In a broad-based deal, Netflix and Germany’s Constantin Film, one of Europe’s biggest production-distribution companies behind the “Resident Evil” film franchise and TV series “Shadowhunters,” have struck an exclusive long-term partnership.
The powerful alliance sees Netflix acquiring pay distribution rights pay to Constantin Film’s theatrical productions in the German-speaking region. These include national and international original and co-produced films, as well as films acquired for cinema or straight-to-video (Stv) release, German and international theatrical productions.
Titles will be made available to Netflix subscribers on an SVOD basis 10-12 months after their theatrical release. In return, Netflix will contribute significantly to the financing of these productions, Constantin Film announced this week. The new agreement grants Netflix licensed access to Constantin Film’s existing film and series catalog, it added.
The deal takes in future productions involving standout talent in front of and behind the camera, such as Bora Dagtekin,...
The powerful alliance sees Netflix acquiring pay distribution rights pay to Constantin Film’s theatrical productions in the German-speaking region. These include national and international original and co-produced films, as well as films acquired for cinema or straight-to-video (Stv) release, German and international theatrical productions.
Titles will be made available to Netflix subscribers on an SVOD basis 10-12 months after their theatrical release. In return, Netflix will contribute significantly to the financing of these productions, Constantin Film announced this week. The new agreement grants Netflix licensed access to Constantin Film’s existing film and series catalog, it added.
The deal takes in future productions involving standout talent in front of and behind the camera, such as Bora Dagtekin,...
- 7/7/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and Constantin Film are expanding their business relationship.
The pair has entered into an exclusive long-term partnership for Constantin’s theatrical releases in German-speaking Europe.
This includes national and international Constantin originals and co-produced films, as well as films acquired for cinema or straight-to-video release.
Big-ticket German and international productions will be made available to Netflix subscribers 10-12 months after their theatrical release. In return, Netflix will contribute “significantly” to their financing financing of these productions.
Additionally, the agreement also grants Netflix access to Constantin Film’s existing film and series catalog, including German blockbusters such as Chantal im Märchenland.
Constantin’s upcoming slate features on- and off-screen talent such as Bora Dagtekin, Tim Fehlbaum, Jella Haase, Peter Saarsgard, Ben Chaplin, John Magaro, Leonie Benesch, Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens.
“Constantin Film is a fantastic and important partner for Netflix, and we are excited to take our collaboration to the next level,...
The pair has entered into an exclusive long-term partnership for Constantin’s theatrical releases in German-speaking Europe.
This includes national and international Constantin originals and co-produced films, as well as films acquired for cinema or straight-to-video release.
Big-ticket German and international productions will be made available to Netflix subscribers 10-12 months after their theatrical release. In return, Netflix will contribute “significantly” to their financing financing of these productions.
Additionally, the agreement also grants Netflix access to Constantin Film’s existing film and series catalog, including German blockbusters such as Chantal im Märchenland.
Constantin’s upcoming slate features on- and off-screen talent such as Bora Dagtekin, Tim Fehlbaum, Jella Haase, Peter Saarsgard, Ben Chaplin, John Magaro, Leonie Benesch, Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens.
“Constantin Film is a fantastic and important partner for Netflix, and we are excited to take our collaboration to the next level,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Alliance 4 Development, a co-development initiative for film projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland hosted by Locarno Pro, has revealed 11 titles selected for its 7th edition.
The majority of the projects will be directed by women, from Giorgia Wurth’s “Allegra” about a late-life sexual awakening to Malina Mackiewicz’s “Bottom of the Ocean Electric Fish” and Mariko Minoguchi’s upcoming “Element.” The latter will address some environmental fears as a team of scientists tries to ensure that Earth’s water supply won’t suddenly disappear.
Minoguchi, who previously co-wrote the script to Tim Fehlbaum’s “The Colony,” is hoping to develop a German science fiction film that “doesn’t shy away from big emotions or images,” she stated, “that makes you think and reflect and, above all, is a moving and impressive cinematic experience.”
Big emotions will also fuel Manon Coubia’s “Songs of the Fallen Mountains,” with...
The majority of the projects will be directed by women, from Giorgia Wurth’s “Allegra” about a late-life sexual awakening to Malina Mackiewicz’s “Bottom of the Ocean Electric Fish” and Mariko Minoguchi’s upcoming “Element.” The latter will address some environmental fears as a team of scientists tries to ensure that Earth’s water supply won’t suddenly disappear.
Minoguchi, who previously co-wrote the script to Tim Fehlbaum’s “The Colony,” is hoping to develop a German science fiction film that “doesn’t shy away from big emotions or images,” she stated, “that makes you think and reflect and, above all, is a moving and impressive cinematic experience.”
Big emotions will also fuel Manon Coubia’s “Songs of the Fallen Mountains,” with...
- 8/3/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
For some reason, too many science fiction films dwell on disasters and not on the sense of wonder of being in space. The majesty and grandeur of the universe doesn’t hold enough promise and therefore release after release seems to focus on the terrible things that will happen to us out there. The latest such release, The Colony, is now out on disc from Lionsgate, which they hope will amuse you until they inflict Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall.
Here, we have Louise Blake (Nora Arnezeder) aboard the Ulysses 2, exploring what is left of Earth after several centuries. The ship, probably like its predecessor, crashes, and she is the sole survivor. We flip back and forth between not-very-interesting flashbacks about Louise’s childhood (played by Chloé Heinrich), focusing on the relationship with her father Sebastian Roché, and what she sees of a water-logged Earth. Danger arrives in the form of...
Here, we have Louise Blake (Nora Arnezeder) aboard the Ulysses 2, exploring what is left of Earth after several centuries. The ship, probably like its predecessor, crashes, and she is the sole survivor. We flip back and forth between not-very-interesting flashbacks about Louise’s childhood (played by Chloé Heinrich), focusing on the relationship with her father Sebastian Roché, and what she sees of a water-logged Earth. Danger arrives in the form of...
- 11/29/2021
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Tim Fehlbaum's sci-fi thriller The Colony (2021), starring Nora Arnezeder, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Iain Glen, Sope Dirisu, and Joel Basman.
The release is available for preorder now.
Studio description:
In this riveting sci-fi thriller from executive producer Roland Emmerich, Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war.
Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut i...
The release is available for preorder now.
Studio description:
In this riveting sci-fi thriller from executive producer Roland Emmerich, Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war.
Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut i...
- 9/19/2021
- QuietEarth.us
Nora Arnezeder as Blake in director/co-writer Tim Fehlbaum’s sci-fi drama The Colony. Courtesy of Lionsgate and Rogers & Cowan Pmk
According to almost every movie made on the subject, the future of our species and planet is pretty bleak. The question seems to be not whether we’re headed towards a dystopia but how we’ll get there, and what it will look like. Faith in humanity doesn’t put rumps in the seats, or cause streaming sites to flow. In that dour spirit, we have the sci-fi drama The Colony, the latest piece of pessimism for your consideration. I eschewed the term “entertainment,” since I prefer less gloom with my doom than this one offers.
A few years before the story of The Colony begins, the rich and privileged left Earth because of imminent disaster. Unfortunately, the new planet they found supports life but suppresses reproduction. Apparently, we...
According to almost every movie made on the subject, the future of our species and planet is pretty bleak. The question seems to be not whether we’re headed towards a dystopia but how we’ll get there, and what it will look like. Faith in humanity doesn’t put rumps in the seats, or cause streaming sites to flow. In that dour spirit, we have the sci-fi drama The Colony, the latest piece of pessimism for your consideration. I eschewed the term “entertainment,” since I prefer less gloom with my doom than this one offers.
A few years before the story of The Colony begins, the rich and privileged left Earth because of imminent disaster. Unfortunately, the new planet they found supports life but suppresses reproduction. Apparently, we...
- 8/24/2021
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films.
The release of six Swiss films including Locarno premiere Monte Verità is being supported by the country’s ‘Back to the Cinema’ campaign organised by the exhibitors’ trade association ProCinema with Chf 500,000 backing from the Federal Office of Culture (Bak).
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films which are each likely to attract more than 10,000 admissions throughout Switzerland as the cinemas reopen this summer.
Swiss distributors were invited to apply for support of...
The release of six Swiss films including Locarno premiere Monte Verità is being supported by the country’s ‘Back to the Cinema’ campaign organised by the exhibitors’ trade association ProCinema with Chf 500,000 backing from the Federal Office of Culture (Bak).
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films which are each likely to attract more than 10,000 admissions throughout Switzerland as the cinemas reopen this summer.
Swiss distributors were invited to apply for support of...
- 8/9/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films.
The release of six Swiss films including Locarno premiere Monte Verità is being supported by the country’s ‘Back to the Cinema’ campaign organised by the exhibitors’ trade association ProCinema with Chf 500,000 backing from the Federal Office of Culture (Bak).
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films which are each likely to attract more than 10,000 admissions throughout Switzerland as the cinemas reopen this summer.
Swiss distributors were invited to apply for support of...
The release of six Swiss films including Locarno premiere Monte Verità is being supported by the country’s ‘Back to the Cinema’ campaign organised by the exhibitors’ trade association ProCinema with Chf 500,000 backing from the Federal Office of Culture (Bak).
The aim of the initiative has been to help raise the visibility of up to 10 Swiss films which are each likely to attract more than 10,000 admissions throughout Switzerland as the cinemas reopen this summer.
Swiss distributors were invited to apply for support of...
- 8/9/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
This year the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival had a treat for the locals programmed in at the end: the International première of Swiss film-maker Tim Fehlbaum's apocalyptic science fiction action drama Tides (soon to be released state-side as The Colony). It proved popular as well, and Fehlbaum left the festival with two awards in his pocket, one of them granted by the festival's audiences. There sure was no shortage of genre films at the festival carrying messages about being careful with the environment this year, and Tides fit right in. Earth has been strip-mined and polluted to the point of having become unlivable, and all the rich folks have left for another planet while everyone else could go get extinct (topical...). Unfortunately, a few...
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- 8/3/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Tim Fehlbaum and Roland Emmerich are back together again for another post-apocalyptic nightmare.
Following up their 2011 release Hell which we called "heaven for Pa fans," the pair have reunited for The Colony.
Starring Nora Arnezeder (Army of the Dead), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Nightfall), and Iain Glen (Resident Evil: Extinction), the movie tells the story of humanity returning to Earth generations after leaving the planet due to cataclysmic conditions. Things in the stars haven't been great and reproduction has become a problem so the solution is to return to Earth to see if conditions have improved and if humanity can continue in the now mostl...
Following up their 2011 release Hell which we called "heaven for Pa fans," the pair have reunited for The Colony.
Starring Nora Arnezeder (Army of the Dead), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Nightfall), and Iain Glen (Resident Evil: Extinction), the movie tells the story of humanity returning to Earth generations after leaving the planet due to cataclysmic conditions. Things in the stars haven't been great and reproduction has become a problem so the solution is to return to Earth to see if conditions have improved and if humanity can continue in the now mostl...
- 7/30/2021
- QuietEarth.us
Tides Trailer 2 — Saban Films has released the second movie trailer for Tides (2021). View here the first Tides film trailer. Cast and crew The Tides stars Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sebastian Roché, Hong Indira Rieck, Luna Mwezi, Nicola Perot, Eden Gough, Stanley I. Walker Jr., and Joel Basman. Tim Fehlbaum, [...]
Continue reading: Tides (2021) Movie Trailer 2: Nora Arnezeder Travels from Kepler-209 to Find Out if Earth is Habitable Again...
Continue reading: Tides (2021) Movie Trailer 2: Nora Arnezeder Travels from Kepler-209 to Find Out if Earth is Habitable Again...
- 7/21/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Though last year’s Covid-19 uncertainties forced the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival to postpone its 20th edition until 2021, organizers didn’t fully pull the plug.
Unable to plan a physical manifestation, they launched a “Off Edition” last year, hosting 20 titles on the Swiss VOD platform Cinefile and producing a one-hour program called Nifff TV that featured conferences, talks with invitees, and even updates from scientists every day for nine days.
“We had people on set, people interviewed at a distance, and pre-recorded pieces done ahead of the festival,” explains Nifff artistic director Loïc Valceschini. “That was a real challenge for the whole team, because we had to completely rethink our functions – we’re used to making a festival, not producing television, so we did it for the long term, learning new skills we’ll continue to use going forward.”
