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Internationales Festival Der Filmhochschulen München
The Internationale Festival der Filmhochschulen München, also known as ''Filmschoolfest Munich'', is an international festival for young filmmakers. More than 3,500 films were screened at the festival so far. The latest festival was held in November 2023. The festival was established by Professor Wolfgang Längsfeld in 1981. It is held annually by the "Internationale Münchner Filmwochen GmbH", which is also responsible for Filmfest München each summer. Festival director is Diana Iljine (since 2011). Film schools from all over the world can submit student short films, where the submissions are evaluated by a jury then chosen to be shown during the festival. Each year, approximately 100 foreign students and professors have the opportunity to meet and enter into discussions, win awards, and share their experiences with each other. An independent jury under the lead of a jury president choose the winning films. Among the jury presidents have been filmmakers such as Götz Otto, Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music—are modeled after the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Festivals In Germany
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detlev Buck
Detlev Buck (; born 1 December 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and work Buck made his first short film, ', in 1982, and his first feature, '' Karniggels'', in 1991. He often makes cameo appearances in his work. He has appeared in a number of films; his most notable role was in Michael Haneke's '' The White Ribbon''. Selected filmography As director * 1984: ' * 1991: ' (with Bernd Michael Lade, Ingo Naujoks and Julia Jäger) * 1993: '' No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (with Joachim Król, Horst Krause and Sophie Rois) * 1996: '' Jailbirds'' (with Til Schweiger, Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch) * 1999: ' (with Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch) * 2000: ' (with Anke Engelke) * 2006: '' Tough Enough'' (with David Kross) * 2007: ' (Family film) * 2009: '' Same Same But Different'' (with Apinya Sakuljaroensuk and David Kross) * 2011: ' (with Matthias Schweighöfer and Alexandra Maria Lara) * 2012: ''Measuring the World'' (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maren Ade
Maren Ade (; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she runs the production company Komplizen Film. She is best known for her film '' Toni Erdmann'', which was nominated for an Academy Award. Early life and education Ade was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. As a teenager, she directed her first short films. In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich, Manohla Dargis (May 22, 2016)The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann' Savors Her Moment at Cannes''New York Times''. which she successfully completed in 2004. Career In 2001, Ade co-founded the film production company Komplizen Film together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF. It was with Komplizen Film that she produced her final st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Kaufmann
Rainer Kaufmann (born 6 June 1959) is a German film director. He directed more than thirty films including '' The Pharmacist'' and ', a film about human trafficking. Selected filmography *'' Dann eben mit Gewalt'' (1993, TV film) — (based on a novel by ) *' (1994, TV film) *''One of My Oldest Friends'' (1995) — (based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald) *'' Talk of the Town'' (1995) *'' The Pharmacist'' (1997) — (based on a novel by Ingrid Noll) *'' Long Hello and Short Goodbye'' (1999) — (screenplay by Jeff Vintar) *''Cold Is the Evening Breeze'' (2000) — (based on a novel by Ingrid Noll) *' (2004, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Justus Pfaue) *' (2005, TV film) *''Four Daughters'' (2006, TV film) — (based on a novel by Inger Alfvén) *'' Runaway Horse'' (2007) — (based on a novella by Martin Walser Martin Johannes Walser (; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for ''S� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus H
Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârlău Commune, Covasna County, Romania * Marcus, Illinois, an unincorporated community, United States * Marcus, Iowa, a city, United States * Marcus, South Dakota, an unincorporated community, United States * Marcus, Washington, a town, United States * Marcus Island, Japan, also known as Minami-Tori-shima * Mărcuș River, Romania * Marcus Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, United States Other uses * Markus, a beetle genus in family Cantharidae * ''Marcus'' (album), 2008 album by Marcus Miller * Marcus (comedian), finalist on ''Last Comic Standing'' season 6 * Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Marcus Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Marcus & Co., American jewelry retailer * Marcus by Goldman Sachs, an online bank * USS ''Marcus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sönke Wortmann
Sönke Wortmann (; 25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer. Biography Wortmann's father was a miner. After Wortmann's A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playing with Westfalia Herne and later SpVgg Erkenschwick in the German 3rd division. After three years he gave up the idea of becoming a professional football player. One semester he studied sociology before entering the University of Television and Film Munich to study film directing. After spending some time at the London Royal College of Art he finished his career successfully. While studying, he worked as a taxi driver and actor, for example in the TV series '' Die glückliche Familie''. His debut feature film '' Der bewegte Mann'' was released in 1994. It became one of the most successful German film of the post-war era. '' The Superwife'' (1996) was filmed, as he himself said, to prove that it is possible to make "a successful film o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Gallenberger
Florian Gallenberger (born 23 February 1972 in Munich) is a German film director and writer. His film ''Quiero ser (I want to be...)'' was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001. Career Gallenberger appeared in various roles in feature films, TV productions and theater plays from the age of five. From 1992 to 1999, he studied Direction at the University of Television and Film Munich. In 2001, he won the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards and an Oscar in the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film category for his short film ''Quiero ser (I want to be...), Quiero Ser'' which is set in Mexico. In 2004, he made his first feature-length film ''Shadows of Time'' starring Indian actors Tannishtha Chatterjee, Prashant Narayanan and Irrfan Khan. The romantic story, written by Gallenberger himself, was spread across 6 decades, beginning in pre-independent India in the 40s. Gallenberger set the film in Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Sverak
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Link
Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German TV and film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing critically acclaimed Beyond Silence, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and for directing '' Nowhere in Africa'', which won an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Life and work Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and then worked as an assistant director and script writer. Link's early work includes the short film ''Bunte Blumen'', from 1988. She was a co-director on the documentary film ''Das Glück zum Anfassen'' (1989). For Bavaria Film, she wrote two screenplays to the detective series ''Der Fahnder'' (''The Investigators''). Caroline Link grew up in a small town outside of Frankfurt, Germany in 1968. Despite her family giving her a strong moral compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is an English filmmaker and animator who created '' Wallace & Gromit'', '' Creature Comforts'', '' Chicken Run'', '' Shaun the Sheep'', and '' Early Man''. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and won four with '' Creature Comforts'' (1989), '' The Wrong Trousers'' (1993), '' A Close Shave'' (1995) and '' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' (2005). He has also received seven BAFTA Awards, including the BAFTA for Best Short Animation for '' A Matter of Loaf and Death'', which was believed to be the most-watched television programme in the United Kingdom in 2008. His 2000 film '' Chicken Run'' is the highest-grossing stop motion animated film. In 1985 Park joined Aardman Animations, based in Bristol, and for his work in animation he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Peter Blake to appear in a 2012 version of Blake's most famous artwork - the Beatles' '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
