Director Lars Kraume knows a bit about the hidden corners of German history. His award-winning 2015 drama The People Vs. Fritz Bauer looked at the role played by the eponymous German Jewish state Attorney General in tracking down and bringing Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice. And his 2018 The Silent Revolution followed the true story of a group of grade 12 pupils in 1956 East Germany who defy the authority of their teachers and state authorities by staging a silent protest in solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
But until he visited Africa himself in the early 1990s, Kraume had never heard of the darkest chapters in German history: the massacre, between 1904 and 1908, of tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people by officials and soldiers of the German colonial empire in what is now Namibia. The killings of the Herero (now often known as the Ovaherero) and Nama is widely...
But until he visited Africa himself in the early 1990s, Kraume had never heard of the darkest chapters in German history: the massacre, between 1904 and 1908, of tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people by officials and soldiers of the German colonial empire in what is now Namibia. The killings of the Herero (now often known as the Ovaherero) and Nama is widely...
- 3/24/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 23rd edition of European Film Promotion's (Efp) long-established Producers on the Move networking program, held during Festival de Cannes is again inviting 20 up-and-coming young producers from all over Europe as participants in 2022. Germany will be represented by Alexander Wadouh (Chromosom Film) who was nominated by Efp member German Films.
Alexander Wadouh has been working in the film industry since 1999. A graduate of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), he worked for the production company Essential Film (Women Without Men, You the Living, Dau) as well as for the French sales company Coproduction Office. In 2006, he founded his Berlin-based company Chromosom Film to develop and produce national and international feature films in the field of fiction and documentary with a political ethos and zeitgeist, and has since expanded into the production of high-end series. He has received numerous awards for his films. Wadouh is a graduate of Ace and Eave as well as being a member of the German Film Academy and European Film Academy. He has also been active as a distributor with Across Nations since 2020.
Alexander Wadouh on his nomination: "I am very happy to be able to be part of this year’s edition of Producers on the Move, the more so because Europe must grow even closer together so as to guarantee peace and freedom in the long term. That also includes being able to say and show everything in the spirit of cultural freedom without facing the danger of state repression. We can really achieve this through constant exchange and collaboration across national borders. I’m pleased that I can become part of a larger network of people who are moved and driven by similar things, who see their surroundings in a critical light and tell stories about the world."
Selected films of Alexander Wadouth include
Time of the Monsters
in financing, 2024
by Florian Hoffmann
Germany, France, Switzerland, Ghana
What YouCall Love
in financing, 2023
by Luzie Loose
Germany, France, Japan
The Wolves Always Come at Night
in financing, 2022
by Gabrielle Brady
Germany, Australia, Mongolia
Borga 2021
by York-Fabian Raabe
Germany, Ghana
trailer
Whispers of War 2021
by Florian Hoffmann
Germany
trailer
A Coffee in Berlin 2012
by Jan-Ole Gerster
Germany
Germany is also represented in the festival with one solo production and seven coproductions:
Cannes Ff Special Screenings will show The Vagabonds (eligible for Camera d’Or)directed by Doroteya Droumeva of Germany.
Berlin based producer Sol Bondy has Cannes Competition title Holy Spider directed by Iranian born Ali Abbasi, a coproductio of France, Germany, Sweden, snd Denmark. In Holy Spider, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest — to “cleanse” the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes. After murdering several women, he grows ever more desperate about the lack of public interest in his divine mission.
Ace producer Janine Jakowski is among the producers of Austria, France, Germany, and Luxembourg responsible Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer which is showing in Un Certain Regard. This story of Sisi (Elizabeth) Empress of Austsria, wife of Franz Joseph who tries to keep her cult of beauty alive after she turns 40 (and old) is being sold by MK2. Already in place as distributors are Austria: Panda Lichtspiele, Germany: Alamode, Hungary: Circo, and Italy: Bim.
More Than Ever/ Plus que jamais directed by German director Emily Atef is a coproduciton of Germany, France, Luxembourg, and Norway. The story is about Hélène and Mathieu who have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and test the strength of their love. The Match Factory has already placed the film in France with Jour2Fête, Germany with Pandora, and in Norway with Mer.
Directors’ Fortnight film Scarlet/ L’Envol directed by Pietro Marcello is a copro of France, Germany, Italy, and Russia.
Directors’ Fortnight film A Male/ Un varón directed by Fabian Hernández of Colombia is a copro of France, Germany, Netherlands and Colombia.
Critics’ Week Competition film The Woodcutter Story/ Metsurin tarina directed by Mikko Myllylahti is a coproduction of Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, and Germany.
Directors’ Fortnight One Fine Morning/ Un beau matin directed by Mia Hansen-Løve, produced by Razor Film Produktion GmbH, Germany, Arte France Cinéma, Mubi. Internationa sales by Les Films du Losange to Weltkino Filmverleih (Germany), Alambique Filmes (Portugal), Andrews Film (Taiwan), Challan (Korea), Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie (Belgium), Elastica (Spain), Palace Films (Australia and New Zealand) (all media), Weird Wave (Greece).