Indeed, the team will apply such skills going into this year’s hybrid 20th edition.
Unable to plan a physical manifestation, they launched a “Off Edition” last year, hosting 20 titles on the Swiss VOD platform Cinefile and producing a one-hour program called Nifff TV that featured conferences, talks with invitees, and even updates from scientists every day for nine days.
“We had people on set, people interviewed at a distance, and pre-recorded pieces done ahead of the festival,” explains Nifff artistic director Loïc Valceschini. “That was a real challenge for the whole team, because we had to completely rethink our functions – we’re used to making a festival, not producing television, so we did it for the long term, learning new skills we’ll continue to use going forward.”
Indeed, the team will apply such skills going into this year’s hybrid 20th edition.
- 6/24/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Wheatley’s ‘In The Earth’ is playing in the main competition of the Swiss festival.
UK director Ben Wheatley’s in The Earth is among the competition contenders in this year’s 20th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival which will take place as a hybrid edition from July 2-10 in Switzerland.
It is taking place under the interim directorship of Loïc Valceschini before a new head, Pierre-Yves Walder, takes up the reins in July.
The event includes 55 films, eight short films, eight immersive installations and two TV productions. Among the special guests will be legendary VFX artist Volker Engel,...
UK director Ben Wheatley’s in The Earth is among the competition contenders in this year’s 20th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival which will take place as a hybrid edition from July 2-10 in Switzerland.
It is taking place under the interim directorship of Loïc Valceschini before a new head, Pierre-Yves Walder, takes up the reins in July.
The event includes 55 films, eight short films, eight immersive installations and two TV productions. Among the special guests will be legendary VFX artist Volker Engel,...
- 6/17/2021
- ScreenDaily
Tides just aches to be a waterborne Blade Runner crossed with Mad Max, but instead emerges as even more waterlogged than Waterworld. A soupy, post-apocalyptic Europudding that needed more action, greater imagination and a star of some magnitude in the leading role, this tale of an investigation into the possibility of restoring life to a mostly decimated Earth is all dark, grim and clammy. Premiered in the Berlinale Specials section of the Berlin Film Festival, and exec produced by Roland Emmerich, this is a lumbering piece of very heavy metal that might achieve lift-off as acceptable generic fare here and there but not in more demanding markets.
The wee bit of requisite backstory is that, upon the occasion of an Earthly apocalypse, some humans were able to resettle on the colony of Kepler. A couple of generations on and after an initial failed attempt at a return, a handful of...
The wee bit of requisite backstory is that, upon the occasion of an Earthly apocalypse, some humans were able to resettle on the colony of Kepler. A couple of generations on and after an initial failed attempt at a return, a handful of...
- 3/2/2021
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
With a strong showing at this year’s Berlin Film Festival that includes the directorial debut of Daniel Brühl and new works by Maria Schrader and Dominik Graf in competition, German films are set to garner much of the spotlight at the accompanying European Film Market.
Brühl, who is set to reprise his role as the vengeful Helmut Zemo in the upcoming Marvel series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” explores the contradictions of present-day Berlin in “Next Door.” The seemingly self-referential story has Brühl playing Daniel, a successful actor living in the city’s Prenzlauer Berg district, who is about to jet off to audition for a role in a superhero movie. His life suddenly changes when he is confronted by a disgruntled neighbor, played by Peter Kurth (“Babylon Berlin”), a victim of gentrification in former East Berlin and one of the many losers of German reunification.
Written by bestselling author Daniel Kehlmann,...
Brühl, who is set to reprise his role as the vengeful Helmut Zemo in the upcoming Marvel series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” explores the contradictions of present-day Berlin in “Next Door.” The seemingly self-referential story has Brühl playing Daniel, a successful actor living in the city’s Prenzlauer Berg district, who is about to jet off to audition for a role in a superhero movie. His life suddenly changes when he is confronted by a disgruntled neighbor, played by Peter Kurth (“Babylon Berlin”), a victim of gentrification in former East Berlin and one of the many losers of German reunification.
Written by bestselling author Daniel Kehlmann,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Ten years ago, German director Tim Fehlbaum’s decent little post-apocalyptic sci-fi debut “Hell,” made two category errors that impacted its reach and longevity, both of which are corrected in his decent, slightly larger post-apocalyptic sci-fi follow-up, “Tides.” First, somewhat forgivably, “Hell” was in German, and so although a perfectly serviceable survivalist riff on “Mad Max,” outside German-speaking territories it got sidelined, with English-speaking mainstream and genre audiences notoriously hard to covert to subtitles. Second, he set it in 2016, which duly came and went trailing various varieties of disaster, but none of which instantaneously turned continental Europe into a desiccated wasteland patrolled by roving bands of scavengers.
“Tides” is in English, and set at a time when a matchbook commemorating 100 years since the moon landing is a family heirloom passed down from a grandfather — in other words, far enough in the future that no one can impugn its powers of prophecy,...
“Tides” is in English, and set at a time when a matchbook commemorating 100 years since the moon landing is a family heirloom passed down from a grandfather — in other words, far enough in the future that no one can impugn its powers of prophecy,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum’s dystopian feature “Tides” is screening in this year’s Berlinale Special section and looking to make a mark at the European Film Market while in town, where Mister Smith Entertainment is handling international sales.
“Tides” has science fiction in its production DNA, co-produced by leading European independent company Constantin, which has established itself among the world’s leading producers of genre cinema with titles like “Resident Evil” and “Monster Hunters” in its catalog, and German Studio Babelsberg, the oldest large-scale film studio in the world and the home of cinema science fiction, where Fritz Lang shot “Metropolis.” Roland Emmerich was also on board as an executive producer, and Munich based BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion and Swiss Vega Film Ag (Ruth Waldburger) co-produced.
Fehlbaum’s story unspools in a dark and wet future when the privileged few who were able to leave Earth and avoid the consequences of...
“Tides” has science fiction in its production DNA, co-produced by leading European independent company Constantin, which has established itself among the world’s leading producers of genre cinema with titles like “Resident Evil” and “Monster Hunters” in its catalog, and German Studio Babelsberg, the oldest large-scale film studio in the world and the home of cinema science fiction, where Fritz Lang shot “Metropolis.” Roland Emmerich was also on board as an executive producer, and Munich based BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion and Swiss Vega Film Ag (Ruth Waldburger) co-produced.
