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Indie Roundup: 'Dogging,' 'Serious,' 'Capitalism'

8 October 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Deals. Sony Pictures Classics acquired The Last Station hot off its debut at the Telluride Film Festival and plans a quick turnaround, releasing it before the end of the year and pushing its stars Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, and James McAvoy for awards consideration, according to Thompson on Hollywood. Described as a "fictionalized chronicle of Tolstoy's last days" by our own Eugene Novikov, the film's main problem is that it 'madly equivocates' on whether Tolstoy, portrayed by Plummer is, essentially, "a crackpot."

Historical drama John Rabe will get a theatrical outing next spring courtesy of Strand Releasing, according to indieWIRE. Based on the diaries of a German businessman, the film tells about his role in saving the lives of 200,000 people during the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in 1937. indieWIRE also reports that IFC Films picked up Bruno Dumont's religiously-inclined Hadewijch and Lorber Films will distribute Nobody's Perfect, a German »

- Peter Martin

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Strand Gives “John” U.S. Home

2 October 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

U.S. rights to Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger’s historical drama “John Rabe” have been picked up by Strand Releasing. The German-French-Chinese co-production is based on the diaries of John Rabe who was known as the “Schindler of China” because of his role in rescuing 200,000 civilians during the Nanking Massacre. Strand’s Jon Gerrans negotiated the deal with Beta Cinema’s Dirk Schuerhoff. The company plans a spring 2010 release. Set in Nanking … »

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Strand Offer Refuge to Gallenberger's 'John Rabe'

2 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Adding to their collection of films picked off from Berlin, Strand Releasing have acquired the U.S. rights to Florian Gallenberger's John Rabe - a big budget German feature that looks at the Nanjing massacre of 37-38 from a Schindler's List perspective. Winner of a four awards at the Golden Lolas (Germany's Academy Awards), this will be a perfect compliment/companion piece to the 2010 release of Lu Chaun's City of Life and Death. Strand is planning a Spring release. With popular Germans thesps Ulrich Tukur and Daniel Bruhl on board, this is a story about a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the massacre. Tukur portrays Rabe, who, as a Nazi party member and Siemens executive, was able to create a safety zone within the city to protect civilians from Japanese atrocities, which claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000 civilians. Steve Buscemi plays real-life American Dr. »

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Viff 2009: Guest Directors Attending

27 September 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone »

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2009 Lola Winners

24 April 2009 9:54 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Inspired by real-life events, the World War II drama John Rabe won the 2009 German Film Academy’s Lola for best film. Directed by Florian Gallenberger, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman (best actor winner Ulrich Tukur) credited with saving more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing (then Nanking) massacre of 1937-38. Additionally, John Rabe, which has been a box-office disappointment in Germany, won Lolas for best production design (Tu Ju Hua) and best costume design (Lisy Christl). I believe it’s safe to say that Gallenberger’s film will be Germany’s submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award. And that it’ll land an Oscar nomination. The best director Lola went to Andreas Dresen for the popular Cloud 9, in which veteran actress Ursula Werner plays a sixty-something married woman who rediscovers love and sex outside of home. Özgür Yildirim’s feature-film debut, Chiko, a gangster »

- Massimo David

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German Film Academy Awards - Lola 2009

24 April 2009 5:34 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

German Film Academy Awards - Lola 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award nominations: March 13, 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award winners: Berlin, April 24, 2009 (”*” denotes the winner in each category)   John Rabe, starring Ulrich Tukur.   Best film The Baader Meinhof Complex, director Uli Edel Chiko, director Ozgur Yildirim A Year Ago in Winter, director Caroline Link Jerichow, director Christian Petzold * John Rabe, director Florian Gallenberger Cloud 9, director Andreas Dresen Silver Lola: A Year Ago in Winter Bronze Lola: Cloud 9 Best Documentary Lenin kam nur bis Ludenscheid, director Andre Schafer * NoBody’s Perfect, director Niko von Glasow Best Children or youth film Lilly the Witch, director Stefan Ruzowitzky * Nothing Else Matters, director Julia von Heinz Best Director * Andreas Dresen for Cloud 9 Uli Edel for The Baader Meinhof Complex Florian Gallenberger for John Rabe Christian Petzold for Jerichow Best Actress Anne Maria [...] »

- Massimo David

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6 articles from 2009

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