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74th Berlin International Film Festival
The 74th annual Berlin International Film Festival, will take place between 15 and 25 February 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (, ; ; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Lupita Nyong'o, several accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award, and nominations for ... will serve as the Jury President for the main competition. Official Sections Berlinale Special Gala Panorama Forum The following films are selected for the Forum section: Generation Berlinale Classics Retrospective References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin International Film Festival, 74th 73 2024 film festivals 2024 festivals in Europe 2024 in Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Gets A Divorce
''Andrea Gets a Divorce'' (german: Andrea lässt sich scheiden) is an upcoming Austrian drama film directed by Josef Hader. The film starring Birgit Minichmayr tells the story of rural policewoman Andrea, who wants a divorce and become a detective inspector in the city, but gets involved in a hit-and-run after a birthday party her drunken husband runs out in front of her car. It was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 15 to 25 February 2024. Cast * Birgit Minichmayr as Andrea * Josef Hader as Franz * Thomas Schubert as Georg * Robert Stadlober as Walter * Thomas Stipsits as Andy * Branko Samarovski as Father Andrea * Marlene Hauser as Gerti * Margarethe Tiesel as Andy's mother * Norbert Friedrich Prammer as Gerhard * Michael Edlinger as Gertis Mann * Michael Pink as Udo Production The film co-financed by the Austrian Film Institute, Film Fund Vienna, Film Location Austria and State of Lower Austria, is the second fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Schamoni
Ulrich Schamoni (9 November 1939 – 9 March 1998) was a German film director, screenwriter, actor and media proprietor. Biography Schamoni began his career as an assistant director, among others for William Dieterle. He was a signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto in 1962. His first feature film, '' It'' (1966), won five German Film Awards. His 1967 film '' Next Year, Same Time'' won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. He was the brother of Peter Schamoni, also a film director and producer. Ulrich Schamoni died on the March 9, 1998 in Berlin as a result of a cancer illness and was buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf (Zehlendorf forest cemetery) is a cemetery located in Berlin's Nikolassee district. The cemetery occupies an area of 376,975 m2. An additional Italian war cemetery was created there in 1953. A number of notable people of Be ... in that city's Zehlendorf district. Selected filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch". Among his best known works are '' Trouble in Paradise'', ''Design for Living'', ''Ninotchka'', ''The Shop Around the Corner'', ''To Be or Not to Be'' and '' Heaven Can Wait''. In 1946, he received an Honorary Academy Award for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture. Early life Lubitsch was born in 1892 in Berlin, the son of Simon Lubitsch, a tailor, and Anna (née) Lindenstaedt. His family was Ashkenazi Jewish; his father was born in Grodno in the Russian Empire (now Belarus), and his mother was from Wriezen outside Berlin. He turned his back on his father's tailoring business to enter the theater, and by 1911 was a member of Max Reinhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920 Film)
''Kohlhiesels Töchter'' (English title: ''Kohlhiesel's Daughters'') is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Henny Porten, Emil Jannings and Jakob Tiedtke. It is an adaptation of the play '' Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' by Hanns Kräly, Lubitsch's frequent collaborator, who also worked on the film's screenplay. Three further film adaptations have been made of the work including a 1930 sound remake which also starred Porten.Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 372. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Synopsis In Bavaria, a sweet-natured young woman Gretel wants to get married but her father refuses to allow the match until her elder sister Liesel has married first. As Liesel is notorious for her bad-tempered personality, this is no easy challenge. Cast *Jakob Tiedtke as Mathias Kohlhiesel, Wirt des "Dorfkruges" *Henny Porten as Liesel, the older dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Lesage
Philippe Lesage is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec."Philippe Lesage explores his childhood fears in Les Démons" '''', October 25, 2015. Originally a maker, he moved into narrative feature filmmaking in the 2010s with the films ''Copenhague: A Love Story'', '' The Demons (Les Démons)'' and '' |
Gernot Wieland
Gernot Wieland is an emeritus professor at the University of British Columbia, who specializes in the Anglo-Saxon period, specifically glosses in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, relations between Anglo-Saxon scholars and their continental counterparts, and the Latin literature written by Anglo-Saxons. Wieland's 1983 ''The Latin Glosses on Arator and Prudentius'' established a typology of glosses. In 2017 Brepols Brepols is a Belgian publishing house. Once, it was one of the largest printing companies in the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout (Belgium). Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher. Formerly well known ... published a ''Festschrift'' in his honor, ''Teaching and Learning in Medieval Europe''. References External linksWieland's page at UBC {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieland, Gernot Living people Canadian medievalists German medievalists Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Anglo-Saxon studies scholars Year of birth missin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PS Vinothraj
