Titel Kino 2/2001(2 Alternativ) - German Films

Scene from ”The Periwig-Maker“
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OSCAR Nomination for
‘The Periwig-Maker’
Already highly awarded at international festivals, The
Periwig-Maker recieved an OSCAR nomination for Best
Animated Short. Inspired by a Daniel Defoe novel from 1722,
director and Filmakademie Ludwigsburg graduate Steffen
Schäffler and his sister Annette chose an extraordinary
subject: a man seals himself off in medieval, plague-infested
London to escape the danger of infection. When a little girl
seeks his help, his life is turned upside down.
Atmospherically dense and overwhelmingly intriguing, The
Periwig-Maker is animation at its best, funded by MFG-
Filmförderung Baden-Wuerttemberg, FFA and FFF.
Second Festival of German
Cinema in Rome
The 2nd Festival of German Cinema (5 – 9 April
2001) in Rome was a great success again this year. Over
4,100 cinemagoers saw 14 current German films. There was
also great resonance from film buyers: Italian distributors
showed interest in five of the films shown, including My
Sweet Home and In July (Im Juli).
Eleven directors and two actresses had the opportunity to
meet with a curious Italian audience. The Italian media showed
great interest in these new German films too. Michael
Weber of Bavaria Film International was also very
satisfied with the results: ”the festival was a great success for
us and we see a positive trend for German films in Italy.“
The opening film was My Sweet Home, also shown in
competition at Berlin. The main program of the festival
featured: Crazy, England!, In July (Im Juli), Lost
Killers, Paradiso, The Legends of Rita (Die Stille
nach dem Schuss) and No Place to Go (Die
Unberührbare). The closing film of the event was the silent
classic Nosferatu with live musical accompaniment.
This year’s partners and sponsors included: the office of the
Federal Government Commissioner for Cultural Affairs and
the Media (BKM), the German Federal Film Board (FFA),
the six major regional film funds, Goethe Institute Inter
Nationes, Studio Universal Italy, www.35mm.it, Lufthansa,
Radio Centro Suono, Transit Film and the Friedrich-Wilhelm-
Murnau-Foundation.
German Federal Film Board
with a New Address in
Berlin-Mitte
After 32 years in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the German
Federal Film Board (Filmförderungsanstalt, FFA)
has moved to a new location in the Große Präsidentenstr. 9,
10178 Berlin. The modern, seven-story building with a view of
the Hackescher Markt shares the same neighborhood in the
government district with numerous production companies,
agencies and publishing houses.
Rolf Bähr, president of the FFA, says the new location
“should become a meeting point for everyone committed to
German film – a pulsating, lively, and progressive film house
for the German film industry.”
FFF Bayern: Movies Made in
Bavaria Go on Tour
In addition to its wide-ranging film and location funding
activities in Bavaria, the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
regularly leaves the borders of the free state and presents the
products of its funding work at international festivals and film
weeks. Already in 1998, under the slogan Movies Made in
Bavaria, the FFF Bayern was present in Moscow, at the
”Bayerische Kulturtage“ in Kiev and the Festival of German
Film in Hong Kong, followed by film weeks in Bratislava,
Ljubljana, Prague and Cracow. In 2001, Eastern Europe is the
main destination again: in July, this year’s first Bavarian film
week takes place in Moscow (22 - 28 July 2001). The film
program includes Joseph Vilsmaier’s Marlene,
Caroline Link’s Pünktchen und Anton and
many others. Activities in Cairo, Budapest and – now for the
fifth time – Cracow are also currently in preparation.
Scene from ”Endstation … Paradies“
(Next Generation 2001)