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31. August 2010: especially valuable honouring

The evaluations office FBW (Filmbewertungsstelle in Wiesbaden) grants “Der grosse Kater” the highest possible rating “besonders wertvoll” (‘particularly valuable’) by a vote balance of 5:0. A quote from the jury’s statement: „The cast is outstanding. Marie Bäumer, Ulrich Tukur and the whole actors’ ensemble around Bruno Ganz, starring brilliantly as usual, play their roles in a masterly manner. Looks, a twitch of lips, movements display inner tension and give the characters a profundity that other stories of crime/intrigue are oftentimes lacking …”
Check out more at www.fbw-filmbewertung.com

August 2010: Inspector Huschke in need of colleagues

In preparation of the pilot for the RTL TV-series “Huschke”, casting is scheduled to take its course over the coming weeks, supervised by Clemes Erbach of Outcast.

15.–18. July 2010: German Films Previews

“Der grosse Kater” (“The Day of the Cat”) receives positive feedback at the 10th edition of the Hamburg Previews organised by German Films. After the well-visited screening, the ScreenDaily magazine describes “Der grosse Kater” as a “must-see screening at this year’s edition of the German Films Previews”. World sales by Aktis Film: www.aktis-film.com

15. Juli 2010: Great honour for “Der grosse Kater”

The renowned Festival des Films du Monde in Montréal invites „Der grosse Kater“ (“The Day of the Cat”) to take part in the section “Focus on World Cinema”. The highly acclaimed A-festival takes place from August 26th to September 9th in Montréal, Québec.

June 2010: “Der grosse Kater” on the rise

Theatrical release in Germany is now scheduled, the distributor Central Film will bring “Der grosse Kater” (“The Day of the Cat”) to the cinema screens on October 28th, 2010. Details on the film can be found at www.dergrossekater.centralfilm.de.

10. May 2010: Good TV ratings and rave reviews for “Polizeiruf 110: Zapfenstreich”

All in all 6,71 Million German viewers watched the premiere of “Polizeiruf 110: Zapfenstreich” (director: Christoph Stark) last night. This is equivalent of a market share of 19,2 %. Especially young people enjoyed the young commissioner’s duo Stefanie Stappenbeck and Lars Eidinger. 2,07 Million viewers between the age of 14 and 49 tuned in (market share: 14%).

The TV movie was also received positively by critics: The movie “captivates with an aggressive view of a particular milieu and an array of unusual protagonists, all of which are portrayed very precisely – a breath of fresh air in Germany’s crime thriller scene” (TV-Spielfilm), “absolutely worth seeing” (kino.de), “unfortunately the last case for the strong Stefanie Stappenbeck” (Hörzu).

09. May 2010: TV-premiere of “Polizeiruf 110: Zapfenstreich”

ARD will show the crime thriller “Polizeiruf 110: Zapfenstreich” (director: Christoph Stark) at 8.15 pm. It is the last case of Detective Steiger (Stefanie Stappenbeck) and for this epsiode Lars Eidinger is assigned to be her colleague. Other parts include Alexander Held, Stephanie Schönfeld, Annette Strasser and Emily Cox.

07. May 2010: Start of principal photography of the documentary “Neuland” (AT).

Alongside director Lisa Reisch DoP Marion Neumann and sound engineer Jens Pfeiffer will enter unknown territory for five weeks in Damascus, Syria, while documenting the lives of five refugees from Iraq.

15. March 2010: Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick on snowboards in “Chalet Girl” (AT)

Today the shooting for the British-German-Austrian co-production “Chalet Girl” (AT), a romantic alpine comedy, started in St. Anton and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Until the end of April, Phil Traill assembles, in front of a fantastic winter backdrop, national and international stars such as Bill Nighy, Ed Westwick, Felicity Jones, Tamsin Egeton, Brooke Shields, as well as Ken Duken and Adam Bousdoukos …

21st January 2010

Theatrical release of “Der grosse Kater” in Switzerland by Frenetic Films.

