Julia Jentsch is a sensation in „The Murder Farm“. A film based on the novel of the same name. 5 years of the „World Cinema Fund“: Development aid for serious cinema – and support for the Peruvian film „The Milk of Sorrow“.The Murder Farm – In an Idyllic Bavaria Village, Evil Lurks Beneath the SurfaceA killer slaughters an entire family on a farm in rural Bavaria. The murderer is never caught. That’s the plot of Andrea Schenkel’s bestseller THE MURDER FARM and the new film adaptation by director Bettina Oberli. Julia Jentsch plays a woman who returns two years after the mysterious killings to find her village under a web of secrets and lies. The film also stars Brigitte Hobmeier and a delightful Monica Bleibtreu in her final role. THE MURDER FARM – our film of the month.MILESTONES – Our series: 60 Years of German CinemaThe fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification were the most important and moving events of recent German history. German filmmakers reacted to the end of the cold war with a series of comedies. Films like Leander Hausmann’s SUN ALLEY and GOOD BYE, LENIN! From Wolfgang Becker poked fun at the absurdity of the GDR and the strangeness of the new, unified Germany. Kirsten Niehus of the Berlin-Brandenburg film board is our guide through this productive period of recent German film in: Good Bye, Wall – Cinema After Reunification, the sixth in our series on German cinema milestones. INFECTIOUS FILMS – The World Cinema Fund Turns Five Years OldThe original idea came from Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick: to join forces with the German Federal Cultural Foundation to finance art house films in countries with no traditional cinema infrastructure. Five years on, WCF-backed movies have won awards around the world – among them an Oscar nomination and a Berlinale Golden Bear. The WCF is celebrating with a mini film festival of 10 features, among them this year’s Berlinale winner, the Peruvian drama “The Milk of Sorrow.” KINO takes a closer look at a promising model for creating a truly global cinema.SHORTCUTS European Film Prize 2009 – The Nominees.THE READER and THE WHITE RIBBON are among the favorites for Europe’s top cinema prize. THIS IS LOVE – Matthias Glasner’s dark detective story about child prostitution. 2012 – Roland Emmerich destroys the world – again – in his new blockbuster.

• 11/21/09
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A woman in the Vatican: Johanna Wokalek in the monumental film version of the bestseller, "Pope Joan". And about passion and heartache: the story of 5 turbulent relationships in the comedy, "Men in the City".The female pontiff – Adapting the Bestseller POPE JOANPOPE JOAN is the German cinema highlight of the Fall. It’s an adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Donna Woolfolk Cross. The story – history or legend – depending on if you ask the author or the Vatican – follows a woman who disguises herself as a man and rises to the highest post in the Catholic church. In the year 853 she is anointed Pope. She is played by actress Johanna Wokalek in her first big international production.MILESTONES – Our series on 60 years of German CinemaPart 5: The political cinema of the GDR Working under state censorship and political repression, East German directors in the 1970s and 80s still managed to produce films critical of the communist regime. They addressed themes, such as youth rebellion, that officially didn’t exist in the GDR. Konrad Wolf’s SOLO SUNNY (1980) was one of the best. We talk to film journalist Knut Elstermann about the history and legacy of East Germany’s political cinema. MEN IN THE CITY – They Fight, They Love, They Go NutsAudiences love romantic comedies. The new film from director Simon Verhoeven takes off where German hits from 1980s and 90s such as “Men” and “Maybe, Maybe Not” left off. In MEN IN THE CITY we have five strapping young guns struggling with life, lust and relationships.SHORTCUTS A PIECE OF ME – A one-night stand turns Jonas into a reluctant father, but forces him to finally take responsibility for his life. HANGTIME – A gripping drama set in Germany's basketball subculture. SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT – An adaptation of Marga Spiegel’s autobiography, tracing her escape from the Holocaust thanks to the courage of a family of farmers.

• 10/29/09
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He’s small but a huge hero Wickie! The adventures of the Legendary cartoon figure now Entertains the whole family! And Margarethe v. Trotta brings the life of an extraordinary woman of the Middle Ages to the big screen. The Abbess Hildegard von Bingen!Vicky the Viking – The new film from Bully HerbigVicky the little Viking has been a star in Germany for more than 30 years, thanks to a best-selling comic book and a hit television series from the 1970s.Now, Michael Bully Herbig, Germany’s most successful director, has turned the story of the clever little Viking, who uses brains, not brawn to solve problems, into a feature film. It was an instant hit, selling more than 1 million tickets in its first weekend. KINO looks at the Herbig phenomenon and why everything he touches turns to box office gold.Strong showing in Venice – Prizes for German filmAfter winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes, German films continued their run in Venice. Four German titles made it into the competition for the Golden Lion. Two were from Werner Herzog. Although he went home empty-handed, two German productions made it to the winner’s circle. Video artist Shirin Neshat won the Silver Lion for her feature film debut "WOMEN WITHOUT MEN." And Fatih Akin received a special Jury prize for his feel-good comedy "SOULKITCHEN." KINO with a look at the German productions and co-productions on the Lido.SHORTCUTS GANGS – A coming of age Drama with real-life brothers Jimi Blue and Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht. THE LAST GIANTS – A visually stunning documentary following a Swiss animal rights activist in the Strait of Gibraltar. International cargo ships moving through this narrow waterway threaten to drive several species of whale into extinction. SHORT CUT TO HOLLYWOOD – A pitch-black satire on the movie business from Jan Hendrik Stahlberg and Marcus Mittermeier.Film of the Month – VISIONHildegard von Bingen was the Dark Age equivalent of a pop-star. The 12th century Abbess was a mystic and a scientist, an environmentalist, herbalist, feminist, author, composer, linguist and visionary.Director Margarethe von Trotta has always been fascinated by strong women. Now she has brought the life of Hildegard von Bingen to the big screen, with Barbara Sukowa in the leading role. Our film of the month.

