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February 08th 2009
WAGAH wins the Berlin Today Award 2009 at the Berlinale.
Quote Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
“...a convincing manifesto against any wall that divides people.”
February 14th 2009
WAGAH will be screened at Berlinale‘s Closing Ceremony!
March 24th 2009
WAGAH was selected for the official competition @ the HotDocs Filmestival in Toronto.
April 15th 2009
WAGAH will be shown at the MoMA in New York from June 5th-17th.
June 5th 2009
WAGAH has won the audience award @ the 25th International Shortfilm Festival Hamburg.
June 7th 2009
And another one: WAGAH wins also the jury award @ the International Shortfilm Festival Hamburg!!!
June 19th 2009
TIGERS & POETS is backed by a production fund from nordmedia - Thank you!
July 11th 2009
WAGAH wins the Crystal Globe as Best Short Documentary @ Karlovy Vary!
July 21th 2009
DETAiLFILM will present two films - SUNSTROKE & WAGAH @ Sarajevo Film Festival!
September 11th 2009
THE NEXT BIG THING is granted development fnding by the Jan Vrijmand Fund.
October 17th 2009
WAGAH wins the Black Pearl Award @ the Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi!
Thanks to ADACH, Peter, Alice & Virginny for taking such great care of us! Thank you very much!
October 24th 2009
WAGAH wins both, the Special Jury Prize AND the Audience Award @ the 28th Uppsala
International Short Film Festival! We are very grateful for this honour! Thank You!
October 27th 2009
TIGERS & POETS enters the next level - We‘re shooting in NYC!
October 29th 2009
LOLA, oh LOLA - WAGAH wins the German Short Film Award in Gold!
November 08th 2009
The Audience @ Winterthur awards WAGAH as their Best Film!
November 8th 2009
And the winner of the Damascus International Film Festival is: WAGAH!
November 18th 2009
SUNSTROKE is awarded as Best Student Film in Tallin!
November 20th 2009
Now it‘s official: WAGAH is regarded as „Especially Valuable“ by the German Film Board!
November 29th 2009
And the Grand Jury Prize of the 51th Zinebi Festival in Bilbao goes to...wait for it...WAGAH!!!
November 30th 2009
Congrat‘s, Szilvia! For the magnificent editing of WAGAH Szilvia Ruszev is awarded the film+ prize!!!
December 05th 2009
We have a winner! Congratulations to Roby Maly! His camerawork for SUNSTROKE was awarded
with the Bronze Tadpole @ Camerimage Festival/ Lodz!!!
December 07th 2009
WAGAH has been selected for the International Short Documentary Competition @ SUNDANCE!!!
January 18th 2010
The saga continues...WAGAH wins the National Geographic Award @ Flickerfest in Sydney!
February 20th 2010
One of Germany‘s highest honors for WAGAH - the film wins the Murnau Shortfilm Award!
March 14th 2010
Oh what a glorious day - WAGAH wins three awards all over the world.
The „Audience Award“ at the 40th Tampere International Film Festival, the award as „Best Documentary“ at the Heart of Gold International Film Festival in Australia and the REGARD sur le court mé trage au Saguenay in Canada.
June 30th 2010
CENTRAL STATION by AMI LIVNE is being funded by the
Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein - Thank you very much! Shooting will start in November.
August 05th 2010
David OReilly‘s THE EXTERNAL WORLD will premier at La Biennale in Venice
September 11th 2010
The 67th Venice International Film Festival nominates David OReilly‘s THE EXTERNAL WORLD for the
European Film Award - Congrats, David!!!
September 20th 2010
Big week for Lili Horvath‘s SUNSTROKE! Our Hungarian coproduction wins three awards
(Best Film/ Best Actress @ Silhouette Paris & Best Film @ Cinefest). Congratulations to Lili and Franciska!!!
October 25th 2010
THE EXTERNAL WORLD wins the Grand Prix at North America‘s most important
Animation festival in Ottawa.
November 08th 2010
THE EXTERNAL WORLD is awarded as Best Experimental Film @
Curta Cinema Rio de Janeiro
November 14th 2010
This year‘s Jury Grand Prize winner in Winterthur is....THE EXTERNAL WORLD!