Fehlbaum’s story unspools in a dark and wet future when the privileged few who were able to leave Earth and avoid the consequences of...
- 3/1/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Fehlbaum is back and he's re-teamed with Roland Emmerich for his second post apocalyptic film Tides. While the trailer and outline are sparse on details, the cinematography looks incredible. For those who missed director Tim Fehlbaum's previous Pa flick Hell, Qe recommends it. Tides will be premiering at Berlinale's 71st edition soon.
In the not too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on earth, Blake, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets...
In the not too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on earth, Blake, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets...
- 2/25/2021
- QuietEarth.us
The titles for the 71st Berlin International Film Festival are being announced in anticipation of the event running March 1 - March 5, 2021. We will update the program as new films are revealed.IntroductionCOMPETITIONAlbatross (Xavier Beauvois): Laurent, a young police officer in a small town in Normandy, plans to marry Marie, with whom he has a daughter nicknamed Poulette. He loves his job despite the social misery he witnesses on a daily basis. Then one day, his life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a farmer threatening to commit suicide…Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude): Emi is a schoolteacher, whose career is threatened when a clip of her having sex with her spouse is uploaded on a adults-only site. When she is forced to face a group of furious parents asking for her dismissal, she clashes with them over their morality concerns, resulting in a debate that exposes the hypocrisy,...
- 2/19/2021
- MUBI
Tides Trailer — Tim Fehlbaum‘s Tides / Haven: Above Sky (2021) movie trailer has been released by Constantin Film. The Tides Trailer stars Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sebastian Roché, Hong Indira Rieck, Luna Mwezi, Nicola Perot, Eden Gough, Stanley I. Walker Jr., and Joel Basman. Crew Tim Fehlbaum, Mariko Minoguchi, and [...]
Continue reading: Tides Trailer: Astronaut Nora Arnezeder crash-lands on Wasteland Earth in Tim Fehlbaum’s 2021 Sci-Fi Movie...
Continue reading: Tides Trailer: Astronaut Nora Arnezeder crash-lands on Wasteland Earth in Tim Fehlbaum’s 2021 Sci-Fi Movie...
- 2/15/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
This year’s Berlin International Film Festival will look a bit different this year, with a virtual edition taking place March 1-5 for industry and press, then a public, in-person edition kicking off in June.
The complete lineup has now been unveiled, including Céline Sciamma’s highly-anticipated Portrait of a Lady on Fire follow-up Petite Maman, a surprise new Hong Sang-soo feature, the latest work from Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, along with new projects by Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois, Dominik Graf, Pietro Marcello, Ramon Zürcher & Silvan Zürcher, and more.
Check out each section below.
Competition Tiles
“Albatros” (Drift Away)
France
by Xavier Beauvois
with Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo
“Babardeală cu buclucsau porno balamuc” (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn)
Romania/Luxemburg/Croatia/Czech Republic
by Radu Jude
with Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai
“Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde” (Fabian – Going to the Dogs)
Germany
by Dominik Graf
with Tom Schilling,...
The complete lineup has now been unveiled, including Céline Sciamma’s highly-anticipated Portrait of a Lady on Fire follow-up Petite Maman, a surprise new Hong Sang-soo feature, the latest work from Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, along with new projects by Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois, Dominik Graf, Pietro Marcello, Ramon Zürcher & Silvan Zürcher, and more.
Check out each section below.
Competition Tiles
“Albatros” (Drift Away)
France
by Xavier Beauvois
with Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo
“Babardeală cu buclucsau porno balamuc” (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn)
Romania/Luxemburg/Croatia/Czech Republic
by Radu Jude
with Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai
“Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde” (Fabian – Going to the Dogs)
Germany
by Dominik Graf
with Tom Schilling,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Berlin International Film Festival has set its full slate for the upcoming 2021 edition. Berlinale usually follows Sundance with a February festival, but the pandemic has forced organizers to develop a new festival format for 2021. The 71st Berlin International Film Festival is set to take place with the “Industry Event” from March 1 to 5, which will include the European Film Market (EFM), the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Berlinale Talents, and the World Cinema Fund in online forms. From June 9 to 20, 2021 the Berlinale will launch a “Summer Special” with numerous film presentations in Berlin, both at indoor and outdoor cinemas.
Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event.
Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event.
- 2/11/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
This week of Berlin International Film Festival announcements comes to a close with the main course – the Competition and Special Screenings programs. Scroll down for the full lists.
The 15-strong Competition – all world premieres – includes titles from filmmakers including Celine Sciamma, Daniel Bruhl and Xavier Beauvois.
Celine Sciamma is following on from her Golden Globe-nominated Portrait Of A Lady On Fire with her next movie, Petite Maman, which only went into production in November; plot details are hush but it is understood to star two eight-year-olds.
Actor-turned-filmmaker Bruhl also plays the protagonist in his directorial debut, Next Door, which centers on a film star and his troublesome neighbor.
Xavier Beauvois, whose credits include the Cannes Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men and the 2017 film The Guardians, presents his eighth work, Albatros, which follows a police captain whose life goes into a tailspin.
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude will also present his latest work,...
The 15-strong Competition – all world premieres – includes titles from filmmakers including Celine Sciamma, Daniel Bruhl and Xavier Beauvois.
Celine Sciamma is following on from her Golden Globe-nominated Portrait Of A Lady On Fire with her next movie, Petite Maman, which only went into production in November; plot details are hush but it is understood to star two eight-year-olds.
Actor-turned-filmmaker Bruhl also plays the protagonist in his directorial debut, Next Door, which centers on a film star and his troublesome neighbor.
Xavier Beauvois, whose credits include the Cannes Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men and the 2017 film The Guardians, presents his eighth work, Albatros, which follows a police captain whose life goes into a tailspin.
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude will also present his latest work,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian also unveiled Berlinale Special features.
A 15-title Competition line-up including new films from Céline Sciamma and Radu Jude has been unveiled for the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.
