Newsletter 04/02/2009

COCKTAILNETWORK AT THE 59TH BERLINALE

COCKTAILNETWORK coproductions and networking will celebrate its annual Berlinale Party NO DEAL WITHOUT A DANCE on 11 Feb at Ballhaus Berlin. Sorry - by invitation only.

POLAR by Michael Koch, produced by KINOMATON MÜNCHEN / Elena von Saucken, (2004/04) will celebrate its German Premiere at the Perspektive Deutsches Kino (Screening dates: Mo, 9 Feb, 07:30 pm, CinemaxX 3; Tue, 10 Feb, 01:00 pm, Colosseum; Tue, 10 Feb, 08:30 pm, CinemaxX 1).

Matthias Luthardt (2001/02) will present MEMORY (DER TAG, AN DEM ICH MEINEN TOTEN MANN TRAF)  in a “Perspektive Special”-Screening on the occasion of his presidency of the “Dialogue en perspective”-Jury on Thur, 12 Feb, 02:00 pm in CinemaxX 4 (Potsdamer Platz). He will be joined by his main actors.

Hanneke van der Tas’ (2003/04) Nikovantastic Film will premiere the international documentary co-production DOUBLE TAKE by Johan Grimonprez (ZAP-O-MATIK / Nikovantastic Film / Volya Films) at the Berlinale Forum. The premiere screening is on Tue, 10 Feb, 02:30 pm at Cinestar. Nikovantastic Film’s THE STRANGER IN ME by Emily Atef will also be presented at the Berlinale in the German Cinema section.

Fabian Gasmia and Henning Kamm’s (both 2006/07) DetailFilm will present their Indian documentary WAGAH directed by Supriyo Sen as part of the Berlin Today Award ceremony on Sat, 7 Feb. Additional screenings are: European Film Market screening, 11 Feb, 08:00 pm, Cinestar 5 and a public screening on 15 Feb, 04:00, CinemaxX 6.

Kinomaton Berlin (Rusta Mizani and Sarita Sharma, both 2004/05) will present their recent Max-Ophuels-Preis contestant HINTER DEN DÜNEN / BEHIND THE DUNES directed by Christian Bach at a European Film Market screening on Wed, 11 Feb, 05:15 in CinemaxX 17.

CURRENTLY PLAYING

THE STRANGER IN ME by Emily Atef and produced by Hanneke van der Tas (2003/04) is currently showing in German cinemas.

Oval Film’s (Robert Cibis, 2001/02) short film OMEN – 15 HOURS OF TEKKNO can still be seen until the 1st of March 2009 at the Frankfurter Kunstverein as part of the exhibition “Experimenta FOLKLORE”. The concept of curator Tobi Maier is to describe, with humour, the perception of the past and the present through installations and performances by various artists (-groups).

PERSONALIA

Director Matthias Luthardt (2001/02) will be Jury President of the “Dialogue en perspective” Award at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival (further information please visit: www.berlinale.de)

Newsletter 21/01/2009

COCKTAILNETWORK AT MAX OPHUELS PRIZE FILM FESTIVAL, SAARBRUECKEN

The latest film by director Matthias Luthardt (Masterclass alumni2001/02, director of PINGPONG), entitled MEMORY / DER TAG, AN DEM ICH MEINEN TOTEN MANN TRAF, will run in the Main Competition.

Screening schedule for MEMORY:
Wed, Jan 28, 08:00 pm, Filmhaus
Thur, Jan 29, 04:30 pm, CineStar 1
Fri, Jan 30, 10:30 am, CineStar 1
Sat, Feb 1, 08:00 pm, CineStar 2

Robert Cibis’ (2001/2002) OVAL FILM will premiere its theatrical documentary, PIANOMANIA – THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT TONE. For the first time in the festival’s 30 year history, documentary films will compete in a separate competition. OVAL FILM welcomes you at the screening!

Screening schedule for PIANOMANIA:
Wed, Jan 28 at 5:00 pm, CineStar 3
Thu, Jan 29 at 8:00 pm, Cinema 8 ½
Sat, Jan 31 at 11:30 am, CineStar

Producer Jamila Wenske (2005/06) will compete in the Medium Length Film Competition with her film GRENZLAND aka PRZYJAZN / FREUNDSCHAFT, directed by Nicole Volpert, written by Katrin Milhahn and Antonia Rothe. The film was funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Screening schedule for GRENZLAND:
Thur, Jan 29, 22:15 pm, CineStar 5
Fri, Jan 30, 01:00 pm, CineStar 2
Sat, Feb 1, 08:00 pm, Cinema 8 ½

Kinomaton Berlin (Rusta Mizani and Sarita Sharma, both 2004/05) will also take part in the competition of Medium Length Films with their production HINTER DEN DÜNEN / BEHIND THE DUNES. The film was written and directed by Christian Bach and co-produced by schlicht und ergreifend Film GmbH (Munich) and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Screening schedule for HINTER DEN DÜNEN:
Thur, Jan 29 at 10:15 pm, Cinestar 5
Fri, Jan 30 at 01:00 pm, Cinestar 2
Sat, Jan 31 at 08:00 pm, Cinema 8 ½

Jessica Landt (2002/03) will show her co-production DIE LICHTUNG in the Short Film Competition. DIE LICHTUNG cast Catherine Bode (2003/04) in the lead role.

