W&b Television, the German indie behind Netflix show Dark and the hit German drama 4 Blocks, has been commissioned to make a series tracing the beginnings of German hip-hop for TNT Serie.
Turner Germany’s series channel has ordered six-part series Almost Fly, which will be written and directed by Florian Gaag, who made the 2006 graffiti movement feature documentary Wholetrain.
Almost Fly is set in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin wall and centers on three schoolmates with big dreams whose lives are changed when they are introduced to hip-hop through a nearby U.S. Army base.
Hannes Heyelmann, managing director of the WarnerMedia channels in Germany, said: “With Almost Fly we are exploring a coming-of-age story in a contemporary historical context, capturing the lifestyle of the early 90s for the first time.”
The show will go into production in summer next year. Executive producers are Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann and Elena Gruschka,...
Turner Germany’s series channel has ordered six-part series Almost Fly, which will be written and directed by Florian Gaag, who made the 2006 graffiti movement feature documentary Wholetrain.
Almost Fly is set in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin wall and centers on three schoolmates with big dreams whose lives are changed when they are introduced to hip-hop through a nearby U.S. Army base.
Hannes Heyelmann, managing director of the WarnerMedia channels in Germany, said: “With Almost Fly we are exploring a coming-of-age story in a contemporary historical context, capturing the lifestyle of the early 90s for the first time.”
The show will go into production in summer next year. Executive producers are Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann and Elena Gruschka,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Elisabeth Scharang’s Jack, Simon Jaquemet’s War (Chrieg) earmarked for local distribution.
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
- 1/25/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- Regional pubcaster Wdr cleaned up at this year's Adolf Grimme Awards, the most prestigious independent TV honors in Germany, winning seven trophies for its drama and nonfiction programming.
Wdr's Adolf Grimme-winning telefilm "Outta Control!" with its subject matter of generational conflict and school shootings, seemed particularly prescient following the brutal school killings in Germany this month.
Other drama winners included period miniseries "Teufelsbraten" (Hellion) and family drama "Die zweite Frau" (The Second Wife), both from Wdr, as well as "Wholetrain," a look at Berlin's graffiti sprayer scene produced by Zdf, and "Das wahre Leben" (The True Life) from fellow pubcaster Ard.
Wdr all but swept the documentary category, winning for political docs "Losers and Winners," "Live and Die for Kabul" and "The Big Sell-Off" and also picked up a special Grimme for "Brinkmann's Rage," a look at the anger and eloquence of 1970s poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann.
Wdr's Adolf Grimme-winning telefilm "Outta Control!" with its subject matter of generational conflict and school shootings, seemed particularly prescient following the brutal school killings in Germany this month.
Other drama winners included period miniseries "Teufelsbraten" (Hellion) and family drama "Die zweite Frau" (The Second Wife), both from Wdr, as well as "Wholetrain," a look at Berlin's graffiti sprayer scene produced by Zdf, and "Das wahre Leben" (The True Life) from fellow pubcaster Ard.
Wdr all but swept the documentary category, winning for political docs "Losers and Winners," "Live and Die for Kabul" and "The Big Sell-Off" and also picked up a special Grimme for "Brinkmann's Rage," a look at the anger and eloquence of 1970s poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann.
- 3/25/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The 10th annual Urbanworld Vibe Film Festival announced $45,000 in prizes Monday for several winning projects. Florian Gaag's German/Polish gang drama Wholetrain took home best narrative feature honors and a $5,000 award provided by Lionsgate. American Blackout, Ian Inaba's study of African-American voter suppression, was named best narrative documentary feature and awarded $10,000 from the Wal-Mart Voices of Color Film Series. Blackout earned a special jury prize this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The audience award at this year's fest, which marked Urbanworld's new trial partnership and co-branding venture with Vibe magazine, went to Matt Ruskin and Scott K. Rosenberg's Word.Life: The Hip Hop Project. Executive producer Bruce Willis' docu follows nearly four years of a music-based program dedicated to helping New York City youths. The filmmakers were awarded $10,000 in Kodak film stock.
- 6/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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