The festival’s executive director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian unveiled the complete Competition strand along with Berlinale Special titles at a virtual press conference today (February 11), from an empty cinema.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
This year’s edition will take place in two parts; an industry-focused, online-only event running March 1-5, and a Summer Special event featuring physical screenings, planned for June 9-20.
The Panorama,...
A 15-title Competition line-up including new films from Céline Sciamma and Radu Jude has been unveiled for the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.
The festival’s executive director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian unveiled the complete Competition strand along with Berlinale Special titles at a virtual press conference today (February 11), from an empty cinema.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
This year’s edition will take place in two parts; an industry-focused, online-only event running March 1-5, and a Summer Special event featuring physical screenings, planned for June 9-20.
The Panorama,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser¬Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In today's Horror Highlights: Devil May Cry 5 heads to new consoles, Loot Crate offers Mr. Kramp, and Saban picks up the reboot of Wrong Turn.
Devil May Cry 5 Launches on Next-Gen Consoles: "It’s time to fight like hell, as Devil May Cry™ 5 Special Edition has arrived with all-new features and the by-fan-demand playable Vergil. The digital version of Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition arrives today for Xbox Series X|S, and on November 12, 2020 for PlayStation® 5. The physical versions for all consoles will be available starting December 1, 2020 and both the digital and physical versions of the game will be available for Msrp $39.99.
Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition ups the ante on the award-winning stylish action with next-gen features that enhance visuals, audio and performance. Players can enable increased frame rates of up to 120 fps, play in stunning 4K fidelity on supporting consoles, and battle amid the life-like reflections, pooling shadows,...
Devil May Cry 5 Launches on Next-Gen Consoles: "It’s time to fight like hell, as Devil May Cry™ 5 Special Edition has arrived with all-new features and the by-fan-demand playable Vergil. The digital version of Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition arrives today for Xbox Series X|S, and on November 12, 2020 for PlayStation® 5. The physical versions for all consoles will be available starting December 1, 2020 and both the digital and physical versions of the game will be available for Msrp $39.99.
Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition ups the ante on the award-winning stylish action with next-gen features that enhance visuals, audio and performance. Players can enable increased frame rates of up to 120 fps, play in stunning 4K fidelity on supporting consoles, and battle amid the life-like reflections, pooling shadows,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Saban Films has acquired the rights to two titles from Munich-based “Resident Evil” producer Constantin Film.
The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P. Nelson’s anticipated horror reboot, “Wrong Turn.”
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on both Constantin titles this week at the virtual American Film Market, where the titles will be screening for buyers.
“Tides” marks the second film from Swiss-born director Fehlbaum, who burst to attention with his debut feature “Hell,” another sci-fi thriller.
Set in a not-too-distant future, “Tides” follows an elite female astronaut from Space Colony Kepler who is shipwrecked on a decimated Earth after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity. She must make a decision that will seal the fate of the Earth’s populace.
“Tides” stars Nora Arnezeder (“Mozart In The Jungle...
The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P. Nelson’s anticipated horror reboot, “Wrong Turn.”
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on both Constantin titles this week at the virtual American Film Market, where the titles will be screening for buyers.
“Tides” marks the second film from Swiss-born director Fehlbaum, who burst to attention with his debut feature “Hell,” another sci-fi thriller.
Set in a not-too-distant future, “Tides” follows an elite female astronaut from Space Colony Kepler who is shipwrecked on a decimated Earth after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity. She must make a decision that will seal the fate of the Earth’s populace.
“Tides” stars Nora Arnezeder (“Mozart In The Jungle...
- 11/10/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Saban Films has doubled down on projects from Constantin Film, the producers behind the Resident Evil movies. Out of the American Film Market, Saban has acquired thriller Tides from the U.K. and North America and the North American rights for horror reboot Wrong Turn.
From Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum, Tides is set in the near future and follows a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, who must decide the fate of the wasteland’s remaining populace. Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu, Sebastian Roché and Joel Basman star.
Thomas Wöbke and Philipp Trauer for BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion produced, with Ruth Waldburger for ...
From Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum, Tides is set in the near future and follows a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, who must decide the fate of the wasteland’s remaining populace. Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu, Sebastian Roché and Joel Basman star.
Thomas Wöbke and Philipp Trauer for BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion produced, with Ruth Waldburger for ...
- 11/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sabam Films has doubled down on projects from Constantin Film, the producers behind the Resident Evil movies. Out of the American Film Market, Saban has acquired thriller Tides from the U.K. and North America and the North American rights for horror reboot Wrong Turn.
From Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum, Tides is set in the near future and follows a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, who must decide the fate of the wasteland’s remaining populace. Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu, Sebastian Roché and Joel Basman star.
Thomas Wöbke and Philipp Trauer for BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion produced, with Ruth Waldburger for ...
From Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum, Tides is set in the near future and follows a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, who must decide the fate of the wasteland’s remaining populace. Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu, Sebastian Roché and Joel Basman star.
Thomas Wöbke and Philipp Trauer for BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion produced, with Ruth Waldburger for ...
- 11/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It looks like Roland Emmerich has re-teamed with German director Tim Fehlbaum on a science fiction thriller called Haven: Above Sky. Some research into the title shows that it's been in post-production since early 2019, but there is good pedigree and rep behind the film, including production company Constantin Film (Resident Evil series), and international sales rep from Mister Smith Ent. who managed I Am Mother and Captive State. Also, the visual FX company Scanline has it listed as an upcoming project. Here's hoping this means we hear more from this one sooner than later. Set in the distant future, the film is set to follow a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth who must decide the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace. Emmerich...
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- 3/11/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Bavaria Studios — often described as the heart of the Bavaria Film group — may be one of Europe’s largest and most state-ofthe-art film and television production facilities, but it also boasts an illustrious past that long ago cemented its place in cinematic history.
Film pioneer Peter Ostermayr founded the studios, originally known as Münchener Lichtspielkunst, in 1919. Six years later, a young Alfred Hitchcock arrived at the site in Grünwald, south of Munich, to shoot his first film, “The Pleasure Garden.”
It was renamed Bavaria Film in 1932 by new owners. A decade later, Germany’s Nazi government merged it into the Ufa-Film group along with several other companies. Productions continued at the studios in the post-war era and Bavaria was eventually reprivatized in 1956.