• 10/19/09
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Film history at the Berlin International Film Festival: the documentary Reverse Angle looks back at the young German cinema of the nineteen-sixties and seventies. Cherry Blossoms and a Heart of Fire – German Films in the International CompetitionGerman director Doris Dörrie presents her latest film at this year's Berlinale. CHERRY BLOSSOMS – HANAMI is a very personal story that is also being published as a novel. Doris Dörrie has already won the Bavarian Film Prize; now CHERRY BLOSSOMS – HANAMI is going up against films from around the world in competition for the Golden Bear. The second German film in the running is HEART OF FIRE, the film version of the controversial story of Senait Mehari, a former child soldier in Eritrea, now a pop singer in Germany. KINO reports on both German films in competition and on the winners. Hannah Herzsprung – Germany's Shooting Star 2008She's one of the new faces in German cinema and European film: Hannah Herzsprung has been chosen as a Shooting Star 2008 along with eight other actors. Her breakthrough came with the prize-winning film FOUR MINUTES. During the Berlinale, Hannah Herzsprung and her fellow actors will not only be presented with the Shooting Star Awards at a glitzy ceremony, they'll also be introduced to international casting agents and the press. We meet the German Shooting Star in Berlin.Generation 14plus – Love, Peace & BeatboxThe Berlinale section Generation presents fresh cinema for a younger audience – and its success is growing. Last year. Some 50,000 people watched both short and feature-length films from around the world. Now documentaries are also being shown. LOVE, PEACE & BEATBOX presents a group of Berlin teenagers who beatbox, a genre of hip-hop produced solely with the mouth. Their message is one of non-violence. KINO looks at a documentary about an unusual music project.Reverse Angle – Rebellion of the FilmmakersThey're the icons of German Cinema: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders. Their films represent the young, rebellious cinema of Germany's post-Adenauer era. The documentary REVERSE ANGLE – REBELLION OF THE FILMMAKERS illuminates the story of an unusual auteur’ collective, from its beginnings in Munich through success in Cannes to the group’s split in 1977. KINO looks at a fascinating piece of German cinema history.New German Cinema – Then and NowUte Soldierer interviews Alfred Holighaus, head of Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.Perspektive Deutsches Kino – Looking at the Painful PartsCulture clash, violence, a search for support – these are the topics concerning young German directors showing their first films in the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. KINO presents an unusual feature film project: BERLIN – 1ST OF MAY. An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two teenagers from western Germany and a cuckolded policeman – each finds himself in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district on May Day, where emotions traditionally run high. The three directing teams shot their stories on location in Berlin on May Day – reality in the midst of a fiction film.

• 8/25/09
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And The Oscar Goes To… THE COUNTERFEITERSNazis sell. This year's Oscar for best foreign film proved that old maxim. The winner, the German-Austrian co-production THE COUNTERFEITERS, tells the true story of the Nazi's massive counterfeiting operation in a concentration camp outside Berlin. Director Stefan Ruzowitzky has managed to find a new perspective on the story of the Holocaust. KINO met with the director in Vienna.High School Fascism – A German Take On The Classic Youth NovelTodd Strasser’s novel THE WAVE has been a classic of youth literature for more than 20 years. It’s based on a true story: In 1967 a high school teacher in California demonstrated how easy it is to convert normal kids into fascist devotees. The book was made into an Emmy-winning TV movie in 1981. Now German director Dennis Gansel has moved the story to Germany for his terrifying take on the same story. THE WAVE stars Jürgen Vogel in the role of the teacher.SHORTCUTS MEMORY, RESPONSIBILITY AND THE FUTURE – The Goethe Institute has held its second annual short film festival, featuring movies from around the world. This year's theme was the international charter of human rights. OSSIS' ELEVEN – A crime comedy about a group of small-time crooks who are a few doughnuts short of a dozen. They plan a caper to steal a fortune in old Deutsche Mark coins. ACCORDING TO THE PLAN – A tragicomedy about three sisters who battle minor and major catastrophes as they plan their mother's birthday party. ABSURDISTAN – Director Veit Helmer used amateur actors and shot in Kazakhstan for his off-center fairytale about a group of women who impose a sex ban until their husbands fix the village water pipes. Money For International Films – The World Cinema FundThe World Cinema Fund (WCF) was set up at the Berlin Film Festival five years ago. Since then, the WCF hands out around 500,000 Euros annual to finance movies in countries with small or non-existing film industries. KINO took a closer look at one of films backed by the fund. Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu premiered his drama EGG at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The drama is the first in a planned trilogy and the World Cinema Fund is backing the sequel. KINO was on set with Kaplanoglu in Turkey.Interview With Producer Bettina BrokemperBettina Brokemper is the co-producer of the Turkish film SÜT - MILK. KINO host Ute Soldierer has a one-on-one talk with her.

• 8/25/09
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The German LOLA Film Awards 2008 - who will be taking one home? Who’ll get the LOLA? The Favorites for the German Film AwardsWith three million euros in aid money, the German Film Awards are the country’s biggest cultural prizes. On April 25, the German film industry will celebrate its best and brightest. The 1,000 members of the German Film Academy have chosen fourteen candidates for the main prize in the category of feature-length fiction films. Now the nominees have been chosen for all the categories, so KINO takes a look at the favorites for the 2008 German Film Awards.Box Office Boom – A Sign of Things to Come?"The mood is good, but the numbers are poor" – that was the assessment of the cinema business in 2007 by the FFA, the German Film Board. But now audiences are flocking to the cinemas. Movie theaters posted more tickets sales for the first quarter of 2008 than they have in ages. German films such as RABBIT WITHOUT EARS or THE WAVE turned out to be real blockbusters. So is this the sign of a lasting upswing or just a temporary improvement? We asked viewers what qualities a German film has to have to get them into the cinemas.Young, Attractive, Successful – Max Riemelt Makes it BigTwenty-four-year-old Max Riemelt is one of the most highly sought-after actors of his generation. He was Germany’s 2005 Shooting Star, and won awards for his performances in NAPOLA and THE RED COCKATOO, which have brought him lots of job offers. This spring, Max Riemelt can be seen is three films, including the popular current release THE WAVE. KINO met the young star in Berlin and presents his latest movies: Run for Your Life – FROM Junkie to Ironman and UP! UP! TO THE SKY! Into the Wild Blue Yonder – WWI Drama THE RED BARONHe was the most successful German fighter pilot of World War I: Baron von Richthofen. But he’s also a controversial historical figure. Some consider "The Red Baron" to be the epitome of heroic bravery, chivalry and exemplary military behavior. For others, he was a cold-blooded killer intent on shooting down as many enemy aircraft as possible. Now the war film THE RED BARON is in Germany’s cinemas, featuring a prominent cast: Matthias Schweighöfer plays the 24-year-old fighter pilot; Joseph Fiennes (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, LUTHER) plays his nemesis. KINO takes you to the film’s Berlin premiere. SHORTCUTS THE CALLING GAME – A thriller by Felix Randau. A young woman imitating a child’s voice calls up strangers and begs them to tell her stories. CHIKO – A gangster film produced by Fatih Akin. Young offenders and violence in Hamburg’s ghettos. With Dennis Moschitto and Moritz Bleibtreu. MEER IS NICH – Feature debut by Hagen Keller. A coming-of-age story about a girl who doesn’t want to fit in and defends her choices against much opposition.

