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german documentaries 2011 German Films is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German Films worldwide. German Films’ range of activities includes: Close cooperation with major international film festivals and selected TV markets; hosting selection delegations from international festivals; PR and press work for all major national and international media representatives; information and advice for international buyers, German producers and exporters; publication of informational literature on current German Films and the film industry; organization of the “Next Generation/ Short Tiger” short film program; administration of the selection procedure for the German entry for the OSCAR for Best Foreign Language Film; staging of “Festivals of German Films” and “German Premieres”; collaboration with Deutsche Welle’s DW-TV KINO program; organization of the “German Films Previews” and the “Leipzig Screening“ for buyers; selective financial support for the foreign releases of German films; organization with Unifrance of the annual German- French film meeting Das Rendez-Vous. German Films has foreign representatives in Beijing, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Madrid, London, and New York. German Films is funded by film export levies, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and the German Federal Film Board, as well as the regional film funders FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, FilmFoerderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, and Nordmedia. Shareholders are the Association of German Feature Film Producers, the German Producers Alliance, the Association of German Film Exporters, the German Federal Film Board (FFA), the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, the German Documentary Association, the German Short Film Association, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, and Filmstiftung NRW representing the seven main regional film funds. German Films Service + Marketing GmbH Herzog-Wilhelm-Strasse 16 • D-80331 Munich • GERMANY tel +49 89 59 97 87 0 • fax +49 89 59 97 87 30 [email protected] • www.german-films.de Thank you for picking up this latest edition of the German Documentaries catalogue! This shows that our decision was a good one. After all, we were Once again, the new crop features a large selection of exciting por- once again faced with the question of whether or not to publish trait films, including an homage to director Werner Schroeter and a printed catalogue or merely an online version. You can also find a biography of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Other films are about photo- all the films in this catalogue and much more on our website graphy and famous photographers. Ecological topics such as the oil www.german-documentaries.de. There you can get the latest infor- catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and the dangers of nuclear energy mation about which German documentaries can be seen at which are also featured. festivals around the world, the awards they have won, and a wealth of additional information about the German documentary film- ‘German Documentaries‘ is hardly German navel gazing but rather making scene as well as important addresses and links. A visit to our a fascinating kaleidoscope of all the world has to offer presented by website is always worthwhile. After all, it is the gateway to the wide the writers, directors and producers of a country whose documentary spectrum of films and filmmakers in the world of German documen- films have been competing in the major leagues for quite some time tary filmmaking. If you have any questions, feel free to email our now. Approximately one-third of the theatrical features produced in editors. Germany are documentaries. This number alone is proof of the qual- ity and level of documentary films ‘Made in Germany.’ This printed catalogue has a somewhat different function. Its aim is sustainability, and it features a compact overview of a wealth of So take a look at the fascinating world inside. We hope you will not interesting new films about a wide range of subjects. Let yourself be be disappointed! inspired by what you read and draw comparisons of your own. Take it with you on your journeys and archive it in your office so it will Thomas Frickel always be at your fingertips when you are searching for a specific Chairman and CEO title or topic. Surely you will find among the 204 new titles some- Germany Documentary Association / AG DOK thing fitting for your program and for the audience you know best. Schweizer Str. 6 60594 Frankfurt/Main, Germany The newest films range from Wim Wenders’ first 3D documentary, Tel.: +49 (0) 69 - 62 37 00 which will celebrate its world premiere at this year’s Berlin Interna- Fax: + 49 (0) 6142 - 96 64 24 tional Film Festival, to debut films by new talents, mini-series and [email protected] one-off auteur films with distinct styles of their own. www.agdok.de german documentaries 2011 651 100 YEARS HOLLYWOOD – The Carl Laemmle Story by Kai Christiansen ADVENTURE | CULTURE | FILM | ECONOMY | MIGRATION | HISTORY | PORTRAIT The Universal Studios Hollywood will be celebrating their 100th birthday in 2012. Everybody knows Contact: gebrueder beetz filmprod. the legendary film studios, but hardly anybody knows its founder: Carl Laemmle. Together with his Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG niece, the actress Carla Laemmle, who was born in the same year as the dream factory 100 years ago, Eppendorfer Weg 93a 20259 Hamburg, Germany we embark on a fantastic journey through film history – featuring silent screen diva Mary Pickford, tel.: +49 (0) 40-76973070 fax: +49 (0) 40-76973065 Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Frankenstein Boris Karloff and Dracula Bela Lugosi. 