The second time in a row David OReilly wins this prestigious award: Kudos, D!
November 21st 2010
THE EXTERNAL WORLD strikes again: ic! berlin award @ Interfilm
December 6th 2010
Going back to Sundance - David OReillys THE EXTERNAL WORLD is part of the International Shorts Competition!
December 9th 2010
DETAiLFILM is awarded the German Innovation Award 2010 for the concept of a digital submission process at
film funding institutions.
January 25th 2011
THE EXTERNAL WORLD is awarded a Special Jury Mention in SUNDANCE - Thanks to the Jury and the whole team!
February 9th 2011
Hello world, meet your cousin - www.theexternalworld.com!
February 12th 2011
David OREILLYs THE EXTERNAL WORLD wins the Canal+ Award in the Labo Competition @
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
February 12th 2011
More great news! David OREILLYs wins the Irish Film and Television Award in the Best Animation category for
THE EXTERNAL WORLD - Rock on, D!
March 15th 2011
THE EXTERNAL WORLD rocks on - David OREILLYs film wins the award as Best Animationin Tampere!
March 16th 2011
BERLIN TODAY AWARD, here we go again! After the smash hit WAGAH, we are going to produce Madli LÄÄNE‘s ABC in Liberia this summer - check out more details under Projects.
March 21st 2011
THE EXTERNAL WORLD keeps rockin‘ on, this time winning as Best Animation @ GoShort in Nijmegen -
a big „Thank You“ to the jury!
April 13th 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports on The Economist Film Project's initial slate of documentary films. WAGAH by Supriyo SEN is one of the first films! To read the piece, please click on http://on.wsj.com/econfilmproject
May 5th 2011
Golden Gate Award for THE EXTERNAL WORLD @ San Francisco International Film Festival -
David especially thanks the Mayans and we say Congratulations!.
May 8th 2011
And the beat goes on: THE EXTERNAL WORLD wins the Grand Prix @ Stuttgart Festival of Animated Films -
Thanks Karma!
June 1st 2011
And on and on! THE EXTERNAL WORLD wins the ASIFA Austrian Award @ Vienna Independent Shorts -
one of our characters would be proud!
July 30th 2011
Ey cabron, this is fantastico - EXTW wins Best Animation at the Guanajuato International Film Festival
Muchas gracias!
August 11th 2011
WAGAH is featured on PBS Newshour @ 6 p.m. & 7 p.m. East Coast time and available on pay per view -
see our filmography section for the link!
September 24th 2011
Ariel SHABAN‘s first ever film, THE WEDDING TAPE, has it‘s premier in the competition at Calgary International Film Festival tonight, playing the competition at Abu Dhabi International Film Festival next month -
very well done and deserved!!!
September 15th 2011
It‘s a wrap! Shooting Madli LÄÄNE‘s short doc ABC in Liberia has come to an end - what an adventure!
Thanks to the wonderful crew and our unbelievable hosts @ PAK BATT 16/ Zorzor - Shukria.
August 16th 2011
Vive l‘Europe! MEDIA supports the development of Radek WEGRZYN‘s new feature doc PEAK OIL -
Thank you very much!!!
October 5th 2011
One year later and still going strong - THE EXTERNAL WORLD wins as Best Animation Short @
Calgary International Film Festival. Congrat‘s Mr. D!
October 20th 2011
New film, new award! Together with our dear friend Arben Zharku we win the
Best Producers Award @ the Abu Dhabi Film Festival for Ariel SHABAN‘s THE WEDDING TAPE!
Isn‘t that something - we are very pleased and say a BIG Thank YOU to the jury!
November 3rd 2011
Tonight our first feature film - FATHER, SON & HOLY COW by Radek WEGRZYN
is going to have its German premiere at the Nordic Filmdays in Lübeck!
November 4th 2011
„The Cow“ delivered what he hoped for! An emotional rollercoaster ride filled
the sold out Kolosseum cinema in Lübeck with loads of laugther and tears.