• 8/25/09
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”A Year Ago in Winter”, the latest work from Oscar-winner Caroline Link. And ”A Woman in Berlin - Anonyma”, a hard-hitting film about the fate of rape victims in Berlin in 1945. German entries in the international film festival in Toronto.International and multi-cultural – Canada's colourful film sceneIn honor of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) KINO takes a look at the current Canadian film scene. This year’s TIFF opened with PASSCHENDAELE, an epic about Canadian soldiers fighting in the trenches of World War I. Some 15,000 soldiers fell in the battle near the Belgian city of Passchendaele. We spoke about the film with director and star Paul Gross. And we also met up in Toronto with legendary independent filmmaker Bruce McDonald to discuss his new film PONTYPOOL, an art house horror film about zombies overrunning a small town in northern Ontario.Toronto World Premiere – Oscar winner Caroline Link and her new filmCaroline Link presents her new film, A YEAR AGO IN WINTER – a dramatic story of how a family deals with tragedy. Link wrote the screenplay herself, based on the novel by Scott Campbell. Toronto has a special place in Caroline Link's career. It was here that NOWHERE IN AFRICA screened for the first time, before going on to win an Oscar. We met up with the successful director at the Festival. The Toronto International Film Festival is the most important festival for the North American market, particularly for European film producers. So German sales companies come out in force at the TIFF. We spoke with Dirk Schürhof of world sales group Betafilm to find out what films sell well in Toronto and what international buyers are looking for in German cinema.Fall Highlight – Home grown German terrorDER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX is arguably the most important German film this Fall. Already nominated to be Germany's entry for the 2009 Oscar race, it is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. Germany’s number one producer, Bernd Eichinger wrote the screenplay. It tells the dramatic story of the period from 1967 to the so-called "German Autumn: of 1977, when left-wing terrorists shook the foundations of the West German state. It stars a who's who of the German film scene: Moritz Bleitreu as Andreas Baader, Martina Gedeck as Ulrike Meinhof and Johanna Wokalek as Gudrun Ensslin, the key members of the terror group the Red Army Faction. German Women as Victims – A brave film tells the story of the Soviet's march into Berlin in 1945A WOMAN IN BERLIN is the title of the new film from Max Färberböck. It’s based on the diaries of an anonymous woman who lived through the war and its aftermath. The film tells of the mass rape of German women by the Soviet Red Army at the end of the Second World War. KINO spoke with Max Färberböck, who answered questions from the audience after the World Premiere of A WOMAN IN BERLIN in Toronto.From Children's Book to Fantasy Film – KRABAT in TorontoWith his new film KRABAT, director Marco Kreuzpaintner has created an extravagant fantasy film loaded with special effects. The story comes from the award-winning young adult novel by Ottfried Preußler about a magician’s apprentice and his battle with his dark master. KINO met up with Marco Kreuzpaintner and the film’s star Daniel Brühl at the film’s world premiere in Toronto and took a look to see how the German answer to "Harry Potter" matches up.

• 8/25/09
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Butterflies in the stomach... Love – as a senior! Andreas Dresens’ new film: ”Cloud 9”... An exciting life making moview: Successful director Volker Schlöndorff publishes his autobiography...Film of the Month – CLOUD 9Inge is pushing 70 but she feels more like 17. She’s head-over-heels for the 80-year-old Karl and their affair is passionate, with lots and lots of sex. But Inge is married to Werner, her husband for 30 years. The new film by director Andreas Dresen (GRILL POINT, SUMMER IN BERLIN) is a love story shorn of all social clichés. CLOUD 9 was enthusiastically received at its premiere in Cannes because it addresses a theme that remains a public taboo: love and sex in old age. Now CLOUD 9 hits German theatres and it is our Film of the Month. Techno Music and Rock Climbers – The German Films at LocarnoTwo German films celebrated their world premiere on the Piazza Grande at the Locarno Film Festival. BERLIN CALLING is the story of a techno DJ travelling the world on a wave of sound and fury; NORTH FACE a real-life adventure tale about the attempt to climb the treacherous North Face of the Eiger Mountain. Both were welcomed in Locarno. Light, Shadow and Movement – Volker Schlöndorff and his AutobiographyHe’s won the Oscar, the Palme d’Or and the German Film Prize. Volker Schlöndorff is one of Germany’s most successful directors. Schlöndorff just published his autobiography, shortly before his 70th birthday. KINO visited the famous, and controversial director to talk about his cinematic vision. More than a Comedy – The Puzzling Romance of Robert ZimmermannWith his latest film, director Leander Haussmann has returned the heights of his earlier works SUN ALLEY and BERLIN BLUES. ROBERT ZIMMERMANN WUNDERT SICH ÜBER DIE LIEBE is an adaptation of the novel by Gernot Gricksch, who also wrote the screenplay. Tom Schilling plays the 26-year-old Robert, who falls in love with a much-older cleaning lady (Maruschka Detmers). A touching, screwball summer comedy with a soundtrack from Element of Crime singer Sven Regener that pays tribute to Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and Simon & Garfunkel. SHORTCUTS FIRST STEPS AWARDS – Germany’s top prize for up-and-coming filmmakers. KINO looks at this year’s winners. POPE JOAN – Shooting begins on the adaptation of Donna Cross’ bestseller with Sönke Wortmann directing and Johanna Wokalek as the female pontiff. BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS 2009 - KINO is again a partner of the Berlinale‘s Talent Campus, where young filmmakers from around the world learn from the best for a 10-day (Feb. 5-15) session during the Berlin International Film Festival.

