Filmfest Hamburg: Douglas Sirk Award goes to Fatih Akin
This year Filmfest Hamburg (Sept. 25-Oct. 4) will honor Hamburg-based film director Fatih Akin with the Douglas Sirk Award. “By presenting the Douglas Sirk Award...
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Munich Film Festival
Nobody needs an excuse to go to Munich in the summertime. The city’s gracious architecture and “Southern” temperament – not to mention its beer gardens — all...
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Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten
Rico (Anton Petzold) is a self-proclaimed „deeply-gifted child.“ Not highly gifted, mind you, but „deeply.“ He made up the word himself, because words sometimes just...
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Hamburg International Short Film Festival
For the 30th time, Hamburg is hosting its funky, creative short film festival, and about 14,000 visitors are expected to view the 400 or so movies organized around...
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Charlie Chaplin’s Swiss Home to Become a Museum
Three of Charlie Chaplin’s eight children have announced their partnership in a new museum, “Chaplin’s World,” located in an 18th-century...
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Hearkening Back to the World of Yesterday with Stefan Zweig (and Wes Anderson)
Conflict resolution is on many Europeans’ minds these days. May 9 was Victory Day, marking 69 years since the end of World War II. On August 1, it will have been 100...
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