NEWS

Olivier Assayas wins the award for best director in Cannes!

Our co-production PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas has won the Award for Best Director at this year’s Cannes Film Festival! We are extremely happy and thankful! Congrats to Olivier and everyone from the PERSONAL SHOPPER-team!

Cannes Competition for PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas

Wow!! Our second coproduction with CG Cinema PERSONAL SHOPPER starring Kristen Stewart and Lars Eidinger will premiere at this years Cannes Competition. Thank you, dear selection committee!

Mia Hansen-Løve wins the Silver Bear for Best Director

We’re very happy and extremely proud to announce that Mia Hansen-Løve has been awarded with the Silver Beat for Best Director for L’AVENIR (Things To Come) at this year’s Berlinale! Congratulations to Mia and the whole L’Avenir-team!

L’AVENIR and BERLIN METANOIA at 66. Berlinale

Wow, we’re starting our festival year with two films at Berlinale: Main competition for L´AVENIR by Mia Hansen-Løve and a comeback for Erik Schmitt at Berlinale Generation with BERLIN METANOIA. We are so honored and so happy to be back!!!

THE WEDNESDAY CHILD wins at Karlovy Vary

Yes! The Wednesday Child wins the Crystal Globe AND the Fedeora Award in the East of West competetition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival!!! We are happy, proud and thankful!!! Congratulations to Lili Horvath and the whole team!

THE WEDNESDAY CHILD @ 50th KVIFF

Woohoo, The Wednesday Child by Lili Horváth is selected for the “East of the West competition” of the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

DISSONANCE by Till Nowak is awarded at Berlinale

DISSONANCE by Till Nowak is the Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2015 – we are very happy and look forward to present the film to the members of the European Film Academy!

Zentropa and DETAiLFILM join forces!

We are very happy to announce our new 50/50 joint venture with our Danish friends from Zentropa.

Zentropa Hamburg will develop and produce a slate of film and TV projects for the German and international market yet to be announced – so stay tuned.

https://www.zentropa-hamburg.com or https://www.facebook.com/ZentropaHamburg

LA VITA NOVA wins Development Award @ When East Meets West

It’s raining awards for KUZU in Antalya

Kutlug Atamans KUZU – DAS LAMM has won 6 (!!!) awards at Antalya International Film Festival – Best child actors, Best supporting actress, Best main a…

Henning Kamm @ EAVE Producers Workshop

Enea, Carlo & Alex on the road to the German Film Award!

THE SPECIAL NEED wins at Hamptons International Film Festival

Carlo Zorattis Debut THE SPECIAL NEED has won the Golden Starfish Award as Best Feature Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival. We thank the jury and send our sincere congratulations to Carlo and the Team.

NASHORN IM GALOPP conquers the world!

After 945 screenings in 241 cinemas on 6 continents Erik Schmitt’s RHINO FULL THROTTLE was voted Best Film by more than 16.000 people during the Manhattan Short Festival – we are speechless!

WITH MOM on its way to the Academy Awards

Faruk Loncarevics Drama WITH MOM is Bosnia’s official entry for the foreign language Oscar. We recommend the academy award members to bring tissues to the screenings.

KUZU in the selection for the European Film Award

Kutlug Atamans KUZU is in the selection for the European Film Award!

FOREVER OVER wins at Santiago de Compostela

Like his RHINO last year, Erik Schmitt’s latest short FOREVER OVER has won the hearts of the audience this year and has won the audience award in Santiago de Compostela. Congratulations to Erik and the team, we are very happy about the audience reaction!

HILAL, FEZA AND THE OTHER PLANETS wins Arte Award @ Cinelink Sarajevo

The new project by Kutluğ Ataman was awarded the Arte International Relations Cinelink Award. It’s our second collaboration after KUZU – THE LAMB, which premiered as a Panorama Special at this years Berlinale. On we go!! Thanks a lot to the jury and the whole team at Cinelink Sarajevo, we had a blast!

Holy Moly!!! Our Rhino keeps on charging…

… and while it does, it wins numerous awards worldwide :

Bester Animation @ Seattle IFF

Special Jury Prize @ Newport Beach FF

Grand Jury Prize @ Nashville FF

Best Film @ Tokyo Short Shorts in Asia (3rd Oscar qualifying award!!!)

Audience and Jury award @ Shortynale / Austria

Audience award @ Alpinale / Austria

We are proud and thankful – Congrats to the awesome team who made this happen!!!

II (TWO) premieres in Locarno!

We are very happy to present this adaptation of a short story by Michael Ende in the “Pardi di Domani” section – Locarno, thanks for having us again!

Triple double for CATHEDRALS and RHINO FULL THROTTLE!

They did it again! CATHEDRALEN and RHINO FULL THROTTLE have shared the honors again – this time at RiverRun International Film Festival. Congratulations to our rock stars Konrad and Erik and a very warm thank you to the juries!

THE SPECIAL NEED wins top award at Dallas International Film Festival!

Enea, Carlo and Alex keep going on and on and on and on… This time our trio infernale wins the Grand jury Prize as best documentary film at the Dallas International Film Festival! We send our warmest regards and a hearty “Thank you!!!” to the jury!

Head to head!

CATHEDRALS and RHINO FULL THROTTLE went head to head at Contravision Film Festival in Berlin when the latter winning second prize while Konrad Kästner taking home the pole position! Things start to heat up… We love both of them equally and are mighty proud of our two boys. Well done, Konrad and Erik.

RHINO FULL THROTTLE and CATHEDRALS strike together!