• 8/25/09
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A tribute to German cinema: the film "Eye to Eye". Two experts have collected a series of unforgettable scenes. The result is a journey through a hundred years of German film history.EYE TO EYE – A Playful Look at German Cinema HistoryThe film historian Helmut Prinzler and the film critic Michael Althen take us on a journey through a hundred years of German film history. Directors such as Tom Tykwer, Wim Wenders, Christian Petzold, Andreas Dresen and cameraman Michael Ballhaus comment on selected scenes from classics including «Nosferatu», «Sissi», «Aguirre, Wrath of God». The directors explain what films influenced them and try and identify the typical characteristics of German films. EYE TO EYE – a homage to German movies.Finished, at last – An Almost Complete Copy of METROPOLIS Is Found in Buenos AiresFritz Lang’s silent classic is considered the first-ever Science Fiction film. As the first cinematic vision of the lives of men in an industrial world, it has inspired generations. But few have seen the film the way Lang intended. Shortly after its premiere in 1927, «Metropolis» was cut drastically for the American market. Since then, few have seen the longer "director’s cut". But a short while ago, an employee of the film museum in Buenos Aires discovered an unknown 16 mm copy of «Metropolis» in its uncut version. They discovered entire film sequences that historians had thought were lost forever. KINO takes a look at the masterpiece and at how this new discovery will re-write film history.Ute Soldierer's Interview with Martin Koerber, Restorer at the Deutsche KinemathekMartin Koerber spent years restoring «Metropolis» and is responsible for the current official digital version of the classic. He was among the first to see the "lost" scenes uncovered in the newly-discovered 16 mm copy. The chief restorer for the Deutsche Kinemathek explains to KINO the importance of the sensational find in Buenos Aires and how it will change how we think about «Metropolis».SHORTCUTS UNDERDOGS – A comedy about a prison's very unusual re-socialization program. BEAUTIFUL BITCH – A young woman caught between organized crime and the "normal life" of a teenager. DR. ALEMÁN – The adventures of a young medical student in the Columbian jungle.Film of the Month: COME IN AND BURN OUTSascha (Maximilian Brückner) thinks he has a bright future as a TV presenter. Adrian (Johannes Allmayer) dreams of meeting a woman who will understand him and Maria (Antje Widdra) hopes for a "real" job as an architect. But for the moment, they are all working – temporarily of course - at a call center. Their boss Harms (August Zirner) tries to motivate his employees in the hard sell. "Every call is a new change," is his motto. But sales are poor and if the success rate doesn’t increase by 5% soon, layoffs will follow. Winner of the Max Ophüls prize, André Erkau’s debut film is based on his own experiences working in a call center.

• 8/25/09
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The Munich international film festival is Germany’s largest summer event of its kind. A popular meeting place for media professionals and film fans - with more than 200 new German and international cinema and television productions… Lights, camera action – in Munich!The Munich Film Festival – German Cinema’s Summer PartyThe Munich Film Festival is Germany’s biggest summer festival and a favourite both with audiences and the local film industry. The opening film this year was "The Class", which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes. But there was also a strong selection of German films. KINO reports on the highlights of this year’s festival.Bavarian Boom – the new wave of Heimat filmsBavarian filmmakers have always had a place of pride at the Munich Film Festival. Hometown hero Marcus H. Rosenmüller returns again this year with BAVARIAN OUTLAW – an historic drama about a legendary 19th century Bavarian bandit. This year’s retrospective was a tribute to Munich original Herbert Achternbusch, whose films take an unconventional, often sceptical look at Bavaria’s culture and landscape. And in his film DIE ZWEITE FRAU, young director Hans Steinbichler presents a touching story of a Bavarian family. KINO looks at the search for Bavaria – its people, its culture and values – in current cinema.THE INVENTION OF CURRIED SAUSAGE – Film of the MonthFassbinder muse Barbara Sukowa stars in THE INVENTION OF CURRIED SAUSAGE – adapted from the best-seller of the same name by Uwe Timm. In the final days of the second world war, Lena Brücker, now in her early 40s, falls in love with a young sailor who has deserted. She hides him in her apartment and shields him from the news of Germany’s defeat. Because she knows the end of the war will mean the end of their affair. It’s a role seemingly tailor-made for Sukowa and she carries the film, which, yes does also tell how Berlin’s famous Currywurst, or curried sausage, was invented.Award-winning Camera work – An interview with Tom FährmannKINO interviews Tom Fährmann, who was recently awarded the German Camera Prize for Best Feature Film. Fährmann was the cinematographer on Volker Schlöndorff's ULZHAN, the story of a Frenchman's journey to the steppes of Kazakhstan. Tom Fährmann tells KINO how he used images to communicate the protagonist’s inner journey and he gives us a sneak peak at his latest project – the literary adaptation POPE JOAN with director Sönke Wortmann. SHORTCUTS THE ANARCHIST'S WIFE – The Bernhard-Wicki-Preis for Peter Sehr and Marie Noelle FRECHE MÄDCHEN – Teen comedy about school, dreams and first love

