Philip Gröning Articles

2006 European Film Awards 2006 European Film Award nominations: Seville Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2006 2006 European Film Award winners: EXPO XXI in Warsaw on Dec. 2, 2006. Sophie Marceau and Maciej Stuhr hosted the awards ceremony. † Eligible films had to be released in their countries of origin between July 2005 and April/May 2006. ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Photos: JaczekTurczyk/PAP [...]

The European Film Academy, whose awards ceremony was held this evening in Warsaw, has opted for conventionality by giving its best European film award to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others, a Cold War spy-thriller-cum-melodrama lacking both thrills and drama. Additionally, The Lives of Others star Ulrich Mühe (above, top photo), the one saving grace in the film, [...]

Sundance 2006: World Cinema Documentary Lineup   The Giant Buddhas by Christian Frei   5 DAYS / Israel (Director: Yoav Shamir) – On August 15, 2005, Israel began to evacuate 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. In a unilateral move by the Israeli government, they were removed from their homes to make way for 250,000 Palestinians. With exclusive access to the Israeli Defense Forces [...]