Our two films go for gold at the Landshut Short Film Festival. While RHINO FULL THROTTLE by Erik Schmitt won over the audience, CATHEDRALS by Konrad Kästner convinced the jury. We are very proud and thank everybody from the bottow of our hearts.

THE SPECIAL NEED wins audience award @ SXSW!

Yeeehaaa! Enea, Alex and Carlo have entertained the crowds @ SXSW Film Festival in Austin / Texas so well, that they thanked them by rewarding the boys with the audience award. We are very much touched by the affection and are looking forward to many more happy viewers like these.

KUZU wins CICAE award @ 64. Berlinale

What a wonderful end to an incredible Berlinale. KUZU by Kutlug Ataman won the CICAE Art Cinema Award! After the very warm welcome by the audience during the festival this is the perfect award for our little gem. Thanks a lot to the jury and congratulations to everyone involved!

Yeeeehaaaa! The boys are coming to town!

THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti will have it’s North American premiere at this years SXSW festival. We are looking forward to present the film to the awesome crowd of cowboys and cowgirls in Austin / Texas.

THE SPECIAL NEED wins Best Documentary @ Trieste Film Festival

Alex, Enea and Carlo have won over the hearts at Trieste Film Festival where THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti was awarded as Best Documentary. We are honored, very thankful and congratulate everyone who has been part of Enea’s trip of a lifetime.

PRAIA DO FUTURO in competition @ 64. Berlinale!

Now it’s official! PRAIA DO FUTURO by Karim Aïnouz will be presented in the competition at the 64. Berlinale. Together with KUZU – THE LAMB by Kutlug Ataman it’s our second film in the festival. We are very proud of the directors, their teams and our partners. Thanks a lot for the great experience making the films!

KUZU – THE LAMB in official selection as a Panorama Special @ the 64. Berlinale

Kutlug Ataman’s KUZU – THE LAMB will have its world premiere as a Panorama Special screening @ the 64. Berlinale in the newly opened Zoopalast – we salute Kutlug and the team and send a big THANK YOU to Wieland and his crew at the Panorama!

THE SPECIAL NEED in the Top 5 audience voting @ IDFA

After a wonderful time @ IDFA we are thankful for the warm welcome and the appreciation of our film. Enea, Carlo, Julian and me had a blast, now we are looking forward what’s to come in 2014.

THE SPECIAL NEED wins the Golden Dove @ DOK Leipzig

Carlo Zoratti’s debut THE SPECIAL NEED has won the German competition @ DOK Leipzig. This is what the jury had to say :

The film talks about a friendship between men, in which women have a playful role of seriousness and give self confident input. Sentimentality, speculation and voyeurism are nowhere to be seen in this film. There is no Happy End, because sex without love is impossible. It’s not a woman saying this, but Enea, a man. There hasn’t been a documentary which talks about humanity with all its comedy and tragedy so sensitively in a long time.

We are very happy and say a big THANK YOU!

THE SPECIAL NEED @ IDFA

Carlo Zoratti’s THE SPECIAL NEED is going to be presented in teh Best of Fest selection at IDFA and will compete for the audience award.

THE SPECIAL NEED @ CPH:DOX

THE SPECIAL NEED will be presented in the Top Docs selection at CPH:DOX. We found our TV partner ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel when we presented the film @ CPH:DOX Forum in 2011, so we are very happy to be back at with the final film! Thanks for having us!

THE SPECIAL NEED @ DOK Leipzig

We are very happy to announce that THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti will have its German premiere in the German competition at DOK Leipzig!

Loola, Lo, Lo, Lo, Lo, Looola!

RHINO FULL THROTTLE is nominated for the German Short Film Award, our female Oscar, LOLA. Thanks a million to the jury and congratulations to guys from Kamerapferd, who loves apples.

WITH MOM in competition @ Sarajevo Film Festival

WITH MOM by Faruk LONCAREVIC is going to have its world premiere in the official competition @ Sarajevo Film Festival. Congratulations to Faruk, Amra, Adis, Oleg, Igor and all the other crew members. We are looking forward to present the film in one of Europe’s most exciting cities.

THE SPECIAL NEED @ Locarno!

We are happy to announce that Carlo Zoratti’s THE SPECIAL NEED will have its world premiere in “Cineasti del Presente” competition @ Locarno Film Festival. Congratulations and a huge THANK YOU to the whole team!

RHINO FULL THROTTLE wins Future Filmmaker Award @ Palms Springs Int’l Shortfest

CATHEDRALS celebrates its world premiere in Karlovy Vary

Konrad Kästner’s documentary CATHEDRALS will celebrate its world premiere in the competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. We are happy and proud of Konrad and send a big THANK YOU to Karel Och and his entire team!

Watch the trailer here

THE WEDNESDAY CHILD is supported by Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Lili Horvath’s first feature THE WEDNESDAY CHILD gets production support from Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. We thank the jury and are looking forward to start shooting this summer.

MEDIA supports MAHAN by Mohammad Rasoulof

We are extremely happy about MEDIA’s development support for Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film MAHAN, which is our biggest project so far and will be shot in Hamburg and abroad.

German Cinematography Award nomination for Erik Schmitt

Erik Schmitt has been nominated for the German Cinematography Awards for the editing of RHINO FULL THROTTLE. We are very happy and give a big shout out to the stallion. Congratulations! In the meantime RHINO FULL THROTTLE is playing festivals around the world and will be in a theatre near you soon.

SHARQIYA @ Berlinale!

Ami LIVNEs debut has been selected for the Panorama section of the Berlinale – thank you very much, we are looking forward to the world premiere!