Have you heard about the FFL Plan and Pro Accounts? We’ve made some big changes to the way you submit your film over at FFL. Everything you need to know is >>here>>. ——— We are into the last month of the year and whether you’re at the beginning or the end of your films festival run, […]
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Deadlines on FilmFestivalLife – Dec 2014
2014 is nearly over…but there’s a ton of deadlines to come first in the month of Christmas! FILMFEST DRESDEN’s Festival Director Katrin Küchler has given her big tips in our FOCUS interview with her right before their open call is coming to an end. Here’s one to whet your appetite – ‘Filmmakers should show more […]
Meet Christian Koch on the Berlin film scene
Christian Koch on the Berlin film scene, Q&A culture and his film ‘Der Gast’ Perhaps it’s obvious, but witnessing FilmFestivalLife success stories is something we love to see. We love to speak with the big guns behind the festival circuses, but what about our filmmakers too? We got going by chatting with Christian Johannes Koch, whose […]
4 Good Reasons Why You Should ‘Think Local’ with ACHTUNG BERLIN
In its 10th anniversary achtung berlin – new berlin film award has grown into a place for networking and mingling with the Berlin-Brandenburg film industry. Attending last edition’s opening night, we experienced first hand why this festival is so popular for filmmakers. ‘It is very hard to get your first film financed and this is […]
EVA STOTZ and her GLOBAL HOME: The Festival Circuit with a Couchsurfing Documentary
Couchsurfing. Of course you have heard of it but have you gone forth, taken the risky hike and tried it? Through the documentary GLOBAL HOME, filmmaker Eva Stotz gives a close insight into the experiences in traveling this unorthodox way. A co-production of Sabotage Films, ZDF – Kleines Fernsehspiel and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, […]
ACHTUNG BERLIN Opens For 2013: Filmmakers Vocalize Local
Achtung Berlin’s 2013 festival opening was our local to-do last night, screening Aron Lehmann’s wildly entertaining Kohlhaas oder die Verhältnismässigkeit der Mittel at Kino International. While ‘local’ is the frequented word here, my position is closer to the ongoing conversation between local versus international, intimate versus immensely-boast-able and which of the extremes filmmakers should ground themselves in […]