German (co)productions abound at CPH: PIX 2011
by German Films
Copenhagen’s premiere film festival, CPH: PIX (April 20-May 1), is featuring a spotlight on Germany for its 2011 edition. The four titles of the sidebar are Tom Tykwer's Three [+see also:
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film profile], Ulrich Köhler's Berlin award-winner Sleeping Sickness [+see also:
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interview: Ulrich Kohler
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interview: Christoph Hochhäusler
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The Maestros programme will present two highly prestigious German co-productions: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cannes grand winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [+see also:
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interview: Béla Tarr
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The Front Runners section has also selected two high-profile European titles involving Germany: Dutch director Nanouk Leopold's Brownian Movement [+see also:
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German co-productions also feature in the spotlights on Romania, with Cristi Puiu's festival favourite Aurora [+see also:
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interview: Clara Voda
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interview: Luca Marinelli
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A tribute to Toni Servillo will screen one of his latest efforts, A Quiet Life [+see also:
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interview: Claudio Cupellini
film profile] by Claudio Cupellini (co-produced in Germany by EOS Entertainment), while a special sidebar dedicated to Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski offers three French/German titles: That Most Important Thing: Love (1975), The Night the Screaming Stops (1981) and Blue Note (1991).
German involvement in co-productions is also manifest in the Eastern European programme, with Hungarian auteur Kornél Mundruczó's Tender Son - The Frankenstein Project [+see also:
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film profile]. On the scary side, the Thrills and Kills sidebar includes Bruce LaBruce's US/French/German title L.A. Zombie [+see also:
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