A number of high-profile U.S. pics shot there during that time, including Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” with Kirk Douglas in 1957. Douglas returned the following...
Film pioneer Peter Ostermayr founded the studios, originally known as Münchener Lichtspielkunst, in 1919. Six years later, a young Alfred Hitchcock arrived at the site in Grünwald, south of Munich, to shoot his first film, “The Pleasure Garden.”
It was renamed Bavaria Film in 1932 by new owners. A decade later, Germany’s Nazi government merged it into the Ufa-Film group along with several other companies. Productions continued at the studios in the post-war era and Bavaria was eventually reprivatized in 1956.
A number of high-profile U.S. pics shot there during that time, including Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” with Kirk Douglas in 1957. Douglas returned the following...
- 1/31/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
First look at Nora Arnezeder in project; Mister Smith Entertainment launching sales at Afm.
Munich-based Constantin Film has begun production on sci-fi epic Haven - Above Sky, from director Tim Fehlbaum and executive producer Roland Emmerich.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, which is starring Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Mary Magdalene), Sope Dirisu (The Huntsman: Winter’s Tale), Sebastian Roché (The Man In The High Castle) and Joel Basman (Land Of Mine).
Director Fehlbaum co-wrote the screenplay with Mariko Minoguchi. Set in the near future, after a global...
Munich-based Constantin Film has begun production on sci-fi epic Haven - Above Sky, from director Tim Fehlbaum and executive producer Roland Emmerich.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, which is starring Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Mary Magdalene), Sope Dirisu (The Huntsman: Winter’s Tale), Sebastian Roché (The Man In The High Castle) and Joel Basman (Land Of Mine).
Director Fehlbaum co-wrote the screenplay with Mariko Minoguchi. Set in the near future, after a global...
- 10/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Hell
Screenplay by Tim Fehlbaum, Oliver Kahl, & Thomas Wöbke
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Germany/Switzerland, 2011
Dirty, grimy, and dusty, that’s how best to describe Hell. The heat can be felt, the dryness of the film comes off of the screen like a hot summer day in Chicago. Tim Fehlbaum takes a very tactile approach with his film, daring the audience to feel what his characters are feeling. The horror of Hell is that when the characters are hot the viewer feels hot. When the characters are struggling with thirst the audience feels like it needs a drink of water. Herr Fehlbaum asks a lot out of the characters he, and his screenplay compatriots, have created for Hell. He asks just as much, if not more, out of his films audience.
The first ten or so minutes of Hell are the most important minutes in the film. They establish this world,...
Screenplay by Tim Fehlbaum, Oliver Kahl, & Thomas Wöbke
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Germany/Switzerland, 2011
Dirty, grimy, and dusty, that’s how best to describe Hell. The heat can be felt, the dryness of the film comes off of the screen like a hot summer day in Chicago. Tim Fehlbaum takes a very tactile approach with his film, daring the audience to feel what his characters are feeling. The horror of Hell is that when the characters are hot the viewer feels hot. When the characters are struggling with thirst the audience feels like it needs a drink of water. Herr Fehlbaum asks a lot out of the characters he, and his screenplay compatriots, have created for Hell. He asks just as much, if not more, out of his films audience.
The first ten or so minutes of Hell are the most important minutes in the film. They establish this world,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
Arri Worldwide secures North American deal ahead of the Efm, where it will showcase two market premieres.
Arri Worldsales has sealed a North American deal ahead of this week’s European Film Market (Efm) with Vertical Entertainment for Alain Gsponer’s family film The Little Ghost.
Santa Monica-based Vertical acquired all Us and Canadian rights for the adaptation of Otfried Preussler’s internationally bestselling children’s classic, which has been sold to 24 countries worldwide to date.
Vertical Entertainment, launched last year by industry veterans Rich Goldberg and Mitch Budin, had previously acquired Tim Fehlbaum’s apocalyptic thriller Hell from Arri.
Market premieres
Frederik Steiner’s award-winning Zurich (Und Morgen Mittag Bin Ich Tot) is one of two market premieres being presented by Arri Worldsales at the Efm in Berlin this week.
The film about a young woman suffering from cystic fibrosis who travels to Switzerland to end her life received the prize in the Newcomer category at this...
Arri Worldsales has sealed a North American deal ahead of this week’s European Film Market (Efm) with Vertical Entertainment for Alain Gsponer’s family film The Little Ghost.
Santa Monica-based Vertical acquired all Us and Canadian rights for the adaptation of Otfried Preussler’s internationally bestselling children’s classic, which has been sold to 24 countries worldwide to date.
Vertical Entertainment, launched last year by industry veterans Rich Goldberg and Mitch Budin, had previously acquired Tim Fehlbaum’s apocalyptic thriller Hell from Arri.
Market premieres
Frederik Steiner’s award-winning Zurich (Und Morgen Mittag Bin Ich Tot) is one of two market premieres being presented by Arri Worldsales at the Efm in Berlin this week.
The film about a young woman suffering from cystic fibrosis who travels to Switzerland to end her life received the prize in the Newcomer category at this...
- 2/3/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Directed by: Tim Fehlbaum
Written by: Tim Fehlbaum, Oliver Kahl, Thomas Wobke
Featuring: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Angela Winkler, Lisa Vicari, Michael Kranz, Lars Eidinger
For quite a while now, environmental horror has been the province of mostly North American productions. For some reason, the apocalypse just doesn't seem quite as popular in Europe. But that changes with Tim Fehlbaum's feature debut, the 2011 post-global warming potboiler, the rather amusingly titled Hell (in some parts of the world it's been released as the even more generic Apocalypse). Produced by Roland Emmerich (of course it is), Hell is a good deal less stupid than Emmerich's own 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow, but it never quite gets out of second gear.
A hurried text piece sets up the story: In 2016, a series of massive solar flares have raised the earth's temperature by 10 degrees Celsius and made the sun burn brighter than ever.
Written by: Tim Fehlbaum, Oliver Kahl, Thomas Wobke
Featuring: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Angela Winkler, Lisa Vicari, Michael Kranz, Lars Eidinger
For quite a while now, environmental horror has been the province of mostly North American productions. For some reason, the apocalypse just doesn't seem quite as popular in Europe. But that changes with Tim Fehlbaum's feature debut, the 2011 post-global warming potboiler, the rather amusingly titled Hell (in some parts of the world it's been released as the even more generic Apocalypse). Produced by Roland Emmerich (of course it is), Hell is a good deal less stupid than Emmerich's own 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow, but it never quite gets out of second gear.
