‘Basterds’ brings in more German funds
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" has picked up more German cash, with local funding body MDM handing over 300,000 euros ($438,900) in production subsidies for the director's German shoot.
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Medienboard tabs films for funding
Regional German funding body Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has announced 1.8 million euros ($2.7 million) in subsidies for a total of 15 projects, with Rainer Matsutani's "Rox!" and Detlev Buck's "Wohin Du auch gehst" getting 300,000 euros ($440,000) and 200,000 euros ($293,000), respectively.
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No ‘Stranger’ to Oldenburg honors
Emily Atef's "The Stranger in Me" proved to be a triple whammy at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, winning the German Independence Award, the Otto-Sprenger Award and the Audience Award.
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‘Basterds’ portrayals draw fire in Germany
A leaked script of Quentin Tarantino's World War II drama "Inglourious Basterds" already is stirring up controversy for scenes of vengeful Americans bashing, scalping, shooting and strangling German soldiers.
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Digital dominates Mediencongress
As in previous years, this year's Mediencongress -- part of Germany's traditional Medienwoche and technology confab IFA -- focused on the digital frontier: how to handle it, adjust to it, maximize its profits and, of course, how to split the dough in the end.
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BBC boss cautions pubcasters on new media
BBC director general Mark Thompson made an impassioned argument for public broadcasters Tuesday but stopped short of calling for an all-in strategy in the digital space.
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Oldenburg International Film Festival
Oldenburg hit the ground running, with legendary independents like Alex Cox and Nancy Savoca showing up for the festival's inaugural, where they screened about 70 films.
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Two projects get German funding
Director Philip Groning was granted $517,264 in Filmstiftung NRW's new funding round for his new project.
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Kick Film scores $1.1 mil for ‘Goodbye Tibet’
Munich-based producer Kick Film on Thursday scored a 700,000 euro ($1.1 million) subsidy from local funding body Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern for "Flucht aus Tibet" (Goodbye Tibet).
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Germany extends federal funds until 2012
The German federal cabinet approved a new budget Wednesday, allocating 1.3 billion euros ($2.1 billion) to the Ministry for Culture and the Media, a 7.8% increase.
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UFA’s ‘Nanni’ lands Medienboard subsidy
Potsdam-based UFA Cinema has scored a 200,000 euros ($310,000) subsidy from local body Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for its theatrical project "Hanni und Nanni," based on the popular series of classic children's books by Enid Blyton.
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