Filmfest München - News
Tuesday, 06.07.2010
2010 FILMFEST - A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Despite the World Cup and the outbreak of summer after weeks of rain, 65,000 people attended this year‘s FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Saturday, 03.07.2010
AUDIENCE AWARD GOES TO "MOUNTAIN BLOOD", "MAGIC TREE" AND "AMERICAN SLEEPOVER" WINS BEST INDIE
Two of the festival’s most promising directors have taken two of the most prestigious awards at Filmfest: Philipp J. Pamer and David Robert Mitchell.
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Saturday, 03.07.2010
"ONE FUTURE" FOR "WHITE SPACE"
The Interfilm Academy Munich ONE FUTURE PRIZE 2010 goes to LO SPAZIO BIANCO (THE WHITE SPACE) by Francesca Comencini, Italy 2009.
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Saturday, 03.07.2010
PHOTOS: MADS MANIA
A Viking in Bavaria: Mads Mikkelsen visits FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Saturday, 03.07.2010
SPEED CASTING WITH STAR DIRECTOR
It’s the dream of every actor. After years of struggling, you’re face to face with a top director and you have five minutes to convince him. Exactly that’s what happened at the first speed casting iniatated by ca:st magazine on Saturday morning at the festival center in Gasteig.
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Friday, 02.07.2010
ARRI-ZEISS, CINEVISION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
CineVision for QUATTRO VOLTE, ARRI-Zeiss for MADEO.
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Friday, 02.07.2010
"CARLOS" TO PREMIERE AT MUNICH
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Friday, 02.07.2010
PHOTOS: RIVER RAFTING
Once again this year, festival director Andreas Ströhl invited the visiting guest on a tarditional Bavarian river rafting trip with sausage, pretzels and beer.
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Friday, 02.07.2010
PHOTOS: THURSDAY IMPRESSIONS
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Thursday, 01.07.2010
MAD ABOUT MADS
Ladies aflutter: The Blogosphere is twittering 'I Heart Mads' messages, heads are craning in the Gasteig to catch a glimpse of the Sexiest Man in Denmark. The question is: where can you see Mads Mikkelsen in Munich until Saturday?
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Thursday, 01.07.2010
TIN DRUM REUNION: THE PHOTOS
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Thursday, 01.07.2010
KICK IN IRAN: KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
German Premiere: Fatima Geza Abdollahyans
KICK IN IRAN enthusiastically received yesterday in CinemaxX.
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Wednesday, 30.06.2010
YOUNG GERMAN CINEMA AWARD GOES TO:
“THE LAST NICE DAY OF AUTUMN”, “TRANSIT” AND “THIS WILL BE THE LIFE”
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Monday, 28.06.2010
SCHLÖNDORFF AND ADORF TUMTHUMP "TIN DRUM"
German vets Volker Schlöndorff and Mario Adorf will present the world premiere of the Director's Cut of
THE TIN DRUM on Wednesday, June 30th.
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Monday, 28.06.2010
TIMOR: HOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T MATTER ANYMORE?
The secret genocide of East Timor is the subject of an edge-of-the-seat thriller by Australian director Robert Connolly in
BALIBO.
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Sunday, 27.06.2010
TV MOVIE AWARD FOR "KONGO"
Bernd Burgemeister TV Movie Award 2010 carrying a purse of €25 000 goes to teamWorx' KONGO, directed by Peter Keglevic.
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Sunday, 27.06.2010
SOUNDBITE: NATARANG
Filmmakers from around the world introduce their films on the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
YouTube channel. Today, the director and lead actress of NATARANG introduce their film.
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Sunday, 27.06.2010
OZON IN MUNICH
France's most handsome director, ex-model François Ozon, presented his latest film
LE REFUGE in Munich on Saturday, June 26th.
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Saturday, 26.06.2010
FILMFEST 2.0: IPHONE APP NOW AVILABLE!
There's an app for everything: Get the entire program of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2010 on your iPhone now!
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Saturday, 26.06.2010
MEET THE FILMMAKERS
441 filmmakers visit Munich this week to present their films, personally attending 251 of the screenings, kicking off with animation director Sinem Sakaoglu (
SAND MAN) at 2.30 p.m today.
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Wednesday, 23.06.2010
INDIE AWARDS CEREMONY ANNOUNCED
The new
American Indie Newcomer Prize will be presented on Saturday, July 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. in the Munich Filmmuseum.
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Tuesday, 22.06.2010
FILMFEST ENCOUNTER: INDIA EXPLAINED
Film powerhouse India is at the focus of this year's FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Festival director Andreas Ströhl and Indian film expert S.V. Raman will reveal some of the most interesting stories about the world's largest film producing country today, Tuesday, June 22nd, at 7.p.m in the Black Box of Munich's Gasteig.
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Monday, 21.06.2010
AND THE NOMINEES ARE...
The candidates for the Young German Cinema Prize and the Arri-Zeiss-Prize have been announced.
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Thursday, 17.06.2010
MAGAZINE AND TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
Starting today, the free filmfest magazine is out and can be obtained in the Gasteig festival center and around Munich. Also, the Gasteig box-office opens today.
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Thursday, 17.06.2010
FILMMAKERS LIVE – STARS UP CLOSE
Filmmakers telling stories and answering questions, that's what the podium discussions at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN are all about. This year for the first time, they are bundled into a 3 p.m. slot (German and French filmmakers) and a 10 p.m. slot (International) under the name FILMMAKERS LIVE.
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Wednesday, 16.06.2010
ALL-RIGHTS DEALS UNDER FIRE
German pubcasters increasingly are following the lead of private webs and offering talent all-rights buyouts instead of the individual royalty contracts of yore. A debate sponsored by German actors' guild IDS.
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Tuesday, 15.06.2010
FILMFEST ENCOUNTER: COUNTING DOWN
Ten more days until Germany’s biggest audience festival kicks off! On Wednesday, June 16th, festival director Andreas Ströhl will present this year’s program highlights in the Black Box of Munich’s Gasteig. Admission is free!
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Monday, 14.06.2010
MEET THE INDIES
The U.S. Consulate in Munich is sponsoring the
American Indie Newcomer Prize for the first time this year at the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN - awarded at 5:30 p.m. in the Filmmuseum.
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Friday, 11.06.2010
STARS IN MUNICH 2010
A host of famous names are expected in Munich alongside guests of honor Abbas Kiarostami, Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Seidl and Howard Shore.
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Thursday, 10.06.2010
CLEVELAND VERSUS WALL STREET
U.S. Banks Go on Trial in FILMFEST MÜNCHEN Closing Film on July 3rd.
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Wednesday, 09.06.2010
YO, TAMBIÉN – NORMAL IS EASY
Pablo Pineda is the first college graduate in Europe with Down Syndrome. His experiences provided the backdrop for the intensely moving opening film of the Munich fest – a love story, which Pineda stars in.
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Tuesday, 08.06.2010
MADS MIKKELSEN: SEXIEST MAN IN DENMARK
VALHALLA RISING and THE DOOR at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Tuesday, 08.06.2010
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: PEOPLE IN CARS
The grand master of Persian cinema turns 70 this month, receives the CineMerit Award and shows his Cannes entry CERTIFIED COPY in Munich.
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Monday, 07.06.2010
KIAROSTAMI, MIKKELSEN AT MUNICH 2010
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN today announced its guests of honor, the opening and closing films, as well as the complete
program.
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Friday, 04.06.2010
THE ENTIRE PROGRAM ONLINE MONDAY!
The complete program of the 28th Munich Filmfest will go online on Monday, June 7th. Get a head start on your festival schedule here...!
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Thursday, 03.06.2010
"UNCLE BOONMEE" TO VISIT MUNICH
The Thai Palme d'Or winner will hold its German premiere at Munich Filmfest along with 14 other Asian films in the
Focus Far East section.
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Thursday, 03.06.2010
FILMFEST ENCOUNTER: THE WIDE WORLD OF FILM
Meet the Filmfest, Part 3: on Wednesday, June 2nd, two of the festival's leading film experts shared their knowledge of current world cinema in the Munich Gasteig.
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Monday, 31.05.2010
SOUTH OF SUNDANCE
Latin America celebrates its independence – so do its filmmakers.
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Friday, 28.05.2010
THE ALTERNATIVE-RADIO FILMFEST PARTY
Every year FILMFEST MÜNCHEN stages its hippest public party in co-operation with youth radio format Zündfunk.
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Wednesday, 26.05.2010
STARING STRAIGHT INTO HELL: ULRICH SEIDL RETROSPECTIVE
This year’s retrospective and guest of honor at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is controversial Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, winner of the Gold Lion at Venice 2001 – the first complete show of his incisive and provocative work ever.
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Tuesday, 25.05.2010
FACES BEHIND THE FEST: FRESH FROM CANNES
On Wednesday, May 26th, festival chief Andreas Ströhl and programmer Christoph Gröner (Int’l Program) spoke about the Munich Filmfest and the worldwide festival landscape. Coming straight off the plane from the Côte d’Azur, the two professional cinephiles shared their film-buff enthusiasm with the audience.
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Friday, 21.05.2010
FACES BEHIND THE FEST: THE GERMAN FILMS
This year, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN offers fans advance insight into the upcoming fest with a series of talks by the programmers of each section. The FILMFEST ENCOUNTER series kicked off Thursday, May 20th at 7 p.m. in the Black Box of Munich's Gasteig center with a focus on the new German films.
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Monday, 17.05.2010
MAGICAL WEST, REALIST EAST: KIDS' FILMS 2010
While the adults don’t show up until the afternoon or evening, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN’s most avid fans throng the Gasteig festival center starting at 9 a.m. for the KINDERFILMFEST, showcasing the best in children’s fare from around the globe.
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Wednesday, 12.05.2010
ROCKING THE ELEPHANT: THE ENVELOPE PLEASE
The nominees for the "White Elephant" kidpic award have been announced, which will be presented June 27th as part of Munich Filmfest.
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Tuesday, 11.05.2010
REVOLT OF THE YOUNG: GERMAN TV MOVIES 2010
It has been a turbulent time for German TV production ever since NDR producer Doris Heinze was fired last year for secretly buying her own scripts under assumed names. The blatant corruption at the pubweb cast a harsh light on the state of German fee-financed TV production, which often seems mired in mediocrity and melodrama when contrasted with edgier US and UK formats.
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Monday, 10.05.2010
IMAGINING INDIA: INTERVIEW WITH FEST HEAD STRÖHL
The growing Indian Middle Class has its own world view, and its own cinema to match: combining familiar elements of Bollywood romance, noir crime and reflective social dramas in a new, broad-based narrative that seeks to appeal to a large audience commercially while blazing new trails artistically.
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Thursday, 06.05.2010
THREE PROS ON GERMAN FILM JURY
The jury members for the Young German Cinema Prize at the 2010 Munich Filmfest have been announced.
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Wednesday, 05.05.2010
NEW SCORE AWARD FOR "LORD OF THE RINGS" COMPOSER
A new composer's award will be presented at the Munich Filmfest for the first time 2010.
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Monday, 03.05.2010
THE FILMFEST PROGRAMMERS LIVE
Want to take a look behind the scenes of the filmfest? Find out in advance what films will be on this year? Discuss current trends in local and international film production?
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Tuesday, 07.07.2009
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN SETS NEW RECORD
With more than eleven thousand movie goers than last year, the 2009 FILMFEST MÜNCHEN was the most successful to date.
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Saturday, 04.07.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE VI
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Friday, 03.07.2009
FILMFEST IMPRESSIONEN IV
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Friday, 03.07.2009
THE CLOSING NIGHT FILM: THE MISFORTUNATES
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Friday, 03.07.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE V
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Friday, 03.07.2009
Michael Haneke in Munich
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
THE ITALIANS ARE HERE!
Filmmakers Live- New Italian Cinema: Antonio Merone (ONE DAY IN A LIFE), Federico Bondi (BLACK SEA), Andrea Zambelli (FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER)
Today at 5pm in Gasteig
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
GET CONNECTED
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE IV
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
BERNHARD WICKI-FILMPREIS ''DIE BRÜCKE''
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
ANDREAS STRÖHL MEETS THE JOKER
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
DIRECTOR CARLOS SERRANO AZCONA AT THE FILMFEST
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
INTERFILM ACADEMY MUNICH: ONE FUTURE AWARD 2009
The
One Future Award 2009, donated by the
Interfilm Academy Munich, goes to the Italian director Marco Pontecorvo for his film
PA-RA-DA (The Clown).
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Thursday, 02.07.2009
HIGHLIFE AT GASTEIG
The closing night party at Filmfest München 2009 will be held on Saturday, July 4 at 8pm in the courtyard at Gasteig. Admission is free and everyone is invited. Ten musicians from Ghana will play "Burger Highlife" until …?
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Wednesday, 01.07.2009
FILMFEST IMPRESSIONEN III
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Wednesday, 01.07.2009
"WE UNDERSTAND THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE CANDIDATES"
Filmfest Director Ströhl on the discussion about ''Young German Cinema Award'' controversy
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Wednesday, 01.07.2009
The SHOCKING SHORTS AWARD 2009 from 13TH STREET goes to JULIA ZIMANOFSKY
Mario Adorf presented the young director the 13TH STREET short film award
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Tuesday, 30.06.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE III
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Tuesday, 30.06.2009
FILMFEST IMPRESSIONS II
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Tuesday, 30.06.2009
SYMPOSIUM AT THE PRACTICE OF NÖRR STIEFENHOFER LUTZ
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Tuesday, 30.06.2009
INDIE-PARTY
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Tuesday, 30.06.2009
THE ITALIANS ARE HERE!
Munich, ‘Italy’s northernmost city’, is proud to welcome three Italian directors who will be here at Filmfest München to present and talk about their films.
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Monday, 29.06.2009
BEST NEW BRITISH FILM IN MUNICH
Young Britsih director Duncan Jones has arrived in Munich from Edinburgh where his debut film MOON was just named Best New British Film. MOON, a suspenseful sci-fi thriller is having it German premiere at Filmfest München.
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Monday, 29.06.2009
FILMFEST IMPRESSIONS
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Monday, 29.06.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE II
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Monday, 29.06.2009
CSU PANEL DISCUSSION AND RECEPTION AT THE BAVARIAN PARLIAMENT
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Sunday, 28.06.2009
FILMMAKERS LIVE I
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Sunday, 28.06.2009
GET CONNECTED
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Sunday, 28.06.2009
FROM CLASSICAL FILM-MAKE-UP TO SPECIAL-EFFECTS
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Sunday, 28.06.2009
WHITE ELEPHANT AWARD
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Sunday, 28.06.2009
PRODUCER OLIVER BERBEN WINS THE BERND BURGEMEISTER TV MOVIE AWARD
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Saturday, 27.06.2009
DAY 2 AT THE FESTIVAL
CROWDS AT THE FILMMAKERS LIVE TALK WITH TERRY GILLIAM AND CROWDS AT THE BOX OFFICES
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Saturday, 27.06.2009
IN A JET FROM THE SET – THE ITALIANS ARE COMING!
Two Italian directors will be here to present their films to Munich audiences on Saturday: Marco Pontecorvo and PA-RA-DA, Paolo Virzì and TUTTA LA VITA DAVANTI.
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Saturday, 27.06.2009
IRAN – FILMS FROM A TROUBLED LAND
The events in Iran are a shock to the world. For decades, Iran has been the home of many of the world’s most creative and poetic filmmakers who very often have had to use metaphors to express themselves and avoid political repercussions.
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Saturday, 27.06.2009
KINDERFILMFEST OPENS WITH FRIENDS-FOREVER WORLD PREMIERE
The Kinderfilmfest gets off to a roaring start with FRIENDS-FOREVER
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Friday, 26.06.2009
Pictures of the Opening Night
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS opened the 2009 Filmfest München at the Mathäser Filmpalast
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Friday, 26.06.2009
AFRICA! AFRICA!
Africa makes up 22% of the Earth’s land mass. A small part of that continent is represented at this year’s Filmfest - three exciting feature films and three fascinating documentaries.
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Thursday, 25.06.2009
SCHROEDER IN MUNICH
He was nominated for Best Director at the Oscars for REVERSAL OF FORTUNE.
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Wednesday, 24.06.2009
THE ACTORS WILL COME TOO
How far can people go for their political ideals?
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Tuesday, 23.06.2009
SOME LIKE IT WET
His film THE REUNION screened at Filmfest München in 2002. Now Swedish director Mans Herngren is back with THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE, a comedy about midlife crisis-aged men in a floorball team who go for gold as the Swedish national team in the world synchronized swimming championship.
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Thursday, 04.06.2009
The 2009 Festival Program
The line-up of the 27th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is complete. From June 26 to the 4th of July, Germany largest summer film festival will be screening over 200 films on 15 screens. Almost all of them are German premieres, many are world premieres. “We’re screening the best new films in world”, Festival Director Andreas Ströhl is proud to admit, “Our program, with its many highlights and discoveries, reminds us of how much fun movies can be. You won’t be bored, we can guarantee that.”
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Friday, 15.05.2009
A pig, a mouse and a rooster open KINDERFILMFEST
FRIENDS - FOREVER world premieres at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Tuesday, 28.04.2009
2009 Retrospective: Stephen Frears
British Cult Director Coming to Filmfest München
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Monday, 06.04.2009
Wouter Barendrecht, R.I.P.
Filmfest München mourns the passing of jury member Wouter Barendrecht.
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Thursday, 25.09.2008
From Filmfest to Film Awards
The best European films of the year will be announced later this year in Copenhagen. We’re very proud that many of the films up for nomination premiered in Germany at the 2008 FILMFEST MÜNCHEN this past summer.
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Wednesday, 02.07.2008
After the Fest: Party!
