Berlin EFM Dailies Newsletter N°6

 

  The European Film Market (EFM) got off to a great start. For four days now in the Martin-Gropius-Bau with the Gropius Park and at the Marriott Hotel, the European Film Market(Feb 11–19, 2016) has been bustling with activity. The international platform for trading in film rights and audio-visual content within the scope of the largest public film festival in the world can report a rising number of visitors and exhibitors: over 8,500 accredited professi...

 

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Loic Magneron and his team celebrated 5 years of a great idea which became a great network for first time directors a wine party for the festival directors of his network and some visiting friends.! Eye on Films (EoF) is a support platform for the diffusion of first and second feature films which gathers numerous film professionals (festivals, distributors, exhibitors, media, institutions, VoD platforms) and which guarantees the circulation and exploitation of the films enrolled in the EoF labe...

 

The Courtyard of the Old Residency in Munich, Adolf Hitler, 1914.   This painting suggests military camouflage rather than quiet village life. Yes, Adolf Hitler, claimed to be a painter. And he produced hundreds of works and sold his paintings and postcards to try to earn a living during his Vienna years (1908–13). However, he was not successful.  In his autobiography Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler described how, in his youth, he wanted to become a professional artist, but hi...

 

Legendary rock ‘n’ roll icon and Golden Globe® Nominee Debbie Harry (Hairspray) will co-star in Osgood Perkins’ I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, joining Golden Globe® Winner Ruth Wilson (“The Affair,” Saving Mr. Banks), Academy Award® Nominee Bob Balaban (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom), and recent Sundance breakout Lucy Boynton (Sing Street, February). Netflix will be the exclusive streaming home of the thriller, which Perkin...

 

Lionsgate UK has acquired UK distribution rights to GHOST STORIES, based on the Olivier nominated supernatural stage production, co-written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman and set to star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit franchise, Captain America: Civil War, TV’s Fargo) and BAFTA award-winning and Rising Star nominee George MacKay (Pride, Sunshine on Leith, 11.22.63), with Andy Nyman reprising his role as Professor Goodman. Principal photography will start in September. The deal w...

 

  Beginning on the eve of the 1938 Nazi invasion of Austria, Exodus Shanghai retells the story of “the Schindler of China”, Dr. Feng Shan Ho (David Yu), a staff member of the Chinese Embassy in Vienna, who smuggled Jews out of the country, defying his superiors in Beijing. Over 13,000 Jews found sanctuary in Shanghai. In Hickox’s universe, Ho and his nephew Bruce also boast formidable martial arts skills and a penchant for ass-kicking. As scores of Nazi...

 

 

Highlights of the Press Conference for 24 WOCHEN (24 WEEKS) by Anne Zohra Berrached at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.  Anne Zohra Berrached (Director, Writer)  Carl Gerber (Writer)  ...

 

Highlights of the Press Conference from MAHANA (THE PATRIARCH) by Lee Tamahori at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.  Lee Tamahori (Director)        ...

 

Highlights from Press Conference L'avenir (Things to Come) by Mia Hansen-Løve at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.  Mia Hansen-Løve (Director, Writer)  and Isabelle Huppert ...