In Cinema and on TV May/June 2011
Check out the latest productions by EAVE graduates currently playing in the cinemas.
In cinema
- PINA by Wim Wenders, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Gian Piero Ringel started in Belgian cinemas on May 4. www.neueroadmovies.com
- HITLER IN HOLLYWOOD, producer: EAVE 1989 graduate Hubert Toint was released in French theatres on May 5. www.sagafilm.be
- ONE HUNDRED MORNINGS, produced by EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly was released in Ireland on May 6. www.blinderfilms.com
- SCHWARZKOPF by EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi started in Austrian cinemas on May 6. www.schwarzkopf-derfilm.com
- THE INVISIBLE EYE by Diego Lermann, co-producer: EAVE TIES THAT BIND 2008 graduate Luis Angel Ramirez started in French cinemas on May 11. www.agatfilms.com
- GRANDE HOTEL by Lotte Stoops, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Ellen de Waele and EAVE 2006 graduate Denis Vaslin had its Dutch theatrical premiere on May 12 at Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam. www.volyafilms.com
- ILS ÉTAIENT COMME LA RECHERCHE DES RÊVES PERDUS by Michael Deutsch, producer: EAVE 2011 participant Cedric Bonin was screened at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg on May 14. www.seppia.fr
- UNTER KONTROLLE by Volker Sattel, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk has been released in German theatres on May 26. www.credofilm.de
- LE QUATTRO VOLTE, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli started in British cinemas on May 26. www.guardian.co.uk
- BULLHEAD by Michaël R. Roskam, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert had its release in Belgium and The Netherlands on May 26. www.eyeworks.be
- BUILD SOMETHING MODERN, directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley is shown at the IFI from May 27. The film tells the story of Ireland's Modernist Mission in Africa. It unveils a lost canon of architecture - modernist structures designed by Irish architects for colonial agencies and the Catholic Church's African missions. The film's premiere at the IFI for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival sold out in February and it has been selected for the Sheffield Doc/Fest this June.www.stillfilms.org
- BIELUTIN, IN THE GARTDEN OF TIME by Clément Cogitore, producer: EAVE 2011 participant Cedric Bonin was shown in Paris au Forum des images on May 29. www.seppia.fr
- APRÈS LE SUD (HEAT WAVE) by Jean-Jacques Jauffret, co-producers: EAVE 2004 graduate Nadège Hasson (Explicit Films) and EAVE 2006 geaduate Antonin Dedet (Neon productions) is shown in the Reprise de la Quinzaine des réalisateurs 2011 at the Forum des Images, Paris on May 31. www.explicit-films.com
On Tv
- GARTENTRÄUME, a series of five documentaries by Mareike Wegener, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Joachim Ortmanns was broadcasted on ARTE from May 2-6. www.lichtblick-film.de
- DANS LE CADRE by Philippe Lasry, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Céline Maugis was shown on May 15 on France 2. www.lavieestbellefilms.fr
NEWS
Film House Germany, Lemming launch Hamster
New venture aims to broaden scope of family films in GermanyDutch production outfit Lemming Film (EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Marleen Slot) has struck a joint venture with Film House Germany.
EAVE graduate Leontine Petit and Joost de Vries of Lemming and Dorothe Beinemeier of Film House head up the new initiative.
Hamster Film will be the third unit in which Film House Germany has a stake alongside Marco Kreuzpaintner’s Summer Storm Entertainment and Egoli Tossell Film (EAVE graduate Jens Meurer).
Hamster Film aims to broaden the scope of children’s and family films on offer in Germany, developing attractive, high-quality genre cinema and TV drama, targeted for specific age-groups and rooted in current German culture.
Producer in charge is Dorothe Beinemeier, former producer at Egoli Tossell Film.
First titles include Boy, a thriller for young teenagers based on the novel by German duo Mario Giordano and Andreas Schlüter and The Heirs Of The Night – Nosferas, which is the first of a series of vampire films for children. There are also plans for an ambitious English-language franchise based on the fantasy novels of Ulrike Schweikert, which is in co-development with Philipp Kreuzer / Bavaria. www.screendaily.com
Page published 3 June 2011.