• 8/25/09
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Directing the Rock star: Campino – lead singer of the Toten Hosen stars in the new Wim Wenders movie: Palermo Shooting A journey through Germany – in search of one’s identity: the moving family saga - NovemberkindNovemberkind – A Film about Death, Lies and Family SecretsInga’s mother is gone. She is raised by her grandparents. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a stranger shows up at their door, claiming to have met her mother. Slowly the truth comes to light: her mother is not dead, but escaped from East Germany years before. NOVEMBERKIND is a graduate thesis film from Christian Schwochow, who studied at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. It is an extraordinarily intense and emotional family drama. Anna Maria Mühe is utterly convincing in double role as both mother and daughter. Our film of the month. Funny, Provocative, Surprising – The Best Documentary Films of the Year300 films from 50 nations can be seen at Germany’s largest documentary festival in Leipzig. One trend this year was filmmakers experimenting with the documentary form. KINO picked out three gems that you just have to see. Animated Nightmare – The Anti War Film WALTZ WITH BASHIRWALTZ WITH BASHIR was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. An animated documentary on 1982 Lebanon War, told from the very personal perspective of director Ari Folman. Before the eyes of Israeli soldiers, Christian militias start a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. Even now, the event remains a traumatic one for many Israelis. The film was warmly received, even in the Arab world. WALTZ WITH BASHIR has just opened in German cinemas and has been nominated as Best Film at the European Film Awards. KINO talks to the film’s German co-producers Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner from Berlin-based Razor Film. Back to the Roots But Still Searching for Meaning – Wim Wenders and PALERMO SHOOTINGLegendary German director Wim Wenders has shot a film in Europe again for the first time in years. PALERMO SHOOTING is the story of a top fashion photographer suddenly confronted with death who sets off on a quest to find the true meaning of life. Rock star Campino plays the leading role alongside such luminaries as Lou Reed and Dennis Hopper – both old friends of Wenders. KINO on the latest from an old German master. SHORTCUTS Europe’s Best Films – The 2008 European Film AwardsKINO presents the German nominees for this year’s European Film Awards, Europe’s top cinema prize. The 2008 event will be held December 6 in Copenhagen. The Story of Brandner KasparA truly Bavarian tale of a clever farmer who sets out to trick the devil. Starring Franz Xaver Kroetz and Bully Herbig. Short and Sweet: The German Short Film Prize 2008Whether drama, documentary or animation, the short film isn’t just a training ground for young filmmakers but a challenge for any director. The best productions are honored with the Golden Lola at this year’s Short Film Prize.

• 8/25/09
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Cinematic scope for a great novel – The Buddenbrooks – a large-scale screen adaptation! The year in German cinema – a look back…BUDDENBROOKS – Filming of a ClassicAfter filming the family history of Noble prize-winning author Thomas Mann as a television docudrama, Heinrich Breloer has taken the next logical step and filmed Mann’s most famous novel: BUDDENBROOKS. It’s a grand costume film about the rise and fall of a German merchant family. Breloer has pulled out all the stops in the casting. Armin Mueller-Stahl plays the family patriarch, Iris Berben his wife, Jessica Schwarz his daughter Tony. Even the minor roles boast some of the best acting talent Germany has to offer. BUDDENBROOKS is more than a period film. In one family’s struggle to survive at the end of the 19th century, Breloer sees strong parallels to the present day. KINO on a great German family saga. German Cinema 2008 – A Look Back at a Successful Year at the Movies2008 was another big year for German cinema – both at home and internationally. Eight films sold more than a million tickets in Germany, led by Til Schweiger’s comedy RABBIT WITHOUT EARS with an astounding 6.3 million tickets – more than any other film this year. German films spanned the spectrum from comedy to social and historic drama, from children’s films to fantasy. KINO looks at the best of 2008. A Very Different Look at the Middle Ages – Til Schweiger’s Dark Age ComedyHe knows how to entertain an audience and right in time for Christmas, multi-talent Til Schweiger is back with a new film with a somewhat clunky title: 1½ KNIGHTS – IN SEARCH OF THE RAVISHING PRINCESS HERZELINDE. As with his last film, the box office hit RABBIT WITHOUT EARS. And, again, he surrounds himself with some of the best German talent around. KINO takes a sneak peak at this crazy knights-and-ladies comedy for the whole family.

• 8/25/09
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The German cinema landscape has a lot to offer this year. International stars, high quality literary films and gripping thrillers. What’s on in 2009? This year’s highlights.Candy-colored, not Black and White – Oskar Roehler: the Chameleon of German CinemaLULU AND JIMI is the new film from German director Oskar Roehler. It’s been described as David Lynch’s "Wild At Heart" meets Rainer Werner Fassbinder's" "Fear Eats The Soul." It's the story of the love between a rich girl and an unemployed black man in a candy-colored Germany of the 1950s. A rock-and-roll melodrama that mixes fantasy and thriller elements to surprising effect and is worlds away from the stern black and white of Roehler’s "No Place To Go" (2000), the psychological trauma of "Angst" (2003) or the literary adaptation "The Elementary Particles" (2006). As a director, Oskar Roehler is hard to pin down but KINO gives it a try with a portrait of the artist and his work.DIE PERLMUTTERFARBE – School Days in 1930s GermanyMarkus H. Rosenmüller, the Bavarian director who has been at the forefront of the "new Heimat Film" movement, has adapted a book from the 1930s as his latest project. Anna Maria Jokl 's DIE PERLMUTTERFARBE is the story of two competing classes in a small school. A microcosm of Germany in the 1930s and the mounting Nazi threat. But Rosenmüller, while retaining the political context, has made a timeless parable for young and old.SHORTCUTS Deluxe CinemaBerlin has opened Germany’s first luxury cinema: the "ASTOR Film Lounge". A world away from the pop and popcorn of the multiplex and the shoddy charm of arthouse theaters, the Astor offers a classier night out at the movies, with leather chairs, food and drink delivered to your seats and more than enough leg room. AGE AND BEAUTYA group of 50-something men meet again after many years and realize that little remains of their young dreams. A tragic comedy about love, death and friendship. Girl Power: THE WILD CHICKS AND LIFEPart three in the hugely-successful series of teenie tales about from bestselling author Cornelia Funke.Film of the Month: Christian Petzold's JERICHOYou can immediately tell you're watching a Christian Petzold film. The director has created his own film language, which features precise observation of ordinary but tragic stories, whittled-down dialogue and exacting camera work. Far from the mainstream, his films are in demand from art house audiences around the world. His latest, JERICHO, is set in eastern Germany and is the story of a dangerous affair.KINO 2009 – Highlights of the Coming YearA look ahead at the best of 2009. Three big Hollywood films with a German connection hit theaters this year: Bryan Singer's VALKYRIE starring Tom Cruise; literary adaptation THE READER from Stephen Daldry and the political thriller THE INTERNATIONAL from Tom Tykwer. Julia Jentsch, star of the Oscar-nominated SOPHIE SCHOLL returns as the lead in EFFI Hermine Huntgeburth's adaptation of the Theodor Fontane classic Effi Briest. And in October Sönke Wortmann’s long-awaited period film POPE JOAN makes its debut.

