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• 04/2013
  

  “Blood in the Mobile” nominated for Marl’s Human Rights Award

  We are pleased to announce that our film “Blood in the Mobile” is nominated for the Marl’s Human Rights Award [...]

  We are pleased to announce that our film “Blood in the Mobile” is nominated for the Marl’s Human Rights Award by Amnesty International. Together with two other finalists we are looking forward to the award ceremony on May 18th in Bochum. The Marl’s Human Rights Award honors projects which have an extraordinary focus on human rights.

  Marl's Human Rights Award
  

  
  

• 04/2013
  

  Presentation THE WAGNER FILES – Film & App at Visions du Réel in Nyon

  Tonight Christian Beetz will present our crossmedia project THE WAGNER FILES at the filmfest Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. In [...]

  Tonight Christian Beetz will present our crossmedia project THE WAGNER FILES at the filmfest Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. In addition to the preview of the feature film THE WAGNER FILES by Ralf Pleger, our Wagner-App will be showcased as a work-in-progress. The event will take place today, the 23 April at 10 pm at the Salles de la Colombière.

  http://www.visionsdureel.ch/de/doc-market/special-event-wagnerfile.html

  
  

• 04/2013
  

  „Farewell Comrades!“ Grimme Award Ceremony in Marl

  Andrei Nekrasov, György Dalos, Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler and Kathrin Isberner receive a Grimme Award in the category “Information & [...]

  Andrei Nekrasov, György Dalos, Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler and Kathrin Isberner receive a Grimme Award in the category “Information & Culture” for the 6-part TV-series “Farewell Comrades!” (ZDF/ARTE/rbb).

  Over six episodes, the series follows the 16-year countdown leading to the final collapse of the Soviet world and Socialist utopia – told from the perspective of those people who experienced, caused or tried to prevent it.

  Thank you and concratulation to everyone who was involved.

  Besides the Grimme Awards for “FC Barelona Confidential” and “Between Insanity and Beauty” it´s now the 3rd Grimme Award for gebrueder beetz film production.

   

  The Live-Stream of the Award Ceremony can be follows online on www.3sat.de at 7pm.

  3sat also broadcast the ceremony delayed on television at 10.25 pm.

  Award Ceremony Live Stream on 3sat on April 12th 2013 at 7pm
  Award-winning webformat: Farewell Comrades! Interactive
  

  
  

• 04/2013
  

  German Documentaries internationally in high demand

  Filmmaker and Producer Christian Beetz is pleased that German documentaries have acquired international reputation by now. In southern France, his [...]

  Filmmaker and Producer Christian Beetz is pleased that German documentaries have acquired international reputation by now. In southern France, his company, gebrueder beetz filmproduction, recently nominated  for an Academy Award with „Open Heart“, was able to make a deal with the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. In an elaborate nature documentary, the filmmakers follow the tracks of the snow leopard of the Tibetan plateau. CCTV also bought the Beetz-Documentary „The Secret War in Laos“.

   

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• 04/2013
  

  Wagner Graphic Novel published as a preprint at COMIX-Magazine

  As a little teaser the first pages of the Wagner comic by Andreas Völlinger & Flavia Scuderi are issued in [...]

  As a little teaser the first pages of the Wagner comic by Andreas Völlinger & Flavia Scuderi are issued in the new edition of the COMIX-Magazine. The whole Graphic Novel will be published in June at the Knesebeck publishing company. At the same time we are working on the competition of the Wagner-app.

  
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• 03/2013
  

  “Farewell Comrades!” honored with the Grimme-Award

  Just now we received the message that our 6-part TV series “Farewell Comrades!” was awarded with the renowned Adolf-Grimme-Award 2013 [...]

  Just now we received the message that our 6-part TV series “Farewell Comrades!” was awarded with the renowned Adolf-Grimme-Award 2013 with the category ‘Information’. We congratulate and thank everybody who was involved.
  Over six episodes, the series follows the 16-year countdown leading to the final collapse of the Soviet world and Socialist utopia – told from the perspective of those people who experienced, caused or tried to prevent it.

  The award winner, director Andrei Nekrasov, the author György Dalos, the producer Georg Tschurschenthaler and executive producer Christian Beetz will receive the award at the ceremony in Marl on april the 12th.

  Together with the award-winning webformat (FOCAL Award, PRIX EUROPA nominee), the whole series was now released in one DVD-Box by Icestorm.

  Award-winning webformat: Farewell Comrades! Interactive
  

  
  

• 03/2013
  

  Alice Agneskirchner at the FIFA in Montreal

  Only a few days left until director Alice Agneskirchner will present our production “Modern Ruins – Detroit: Hope for the [...]

  Only a few days left until director Alice Agneskirchner will present our production “Modern Ruins – Detroit: Hope for the Motor City” at the Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montreal. The screening will be accompanied by a panel discussion exploring the role of citizens in developing urban projects. If you want to join the discussion, come to the Centre Canadien d’Architecture at 1.30 pm on March 21st!

  Festival of Films on Art - Montreal
  

  
  

• 03/2013
  

  „Farewell Comrades!“ nominated for the FOCAL International Award 2013

  Our six-part TV-series „Farewell Comrades!“ is nominated for the FOCAL International Award 2013 in the category „Best Use of Footage [...]

  Our six-part TV-series „Farewell Comrades!“ is nominated for the FOCAL International Award 2013 in the category „Best Use of Footage in a History Production“. In 2012 the web format „Farewell Comrades! Interactive“ (www.lebtwohlgenossen.de) was awarded with the FOCAL Int. Award, so we´re happy to announce that we´re back with the TV-series this year.

  The award ceremony in collaboration with AP Archive takes place in the Lancaster London Hotel on May 2nd 2013.

  FOCAL INT. SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT