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Bénédicte Prot


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

Cottbus goes Magyar

The 15th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema (8-12 November) will focus in particular on Hungary. Indeed, not only will it grant the Oscar winning director Istvan Szabo (Mephisto) a "Lubina"...  

08/11/2005 | Festivals | Germany

The Ministry of Culture gives gold

Within the framework of the German short film prize for 2005 (Deutschen Kurzfilmpreis 2005), Christina Weiss, German Minister of Culture, has just awarded three Golds, female/male by Daniel Lang...  

07/11/2005 | Awards | Germany

A 'fantastic start' for the WCF

'Fantastic' is the epithet Hortensia Völckers, artistic director of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, used to describe the first year of the WCF (World Cinema Fund), a scheme launched by the...  

03/11/2005 | Funding | Germany

éQuinoxe in Vienna

From the 31st of October to the 6th of November, éQuinoxe Germany (www.eQuinoxeGermany.org) hosts the 25th éQuinoxe Screenwriters' Workshop in the Palais Schwarzenberg in Vienna. This meeting...  

02/11/2005 | Workshop | Austria

Schlöndorff is back in Gdansk

Thirty years after The Tin Drum (Golden Palm 1979 in Cannes, Oscar 1980 as Best Film in foreign language), Volker Schlöndorff is back in Gdansk to shoot Vergessene Heldin ("A forgotten heroine")...  

02/11/2005 | Production | Germany

3rd meeting France/Germany

Within the framework of the French and German film academy, created by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and President Chirac in June 2000, French and German professionals have organised their third...  

28/10/2005 | Events | Europe

That's all, folks

The Viennale (14-26 October) finally ends, after 12 exciting days. A record number of spectators, 86,200 to be precise, went to 305 screenings in the five partner-theatres. Many films were sold...  

27/10/2005 | Festivals | Austria

Final cut for Special

After 35 days shooting in Berlin, Anno Saul (Kebab Connection) has completed his new comedy, Special. The main character, Fred (played by the actor Til Schweiger, recently seen in the successful...  

26/10/2005 | Production | Germany

Hidden disqualified

The AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences) has just decided that Michael Haneke's latest film, Hidden (o.t. Caché), is not eligible to represent Austria in the running for the Oscar...  

25/10/2005 | Oscars 2006 | Austria

The Kuratorium is safe

At the end of last week, the government decided not to cut state aid to the Kuratorium of new German films, a decision welcomed with great relief by the directors' association, BVR (Bundesverband...  

24/10/2005 | Funding | Germany

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