The Robert Bosch Foundation, one of the main partners of Berlinale Talents, has successfully grabbed the attention of high-profile Arab and German filmmakers through its Film Prize for International Cooperation edition between young German and Arab filmmakers. The festive dinner hosted by the Robert Bosch Foundation on Friday, February 6th, witnessed the presence of a slew of filmmakers and cinema professionals and further guests from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (currently running).
The dinner gala was attended by several filmmaking figures including Alaa Karkouti, CEO and Co-founder of Mad Solutions; Maher Diab, Creative Director and Co-founder of Mad Solutions; Abdallah Al Shami, Mad's Managing Partner for Mad's Gcc operations; Jane Williams, Arab Cinema Center Consultant at Berlinale; Emirati/Lebanese Producer Paul Baboudjian; Egyptian Producer Hani Osama, Co-founder of The Producers; Emirati Filmmaker Nawaf Al-Janahi; Shivani Pandya, Managing Director of Dubai International Film Festival ;Ahmed Shahm, Founder of the post production company X-Rated; Wagih Ahmed, Co-founder of X-Rated; Lebanese Director Myrna Maakaron; Egyptian Actor/Producer Ahmad Al Fishawy, Founder of Crystal Dog; George David, General Manager of the Royal Film Commission-Jordan; Josef Kullengard, Malmo Arab Film Festival Project Coordinator; Egyptian Filmmaker Marianne Khoury and Hania Mroue, Founder and Manager of Metropolis Art Cinema Association.
The event was also attended by Florian Weghorn, Program Manager at Berlinale Talents;Christine Tröstrum, Project Manager at Berlinale Talents; Berlinale Shorts curator Maike Mia Höhne; Irit Neidhardt, Director at Mec Film;Adriek Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Director of Industry Office International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam;Claudia Jubeh, Head of Programming at Alfilm- Arab Film Festival and Fadi Abdelnour Artistic Director at Alfilm-Arab Film Festival.
Presented by Dr. Ingrid Hamm, CEO of the Robert Bosch Foundation along with Frank W. Albers, Project Manager and Initiator of the Film Prize, the evening was intended in the first place to gather and create a network among Arab and German cinema professionals, as well as the festival's guests. The evening also included the screening of Bassem Breish's Free Range, a winner of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation.
This year marks the 3rd edition of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation which grants three awards for international co-operations between young German and Arab filmmakers in the categories documentary, short fiction film and animation.
The 1st Film Prize of Robert Bosch Foundation was initiated in 2013. The three prizes, each worth up to 70,000 Euros, are awarded in a gala within Berlinale Talents to the best 3 projects in the categories: animation, documentary, and short fiction film. One or two members of each winning team will have the opportunity to be guests at Berlinale Talents in its upcoming edition in the following year.
The Film Prize targets film co-productions between young German filmmakers and their partners from the Arab World to encourage intercultural exchange. Applying for this competition starts annually in May and ends in September and the winning film will benefit from the value of the prize in funding his/her film project.
The dinner gala was attended by several filmmaking figures including Alaa Karkouti, CEO and Co-founder of Mad Solutions; Maher Diab, Creative Director and Co-founder of Mad Solutions; Abdallah Al Shami, Mad's Managing Partner for Mad's Gcc operations; Jane Williams, Arab Cinema Center Consultant at Berlinale; Emirati/Lebanese Producer Paul Baboudjian; Egyptian Producer Hani Osama, Co-founder of The Producers; Emirati Filmmaker Nawaf Al-Janahi; Shivani Pandya, Managing Director of Dubai International Film Festival ;Ahmed Shahm, Founder of the post production company X-Rated; Wagih Ahmed, Co-founder of X-Rated; Lebanese Director Myrna Maakaron; Egyptian Actor/Producer Ahmad Al Fishawy, Founder of Crystal Dog; George David, General Manager of the Royal Film Commission-Jordan; Josef Kullengard, Malmo Arab Film Festival Project Coordinator; Egyptian Filmmaker Marianne Khoury and Hania Mroue, Founder and Manager of Metropolis Art Cinema Association.
The event was also attended by Florian Weghorn, Program Manager at Berlinale Talents;Christine Tröstrum, Project Manager at Berlinale Talents; Berlinale Shorts curator Maike Mia Höhne; Irit Neidhardt, Director at Mec Film;Adriek Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Director of Industry Office International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam;Claudia Jubeh, Head of Programming at Alfilm- Arab Film Festival and Fadi Abdelnour Artistic Director at Alfilm-Arab Film Festival.
Presented by Dr. Ingrid Hamm, CEO of the Robert Bosch Foundation along with Frank W. Albers, Project Manager and Initiator of the Film Prize, the evening was intended in the first place to gather and create a network among Arab and German cinema professionals, as well as the festival's guests. The evening also included the screening of Bassem Breish's Free Range, a winner of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation.
This year marks the 3rd edition of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation which grants three awards for international co-operations between young German and Arab filmmakers in the categories documentary, short fiction film and animation.
The 1st Film Prize of Robert Bosch Foundation was initiated in 2013. The three prizes, each worth up to 70,000 Euros, are awarded in a gala within Berlinale Talents to the best 3 projects in the categories: animation, documentary, and short fiction film. One or two members of each winning team will have the opportunity to be guests at Berlinale Talents in its upcoming edition in the following year.
