Berlinale adds Heiner Carow award in honor of German helmer November 6, 2012 - 18:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2013 edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will add an award to be handed out by DEFA, the former East German state-owned film studio, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Berlin-based DEFA Foundation will award the newly-created Heiner Carow Prize during the festival. The award, which comes with a cash prize of €5,000 ($6,400), will go to a German fictional, documentary or essay film from the festival's Panorama section with a three-member jury choosing the winning film. The DEFA Foundation has set up the prize in memory of director Carow who made many films at the DEFA Studios in Babelsberg. His films include Sie nannten ihn Amigo (They Called Him Amigo, 1959), Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming, 1968), Die Legende von Paul und Paula (The Legend of Paul and Paula, 1973), Ikarus (Icarus, 1976), Bis dass der Tod Euch scheidet (Until Death Do Us Part, 1979) and Coming Out (1989), among others. In Feb. 1990, Carow won the festival's Silver Bear for Coming Out in the Berlinale Competition. The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival runs February 7-17.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