We salute the director Radek WEGRZYN to this wonderful premiere
and are looking forward to the upcoming screenings in the following days:
BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELE
05.11.2011 - 3pm - Jupiter
06.11.2011 - 1pm - Saturn
EX GROUND FESTIVAL WIESBADEN
11.11.2011 - 10pm - Caligari Filmbühne
INTERNATIONALES FILMFESTIVAL MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG
10.11.2011 - 7pm - Atlantis/ Mannheim
11.11.2011 - 5pm - Atlantis/ Mannheim
11.11.2011 - 6pm - Schlossgarten II/ Heidelberg
12.11.2011 - 5pm Uhr - Atlantis/ Mannheim
13.11.2011 - 11am -Schlossgarten I/ Heidelberg
13.11.2011 - 5pm Uhr - Atlantis/ Mannheim
14.11.2011 - 4:30pm - Schlossgarten II/ Heidelberg
November 6th 2011 - 8:10pm
Off to a great start: FATHER, SON & HOLY COW by Radek WEGRZYN
wins the Audience Award @ BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELEN! Congrats, Radek!
November 6th 2011 - 8:30pm
WOW, and that‘s not it: FATHER, SON & HOLY COW by Radek WEGRZYN
also wins the Jury Award @ BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELEN! Incredible, Radek! Thanks to the whole team!
November 14th 2011 - 8:30pm
The race is on - David OReillys THE EXTERNAL WORLD is heading towards the OSCARS -
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
November 24th 2011
Congratulations, Gentlemen! Erik & Stephan from Kamerapferd win the German Oscar - LOLA!
We are happy and proud to work with you!!!
November 25th 2011
Our Greek-German co-production „II“ by Efthimis K. SANIDIS gets production funding
from the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film - Thanks a lot!
November 30th 2011
Next feature film coming up! Our Bosnian-German co-production „BERINA‘S CHAKRAS“ by Faruk LONĈAREVIĆ gets production funding from the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. Thanks a lot!
HoHoHo!!!
We would like to thank all partners, colleagues, funders, friends and visitors of this website
for their support and wish all of you a Merry Xmas as well as a fabulous year 2012 -
we are looking forward to our mutual successes in the new year!
January 24th 2012
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!
February 6th 2012
DETAiLFILM @ Berlinale!
This is going to be a good one. We have two films in the festival - here are the screening dates:
SHARQIYA by Ami LIVNE (Panorama Official Selection)
Day Time Cinema
11.02.2012 19:00 CinemaxX 7
12.02.2012 22:45 CineStar 3
13.02.2012 20:15 Cubix 7 & 8 Interlock
15.02.2012 22:30 Colosseum 1
ABC by Madli LÄÄNE (Berlin Today Award @ Berlinale Talent Campus)
Day Time Cinema
11.02.2012 17:00 HAU 1
15.02.2012 18:00 CineStar 5
19.2.2012 17:30 Colosseum 1
March 11th 2012
Another DETAiLFILM double feature! Congratulations to Radek WEGRZYN
for having two films in competition @ Sofia International Film Festival.
Radek is probably the first director to achieve this with his first and second feature length films.
FATHER, SON & HOLY COW is presented in the feature film competition,
VIOLINISSIMO in the one for documentaries.
Kudos go out to Stephan ANSPICHLER as his partner in crime for VIOLINISSIMO.
March 19th 2012
CATHEDRALS by Konrad KÄSTNER receives a production grant by the cultural ministry BKM - thanks a lot!
March 19th 2012
!!!DETAiLFILM has moved!!!
Our new adress in Hamburg is:
Neuer Pferdemarkt 23
20359 Hamburg
April 18th 2012
A big Thank You! to the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung for supporting BERINA‘S CHAKRAS with a production grant!
April 24th 2012
Yulia Grigoriyants and Fabian win the Robert Bosch Coproduction Award with THE CHOSEN ONES -
Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to the jury!
April 27th 2012
We are thankful for Medienboard‘s production loan for PRAIA DO FUTURO!
April 30th 2012
MEDIA supports Lili Horvath‘s first feature THE WEDNESDAY CHILD!
Now we go full throttle into development - thanks a lot!