Directors’ Fortnight The Dam/ السد directed by Ali Cherri of Sudan is a copro of Germany, France, Serbia, and Sudan being sold by Indie Sales. The drama is set against the backdrop of the 2018 Sudanese revolution, near the Merowe Dam in the north of the country and revolves around a man who works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation slowly starts to take on a life of its own.Cherri’s short films The Disquiet (2013) and The Digger (2015) played at a number of festivals including Berlinale, Toronto, and Rotterdam. He is also a celebrated artist. He is currently an artist in residence at the UK’s National Gallery in London, where his show If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? is running until June 12. He is also participating in the Venice Biennale this year and his work has been shown at the Guggenheim, British Museum and Centre Pompidou.
To return to Producers on the Move:
This year will again see the Producers on the Move platform offering its participants a tailor-made program to support the exchange among European producers and give them the opportunity to create new networks and thus foster international co-productions. Online 1:1 speed dating as well as roundtables and pitching sessions will be held ahead of the festival until 5 May, 2022. Producers from 20 different countries will then meet in person at the Festival de Cannes from 19 to 23 May, 2022 to take part in an exclusive programme which will include case studies of successful projects, social events, an extensive publicity campaign by the international trade magazines, and various opportunities for transnational discussions. Each year sees the programme resulting in a number of international co-productions between the participants or with partners they have come into contact with during the project.
Producers on the Move is supported by the Creative Europe - Media Programme of the European Union, as well as the Efp member organizations, including German Films.
Please click here for more information about Producers on the Move 2022.
Alexander Wadouh has been working in the film industry since 1999. A graduate of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), he worked for the production company Essential Film (Women Without Men, You the Living, Dau) as well as for the French sales company Coproduction Office. In 2006, he founded his Berlin-based company Chromosom Film to develop and produce national and international feature films in the field of fiction and documentary with a political ethos and zeitgeist, and has since expanded into the production of high-end series. He has received numerous awards for his films. Wadouh is a graduate of Ace and Eave as well as being a member of the German Film Academy and European Film Academy. He has also been active as a distributor with Across Nations since 2020.
Alexander Wadouh on his nomination: "I am very happy to be able to be part of this year’s edition of Producers on the Move, the more so because Europe must grow even closer together so as to guarantee peace and freedom in the long term. That also includes being able to say and show everything in the spirit of cultural freedom without facing the danger of state repression. We can really achieve this through constant exchange and collaboration across national borders. I’m pleased that I can become part of a larger network of people who are moved and driven by similar things, who see their surroundings in a critical light and tell stories about the world."
Selected films of Alexander Wadouth include
Time of the Monsters
in financing, 2024
by Florian Hoffmann
Germany, France, Switzerland, Ghana
What YouCall Love
in financing, 2023
by Luzie Loose
Germany, France, Japan
The Wolves Always Come at Night
in financing, 2022
by Gabrielle Brady
Germany, Australia, Mongolia
Borga 2021
by York-Fabian Raabe
Germany, Ghana
trailer
Whispers of War 2021
by Florian Hoffmann
Germany
trailer
A Coffee in Berlin 2012
by Jan-Ole Gerster
Germany
Germany is also represented in the festival with one solo production and seven coproductions:
Cannes Ff Special Screenings will show The Vagabonds (eligible for Camera d’Or)directed by Doroteya Droumeva of Germany.
Berlin based producer Sol Bondy has Cannes Competition title Holy Spider directed by Iranian born Ali Abbasi, a coproductio of France, Germany, Sweden, snd Denmark. In Holy Spider, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest — to “cleanse” the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes. After murdering several women, he grows ever more desperate about the lack of public interest in his divine mission.
Ace producer Janine Jakowski is among the producers of Austria, France, Germany, and Luxembourg responsible Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer which is showing in Un Certain Regard. This story of Sisi (Elizabeth) Empress of Austsria, wife of Franz Joseph who tries to keep her cult of beauty alive after she turns 40 (and old) is being sold by MK2. Already in place as distributors are Austria: Panda Lichtspiele, Germany: Alamode, Hungary: Circo, and Italy: Bim.
More Than Ever/ Plus que jamais directed by German director Emily Atef is a coproduciton of Germany, France, Luxembourg, and Norway. The story is about Hélène and Mathieu who have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and test the strength of their love. The Match Factory has already placed the film in France with Jour2Fête, Germany with Pandora, and in Norway with Mer.
Directors’ Fortnight film Scarlet/ L’Envol directed by Pietro Marcello is a copro of France, Germany, Italy, and Russia.
Directors’ Fortnight film A Male/ Un varón directed by Fabian Hernández of Colombia is a copro of France, Germany, Netherlands and Colombia.
Critics’ Week Competition film The Woodcutter Story/ Metsurin tarina directed by Mikko Myllylahti is a coproduction of Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, and Germany.
Directors’ Fortnight One Fine Morning/ Un beau matin directed by Mia Hansen-Løve, produced by Razor Film Produktion GmbH, Germany, Arte France Cinéma, Mubi. Internationa sales by Les Films du Losange to Weltkino Filmverleih (Germany), Alambique Filmes (Portugal), Andrews Film (Taiwan), Challan (Korea), Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie (Belgium), Elastica (Spain), Palace Films (Australia and New Zealand) (all media), Weird Wave (Greece).