15th January 2010 – Bavarian Film Award for “Der grosse Kater”

Dietmar Güntsche and Wolfgang Behr are honoured with the Producer’s Award 2010 (main category of the Bavarian Film Award) for “Der grosse Kater”. A translated quote from the jury’s statement: “The film ‘Der grosse Kater’ shows two days in the life of a state president who has to experience how the value of political power fades when his own son is facing death in hospital. It is based on the bestselling novel of the same title, in which author Thomas Hürlimann tells the story of his family and mainly of his father, a former Swiss President. Excellent actors – especially mentioning Bruno Ganz and Marie Bäumer – present to the audience, with their courageoulsy humble performance, a melancholy reflexion on the question of what really matters in life. With “Der grosse Kater”, producer Dietmar Güntsche – who also took part in scriptwriting – and his partner Wolfgang Behr accomplished a coherent and very touching literature adaptation with their first common work. An important film in times when politicians are often perceived more by their public appearance than by their actual deeds and achievements.”

12th January 2010 – “Der grosse Kater” celebrates its premiere in Bern

A gathering of press and photographers in front of the “Bubenberg” cinema in Bern: Besides the main actors Bruno Ganz, Marie Bäumer, Justus von Dohnányi and Christiane Paul, even Bundesrat Hans-Rudolf Merz honoured the gala premiere of the bestselling novel’s adaptation “Der grosse Kater” with his presence. After the screening the illustrious crowd made their way to the premiere party at the Hotel Bellevue. An important part of the film – the state reception – was shot at this venerable grand hotel.

2nd October 2010 – Last take for “Fliegende Fische” (“Flying Fish”; working title)

After six weeks of shooting close to the Swiss-German border, the last take of director Güzin Kar’s debut film “Fliegende Fische” was captured on celluloid. Before the Swiss-German film crew will go separate ways again, Bad Zurzach is going to see the team celebrate a decent farewell-party along with the main actors Elisa Schlott, Meret Becker and Barnaby Metschurat.

22nd September 2009 – start of shooting for “Polizeiruf 110”: Zapfenstreich” (working title)

Directed by Christoph Stark, a new episode of the BR series “Polizeiruf 110” will be shot in Munich, Sachsenkamm and Lenggries within the next four weeks: The murder of an attractive female soldier introduces inspector Steiger (Stefanie Stappenbeck) to a tough challenge. She is supported by her new fellow inspector Reiter (Lars Eidinger), a laid-back but charming side-kick. Alexander Held, Stefanie Schönfeld, Emily Cox and Annette Strasser will complete the cast of the film.

24th August 2009 – “Action!...” at Bodensee

The idyllic Swiss village of Klingnau will be the shooting location for the first take of the German-Swiss coproduction “Fliegende Fische” (“Flying Fish”; working title). The dramedy portraits the troubles of growing up, told from 16-year-old Nana’s point of view. Tired of her mother Roberta’s countless love affairs, Nana decides to find a decent man for her mother, but then falls in love with “Mr. Right” herself. Further shooting locations can be found on the German as well as on the Swiss side of the Rhine border in the area of Reckingen.

21st August 2009 – International Premiere

Matthias Emcke’s drama “Phantomschmerz” (“Phantom Pain”) will be screened, among other top-flight movies, at the renowned Gala section of the 34th Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10–19). Til Schweiger plays a professional racing cyclist and womanzier who loses one of his legs in an accident. Starting from scratch, he needs to think over his old life’s values. With the Toronto Gala Presentation, “Phantom Pain” also celebrates its international premiere.

July 2009 – Great staff, great stuff!

The new episode of “Polizeiruf 110” entitled “Zapfenstreich” – which Neue Bioskop Film is going to shoot for the Bavarian Broadcaster BR in September/October 2009 – will be directed by Christoph Stark, one of Germany’s most renowned TV directors. Christoph Stark, whose credits include numerous episodes of “Tatort” and “Bloch”, was both Neue Bioskop’s and the BR’s first choice. Hans Fromm joined the project as DoP.

28th May 2009 – Right to the top by wheelchair

“Where is Fred?” (“Wo ist Fred?”) earned peak scores for its TV broadcasting premiere: 2,32 million spectators (age 14 to 49) laughed at Til Schweiger tricks wangling his way into Alexandra Maria Lara’s heart. With an exceptional market share of 20,8 % “Where is Fred?” reached the day’s highest rating, leaving the U.S. series “CSI” (RTL) and even Pro7’s “Top Model” Best-Of behind.

April 2009

“Phantom Pain” (directed by Matthias Emcke) with Til Schweiger, Jana Pallaske, Stipe Erceg and Julia Brendler is released in the German cinemas.

