Deutscher Filmstudent Oscar-nominiert

Unter den fünf Finalisten für den Auslands-Ehrenpreis der 37. Student Academy Awards befindet sich Martin Schreier von der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. “The Night Father Christmas Died” qualifizierte sich unter einer neuen Rekordzahl von 61 Einreichungen aus 36 Ländern. Nach „Nimmermeer“ von Toke Constantin Hebbeln (2007) ist dies der achte Beitrag seit Bestehens der Ludwigsburger Filmhochschule, der [...]

German “Father Christmas” Named Student Oscar Finalist

Martin Schreier of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is among the five finalists competing for the 2010 Honorary Foreign Film award in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 37th Annual Student Academy Awards.
“The Night Father Christmas Died” was selected from a record 61 entries from 36 countries. After the fantastical fairy tale “Nimmermeer” in 2007 (written [...]

Sandra Bullock and Christoph Waltz at the 2010 Academy Awards

Sci-Tech Oscars: Strong showing of German engineering and technology

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards on February 20, 2010, in Beverly Hills, California.

Christian Baeker (left), Dr. Klaus Anderle (center) and Frank Billasch for their contributions to the LUTher 3D look-up table hardware device and color management software at DigitalFilmTechnology in Weiterstadt, Germany.
Academy Certificate recognition: “The LUTher hardware was [...]

Sandra Bullock really has a sense of humor

Regardless if you love Sandra Bullock, the Superstar with German roots, you have to give it to her: She really has humor. When she was nominated for the Annual Razzie award for the worst performance of the year, aswell as an Oscar, granted for different projects, but within the same year, she did not snub [...]

“Kaiserwetter” for the Oscars

After yesterdays rainy and gloomy weather, it was feared that the red carpet would be a pretty wet affair, but with so much Austrian and German influence on this year’s Oscars…
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The stage sparkles with Swarovski Crystals – Read more about the curtain
Austrian Wolfgang Puck cooks at the Governor’s Ball – [...]

Cascading Swarovski Curtain makes an encore at the Oscars

The Swarovski Crystal Curtain with its proscenium arch framing the stage in sparkling clear, topaz and smoky brown hues the Austrian Crystal company makes an encore at the 2010 Oscars. The colors match designer David Rockwell’s color scheme white, platinum, bronze and gold.
“It has been fantastic to work on the Oscars again, particularly because we [...]

Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon

Austrian Actor and Best Supporting Actor front runner Christoph Waltz
Read about other German and Austrian Nominees
Waltz in Time Magazine

German American Sandra Bullock

Wolfgang Puck and the Governors Ball

Not only are Christoph Waltz – Best Supporting Actor, Sandra Bullock – Best Actress, The White Ribbon – Best Foreign Language Film and Christian Berger – Cinematography, nominated, but every year the originally Carinthian (a Southern Region of Austria) master chef Wolfgang Puck is a staple of this celebration.
For the 16th consecutive year, master chef [...]

Oscar Nominations 2010

Nominations:
Christoph Waltz – Best Supporting Actor
Sandra Bullock – Best Actress
The White Ribbon – Best Foreign Language Film
Christian Berger – Cinematography
Following an American Society of Cinematographers nomination for “Das Weisse Band – The White Ribbon”, the Oscar nomination for Austrian Christian Berger might not be that surprising, however the Academy Awards are still the crown [...]