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Bénédicte Prot


1633 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 15/07/2019.

Busy week on German screens

No less than 22 new releases open in Germany this week, quite a rare occurrence for distributors who are clearly taking advantage of the lack of competition for Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette...  

03/11/2006 | Releases | Germany

Docs and animation in the spotlight at Leipzig

The 49th Dok Leipzig International Festival (October 30-November 5) is now in full swing. Representatives of Leipzig City stated they preferred "films that ask questions to ones that give answers"...  

02/11/2006 | Festivals | Germany

A highly successful Viennale

The 44th Vienna Film Festival ended yesterday evening with the screening of Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and a closing night party. The figures released today revealed that this year's...  

27/10/2006 | Festivals | Austria

Kinowelt takes the reins of Pegasos

Michael Kölmel's company Kinowelt is widening its scope. At the beginning of the week, it took control of the Cologne-based distribution and production company Pegasos, which has a catalogue of...  

27/10/2006 | Industry | Germany

Brühl and Vogel, messengers of good fortune

This week, local titles have a near monopoly of German screens. Among the nine new releases are three enthralling productions and one co-production, starting with Ein Freund von mir (lit. "A...  

26/10/2006 | Releases | Germany

One hundred films at Hof

The 40th Hof International Film Festival, which will host 100 films until Sunday, opened yesterday with the screening of Schwere Jungs (lit. "Tough Guys") by Marcus H. Rosenmüller. The director's...  

25/10/2006 | Festivals | Germany

Contact announced Macedonian entry

The selection committee of the Macedonian Directors’ Association has chosen Contact by Sergej Stanojkovski to represent their country in the running for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film,...  

24/10/2006 | Oscars 2007 | Germany/North Macedonia

Minister announces new grant system

At the Media Days held last week in Munich (October 18-20), the German Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann revealed details to producers and directors on the new grant model for film production...  

23/10/2006 | Funding | Germany

Rohmer vs Krohmer

After its screening at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and in Toronto, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Vienna and Paris, Summer'04 by Stefan Krohmer has finally opened in German cinemas through...  

20/10/2006 | Releases | Germany

Azur sees life in green-white-red

New distribution outfit Azur Film hopes to increase German filmgoers’ access to Italian cinema. The company, run by Swiss distributor Luca Morandini and exhibitor Daniel Schmid, will primarily...  

19/10/2006 | Distribution | Germany

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