• 8/25/09
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The actor Ulrich Tukur delivers a brilliant performance as John Rabe. The story of a German businessman who saves the lives of 250,000 people in China. The elaborate film is showing in cinemas now...Lola Front Runner – Florian Gallenberger’s JOHN RABEIn China, the German businessman John Rabe is a hero. In his homeland, the man who saved hundreds of thousands of civilians from the Nanking massacre is virtually unknown. But that’s likely to change now that Rabe’s story hits the big screen. "John Rabe," from director Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur as Rabe is already the favorite to win Germany’s top film prize, the Lola, having picked up seven nominations. KINO takes a look at historic epic.The future of movies is here – Digital cinema out in the sticksDigital film projection has several advantages over traditional celluloid, including better sound and picture quality and no degrading of film material over time. KINO pays a visit to two film fans and cinema owners in rural eastern Germany who are on the cutting edge of digital cinema technology.SHORTCUTS MORD IST MEIN GESCHÄFT LIEBLING – Romantic Comedy starring Nora Tschirner VORSTADTKROKODILE – New film of the teen classic from Max von der Grün SO GLÜCKLICH WAR ICH NOCH NIE – Con man romance with Devid Striesow & Nadja Uhl Männersache – Germany's number one comedian goes gold on the silver screenHis jokes are often crude and women are his main target, but Berlin comedian Mario Barth is a stand-up phenomenon. He has his own television show and some 70,000 fans came out to see his one-man show in Berlin’s Olympia soccer stadium. Now Barth has conquered the film world as well. His first first feature, "Männersache," or "Man’s Business" debuted at number one and has sold more than 1 million tickets, making it the top German film so far this year. KINO looks at Mario Barth’s astounding success.Long-distance learning – The Berlinale Talent Campus heads to MexicoYoung filmmakers in Mexico will now also have the chance to learn from the best in the business and try out their skills. A new project, based on the Berlin Film Festival’s Berlinale Talent Campus, where some 500 up-and-comers learn from professionals such as John Malkovich, Mexican star Diego Luna or Greek art house legend Theodoros Angelopoulos. KINO with a report from Guadalajara.

• 8/25/09
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Heroines: Effi Briest… played by Julia Jentsch, in a modern film based on a classic novel. and: Hilde…with Heike Makatsch - who’s brilliant on camera and at the microphone as Hildegard Knef.The Hilde Myth – A Biopic on Germany's legendary star Hildegard KnefShe was an actress, singer and best-selling author. Hildegard Knef dazzled, disturbed and inflamed her public. Now her one-of-a-kind life gets the big screen treatment with Heike Makatsch as "Hilde". The film is framed by Knef’s legendary performance at the Berlin Philharmonic in 1966. Backstage, she recalls her triumphs and defeats – rocketing to fame after the Second World War, heading to Hollywood and then her German comeback. For 37-year old Heike Makatsch, playing Knef was the greatest challenge of her career. KINO met with Heike Makatsch and director Kai Wessel at the film’s premiere in Berlin.Crime, horror and black humor – The rise of Austrian cinemaModern Austrian cinema ranges from (mostly) straight up genre films through pitch black comedies to rural melodrama, set either in the capital Vienna or in the tiny villages pinched in between the Alps. Long in the shadow of its larger neighbor, Germany, Austria has since come into its own on the international cinema stage. Last year Stefan Ruzowitzky won Austria’s first Oscar for his Holocaust drama "The Counterfeiters". Götz Spielmann received an Oscar nomination this year for his razor sharp thriller "Revanche". KINO caught a plane to Vienna to meet director Wolfgang Murnberger for the premiere of his new film "The Bone Man" and we stopped by Austrian sales group Filmladen to find out what makes Austrian cinema so unique. SHORTCUTS FRONT RUNNERS FOR THE LOLA – Senta Berger, president of the German Film Academy and German culture minister Bernd Neumann present the nominees fort his year’s German Film Prize, the Lola, which will be awarded April 24. THE THREE INVESTIGATORS AND THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE – The trio of teen detectives is back in the second film based on the best-selling children’s books. Florian Baxmeyer, winner of the student Oscar, returns as director THE ARCHITECT – A family drama with a superb cast (Sandra Hüller, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sophie Rois) led by the extraordinary Sepp Bierbichler. An impressive directing debut from actress Ina Weise. EFFI BRIEST – Fontane's classic, reimagined and starring Julia JentschTheodor Fontane’s epic novel of love, adultery and emancipation is a classic of German literature and a favorite for film adaptations. It seems every generation gets its version of "Effi". This time its director Hermine Huntgeburth who takes on the story of Effi Briest with the commanding Julia Jentsch taking the lead.Hollywood and back – German Cinema goes internationalIt's a German Hollywood invasion! Germany only picked up one Oscar this year – with Jochen Alexander Freydank winning for best Short Film but there were six films from Germany or with German participation nominated in various categories, more than ever before. Add to that the omnipresence of German films at the big international festivals, the trophy case of prizes and the demand for German co-producers and it's obvious German cinema has made it on the world stage. One of the main forces behind the boom is German culture minister Bernd Neumann, who helped launch the DFFF, a new film fund that has pumped cash into the local industry. That's meant more films, bigger budgets and more stars. KINO met with Bernd Neumann in Washington and spoke with filmmakers about the internationalization of German cinema.

