Topic: Berlin (Germany)

Nazi thriller "The Debt" set in wrong period

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As a thriller, "The Debt" performs many if not all the right moves. The suspense builds nicely, the twists come as surprises and its key characters are vivid enough. Where the John Madden-directed film gets into trouble ...

Isabella Rossellini to head 2011 Berlin film jury

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the jury at the 2011 Berlin film festival, organizers said on Monday. The annual event, one of the world's top film festivals, runs from February 10-20 next year. "She (Rossellini) ...

Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival jury

Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the international jury at the 61st Berlin Film Festival from February 10-20, organisers said on Monday. "It's fantastic that Isabella Rossellini will be the president of the Berlinale Jury in 2011," said festival director ...
Actress Isabella Rossellini to head the jury at next year's Berlin film festivalActress Isabella Rossellini will lead the jury at the annual Berlin International Film Festival in February. Festival organizers announced the appointment on Monday. Festival director Dieter Kosslick described Rossellini as ...

Berlin film business booms in face of crisis

BABELSBERG, Germany (Reuters Life!) - Berlin's film business is booming, with low production costs, generous subsidies and cultural cachet attracting some of the world's top filmmakers scouring for funds in the wake of the crisis. Internationally acclaimed directors from Quentin Tarantino to ...

Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this week to 2,000 spectators at the Sarajevo film festival, where he had shopped around his script as an unknown three years before. "It was a dream ...

France demands release of Iranian filmmaker

France on Wednesday called on Iran to immediately release jailed filmmaker Jafar Panahi and allow him to take his seat as a member of the jury at the Cannes film festival. "He is one of the most eminent representatives of Iranian film ...
Berlin-winning director says new film highlights how Chinese civil war divided familiesBerlin film festival winner Wang Quanan says shooting his new movie, "Apart Together," made him appreciate the personal cost of China's civil war. The Chinese director's film had its Asian premiere ...
Germany calls for release of arrested Iranian film director Jafar PanahiGermany's foreign minister called Wednesday for the release of acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was arrested in Tehran this week. Panahi, who has supported his country's opposition, was arrested Monday and ...
Hong Kong rejoices over Berlin film prize, seeing renaissance in low-budget local storyHong Kong celebrated a rare foreign prize for one of its films Monday — a low-budget family drama set in the 1960s — a triumph viewed as a huge moral ...
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