formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Thanks to Hollywood hits like ‘Barbie’ and ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ German box office jumped 24 percent over the COVID-hit 2022 and was only 8 percent below pre-pandemic averages, according to preliminary figures from Comscore. Source: German Box Office … Continued
FOR VILLAGERS in the most rural parts of Brandenburg, the sparsely populated state that surrounds the German capital Berlin, a night at the cinema means a long drive.Sure, there are film theatres in larger towns like Templin, Prenzlau or Angermünde. … Continued
The city of Berlin has pledged an additional $2.2 million for the festival over the next two years, counteracting previous cuts. Source: Berlin Film Festival Getting Budget Boost From City – The Hollywood Reporter
Germany’s national association of cinemas, the HDF, which represents the majority of theaters in the country, has published a plan for re-opening venues once the coronavirus crisis eases. The guidelines, which are designed to feed into the government’s wider plans for exiting … Continued
The news comes as the German Producers Alliance issued a statement calling for solidarity within the film industry. Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
Germany’s film heritage sector is celebrating a new federal and state-funded initiative launching in January that will provide €10 million ($11.15 million) a year towards the digitization and preservation of feature films. Rainer Rother, the artistic director of the Deutsche … Continued