26/10/2017 - Following on from Paris, je t’aime and New York, I Love You, the omnibus film revolves around ten poetic, zany love stories set in the German capital

(l-r) Co-producer Alice de Sousa (Galleon Films), producer Edda Reiser (Walk on Water Films), actress Helen Mirren and producer Josef Steinberger (Rheingold Films) (© Martin Nicholas Kunz/BILY Media GmbH)

For the episode of the omnibus film Berlin, I Love You that Massy Tadjedin (Last Night [+see also:
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The filmmakers who have been signed up to deliver this cinematic love letter to the once-divided city include directors such as Dennis Gansel (The Wave [+see also:
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Berlin, I Love You is being produced by Claus Clausen, Edda Reiser (Walk on Water Films) and Josef Steinberger (Rheingold Films), while Alice De Sousa (Galleon Films) and Skady Lis (Getaway Pictures) are acting as co-producers. The executive producer is Emmanuel Benbihy, who kicked off the “Cities of Love” franchise with the aforementioned Paris, je t’aime and New York, I Love You.

Supported by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the German Federal Film Fund, the shoot for Berlin, I Love You will run until mid-November. The international sales are handled by US firm Highland Film Group.