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The Dawn of a New Cinema in Braunschweig - Members of filmfest have established the UNIVERSUM Kinobetriebs GmbH

From the summer of 2009, after two years of meticulous planning, an arthouse cinema will open, offering local audiences quality viewing all year round. Located right in the middle of town (Neuen Straße 8), the re-opened venue, on the premises of the former Universum cinema, will feature two spaces for watching films, and a café. This endeavour is the product of a newly established company, Universum Kinobetriebs GmbH, comprised of members of the organisation behind the International filmfest Braunschweig.

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Award ceremony at the 22nd Braunschweig International film festival

The Italian production "Concrete Romance" (Cemento armato) wins the audience award "The Heinrich" at the 22nd Braunschweig International film festival. Director Marco Martani’s absorbing drama which was presented as a German premiere recounts the story of an uneven duel between a young man and a gangster boss. The prize-money of € 10,000, sponsored by Volkswagen Financial Services AG is equally divided between the director and a German distributor who decides to bring the film to German screens (world distribution Visual Factory, UK).

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22nd Braunschweig International film festival announces programme

Opening with Petzold’s "Jerichow" – Eastwood’s "Changeling" as German premiere – European Actors Award for Bruno Ganz

165 events – screenings, two film concerts, one workshop, lectures and a photo exhibition – await visitors 22nd Braunschweig International film festival, taking place from November 4-9.

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Video game as a new dream factory?

Braunschweig International Film Festival confronts film and game

Under the title "Can a video game make you cry? Film and game – a confrontation" the 22nd Braunschweig International film festival (November 4-9) presents a series of events featuring the topic of emotionality in films and games. In presentations, lectures, a retrospective and a workshop, media scientists, artists and experts from the game industry will investigate the diffenrences and common grounds of movies and computer games.

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Braunschweig International film festival announces "Heinrich" contenders

Competition for European Debut and Second Features awarded for the 10th time

Out of 60 European submissions, candidates for this years’ audience award "The Heinrich" have now been selected. The 10,000 Euros award for the best debut or second feature film will be presented at the Braunschweig Film Festival for the 10th time. The prize money, donated by the main festival sponsor Volkswagen Financial Services, is awarded to both the director and the distributor.

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Six debut and second features nominated for KINEMA competition

At the 22nd Braunschweig International Film Festival (November 4-9, 2008) the French-German Youth Award KINEMA will be awarded for the second time.

Six debut and second feature films participate: three long feature films in French and three films in German language. A jury of five young adults from France and Germany will choose the winner who will be announced on November 9th at the closing ceremony in the Braunschweig State Theatre.

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Jury completed for short film-music prize "Leo"

Director Kerstin Ahlrichs, film critic Joerg Gerle, head of the editorial staff of Germany’s Second Television Channel’s music for television plays, Hans-Joerg Kohli, and Ulrich Wegenast of the "Festival of Animated Film" Stuttgart form the jury for the short film-music prize "Leo" presented at the 22. Braunschweig international film festival (November 4 – 9).

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Michael Nyman Guest in Brunswick

In their programme "Music and Film", Braunschweig International film festival (November 4th-9th, 2008) presents two concerts, one Music Master Class and a presentation of the works of British composer Michael Nyman.

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Schygulla bewitches Braunschweig

Hanna Schygulla was the star of 21st Braunschweig International Film Festival. She is the first laureate of the European Actors Award, "The Europa", donated by the filmfest’s main sponsor Volkswagen Bank. She will invest the 10.000 Euro prize money in a new camera, the acting icon said and announced to come back to Braunschweig when her new film is completed.

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French-German Cultural Council takes over patronage for Braunschweig’s "Kinema" youth prize

The French-German Cultural Council takes over patronage for the new "Kinema" youth prize which will be awarded for the first time at the 21st Braunschweig International film festival (November 6-11).

As general secretary Eva Hoffmann-Müller announced, the Council is very pleased with the development of the school cinema project "Kinema", since the French-German Cultural Council attributes a high significance to both a film education and the neighbour’s language.

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"Four Minutes" wins the "Heinrich"

The 20th International Film Festival Braunschweig audience award the "Heinrich" goes to German director Chris Kraus' film "Four Minutes". In the directors second feature film feverish pictures tell the story of an impossible relationship between two women in prison: the elderly piano teacher Traude Krüger who makes it her goal to re-transform the young murderess Jenny into the pianistic talent she once was...

The cast of "Four Minutes" includes Monica Bleibtreu, Richy Müller, Jasmin Tabatabai, Vadim Glowna and Nadja Uhl. The big discovery of the film however is the until-now unknown Hannah Herzsprung who performs in her debut film role, convincingl playing the aggressive and problematic Jenny.

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Back to Braunschweig - Matthias Müller and Christoph Girardet at the 20th International filmfest

The directors Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller will present a selection of their collective work at the 20th Braunschweig International film festival. In the 90s they studied together at the Braunschweig School of Visual Arts, in Professor Birgit Hein's film class and subsequently completed their "Meisterschülerstudium" (postgraduate study). Today they belong to the most exposed filmmakers and video artists of their generation.

Their film "Kristall" won the Canal Plus award at the Cannes Film Festival and the award for the Best Short film in the category "Semaine de la critique".

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filmfest presents "Mr. Silent Movie": Carl Davis

Carl Davis will be the star guest of the "Music & Film" section of the 20th. Braunschweig International Film Festival, which runs from 7th – 12th November. The filmfest will dedicate, as the first festival worldwide, an extensive section to the eclectic composer and conductor, including two silent film concerts, a Music Master Class and a selection of his most important films. read on...


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