Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu, a respected stage, film, and television actress, and mother of Moritz Bleibtreu, died yesterday, May 14, in Hamburg. She was 65. Bleibtreu had been battling cancer for a number of years.
Born into a theatrical family in Vienna on May 4, 1944, the dark, strong-featured Monica Bleibtreu had been working steadily on German-language television since the late 1960s. Among her TV credits are a presentation of Bertold Brecht’s play Mother (1971), the series Doctors in the mid-1990s, and the made-for-television movie Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas (2000), starring The Lives of Others‘ Martina Gedeck.
In 1975, she won a German Television Award for best actress for her performance in the made-for-TV movie Marias letzte [...]

by Andre Soares | May 15, 2009   
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Bavarian Film Awards 2006

2006 Bavarian Film Awards
2006 Bavarian Film Awards: Prinzregententheater in Munich on January 13, 2006
 

Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
 

Best Production: Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, produced by Sven Burgemeister, Christoph Müller, Marc Rothemund, and Fred Breinersdorfer (directed by Marc Rothemund)
Best Director: Andreas Dresen, Sommer vorm Balkon
Best Young Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others
Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Best Actress: Nina Hoss, Die Weiße Massai
Best Young Actor: Max Riemelt, Der Rote Kakadu
Best Young Actress: Sandra Hüller, Requiem
Best Screenplay: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others
Best Cinematography: Hans-Günther Bücking, Schneeland
Best Documentary: Die Große Stille / Into [...]

by Andre Soares | January 14, 2006   
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2005 European Film Award Winners

Michael Haneke’s compelling and quite disturbing Caché / Hidden was the big winner at the 2005 European Film Awards held this evening in Berlin. The psychological-political thriller was chosen best film, in addition to wins for director Haneke, actor Daniel Auteuil (above, with Juliette Binoche), and a best editing award for Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse.
Berlin Film Festival winner Julia Jentsch won the best European actress award for her superb portrayal of one of the young leaders of the anti-Nazi German resistance in Sophie Scholl – Die Letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days. Jentsch also won the Jameson People’s Choice Award, and so did Sophie Scholl’s director, fellow Berlin Film Festival winner Marc
Rothemund.
Orlando [...]

by Andre Soares | December 3, 2005   
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European Film Awards 2005

2005 European Film Awards
2005 European Film Award winners: Berlin on Dec. 3, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: Axel Schmidt / Action Press
 

Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche in Hidden
 

EUROPEAN FILM
BRØDRE (Brothers), Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway
Directed by Susanne Bier
Produced by Zentropa Entertainments14 ApS., Two Brothers Ltd., Sigma Films Ltd., Memfis Int. AB, Fjellape Films
* CACHÉ (Hidden), France/Austria/Germany/Italy
Directed by Michael Haneke
Produced by Les Films du Losange, Wega Film, Bavaria Film, BIM Distribuzione
DON’T COME KNOCKING, Germany
Directed by Wim Wenders
Produced by Reverse Angle Production GmbH, Reverse Angle International GmbH, Arte France Cinéma
L’ENFANT (The Child), Belgium/France
Directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Produced by Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, RTBF, Scope Invest, Arte France Cinéma
MY SUMMER OF LOVE, UK
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Produced by Apocalypso Pictures
SOPHIE [...]

by Andre Soares | December 3, 2005   
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Berlin 2005 Winners

Pauline Malefane in Carmen in Khayelitsha

The 2005 Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear has been awarded to a South African production, the Xhosa-language Carmen in Khayelitsha. Directed by Mark Dornford-May and starring Pauline Malefane (right), the film is a modernized version of Georges Bizet’s opera set in a South African slum.
Headed by Roland Emmerich, the seven-member Berlin jury gave the runner-up Silver Bear to Gu Changwei’s Peacock, which depicts the daily life of a working-class family in a small Chinese town.
Marc Rothemund was voted best director for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, the story of the young German resistance leader who was eventually caught by the Nazis and beheaded along with her brother.
Julia Jentsch, the young [...]

by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005   
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Berlin 2005 Awards

2005 Berlin Film Festival Awards
2005 Berlin Film Festival: February 10–20, 2005
Photos: Andreas Teich, Richad Hübner, Ali Ghandtachi © Berlinale 2005
 

Golden Bear: Carmen e-Khayelitsha / Carmen in Khayelitsha by Marc Dornford-May

Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear: Kong que / Peacock by Gu Changwei
Silver Bear for Best Director: Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci for Thumbsucker

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Julia Jentsch for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution: Tsai Ming Liang for the screenplay of Tian bian yi duo yun / The Wayward Cloud

Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Alexandre Desplat for De battre, mon [...]

by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005   
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