December 2008

“Phantom Pain” is rated “besonders wertvoll” (‘particularly valuable’) by the jury of the movie evaluations office FBW (Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden).

October 2008

After seven weeks of shooting in Munich, Bad Tölz, Bern and Interlaken the cinema movie “Der grosse Kater” goes into post production after its final take in Bergün, Switzerland.

“Das wilde Leben” (“Eight Miles High”) opens the German Film Week in Kiew. Both screenings are sold out to the last seat and prove a great success: More than 500 people from the audience stay in the cinema for more than an hour in order to have a word with director Achim Bornhak and the film’s star actress (“Uschi Obermaier”) Natalia Avelon.

August 2008

On the 20th of August 2008 the first take of the cinema production “Der grosse Kater” (directed by Wolfgang Panzer) is shot. The main characters are played by Bruno Ganz and Ulrich Tukur. Marie Bäumer, Edgar Selge, Christiane Paul and Justus von Dohnányi star in further roles.

Juli 2008

Uschi goes U.S.A.: On the 12th of July 2008 “Eight Miles High” celebrates U.S. premiere in the New York Greenwich Cinema Village, and on the 25 of July in the legendary Laemmle Sunset in Los Angeles. Even before the official theatrical release, enthusiastic press statements predict a great success: “The American audience is going to fall in love with this film and with Natalia Avelon in the role of Uschi”. The L.A. times: “For this girl, the good life was all about sex, drugs and rock n’roll, and ‘Eight Miles High’ makes it all look so beautiful that ultimately you’ll find yourself wishing it was still 1968”.

April 2008

The company “Neue Bioskop Television GmbH” is founded. This TV label will bring out approximately three movies (commissioned work as well as co-productions) per year for German television.

“Eight Miles High” receives two nominations for the most desired German movie award, the ‘German Filmpreis’: Petra Kay (Best Costume Design) and Eduard Krajewski (Best Production Design) are nominated for a “Lola”.

“Where is Fred?” tours with the Audi Festival of German Films in Australia. From the 16th until the 27th of April the festival visits Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.

February 2008

Huge success for “Summerwine”: The title song of the film “Eight Miles High” is honoured with a platinum album for more than 300.000 sales. Meanwhile, more than 400.000 albums were sold (double platinum). “Summerwine” becomes a hit on German radio stations and as download for music videos and for ringtones. The song reaches number 4 in the charts of Germany’s most successful singles 2007.

January 2008

Natalia Avelon is honoured with the DIVA Award 2008 as “New Talent of the Year” for her performance as Uschi Obermaier in “Eight Miles High”.

December 2007

The last take for “Phantom Pain” (starring Til Schweiger, directed by Matthias Emcke) was shot on December 4th in Frankfurt am Main.

November 2007

“Eight Miles High” opens the German Film Week in London with a glamourous Gala Screening in the famous Curzon Soho theatre.

October 2007

On October 3rd, shooting for “Phantom Pain” starts in Col du Tourmalet. The film is directed by Matthias Emcke, Til Schweiger plays the lead role.

“Where is Fred?” is screened at the ‘Festival Of German Films’ in Paris with great success.

“Eight Miles High”: Matthias Schweighöfer wins the Austrian “Undine Award” for his performance as ‘Rainer Langhans’, followed by another award on Nov. 29th – the “Bambi” as “Best National Actor”.

June 2007

“Where is Fred?” is enthusiastically celebrated by the audience at the Tremblant Film Festival in Montréal, Québec.

January 2007

Over the top: The movie evaluations office FBW (Filmbewertungsstelle in Wiesbaden) grants “Eight Miles High” the highest possible rating “besonders wertvoll” (‘particularly valuable’). As an additional honour, the jury decides to award the film with a certificate of their exceptional evaluation.

The national cinema release of “Eight Miles High” will take place on the 1st Feb. 2007. The premiere will be held on the 24th Jan. 2007 in Munich. Please check www.daswildeleben.de for further information.

September 2006

The new German release date for NBG1 production “Eight Miles High” (aka “Eight Miles High”) will be 1st Feb. 2007. “Eight Miles High” is brought to the cinema screens by Warner Bros. At the occasion of Uschi Obermaier’s 60th birthday the newspaper BILD will publish an interview series on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd.