Carte Blanche für Dieter Kosslick im MoMA New York

Das New Yorker Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) widmet Festivaldirektor Dieter Kosslick zu seinem zehnten Berlinale-Jubiläum eine Filmreihe. Unter dem Titel „Carte Blanche: Dieter Kosslick, the  Culinary Cineaste“ (Carte Blanche: Dieter Kosslick, der kulinarische Cineast) werden vom 22. bis 30. August 2011 insgesamt elf Filme im MoMA gezeigt.
Dieter Kosslick, seit Mai 2001 Direktor der Internationalen [...]

Berlinale’s Kosslick Gets Carte Blanche at MoMA

Celebrating his tenth anniversary as director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art invited Dieter Kosslick (“The Culinary Cineaste”) to program some of his favorite food films.
Eleven from the museum collection, including German (co-)productions “Bella Martha/Drei Sterne” (Mostly Martha) and “Le quattro volte,” as well as “Babettes Gæstebud” (Babette’s Feast), “Ratatouille” [...]

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis goes “Back to the Future”

Fritz Lang’s film historical milestone Metropolis got a makeover and was screened during this year’s Berlinale in front Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.
Read what Kirk Honeycutt wrote for the Hollywood Reporter:
Fritz Lang’s film gets a true director’s cut 83 years later
BERLIN — The memory is still vivid after these many years. Following a screening of Fritz Lang’s [...]

Berlinale adds Swiss American Renée Zellweger to their jury

The renowned German film festival confirmed that Swiss American Academy Award Winner Renée Zellweger joined the jury of the 60th Berlinale. The International jury will be led by legendary film maker Werner Herzog. Also part of the jury will be one of Germany’s most popular and versatile actresses and singers Cornelia Froboess.