P. S. Vinothraj (born 18 June 1988) is a Tamil film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the critically-acclaimed Tamil film, '' Pebbles'' (''Koozhangal'') which is also his debut film. ''Pebbles'' was screened at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam held in Netherlands on 4 February 2021, where it received the Tiger Award at the festival. It is the second Indian film to win this prestigious award. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Early life P. S. Vinothraj was born on 18 June 1988 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Vinothraj's father, Palani, died when Vinothraj was nine. He had to drop out of school and work in the flower markets of Madurai as a daily wage labourer carrying heavy bundles of flowers. He went to Tiruppur at the age of 14 to work there in one of the town's textile factories. He joined a tutorial college and studied there for a couple of years. Eventually, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adamant Girl
''The Adamant Girl'' (Tamil: ''Kottukkaali'') is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by P. S. Vinothraj. The film is produced by Sivakarthikeyan and Kalai Arasu under the SK Productions banner. The film starring Soori and Anna Ben, revolves around Meena, who loves a man from a lower caste but her family thinks she is possessed and the spell is cast out of her. The film was selected in the Forum section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 15 to 25 February 2024. Cast * Soori * Anna Ben as Meena Production On 10 March 2023 Sivakarthikeyan unveiled the first look of the film revealing star cast of Soori, Anna Ben, and director PS Vinothraj. Filming wrapped in May 2023. Release ''The Adamant Girl'' will have its world premiere in February 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival The 74th annual Berlin International Film Festival, will take place between 15 and 25 February 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Kenyan-Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meanwhile On Earth
''Meanwhile on Earth'' (french: Pendant ce temps sur terre) is an upcoming French science fiction drama film directed by Jérémy Clapin. The film starring Megan Northam as Elsa, revolves around an 'absent' hero, Franck, who disappeared during a space mission three years ago. His sister Elsa who was very close to him, find it difficult to continue her life, till one day she is contacted by an alien life form. It was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 15 to 25 February 2024. Cast * Megan Northam as Elsa * Catherine Salée as Annick * Sam Louwyck as Daniel * Roman Williams as Vincent * Sofia Lesaffre as Audrey * Nicolas Avinée as Augustin * Yoann Thibaut Mathias as Jordan * Arcadi Radeff as Luc * Yoan Germain Le mat as Franck * Sabine Timoteo as Sidonie * Dimitri Doré Production ''Meanwhile on Earth'', the second feature film and first fiction film of Jérémy Clapin, is produced by Marc du Pontavice for One World F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Fingscheidt
Nora Fingscheidt ( ) is a German director and screenwriter. She has been a participant of the film festival since 2011 for her short films, winning the prize in 2017 for ''Without This World'' (''Ohne diese Welt''). She became widely known for her critically acclaimed film ''System Crasher'', which premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019 and for which she won the Alfred Bauer Prize as well as other prizes. In 2020, her film also won eight awards at the German Film Awards, including for best picture, best screenplay and best director. She directed ''The Unforgivable'' featuring Sandra Bullock based on the 2009 series ''Unforgiven''. Biography Nora Fingscheidt attended schools in Braunschweig and Argentina. From 2008 to 2017, Fingscheidt studied scenic directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. Career Her short film ''Synkope'' was invited to the Max Ophüls Prize competition, was nominated for the German Short Film Prize in 2011 and received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outrun (film)
''The Outrun'' is an upcoming drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt and written by Fingscheidt and Amy Liptrot, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Liptrot. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, who also serves as a producer. Premise Rona, a young woman recently out of rehab for alcoholism, returns home to the Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. Cast * Saoirse Ronan as Rona * Paapa Essiedu * Stephen Dillane * Saskia Reeves Production In January 2022, it was announced Nora Fingscheidt would direct a film adaptation of Amy Liptrot's memoir '' The Outrun'', with Saoirse Ronan set to star and produce, and Fingscheidt and Liptrot writing the screenplay. Production commenced in Orkney in August 2022. Release StudioCanal is set to release the film in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria. Protagonist Pictures is overseeing worldwide sales for the film, with CAA Media Finance also selling North American rights. The film was sold to Filmcoopi and Cinewo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
