Two German Filmmakers Nominated for Student Oscars

Award Ceremony to be held on June 9 in Beverly Hills.

Five finalists, selected from 51 entries representing 29 countries, will advance in the Foreign Film category in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Up to three winners will be selected from this group and brought to Los [...]

Andres Veiel’s If Not Us, Who? in New York

IF NOT US, WHO? Screening at New York’s Museum of Modern Art
Saturday April 28th 2012

An Austrian favorite: ‘Die Wurstsemmel’

A ‘Kaisersemmel’ (Imperial bread roll). ‘Roll in the shape that the Emperor preferred’ –  is usually enjoyed in Austria with ‘Extrawurst’ (cold cuts).  Probably invented by a Viennese baker around 1750, the rolls are handformed and a five point star is cut in to get the extra crispy crust to ‘krachen’, when you bite into [...]

Legendary Designer Ferdinand A. Porsche Died

“A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form.”  - Ferdinand Porsche
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was the head of the Porsche Design Team, when the classic 911 was created in the early 1960s. The car is now in it’s 7th generation and still remains recognizably brand-defining the same classic vehicle.
Recalling [...]

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe Google Doodle

Ludwig van der Rohe Google Doodle: born March 27th 1886, he was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture
Mies, like many of his post World War I [...]

Kafka’s Parable “Before the Law” narrated by Orson Welles

Based on Franz Kafka’s classic “The Trial” Orson Welles directed his 1962 filmversion starring Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider.
A few years later, Welles told the BBC, “Say what you will, but The Trial is the best film I have ever made. One repeats oneself only when one is fatigued. Well, I wasn’t fatigued. [...]

Grand Design Empire launches new clothing line

Fashion Designer Emil Gampe, from EMILcouture and “Dancing with the Stars” designer, Daniela Gschwendtner are introducing a new European-style designer line, Grand Design Empire (”GDE”), designed and manufactured exclusively in Los Angeles, California.
“We want to give women the opportunity to get a piece of us at an affordable price point, and maybe more important, we [...]

Joachim Gauck is elected German president

The former Eastern German pastor and Member of Parliament Joachim Gauck was elected as German president. With him and chancellor Merkel leading the country, Eastern Germans are in the underdog position no more. The 72-year old former pastor was brought up in a protestant household during communism. Merkel and Gauck began their political careers after [...]

Singer Ute Lemper in Los Angeles

Ute Lemper with Vogler Quartet and Stefan Malzew
Berlin Nights / Paris Days
Ute Lemper’s panache, versatility and sophisticated repertoire have led her to international acclaim. With this brand-new project she delves even deeper into the glamour of Old World Europe. Crossing national and stylistic boundaries alike, the program features quartets by Schulhoff and Ravel as well [...]

MIA Fallschirm

Ich bin zurück
von einer Reise rund um die welt
einmal hin und zurück
das ich noch lebe ist glück
durch den dschungel der Angst in mir
fand ich die rettende Hintertür
ich wurde wieder zum kind
das seinen weg erst beginnt
ich bin zurück
aus einem schoss, der mir ein heim
ich war besucher auf zeit
ich kam kaputt und ging heil
jetzt will ich mich [...]

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