A hurried text piece sets up the story: In 2016, a series of massive solar flares have raised the earth's temperature by 10 degrees Celsius and made the sun burn brighter than ever.
- 2/18/2013
- by Dan Coyle aka Deadpool
- Planet Fury
The theme for this year’s B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival, held in the city of Breda in the Netherlands, is “Apocalypse.” So get ready to watch the world end dozens of different ways on Sept. 5-9 at various venues around the city.
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
- 9/4/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
In the mood for a little post-apocalypse this post-July 4th? If so, then you’re in luck. Here is a new trailer, a fresh clip, a trendy infographic, and DVD cover art from the Roland Emmerich-produced “Hell”. Who knows post-apocalypse, or at least how to get us there, better than Roland Emmerich? Exactly. Even though Emmerich’s much more famous name is being used to sell this thing Stateside, the film itself is directed by one Tim Fehlbaum, who from the looks of it, has quite a nice career ahead of him. From producer, Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) comes Hell, the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit. It was once the source of life, light and warmth but now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched.
- 7/5/2012
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Hell's executive producer Roland Emmerich may be behind such big budget post apocalyptic blockbusters as 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow, but this film tells a far more personal story and doesn't require millions of dollars of visual effects to do so. Instead, director and writer Tim Fehlbaum (he shares a screenplay credit with Oliver Kahl and Thomas Wöb) grounds the story firmly in reality, focusing only on two sisters, the dubious man they travel with and another male straggler they pick up along the way. The specifics of how and why the temperature of the world has risen and left it a barren wasteland are irrelevant and there's no tedious subplot here about scientists trying to figure out how to miraculously stop the disaster (although a newspaper which mentions solar flares may tell us all we really need to know). As the group head towards the mountains in search...
- 7/2/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
After the alien invasion of Independence Day, a new Ice Age in The Day After Tomorrow and a deluge caused by the collapse of the Earth's crust in 2012, director Roland Emmerich said he was done with disaster films.
Well, not quite. No one does an apocalypse quite like Emmerich and the German filmmaker is an executive producer on new film Hell, which is released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK today (July 2, 2012).
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, the German sci-fi production is billed as a "searing sci-fi thriller about the terrifying lengths humans will go to survive."
It enjoyed a 2011 theatrical release in Germany, Russia, Poland and Japan, as well as being screened at several European festivals.
Hell is the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit.
Once the source of life, light and warmth, the sun has...
Well, not quite. No one does an apocalypse quite like Emmerich and the German filmmaker is an executive producer on new film Hell, which is released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK today (July 2, 2012).
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, the German sci-fi production is billed as a "searing sci-fi thriller about the terrifying lengths humans will go to survive."
It enjoyed a 2011 theatrical release in Germany, Russia, Poland and Japan, as well as being screened at several European festivals.
Hell is the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit.
Once the source of life, light and warmth, the sun has...
- 7/2/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Hell
Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Lars Eidinger, Lisa Vicari, Angela Winkler | Written and Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) Hell is the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit, turning the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie, her little sister Leonie and Phillip are heading for the mountains. Rumour has it that water can still be found there but it is a hazardous trip into the unknown. Despite their struggle to overcome the odds, the threesome are lured into an ambush by a twisted “family” of survivalists and then the real battle begins…
It seems that given the Mayan prophecy of the end of the world in 2012 a lot of genre filmmakers have had...
Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Lars Eidinger, Lisa Vicari, Angela Winkler | Written and Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) Hell is the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit, turning the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie, her little sister Leonie and Phillip are heading for the mountains. Rumour has it that water can still be found there but it is a hazardous trip into the unknown. Despite their struggle to overcome the odds, the threesome are lured into an ambush by a twisted “family” of survivalists and then the real battle begins…
It seems that given the Mayan prophecy of the end of the world in 2012 a lot of genre filmmakers have had...
- 7/1/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Paramount Pictures and director Roland Emmerich (2012, Independence Day) have teamed up to produce a German post-apocalyptic thriller called "Hell." And today we have a domestic trailer for the film. Check it out below. In "Hell," a blazing sun has made the earth an uninhabitable wasteland. A group of friends take to the mountains in an attempt to find water and food only to find themselves locked in a struggle for survival. The movie is written and directed by newcomer Tim Fehlbaum. It already hit German theaters on September 22nd, and will now be released in the Us on VOD on July 10th and DVD on August 21st. The word "Hell" is a German word for "Bright," but in the Us, the new movie will still be called "Hell." Trailer:...
- 6/28/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Looking for a new post-apocalyptic horror film to add to your countless list of movie viewings that you've consumed throughout your lifetime of being a couch potato with the insatiable love for blood, guts and gore? Then look no further because come this August you'll come face-to-face with Hell, and it don't look pretty. Hell is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, and Angela Winkler.…...
- 6/27/2012
- Horrorbid
The official trailer for the indie flick Hell, produced by Roland Emmerich, is here and it's a scorcher. What better way could there be to get you through hump day than by engaging in some post-apocalyptic shenanigans?
Hell is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, and Angela Winkler. Look for it on VOD on July 10th and DVD on August 21st.
Dig on the trailer below courtesy of Bloody Disgusting.
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light, and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie (Herzsprung), her little sister Leonie (Vicari), and Phillip (Eidinger) are heading for the mountains in a car with covered windows. Rumor has it there is still water there. Along the way...
Hell is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, and Angela Winkler. Look for it on VOD on July 10th and DVD on August 21st.
Dig on the trailer below courtesy of Bloody Disgusting.
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light, and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie (Herzsprung), her little sister Leonie (Vicari), and Phillip (Eidinger) are heading for the mountains in a car with covered windows. Rumor has it there is still water there. Along the way...
- 6/27/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The New York Times runs two must-reads this weekend. With Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) opening at Film Forum on Friday, Dennis Lim writes, "It's not just that the film holds up to repeat viewings; its very point is its seemingly infinite repeatability, its mysterious capacity to surprise both first-time viewers and those who know it as well as a magician reciting an incantation." He goes on to consider Céline within the context of Rivette's oeuvre and its lasting impact on filmmakers as diverse as Susan Seidelman and David Lynch.
"Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema," writes Manohla Dargis at the top of piece on Milestone Films' multi-year project to restore and revive interest in Clarke's work. The Connection (1962) opens Friday at the IFC Center and soon to follow will be theatrical and DVD releases of Robert Frost: A...
"Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema," writes Manohla Dargis at the top of piece on Milestone Films' multi-year project to restore and revive interest in Clarke's work. The Connection (1962) opens Friday at the IFC Center and soon to follow will be theatrical and DVD releases of Robert Frost: A...
- 4/28/2012
- MUBI
We just got our hands on the poster for director Roland Emmerich's latest apocalyptic vision, due out on VOD August 9th and on DVD August 21st. After the jump, take your first full look at Hell. Roland Emmerich serves as producer on Hell, with Tim Fehlbaum handling the directing chores. Here's the official synopsis: "It was once the source of life, light and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzling bright. Marie (Hannah Herzsprung), her little sister Leonie (Lisa Vicari) and Phillip (Lars Eidinger) are heading for the mountains in a car with covered windows. Rumor has it there is still...
- 4/25/2012
- FEARnet
Many directors are beginning to get as much credit for films they produce rather than direct as evidenced by Joss Whedon's recent credit for The Cabin in the Woods (though, Whedon did co-write it) or Todd Phillips on Project X. Now Roland Emmerich is getting in the game as I just received an email with the subject line "Roland Emmerich's Hell Artwork & Release Info." I though to myself, Roland Emmerich made a movie called Hell? The answer is "No", but that's not what they want you to think as Emmerich produced the upcoming film which is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and will hit video on demand on August 9 and DVD on August 21. Starring Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari and Angela Winkler in a story that centers on the idea that the sun has scorched the Earth and left it a barren wasteland. Here's the synopsis...
- 4/25/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
If you're like us, you're somewhat curious to see what Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow) can do as a small-scale producer. We'll be finding out soon enough as his low-budget apocalyptic tale Hell (Bright) is coming at us this summer.
Hell is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, and Angela Winkler. Look for it on VOD on August 9th and DVD on August 21st.
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light, and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie (Herzsprung), her little sister Leonie (Vicari), and Phillip (Eidinger) are heading for the mountains in a car with covered windows. Rumor has it there is still water there. Along the way they run into...
Hell is directed by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, and Angela Winkler. Look for it on VOD on August 9th and DVD on August 21st.
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light, and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Marie (Herzsprung), her little sister Leonie (Vicari), and Phillip (Eidinger) are heading for the mountains in a car with covered windows. Rumor has it there is still water there. Along the way they run into...
- 4/25/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Curious to see what Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow) can do small scale? Well then, you'll be happy to hear that his low-budget apocalyptic tale Hell has been acquired for U.S. release through Arc Entertainment later this year.
The film comes to us from director Tim Fehlbaum, and you can check out the goods below (for subtitles click the "cc" button on the video player).
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright.
Maria, her little sister Leonie, and Phillip are heading for the mountains in a car with tinted glass. Rumor has it water can still be found there. It is a hazardous trip to nowhere. Along the way they run into Tom.
The film comes to us from director Tim Fehlbaum, and you can check out the goods below (for subtitles click the "cc" button on the video player).
Synopsis
It was once the source of life, light and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright.
Maria, her little sister Leonie, and Phillip are heading for the mountains in a car with tinted glass. Rumor has it water can still be found there. It is a hazardous trip to nowhere. Along the way they run into Tom.
- 2/10/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Bloody Disgusting learned that Roland Emmerich's low-budget apocalyptic tale Hell has been acuired for U.S. release through Arc Entertainment later this year. From director Tim Fehlbaum, "It was once the source of life, light and warmth. But now the sun has turned the entire world into a baked and barren wasteland. Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses line the roads. Even the nights are dazzlingly bright. Maria, her little sister Leonie and Phillip are heading for the mountains in a car with tinted glass. Rumor has it water can still be found there. It is a hazardous trip to nowhere. Along the way, they run into Tom. He turns out to be a first-rate mechanic and becomes indispensable. But can they trust him? The tension grows. As if things weren't bad enough, they are lured into an ambush and their real battle for survival begins..."...
- 2/10/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director: Tim Fehlbaum.
Writers: Tim Fehlbaum and Oliver Kahl.
Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, and Lisa Vicari.
Hell is an amazing film. Shot in Germany and France, this is a German language film that takes place in a future world wracked by solar flares. The temperature has risen ten degrees and so has the tension between characters and societal groups. In fact, certain families have turned against humanity entirely. And really Hell is a film about the positive qualities of humanity vs anti-humanity in a devastating and dangerous environment.
The humanity and the optimism comes from characters Marie and Tom. Marie is the sister to Lisa and she will do anything for her. Her loyalty is a positive quality of humanity and this characteristic is necessary when facing people who supplement their diets in unusual ways. Tom is a survivalist. He fights when it is necessary and he fights for what is right.
Writers: Tim Fehlbaum and Oliver Kahl.
Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, and Lisa Vicari.
Hell is an amazing film. Shot in Germany and France, this is a German language film that takes place in a future world wracked by solar flares. The temperature has risen ten degrees and so has the tension between characters and societal groups. In fact, certain families have turned against humanity entirely. And really Hell is a film about the positive qualities of humanity vs anti-humanity in a devastating and dangerous environment.
The humanity and the optimism comes from characters Marie and Tom. Marie is the sister to Lisa and she will do anything for her. Her loyalty is a positive quality of humanity and this characteristic is necessary when facing people who supplement their diets in unusual ways. Tom is a survivalist. He fights when it is necessary and he fights for what is right.
- 12/9/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The 2011 Sitges Film Festival has concluded its competition portion and announced awards in more categories than we've seen at any other fest. The biggest winners are Kevin Smith's Red State and Joe Cornish's Attack the Block, but several other films we've been closely watching here on Dread scored victories as well, including Kill List, Livid, The Divide, The Woman, Bellflower, Hell, and Detention.
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
- 10/15/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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