Oscar Nominierungen für “Pina”, “Hugo” und “The Artist”

Mit neun Nominierungen in der Kategorie Best Picture konnte Hollywood aufatmen. Nachdem es auch der Aussenseiter “Tree of Life”, noch dazu mit den weiteren Topkategorien Regisseur und Kamera, und Spätzünder “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” in das Rennen um die 84. Academy Awards of Merit schafften, hat sich das neue, flexible Auswahlverfahren wohl bewährt.
“Pina” hatte [...]

“Pina”, “Raju” and Lisy meeting Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards of Merit. Wim Wenders’ “Pina” leads another strong year for German talent. “It is fantastic to be nominated in the category of Best Documentary a second time after “Buena Vista Social Club,” specially as it is the [...]

Harlem Meets Oranienburg on Student Exchange

Since May 29, a group of high schoolers from Harlem, New York City’s Frederick Douglass Academy have been staying with students from Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge Gymnasium and their families in Oranienburg, near Berlin.
Accompanied by their teacher, Ms. Alyssa Rosenbaum, the Americans are not only attending school with their German counterparts but will be participating in a [...]

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 [...]

ThinkSwiss Scolarship for Climate Change

The Exchange tells the story of Katie Paige, a U.S. university student who received a ThinkSwiss scholarship last year to work on a research project at a Swiss university. This year ThinkSwiss will again select 15 talented and motivated U.S. students to study in Switzerland as recipients of the 2010 ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship. Interested? The [...]