• 8/25/09
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SPECIAL BERLINALE EDITIONTen years after Run Lola Run – Tom Tykwer at the 2009 Berlin International Film FestivalTen years after his international smash hit Run Lola Run, director Tom Tykwer makes a high-profile appearance at the Berlinale. His new film THE INTERNATIONAL, a thriller starring Hollywood stars Naomi Watts and Clive Owen, will be the opening film at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. Also screening out of competition is the anthology film GERMANY 09, made up of 13 short films by 13 directors. Tom Tykwer initiated the project, which was inspired by the film Germany in Autumn (Schlöndorff, Kluge, Fassbinder, 1978), and contributed one of the segments.Political thriller and a search for identity – German films in competitionNever before have there been so many German films screening at the Berlinale. More than 90 German productions can be found across all the various sections. But only two German films are vying for the gold and silver bears. Hans Christian Schmid, whose Requiem was a success two years ago, is back with THE PERFECT STORM, a political thriller about a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. And the young, still unknown director Maren Ade has made it into the competition with her first feature-length film. EVERYONE ELSE tells of the search for identity by a mismatched couple fighting its way together through a vacation in isolation. KINO reports on two directors and their films in the festival’s main competition. And our updated broadcast will report on the winners. SHORTCUTS IN BERLIN – Germany’s most famous cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, makes his directorial debut with a loving look at his old hometown, Berlin. LIPPEL'S DREAM – the opening film of the Generation section. Lars Büchel (Peas at 5:30) has filmed a popular children’s book using a cast of German stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Anke Engelke. SHORTCUT TO HOLLYWOOD – Three years ago, they landed a surprise hit with Quiet as a Mouse. Now Marcus Mittermeier and Jan Hendrik Stalhberg are back with a road movie about three young men who head to Hollywood with dreams of becoming pop stars.DAVID KROSS – The German Shooting StarEach year at the Berlinale, European Film Promotion presents its Shooting Stars – up and coming young actors from across Europe. This year, Germany’s David Kross is among those being honored. He’s just made his international debut in the Oscar-nominated film The Reader, starring opposite Kate Winslet. KINO catches up with David Kross amidst the excitement of the Berlinale. In addition, we’ll chat with filmmakers, film stars and film fans!

• 8/25/09
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"Milestones" – the series: From 1949 to the present – sixty years of German cinema.Milestones – 60 Years of German CinemaThe 60th anniversary of the German Federal Republic, 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany has plenty of reason of celebrate. Cinema was often a mirror to Germany’s transformation over these past six decades. KINO is celebrating those 60 years of post-war German cinema with a new series: Milestones. In six episodes, we"ll look back at six seperate epochs in modern German film history Two additional episodes will examine film in East Germany under Communism. We’ll pick out a single film that was exemplary for its time. Directors, actors and film historians tell us how they experienced both film and the time in which it was made. In our first episode: "Heimat, War and the Hit Parade – German post-war Cinema" film historian Rainer Rother of the Deutsche Kinemathek looks at German movies of the 50s and 60s – in particular Bernhard Wicki’s anti-war classic "The Bridge." The espisode will also feature clips from "Schwarzwaldmädel" and "Der Schatz im Silbersee," two typical films of the period. Building Fantasy – Germany's top production designerUli Hanisch is best know for the worlds he’s created for German director Tom Tykwer. For "Perfume – The Story of a Murderer", Hanisch rebuilt Paris. For "The International" he erected an exact copy of the New York Guggenheim museum in order to stage a massive shoot-out. KINO visits Uli Hanisch amongst his models and designs at the Berlin Film Museum. , Germany’s in-demand production designer explains to KINO Reporter Oliver Glasenapp why, when it comes to cinema, reality is often not enough.SHORTCUTS Jakobs Bruder – Two very different brothers set off to visit their sick mother in a debut feature from Daniel Walta. Night Rush - Markus Welter’s action thriller starring Stipe Erceg as a suicidal criminal tangled up in a bank robbery gone wrong. SPOILSPORTS –Georg Nonnenmacher and Henning Drechsler’s documentary on three generations of soccer referees. The film shines a light on the other man on the field – that hated "spoilsport," the ref. German Cinema in CannesGerman co-productions swept the awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Michael Haneke’s "The White Ribbon" took the Palme d’Or, Christoph Waltz won best actor for his starring role in Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglourious Basterds" and Charlotte Gainsbourg won best actress for Lars von Trier’s scandal film "Antichrist." KINO met up with Waltz in Cannes, spoke to Carl Woebcken of Zehnte Babelsberg Film, producer of "Inglourious Basterds" and with Cologne-based Heimatfilm, a co-producer on "Antichrist". KINO examines Germany’s starring role on the international co-production scene.

• 8/25/09
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Short But Sweet – German Filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival OberhausenThe German short film scene really got a boost after Jochen Alexander Freydank won an Oscar for TOYLAND. The trend is towards an auteur approach, meaning directors write their own screenplays and sometimes even produce their films. Not everyone considers the short subject merely a training ground for feature-length filmmaking; many appreciate the creative freedom the format provides. Anything is possible with the short subject: there are no limits in terms of form, content or aesthetics. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen present more than 400 films. KINO has a look and asks directors what they want to achieve and what an Academy Award for Germany means to the entire industry. German Cinema in New York – 30 Years of German Films at the Museum of Modern ArtThe film series New Cinema from Germany at New York’s MoMA is celebrating its 30th year of existence. In honor of the occasion, MoMA, German Films and the Goethe Institute have been presenting a number of films screenings and other events. The anthology film GERMANY 09 had its US premiere; two of the film’s directors, Wolfgang Becker and Hans Steinbichler, discussed their segments with the audience. Dominik Wessely’s film REVERSE SHOT documents the first blossoming of new German cinema in 1970s Munich. And young director Christian Klandt deals with a violent incident in his home town of Beeskow in the film CITY OF THE WORLD. How do the filmmakers present Germany? How can cinema alter a country’s image? What do Americans think of German films, and how have they changed their view of Germany? KINO presents an exclusive report from New York.Lolas for German Cinema – Film Awards WinnersThis year, the favorite was the big winner at the German Film Awards – the big-budget production JOHN RABE won a total of four Lolas. With a total cash prize of three million euros distributed among the winners, it is the most highly endowed German cultural award. Each year, the members of the German Film Academy select their favorite films. KINO presents the results of the awards, and talks to the winners.Between Dike and Village Pub – Lars Jessen’s Northern German HeimatfilmeWhether it’s a coming-of-age film or a road movie, director Lars Jessen tells humorous tales people breaking out of small-town northern Germany and searching for their own paths. His films DORFPUNKS and SHEEP AND CHIPS are cinematic love letters to the area where he grew up, and keenly observed portraits of the people who live there. KINO spoke to the director about what "home" means to him. SHORTCUTS DAYS IN BETWEEN – Debut film by Lola Randl about a scientist who begins a secret life alongside the one she leads with her family. (Starring Sylvana Krappatsch, Samuel Finzi, Jule Böwe) MORGEN IHR, LUSCHEN – DER AUSBILDER-SCHMIDT-FILM – Comedian Holger Müller has brought his stage character, an army drill sergeant, to the big screen. PHANTOM PAIN – Drama starring Til Schweiger, who plays a ladies’ man who gets by doing odd jobs. After losing a leg in an accident, he manages to change and gain a new lust for life.

