The 67th Berlinale is the first major cinema showcase in Europe each year and presents nearly 400 productions from around the world. — Photo bonjourtristesse.net Viet Nam News BERLIN — Penelope Cruz, Hugh Jackman, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Gere and Robert Pattinson are among the high-wattage stars due on the red carpet at February’s Berlin film festival, organisers said Tuesday as they unveiled the line-up. The 67th Berlinale is the first major cinema showcase in Europe each year and presents nearly 400 productions from around the world. The 11-day event will kick off in the German capital February 9 with the world premiere of the French biopic "Django" about Gypsy-jazz great Django Reinhardt and his family’s persecution in Nazi-occupied Paris. Eighteen films will vie for the Golden Bear top prize, which last year went to harrowing Italian refugee documentary "Fire at Sea" from a jury led by Meryl Streep. This year Dutch director Paul Verhoeven ("Basic … [Read more...] about Star-packed Berlin film fest promises laughs in dark times
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German Film Fest offers 50 free screenings early next month
German Film Fest offers 50 free screenings early next month Kieu Giang By Kieu Giang in HCMC Audiences in Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, Hue, HCMC and Thai Nguyen can check out 10 popular German movies in 50 free screenings during the 5th German Film Fest from September 4 to 21. At the opening ceremonies in Hanoi, Hue, Danang and HCMC, the organizers will present two German filmmakers from Berlin, Constanze Knoche and Leis Bagdach of the drama movie Visitors (Vietnamese: Cuoc vieng tham bat ngo) to exchange with local audiences. This year’s films are about family ties and identity, about tolerance and desperation, but also about freedom, friendship and fantasy. This year’s event offers audiences a selection of film highlights by popular German directors and filmmakers who won prizes at international film festival. They are the drama Visitors (16+); the comedy Parents (12+); the drama/adventure Exit Marrakech (12+); the comedy Fack Ju Göhte (16+); the comedy 119 Minutes … [Read more...] about German Film Fest offers 50 free screenings early next month
German Film Fest to return to six major cities
The Goethe Institute's third annual film festival will be held this year in six major Vietnamese cities from September 6 to October 4. The last two festivals attracted roughly 30.000 viewers in total, the institute said. … [Read more...] about German Film Fest to return to six major cities
Asian vets to take on Hollywood greats at Berlin film fest
Asian movies will take pride of place this week at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, one of world cinema's top showcases, as new pictures by Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese make their red-carpet premieres. Hollywood stars will rub shoulders with Asian legends in the snowy German capital for the anniversary edition of the 11-day Berlinale, which will kick off Thursday with "Apart Together" by Wang Quan'an of China. German director Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man") will lead a seven-member jury including Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger, which will choose among 20 nominees for the coveted Golden and Silver Bear top prizes on February 20. "Apart Together" is a period drama about a soldier forced to flee Mao's forces for Taiwan in 1949 who reunites decades later with the love of his life. Japanese master Yoji Yamada, the maker of more than 80 films in his four-decade-long career, will bring down the curtain on the event with an out-of-competition screening of his latest picture, "About … [Read more...] about Asian vets to take on Hollywood greats at Berlin film fest
Stars spark over Berlin as annual film fest raises curtain
The 62nd Berlin film festival kicked off Thursday night as cold spell gripped the Europe. Within the cinema, however, the atmosphere was much warmer with the opening movie "Farewell My Queen" recalling the burning days of the French Revolution. The movie, by French director Benoit Jacquot and starring German-born actress Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, portrays the last couple of days at the Versailles palace before the 1789 revolution through the eyes of a servant of the Queen. Jacquot's film underlines a key theme of this year's festival-- people's life and love in an era of immense social and political change, drawing a parallel with current situations in the Middle East and the Occupy movement calling for economic equality and reforms on capitalism, said festival director Dieter Kosslick. The French drama will go along with other 17 movies, all of them being world premieres, to strive for the top award Golden Bear prize in the main competition of the festival over the … [Read more...] about Stars spark over Berlin as annual film fest raises curtain