The Film Prize targets film co-productions between young German filmmakers and their partners from the Arab World to encourage intercultural exchange. Applying for this competition starts annually in May and ends in September and the winning film will benefit from the value of the prize in funding his/her film project.
- 2/11/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Lebanese director and actress, Myrna Maakaron, will launch the new Samsung Small Art Film (Samsung Smartfilm) competition at the 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival . To win, the film needs the highest record of online votes.
Samsung wishes to promote the fresh take on competition as a modern blend of ambitious short films and web clips. Six renowned directing talents have been nominated by the Berlinale's section directors. Their efforts explore the theme "Discover Berlin in Motion" and give surprising and touching views of Berlin.
The Samsung Award offers the six nominated directors the opportunity to showcase their skills internationally. The six participants Döndü Kilic, Jan Kruger, Claudia Lehmann, Myrna Maakaron, Meggie Schneider and Jan Soldat have already achieved considerable success as filmmakers and won several awards. Since mid-December, they have been busy around the capital, equipped with a Samsung Galaxy Camera, in search of their own personal interpretation of the theme "Discover Berlin in Motion" and looking to explore the new Smartfilm genre in a no more five minutes length films.
On her participation in the Samsung SmartfilmAward, Myrna Makaaron commented "I am extremely happy to be selected for that competition or initiative. And moreover, extremely touched that the Berlinale considers me a filmmaker from Berlin; as we were selected by the Berlinale sections for the Samsung Smartfilm Award. That made me feel that I belong here as well... it gives a warm feeling beside the joy of creating a film again".
Myrna Maakaron was born in 1974, shortly before the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in Beirut, and was a drama enthusiast from an early age. She studied communication and film at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and dramatics at the Sorbonne in Paris. Maakaron received the 2004 Berlin Today Award for her film BerlinBeirut. Today she is the director of the children's section of the Beirut Film Festival and the children's program of the International Dubai Film Festival. Her debut feature film Pink is currently in development stage.
The finished works premiere at the legendary Babylon Cinema in Berlin-Mitte. Anyone will be able to judge the entries for the Samsung Smartfilm Award at samsung.de/berlinale until 17 February. The audience votes will decide which Smartfilm deserves the award. The online voting will last for a week, the winner will be revealed on 17 February, and his/her contribution will be screened in selected cinemas across Germany.
Samsung wishes to promote the fresh take on competition as a modern blend of ambitious short films and web clips. Six renowned directing talents have been nominated by the Berlinale's section directors. Their efforts explore the theme "Discover Berlin in Motion" and give surprising and touching views of Berlin.
The Samsung Award offers the six nominated directors the opportunity to showcase their skills internationally. The six participants Döndü Kilic, Jan Kruger, Claudia Lehmann, Myrna Maakaron, Meggie Schneider and Jan Soldat have already achieved considerable success as filmmakers and won several awards. Since mid-December, they have been busy around the capital, equipped with a Samsung Galaxy Camera, in search of their own personal interpretation of the theme "Discover Berlin in Motion" and looking to explore the new Smartfilm genre in a no more five minutes length films.
On her participation in the Samsung SmartfilmAward, Myrna Makaaron commented "I am extremely happy to be selected for that competition or initiative. And moreover, extremely touched that the Berlinale considers me a filmmaker from Berlin; as we were selected by the Berlinale sections for the Samsung Smartfilm Award. That made me feel that I belong here as well... it gives a warm feeling beside the joy of creating a film again".
Myrna Maakaron was born in 1974, shortly before the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in Beirut, and was a drama enthusiast from an early age. She studied communication and film at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and dramatics at the Sorbonne in Paris. Maakaron received the 2004 Berlin Today Award for her film BerlinBeirut. Today she is the director of the children's section of the Beirut Film Festival and the children's program of the International Dubai Film Festival. Her debut feature film Pink is currently in development stage.
The finished works premiere at the legendary Babylon Cinema in Berlin-Mitte. Anyone will be able to judge the entries for the Samsung Smartfilm Award at samsung.de/berlinale until 17 February. The audience votes will decide which Smartfilm deserves the award. The online voting will last for a week, the winner will be revealed on 17 February, and his/her contribution will be screened in selected cinemas across Germany.
- 2/6/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
COLOGNE, Germany -- Organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival said Thursday that the festival is boosting the profile of its newly launched Berlinale Talent Campus for young filmmakers by adding two prizes to Talent Campus participants: the Berlin Today Award for best short film and the Planet Documentary Film Prize for best nonfiction film. Organizers said they have selected three short films from participants of the 2003 Berlinale Talent Campus to compete for the inaugural Berlin Today Award, presented by the Berlin-Brandenburg film subsidy board. Best of the Wurst by American director Grace Lee looks at Berlin's culinary fascination with currywurst -- diced sausage mixed with ketchup and curry powder. Berlin & Beirut from Lebanese director Myrna Maakaron compares the two cities and their inhabitants. Berlin Backstage, from Swiss helmers Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond is the story of a homeless man who passes himself off as a respected member of high society. It stars German actor Axel Prahl (Grill Point).
- 12/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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