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Wednesday, 02.07.2008
Last day of the Festival
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Wednesday, 02.07.2008
Botero in Munich
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Saturday, 28.06.2008
Award ceremonies
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Saturday, 28.06.2008
Events
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Friday, 27.06.2008
Award Winners of the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Friday, 27.06.2008
Alexandra Maria Lara in Munich
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Friday, 27.06.2008
Julie Christie in Munich
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Friday, 27.06.2008
Events at 26th June
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Friday, 27.06.2008
"Bernhard Wicki Filmpreis - Die Brücke"
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Friday, 27.06.2008
Big FILMFEST MÜNCHEN Closing Night Bash at Gasteig
There will be photo session with the director of the closing night film, BOTERO by Peter Schamoni and the Columbian artist Fernando Botero on Saturday, June 28 in the atrium of the Bayerische Hof Hotel at 6:30 pm.
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
GOGOL BORDELLO NON-STOP and Cultureclubbing
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
Meet CineMerit Winner Julie Christie
Tomorrow, Friday, June 27, renowned actress Julie Christie will meet the press and the public at 3 pm in the Black Box (Gasteig).
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
Events at 25th June - 1
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
Events at 25th June - 2
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
Cold Water Rafting
Festival Director Andreas Ströhl invited visiting filmmakers for the traditional raft ride. Fun in the sun, lots of beer and leberkäse was had by all, and HONEYDRIPPER star Gary Clark Jr. played guitar.
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Thursday, 26.06.2008
Indie-Party
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Wednesday, 25.06.2008
Events at 24th June - 2
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Wednesday, 25.06.2008
Events
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Tuesday, 24.06.2008
Young German Cinema Award Ceremony
The HypoVereinsbank, Bavaria Film and Bavarian Broadcasting will be holding the award ceremony in the HVB Forum (Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 1) at 7 pm.
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Tuesday, 24.06.2008
Abel Ferrara at the Filmfest
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Tuesday, 24.06.2008
Festival guests
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Tuesday, 24.06.2008
Events
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Monday, 23.06.2008
ROOSTER’S BREAKFAST by Marko Nabersnik is one of 14 foreign films at Filmfest München to be nominated for the CineVision Award (and €12,000) presented by the DZ BANK.
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Monday, 23.06.2008
Award for the best Childrens Movie - "The White Elephant"
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Monday, 23.06.2008
Festival guests
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Monday, 23.06.2008
VFF-TV Movie-Award
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Monday, 23.06.2008
Tribute to Herbert Achternbusch
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Sunday, 22.06.2008
World Premiere of LONGNOSE THE DWARF
LONGNOSE THE DWARF kicked off this year’s Kinderfilmfest.
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Sunday, 22.06.2008
Open Air
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Sunday, 22.06.2008
Festival guests
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Sunday, 22.06.2008
Alexander Kluge Matinee and meet Abel Ferrara
Legendary German filmmaker and revolutionary television producer Alexander Kluge is back at Filmfest again this year.
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Sunday, 22.06.2008
Julia Ormond in Muinch
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Saturday, 21.06.2008
TV-MOVIE AWARD - Meet Herbert Achternbusch in the Black Box
Three TV movies screening at the 26th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN are nominated for the TV Movie Award (€25,000):
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Saturday, 21.06.2008
Impressions 2
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Saturday, 21.06.2008
Impressions 3
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Saturday, 21.06.2008
Impressions 1
Laurent Cantet's THE CLASS was the opening film of the 26th Munich Filmfest.
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Saturday, 21.06.2008
Klaus Kirschner - In Memoriam
In May 2005, our friend and colleague, Klaus Kirschner, died far too early at the age of 55.
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Wednesday, 18.06.2008
New films from China
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Tuesday, 17.06.2008
Danish Dynamite at the Filmfest
Danish cinema this year is surprisingly diverse - as demonstrated by the five pictures screening at the festival this year.
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Wednesday, 11.06.2008
Interfilm-Akademie Honors Michael Verhoeven
The Interfilm-Akademie is awarding director Michael Verhoeven an honorary One Future Prize for lifetime achievement at this year’s FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.
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Friday, 23.05.2008
CineMerit Award for Julie Christie
Julie Christie, the "most poetic of all actresses" (Al Pacino), will be in Munich to accept this year’s CineMerit Award from FILMFEST MÜNCHEN for her extraordinary contributions to motion pictures.
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Friday, 16.05.2008
OFF TO FILMFEST MÜNCHEN!
“I shit my films into the snow, one after the other. You can follow me by my trail of piles. The last pile is me.” This quote of Herbert Achternbusch’s is an indication of what festival director Andreas Ströhl means when he says:
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Thursday, 08.05.2008
Munich Goes Las Vegas
This year’s Open Air movies take you to “Fabulous Las Vegas" without having to miss anything at Filmfest München.
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To find out how you can take part in this year's FILMFEST MÜNCHEN and attract the industry's attention...
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