Ex-Beta Cinema Exec Thorsten Ritter Joins ‘The Outrun’ Producer Weydemann Bros.

Ex-Beta Cinema Exec Thorsten Ritter Joins ‘The Outrun’ Producer Weydemann Bros.

Longtime Beta Cinema executive Thorsten Ritter, who oversaw international sales at the Munich-based company for more than a decade before stepping down last year, is joining German production outfit Weydemann Bros. Ritter will establish and head a new Munich office for Weydemann Bros., expanding the company’s footprint beyond its existing bases in Berlin and Cologne….

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‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Takes Us Inside the Cut-Throat Cleaning Sector (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Takes Us Inside the Cut-Throat Cleaning Sector (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

You can dive into a world we rarely see and travel back to the early days of the Dardenne brothers with German writer-director Kilian Armando Friedrich’s debut fiction feature I Understand Your Displeasure (Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut), which will world premiere in the Panorama program of the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday, Feb. 13….

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‘Harry Potter’ HBO Max Series Will Be the “Streaming Event of the Decade” – At Least, WBD Top Exec Says

‘Harry Potter’ HBO Max Series Will Be the “Streaming Event of the Decade” – At Least, WBD Top Exec Says

HBO Max’s highly anticipated Harry Potter series, coming to the streamer in 2027, will be “the streaming event of the decade,” maybe even the biggest event in streaming history, JB Perrette, CEO and president of global streaming & games at Warner Bros. Discovery said in London on Monday. “We can’t wait for this global streaming…

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In ‘Árru,’ a Reindeer Herder Must Choose Between Saving Ancestral Lands or Her Family (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

In ‘Árru,’ a Reindeer Herder Must Choose Between Saving Ancestral Lands or Her Family (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

Ancestral lands with reindeer face the threat of a mining project in Árru, the feature directorial debut of choreographer and filmmaker Elle Sofe Sara. And buried beneath the snowy landscapes of the Arctic region of Sápmi, where the Sámi live, the only indigenous people of the European Union, lies family trauma. Sounds like it will…

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‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’ Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and “Non-Judgment” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’ Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and “Non-Judgment” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest – the title of her feature directorial debut describes how Viv Li, a self-described Chinese artist wannabe, has been feeling ever since she got stuck in Berlin after the COVID pandemic and ventured into the German capital’s alternative culture scene. “A Chinese misfit ricochets between Berlin’s alternative frenzy and…

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In ‘Lali,’ the First All-Pakistani Film at Berlin, Love Is a Battlefield, and a Man Pretends to Be Possessed to Control His Wife (Exclusive Trailer)

In ‘Lali,’ the First All-Pakistani Film at Berlin, Love Is a Battlefield, and a Man Pretends to Be Possessed to Control His Wife (Exclusive Trailer)

A man pretends to be possessed to try to control his wife, who has a reputation for being a cursed bride, in Lali, the first all-Pakistani feature at the Berlin International Film Festival (the festival has in the past featured Pakistani co-productions). Audiences can actually celebrate Valentine’s Day with this cinematic reminder that love can…

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‘Why Do I See You in Everything?’ Director Explains Why Even Small Touches Are “Acts of Resistance” and the Symbolism of Olive Trees: Rotterdam

‘Why Do I See You in Everything?’ Director Explains Why Even Small Touches Are “Acts of Resistance” and the Symbolism of Olive Trees: Rotterdam

Why Do I See You in Everything? That is the question that Syrian writer-director Rand Abou Fakher (short films Braided Love and So We Live) explores in her feature film debut, which just received its world premiere in the Bright Future program of the 55th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The hybrid film…

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In Political Thriller ‘Projecto Global,’ a Revolutionary Movement Loses Sight of Its Purpose (Exclusive Rotterdam Clips)

In Political Thriller ‘Projecto Global,’ a Revolutionary Movement Loses Sight of Its Purpose (Exclusive Rotterdam Clips)

The 1970s were a time of political terrorism, or “armed resistance,” as militant groups called it, in various European countries. Portugal followed, experiencing “years of lead,” as they were dubbed from 1980 until 1987. The political thriller Projecto Global, the new feature from writer-director Ivo M. Ferreira (Letters From War, Empire Hotel), world premiering on…

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Berlin Film Festival Unveils Sidebar Juries

Berlin Film Festival Unveils Sidebar Juries

The 76th Berlin International Film Festival, running Feb. 12-22, has set the jury lineups for its Perspectives, Documentary, Generation and Shorts sections. The Perspectives jury consists of Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui, German director Frédéric Hambalek, and Polish-Canadian programmer Dorota Lech. They will select a winner from the debut fiction features premiering in Berlin’s new-ish Perspectives…

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