Screening schedule for DIE LICHTUNG:
Tue, Jan 27 at 10:15 pm, CineStar
Wed, Jan 28 at 01:30 pm, Filmhaus
Sat, Jan 31 at 10:30 am, CineStar
Sun, Feb 1 at 05:30 pm, CineStar

The full programme of the festival can be found at www.max-ophuels-preis.de.

AWARDS

Martin Blankemeyer (2003/04) was granted the VGF Newcomer Producers Award for the production of DER ROTE PUNKT by Marie Miyayama. Valued at EUR 60.000, the prize is the highest endowed prize for young producers in Germany and was presented during the Bavarian Film Awards Gala in Munich.

GAZA, SOUVENIRS produced by Damien Mc Donald (2004/05) of Goyave Production and directed by Sam Albaric won the Public Award in Belfort Film Festival Entrevues.

The diploma film POLAR by Michael Koch, produced by the School for Art and Media Science, Cologne and by KINOMATON MÜNCHEN / Elena von Saucken (2004/05) together with Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion and SF1 received the award for the Best Swiss Short Film at the International Film Festival in Winterthur.

Susanne Wolff, lead actress in THE STRANGER IN ME by Emily Atef, has been pre-selected for the German Film Prize 2009 in the category “Best Actress”. THE STRANGER IN ME was produced by Hanneke van der Tas (2003/04) of Nikovantastic Film.

CURRENTLY PLAYING

THE STRANGER IN ME by Emily Atef and produced by Hanneke van der Tas (2003/04) is currently showing in German cinemas.

Oval Film’s (Robert Cibis, 2001/02) short film “OMEN – 15 Hours of Tekkno” can still be seen until the 1st of March 2009 at the Frankfurter Kunstverein as part of the exhibition “Experimenta FOLKLORE”. The concept of curator Tobi Maier is to describe, with humour, the perception of the past and the present through installations and performances by various artists (-groups).

PERSONALIA

COCKTAILNETWORK coproductions and networking has a new interim board of directors:
1. Chair: Robert Cibis (2001/02)
2. Deputy-Chair: Catherine Bode (2003/04)
3. Board member: Jessica Landt (2002/03)
4. Board member: Agnès Durvin (2003/04)
5. Board member: Tamás Joó  (2003/04)

As of 2009, Niko Film is called Nikovantastic Film. Same company, new name.

Antonin Ehrenberg (2007/08) has taken up the position of Financial and Legal Assistant at La Fabrique de Films.

Newsletter 24/04/2008

Congratulations to Hanneke Van Der Tas and her production team at NIKO Film for the selection of THE STRANGER IN ME (aka Das Fremde in Ihr) by Emily Atef at this year’s Cannes Critics Week.

Newsletter 01/04/2008

Dear COCKTAILNETWORK members,

After Rocking and Dealing in Berlin, here is the next opportunity to show and share our producer’s talents: Le Festival de Cannes.

For the 3rd consecutive year in partnership with the Marche Du Film, we negotiated a Privileged Market and Festival Access.

In addition all COCKTAILNETWORK members who cannot attend Cannes this year will be provided on request with a year round free access to the global Cinando.com database.

Last but not least, for all members present in Cannes, COCKTAILNETWORK is organising a Happy Hour Cocktail at the Producers Terrace Pantiero Lounge on Thursday May 22nd. We’ll try like last year to organise another drink at the beginning of the festival as well.

“Schlussnote” :  WE LOVE CARLA! After Buenos Aires last year, we are happy to have inaugurated recently an additional partnership with the ALBA coproduction Market in Italy this year, where 3 COCKTAILNETWORK members have been invited (round trip and hotel covered by the festival) to participate and share their experience.

Looking forward to hearing from you and catching up in Cannes,

Your COCKTAILNETWORK team

Newsletter 01/02/2008

Congratulations to Robert Cibis and his production team at OVAL Filmemacher for the selection of JESUS LIEBT DICH (aka Jesus Loves You) by Liliane Frank, Michaela Kirst, Robert Cibis, Matthias Luthardt at this year’s Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino.

Newsletter 01/10/2006

Congratulation to Julien Auger-Ottavi for his latest French-German coproduction FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS (aka Französisch für Anfänger) by Christian Ditter, coproduced with NEOS Film in Germany, and successfully released by Constantin Film in June this year, grossing over 260.000 admissions in Germany and Switzerland.