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• 05/2011
  

  Cinema premiere of “The Seamstresses” and “Tobacco Girl” by director Biljana Garvanlieva in Berlin

  We cordially invite you to the cinema premiere of “Seamstresses” (“Heart of Sarajevo” Best Documentary Film) and “Tobacco Girl” (nominated [...]

  

  We cordially invite you to the cinema premiere of “Seamstresses” (“Heart of Sarajevo” Best Documentary Film) and “Tobacco Girl” (nominated for the German Short Film Award) which was produced as part of the 3sat-series “Foreign Children”. The premiere takes place on Thursday, June 2nd 2011 at 08.15 pm in the Babylon cinema in Berlin Mitte (Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin). Afterwards there will be a Q&A with the director of both films, Biljana Garvanlieva. If you rsvp until June 1st with Ms. Lena Hoffmann ((Aktiviere Javascript, um die Email-Adresse zu sehen)) your ticket price will be reduced to 5.- Euros. Please let us know whether you will be attending alone or how many guests you will be bringing along. We are looking forward to your attendance!

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• 05/2011
  

  Autumn Gold nominated for German Camera Award

  The cameramann Marcus Winterbauer has been nominated for the German Camera award for his work in Autumn Gold. This is [...]

  The cameramann Marcus Winterbauer has been nominated for the German Camera award for his work in Autumn Gold. This is the second nomination of a gebrueder beetz film production for this prestigious award!

• 04/2011
  

  Pioneers turned Millionaires triumph at 44th Worldfest in Houston

  Triumph at 44th WorldFest in Houston. The docufictional series ‘Pioneers Turned Millionaires’ (NRD/Arte) produced by gebrueder beetz film production Hamburg [...]

  Triumph at 44th WorldFest in Houston. The docufictional series ‘Pioneers Turned Millionaires’ (NRD/Arte) produced by gebrueder beetz film production Hamburg won the ‘Special Jury Award’ at the worldwide renowned US film festival.
  The NDR/Arte series ‘Pioneers turned Millionaires’ tells in five episodes stories of innovation, courage, persistency, hard work, and success in a strange new country. Using high-end reconstructions and exquisite archive footage, it dives deep into the lives of five German entrepreneurs who redefined the American economy and left a major imprint on American culture.
  ‘Pioneers turned Millionaires’ presents one of the most fascinating and exciting eras of German and American history. How and why did immigrants like Levi Strauss, Henry E. Steinway, William E. Boeing, John Jacob Astor and Henry John Heinz succeed? And how did they write archetypical success stories that even now epitomize the American Dream?
  The series visits the companies of Levi Strauss & Co., Steinway & Sons, Heinz and Boeing. We see how each man took a novel and brilliant idea, established a company and gained fame, honor, and wealth. The five biographies are the definitive portraits of these entrepreneurial giants; businessmen who have their homeland in common and their place in history secured.
  Writers and directors of this entertaining series are Achim Scheunert, Kai Christiansen and Christoph Weinert. It was produced by gebrueder beetz film production Hamburg. Commissioning editor was Ulrike Dotzer. (NDR/Arte).
  We are very happy about the huge success of our docufictional series and sincerely want to thank all involved parties and supporting institutions. ‘Pioneers turned Millionaires’ gives proof that our exciting presentation of historic people fascinates a worldwide audience.

  Writers / Directors: Christoph Weinert, Achim Scheunert, Kai Christiansen, Ira Beetz
  Commissioning Editor: Ulrike Dotzer (NDR/Arte)
  Producer: Ira Beetz
  Executive Producer: Reinhardt Beetz
  A gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Hamburg production on behalf of NDR in cooperation with Arte. Funded by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig Holstein GmbH and nordmedia GmbH.

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• 04/2011
  

  “The Kleist File” in the Literature Center Vorpommern and the Goethe Institute Bratislava

  Our event film “The Kleist File” will be screened in the Literature Center Vorpommern, Greifswald on May 4th, and in [...]

  Our event film “The Kleist File” will be screened in the Literature Center Vorpommern, Greifswald on May 4th, and in the Goethe Institute Bratislava on May 18th.

  Further screening dates can be found on our website.

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• 04/2011
  

  gebrueder beetz filmproduktion represented with two films at this year’s HotDocs festival

  We are looking forward to this year’s HotDocs festival in Toronto, Canada, were we will be represented with our films [...]

  We are looking forward to this year’s HotDocs festival in Toronto, Canada, were we will be represented with our films Blood in the Mobile and Wadan’s World, as well as in person by our producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler. See you there!

  
  

• 04/2011
  

  Rainer M. Schulz nominated for Best German Camera Award

  We congratulate Rainer M. Schulz to the nomination for Best Camera for his outstanding work in Wadans World!

  We congratulate Rainer M. Schulz to the nomination for Best Camera for his outstanding work in Wadans World!

  
  

• 04/2011
  

  Wadan’s World international premiere at HotDocs in Canada

  Our Film Wadan’s World celebrates it’s international premiere at the renowned HotDocs Film Festival in Canada. On May 2nd 2011 [...]

  Our Film Wadan’s World celebrates it’s international premiere at the renowned HotDocs Film Festival in Canada. On May 2nd 2011 at 06:15 pm the film will be shown at the TIFF Bell Lightbox 4 cinema, on May 04th 2011 at 01:15pm the film will be shown again, in the Cumberland Cinema 3.

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• 04/2011
  

  After Best German Camera award: “Wadan’s World” tours German cinemas

  On the occasion of the German Camera Award 2011 there will be a special screening of Wadan’s World outside it’s [...]

  

  On the occasion of the German Camera Award 2011 there will be a special screening of Wadan’s World outside it’s regular cinema tour. On Tuesday, July 5th 2011 at 08.00 pm the director, dramaturg, the film’s team as well as its supporters welcome you to the Babylon Cinema in Berlin. We hope to see many of you there!

  Click here to find out other cinemas near you where this film will be shown. The film’s website.

  Awarded with German Camera Award
  Audience Award Documentary Film Competition Filmkunstfest MV 2011
  Winner Best German Documentary - DOK.Fest Munich 2011
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