Requiem Articles

Requiem (top); Shock of Time (bottom) The REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles will give a rare U.S. presentation of Chinese artist and filmmaker Sun Xun's animation works on Mon., Oct 19, at 8:30 p.m. Sun Xun will be present at the screening. According to the REDCAT's press release, "Sun Xun: The Dark Magician of New Chinese Animation" will feature "a program of shorts ranging from [...]

Sandra Hüller in Requiem (top); Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (bottom) Surprisingly, the Association of German Film Critics did not pick Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's internationally acclaimed Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others as the best German film of 2006. Instead, their choice was Hans-Christian Schmid's Requiem, based on the real-life story of a woman who believed herself possessed by [...]

2007 German Film Critics Association Awards 2007 German Film Critics Association Award winners: Berlinale on Feb. 13, 2007   Sandra Hüller in Requiem   Best Film: Requiem directed by Hans-Christian Schmid Best First Film: Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Best Documentary (tie): Behind the Couch directed by Viet Helmer and Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen / Germany: [...]

Moritz Bleibtreu in The Elementary Particles (top); Sandra Hüller in Requiem (bottom) More on the Berlin International Film Festival: Four German films will be screened in the Official Competition. They are: Oscar Roehler's literary adaptation Elementarteilchen / The Elementary Particles; Hans-Christian Schmid's exorcism drama Requiem; Matthias Glasner's Der Freie Wille / The Free Will, the story of a convicted rapist who is freed after 12 [...]