILK OF SORROW
The cinema of South America made a considerable noise at the closing ceremonies of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, winning most of the top prizes. In a year that saw weak entries from Europe and the United States, the glory migrated south of the border.
THE MILK OF SORROW (La Teta Asustada) by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa won the evening’s top honor, the Berlinale Golden Bear. The film is a personal story that recalls the dark period of the 1980...
The cinema of South America made a considerable noise at the closing ceremonies of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, winning most of the top prizes. In a year that saw weak entries from Europe and the United States, the glory migrated south of the border.THE MILK OF SORROW (La Teta Asustada) by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa won the evening’s top honor, the Berlinale Golden Bear. The film is a personal story that recalls the dark period of the 1980s and 1990s, when tens of thousand...
Verzaubert is an international queer filmfestival
touring through four german cities: Munich,
Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin.
Since`95. This year On the Road Screenings &
we began a festival in Cologne, Germany supporting new European filmmaking talent. New $99 Specials, short dv films made for $99 by Slamdance alumni.Also screenplay comp., year-round online fest.
International Short Film Festival
SHORT CUTS COLOGNE
- International Competition
- Belgian Special
- Cologne Shorts
- Shorts for kids
- Portugal Special
- Erotic Shorts
- Erotic Shorts (Queer)
- "Sprache gegen Gewalt" - Mobile Films
Festival and competition for recent Mediterranean feature films screened in original version with subtitles. Awards for the three best films, best actor/actress, camera and script – total sum of prizes: 25.000 €.
exposed filmfestival is a festival for european feature length films. Allowed is the first or second work of a director. Beside a competition there are retrospectives and thematic programs.
The Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2006, when it introduced the Best First Feature Award. The award is endowed with 50,000 Euros, donated by the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrecht), a society dedicated to safeguarding film and television rights. The prize money is to be split between the producer and the director of the winning film. Additionally, the director will be awarded with a high-quality “viewfind...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” got the most nominations (13), including best picture, best actor, best screenplay, best direction, best make up of course...Performance by an actor in a leading roleRichard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films) Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by...
“After last year, when important social themes were explored with courage and originality in exemplary stories, the newest German films are this time going in the opposite direction. Apparently private stories and issues are now garnering public attention in various cinematic forms,” says Alfred Holighaus, head of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, as he announces this year’s selection, for which six productions have been confirmed.In Thomas Sieben’s Distanz (Distance), life in its entirety is ...
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The documentary “Eyes on the Sky” winner of the II Ahmed Attia’s award for the Dialogue of CulturesMEDIMED 2008, the Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market, hosted the ceremony of the “II Ahmed Attia’s Award for the Dialogue of Cultures”, given to the documentary “Eyes on the Sky”, directed by the Spanish filmmaker Jesús Garay and produced by Massa d’Or Produccions & Silverspace (Spain) & Instituto Luce (Italy). Courtesy of APIMED, the producers received a 1.000 euros cash priz...
WHAT IS “EKRAN”?The European training programme EKRAN is a collaborative project between the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, FOCAL (Switzerland), the Norwegian Film Institute, the Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Internationale Film Schule Köln, International Film School Wales & Skillset Screen Academy Wales and the Netherlands Film Institute.EKRAN (the Polish word for “screen”) is an international training program focusing on the creative pre-production process base...