• 8/25/09
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The Munich Film Festival!An important theme at this year’s festival: The legacy of the '60s!Milestones – Our series on "60 Years of German Cinema”Part 2: On the other side – Cinema in the GDR The economic miracle in West Germany in the 1960s sent filmmakers inward, with a focus on private lives, on the other side of the Berlin Wall, in East Germany; propaganda films were the order of the day. The communist state ordered up films to glorify the life of working class heroes. But even in the GDR there were cautious attempts to make artistic films free of state propaganda. One of the classics of the period, and one banned for years in East Germany, was Frank Beyer’s THE TRACE OF STONES. Director Andreas Kleinert, born and trained in the GDR, looks at the film and his own experience of cinema in East Germany. Caught between rebels and terrorists – The 60s at the Munich Film FestivalStudent revolts and left-wing terror: the legacy of 60s was a recurring theme at this year's Munich International Film Festival. The biopic DUTSCHKE uses eyewitness interviews and staged scenes to show the political and personal life of student leader Rudi Dutschke. In ES KOMMT DER TAG, an ex-terrorist who once gave her child up for adoption to go underground is forced to justify herself to her grown-up daughter. The drama SCHATTENWELT focuses on a young woman who swears revenge for her father, who was shot down by terrorists when she was a child. KINO shows three powerful films all dealing with the lasting effect of one of the most turbulent times in recent German history.LARS EIDINGER – Not like Everyone ElseIn Maren Ade's prize-winning relationship drama EVERYONE ELSE, actor Lars Eidinger plays Chris, an insecure young architect who, under peer pressure, tries to play the macho. It's a startling performance and one that positions Eidinger as a prototype of his generation. For KINO Eidinger returns to the Berlin school where he first stepped on stage and explains to us how he approaches his roles.SHORTCUTSGRIMM LOVE – The true, and truly bizarre, tale of German cannibal Armin Meiwes is remade as horror in Martin Weisz's debut, starring Thomas Kretschmann as the "Cannibal from Rotenburg." CONTACT HIGH – Michael Glawogger's drug-soaked comedy lurches between road movie and wild trip into the East German backwoods. Starring Detlev Buck. CATAPULT EUROPE – The documentary from Peter Dörfler follows the bizarre tale of the family who used to run the only amusement park in East Germany.

• 8/25/09
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Berlin '36: A gripping historical drama about a true story...Film of the Month – Berlin 36Berlin 1936: The United States threatens to boycott the Olympic Games if host Germany does not include any Jewish athletes in its national team. Bowing under pressure, the Nazi government opens a spot for the Jewish girl Gretl, an extraordinary high jumper. But to prevent her from winning, and making nonsense of the Nazis’ ideology of Aryan superiority, Berlin picks an unknown “woman” to compete against her. An unbelievable real-life historic drama from director Kaspar Heidelbach. Our film of the month.Series: Milestones – 60 years of German CinemaFor the fourth edition in our series we return to the 1980s – where comedy ruled German movies theaters. Light, mostly shallow entertainment for the masses. But it was a serious anti-war drama that would outlast them all to become a modern-day classic: Wolfgang Peterson’s DAS BOOT from 1981.10 Years of First StepsOver the past decade, the First Steps award, given annually to Germany’s best student films, has established itself as the country’s most important prize for up-and-coming talent. KINO looks at three of this year’s winners and traces the success of 10 years of First Steps.SHORTCUTS· WHISKY WITH VODKA – The new film from Andreas Dresen · Locarno Film Festival – Festival winner SHE, A CHINESE from Xialou Guo and Detlef Buck’s latest SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT · HORST SCHLÄMMER – ISCH KANDIERE – Beloved German comedian runs for Chancellor in this new comedy.

• 9/4/09
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It's the story of an obsession and a directorial debut: Actress Maria Schrader's Liebesleben.Three heroic detectives finally make it to the big screen: The Three Investigators premier at last!«Love Life» – A Story Of Obsession In IsraelWhat happens when a young, happily married woman falls madly in love with her husband’s old school chum? «Love Life» is an adaptation of the best-selling novel from Israeli author Zeruya Shalev and the directorial debut of German actress Maria Schrader.

• 8/25/09
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"Runaway Horse": Martin Walser’s bestselling novel has now been made into a moving film starring Katja Riemann."The Edge of Heaven": The award-winning masterpiece from director Fatih Akin.Between Hamburg and Istanbul – Fatih Akin and his new filmGermany has just chosen THE EDGE OF HEAVEN as its entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. In his latest work, director Fatih Akin tells the story of six people from Germany, whose paths cross both in Germany and Turkey. As with his successful movie HEAD-ON, the German-Turkish director deals with the search for identity, against a backdrop of political and cultural differences.

• 8/25/09
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KINO - The German Film Magazine - reporting from the Warsaw International Film Festival. This year, German productions are well represented. One of them is the acclaimed film "And Along Come Tourists" by Robert Thalheim - about a German performing alternative service in Auschwitz.German films and filmmakers at the - Warsaw International Film FestivalGermany and Poland share a long and difficult history. The deep scars left by the Second World War are not yet fully healed. But this year’s Warsaw festival invited 24 German productions to take part.

• 8/25/09
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