Directors’ Fortnight The Dam/ السد directed by Ali Cherri of Sudan is a copro of Germany, France, Serbia, and Sudan being sold by Indie Sales. The drama is set against the backdrop of the 2018 Sudanese revolution, near the Merowe Dam in the north of the country and revolves around a man who works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation slowly starts to take on a life of its own.Cherri’s short films The Disquiet (2013) and The Digger (2015) played at a number of festivals including Berlinale, Toronto, and Rotterdam. He is also a celebrated artist. He is currently an artist in residence at the UK’s National Gallery in London, where his show If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? is running until June 12. He is also participating in the Venice Biennale this year and his work has been shown at the Guggenheim, British Museum and Centre Pompidou.
To return to Producers on the Move:
This year will again see the Producers on the Move platform offering its participants a tailor-made program to support the exchange among European producers and give them the opportunity to create new networks and thus foster international co-productions. Online 1:1 speed dating as well as roundtables and pitching sessions will be held ahead of the festival until 5 May, 2022. Producers from 20 different countries will then meet in person at the Festival de Cannes from 19 to 23 May, 2022 to take part in an exclusive programme which will include case studies of successful projects, social events, an extensive publicity campaign by the international trade magazines, and various opportunities for transnational discussions. Each year sees the programme resulting in a number of international co-productions between the participants or with partners they have come into contact with during the project.
Producers on the Move is supported by the Creative Europe - Media Programme of the European Union, as well as the Efp member organizations, including German Films.
Please click here for more information about Producers on the Move 2022.
- 5/8/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Upcoming features from Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria and Swiss-Rwandan director Philibert Aimé Mbabazi
New projects from Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria and Swiss-Rwandan director Philibert Aimé Mbabazi are among nine projects selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development initiative this year.
The initiative is an integral part of Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand and is aimed at encouraging co-productions between Switzerland and France, Germany and Italy.
Each participating territory presents two to three projects.
The shortlist was selected from a record 75 submissions this year. “We were delighted with the quality and the sheer number of entries received,...
New projects from Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria and Swiss-Rwandan director Philibert Aimé Mbabazi are among nine projects selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development initiative this year.
The initiative is an integral part of Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand and is aimed at encouraging co-productions between Switzerland and France, Germany and Italy.
Each participating territory presents two to three projects.
The shortlist was selected from a record 75 submissions this year. “We were delighted with the quality and the sheer number of entries received,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Tallinn Black Nights Festival Unveils Selection for Cannes Market’s Pix-in-Post Showcase (Exclusive)
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will be heading to the Croisette for the first time to take part in the annual Goes to Cannes event, the Cannes Film Market’s pix-in-post industry showcase. Variety can reveal the five films that are slated to take part.
“We’re very excited to bring our wolf pack to Cannes and the Marché du Film this summer,” said Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival director Tiina Lokk. “Our whole team is delighted that such a talented selection of international filmmakers have chosen to join our showcase and join our pack, with projects from as far afield as Georgia and Belgium, alongside films from our own backyard. We can’t wait to let them out into the wild.”
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Baltic festival, and the 20th anniversary of its industry strand, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event. Lokk said the festival’s...
“We’re very excited to bring our wolf pack to Cannes and the Marché du Film this summer,” said Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival director Tiina Lokk. “Our whole team is delighted that such a talented selection of international filmmakers have chosen to join our showcase and join our pack, with projects from as far afield as Georgia and Belgium, alongside films from our own backyard. We can’t wait to let them out into the wild.”
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Baltic festival, and the 20th anniversary of its industry strand, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event. Lokk said the festival’s...
- 5/28/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The event was held at Cineova cinema in Cologne, Germany.
Works-in-progress projects from Russia, Serbia and Ukraine were among the winners at the third edition of European Work in Progress (Ewip), held at the Cinenova cinema in Cologne, Germany from October 5-7.
An international jury composed of Triin Tramberg (Talinn Black Nights Festival), Leslie Chen (Blossoms Entertainment), Melanie Andernach (Made In Germany Filmproduktion) and Sebastian Lückel (Ard Degeto) chose six winners from the 28 selected projects which had been pitched to sales agents and distributors on Monday and Tuesday.
Arri Media’s award of €5,000 worth of colour grading services went to...
Works-in-progress projects from Russia, Serbia and Ukraine were among the winners at the third edition of European Work in Progress (Ewip), held at the Cinenova cinema in Cologne, Germany from October 5-7.
An international jury composed of Triin Tramberg (Talinn Black Nights Festival), Leslie Chen (Blossoms Entertainment), Melanie Andernach (Made In Germany Filmproduktion) and Sebastian Lückel (Ard Degeto) chose six winners from the 28 selected projects which had been pitched to sales agents and distributors on Monday and Tuesday.
Arri Media’s award of €5,000 worth of colour grading services went to...
- 10/7/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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