100 [email protected] YEARS HOLLYWOOD presents interviews with VIP-journalist Frances Schoenberger, with actor John Malkovich and with three time Academy Award winning composer Howard Shore and director Peter Bogdanovich. The film 100 YEARS HOLLYWOOD offers a unique view behind the scenes of the world’s most succesful film factory. German title: 100 JAHRE HOLLYWOOD – Die Carl Laemmle Story 78min or 43min | HD | 16:9 | German or French version, English textlist 12 MONTH GERMANY by Eva Wolf CULTURE | MIGRATION | SOCIETY | YOUTH 12 Months Germany accompanies four exchange students from three different continents living with their German host families. We share in their disappointments, their conflicts and their suc- cesses while living in a foreign country. Through their unique experiences, we get a glimpse into German family life and are shown that you can encounter different customs not only in a different country, but also in the house next door. German title: 12 MONATE DEUTSCHLAND Festival: Buster, International Children and Youth Film Festival, Copenhagen Contact: 95min | HDCam | DigiBeta | BetaSP | DVD | 16:9 Lemme Film GmbH original German/English/Spanish version with German or English subtitles available Grabbestr. 6 22765 Hamburg, tel.: +49 (0) 40-41359404 [email protected] www.lemmefilm.de 20000 CABLES UNDER THE SEA by Gerhard Widmer and Michael Wolff WORK | ECONOMY | SCIENCE The modern digitalized world is tied together through glass fibre cables. Although overall stable, Production: fact+film Medienprod. GmbH damages to sea cables in certain regions can still arrest whole economies. Billions of dollars depend on Contrescarpe 8c new technological developments in glass fibre cable technology. Science has come a long way since 28203 Bremen, Germany tel.: +49 (0) 421-3378537 the ‘Great Eastern’, the largest ship of its era, installed the first sea cable in 1866. In this documentary, tel.: +49 (0) 421-3399492 fax: +49 (0) 421-3399549 current visions and developments in glass fibre technology are interwoven with a re-telling of the first www.fact-film.de sea cable installation, which Nobel prize winner Stefan Zweig termed a ‘magic moment in human World sales: history’. We will accompany a sea cable installation, visit leading academic and corporate research united docs GmbH institutions, and give voice to some of the key figures in this field. [email protected] www.united-docs.com German title: 20000 KABEL UNTER DEM MEER 43min | HD Cam | German or English version 652 german documentaries 2011 9 LIVES by Maria Speth The film portrays the fates of several youth who decided at an early age – some as young as 11, 12 or 13 years old – to leave home, only to end up living on the streets temporarily or per- manently. Rather than documenting their lives on the street, the film concentrates on how their personalities materialize as they discuss their lives in front of a neutral backdrop in a studio. Despite all their physical and emotional damages, they are endowed with remarkable strength and talent, which forms the focus of the film. Photos by Reinhold Vorschneider Contact: Madonnen Film UG German title: 9 LEBEN Maria Speth Festival/Awards: DOKLeipzig/DEFA-Sponsoring Prize; Vienale, Luenen, Goeteborg Am Lappjagen 27 105min | HD | original German version with English subtitles available 14169 Berlin, Germany tel.: +49 (0) 30-84719535 [email protected] ACHTUNG: PSYCHONAUTS – The Artist Thomas Zipp by Sonja Baeger PORTRAIT | ARTS | DAILY LIFE | BERLIN | LONGTERM As we get to know the internationally reknowned, Berlin based, German artist Thomas Zipp, we discover the background of his installations, which refer to the human urge of hubris and self- destruction and are dark and humourous at the same time. His interest in psychonautics – the research of the psyche and the subconscious – is the angle from which he questions the supporting pillars of our culture and education. As he connects acknowledged values and historical characters beyond logic, he uses the freedom of art to create and claim a playfully anarchistic monument of Contact: Sonja Baeger thought. Another important part of Thomas Zipp's way of expressing himself is music. In various con- Spenerstr.28 stellations with artist-friends they improvise a kind of psychedelic noise-rock, enriched with self-develo- 10557 Berlin, Germany tel.: +49 (0) 30-42018519 ped instruments, like a cast- iron bell (with the inscription: mind over matter) and air-raid sirens.