THE NEW GOSPEL - Digital Cinema Release on the 17th of December

Due to the extension of the so-called “lockdown light" cinemas in Germany will remain closed until after our release date of December 17th. We have decided not to postpone the start of the film, but instead release “THE NEW GOSPEL” by Milo Rau on December 17th 2020 on Cinema on Demand/C-Vod.

Viewers can pick a cinema of their choice on the films website, purchase a ticket and then watch it on their screen at home. We are not only making the film accessible for everyone in Germany, but we also support the film theaters during these difficult times. Advance booking started on December 1st, 2020.

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DIGITAL CINEMA Release - This is how it works

The viewer buys an online ticket on the film website and at the same time selects a cinema of one’s choice that one would like to share in the proceeds. This cinema then receives 30% of the price of a digital ticket. The film THE NEW GOSPEL can be streamed 24 hours after payment and activation of the ticket ID.

A Q&A with director Milo Rau and the main actor and political activist Yvan Sagnet will be available as bonus material.

The prices for the digital evaluation:

Single ticket: 9,99 Euro
Groups of 20 or more tickets: 7,99 Euro
From 50 tickets for groups: 5,99 Euro

Only available in Germany and Austria

The New Gospel screening + Talk hosted by the European Cultural Foundation at IDFA 2020

THE NEW GOSPEL by director Milo Rau was selected for the Feature-Length Documentary Competition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Due to Covid-19 the screenings and the following conversation hosted by the European Cultural Foundation with Milo Rau and activist and Jesus actor Yvan Sagnet will take place online.

You can register to get a ticket for the online screening here.

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Screening + Talk
Sunday, 22nd of November
15:30 pm
Tuschinski Online Cinema

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Screening
Friday, 4th of December
21 pm
Online Cinema 3

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The New Gospel was selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary

We are very glad to announce that THE NEW GOSPEL by multi-award-winning director Milo Rau was selected for the Feature-Length Documentary Competition of the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam. This year the festival takes place from November 18 to December 6 in person and online. Twelve films by some of the world’s leading filmmakers are selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. The selection includes giants of documentary film, but also theater and visual art. With strong artistic concepts and bold formalist approaches, each title displays the mark of an auteur, from hybrid films to cinéma vérité.

With THE NEW GOSPEL, Milo Rau and his team return to the origins of the gospel and stage it as the passion play of a whole population. In Matera, southern Italy, where the great Jesus films from Pasolini to Gibson were shot, a cast of refugees and unemployed peasants are in search of a rewriting of the gospel with its original spirit. A New Gospel for the 21st Century emerges: A manifesto of solidarity of the poorest, a cinematic revolt for a more just, humane world.

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Production funding for a new Fruitmarket production!

The MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung supports the production of our co-production GOLDHAMMER with 70.000 Euro. We are looking forward to working with the directors Pablo Ben-Yakov and Andre Krummel, our co-producers CORSO Film- und Fernsehproduktion, GLOTZEN OFF, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR Fernsehen and rbb Fernsehen. GOLDHAMMER tells the story of a young man who can transform himself into a chameleon at any time, who seems to fulfill the ideals of our time perfectly and still or precisely because of this unites all of its contradictions.

GOLDHAMMER

IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE NEW GOSPEL" AT GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI IN VENICE

On Sunday the 6th of September, our hybrid documentary film “THE NEW GOSPEL” directed by Milo Rau had its world premiere together with the main cast and film crew at the Palazzo del Casinò at the Giornate Degli Autori in Venice.

The main cast of THE NEW GOSPEL before the premiere in Venice

Renowned theater critic Andrea Porcheddu hold a Q&A with Jesus actor Yvan Sagnet and director Milo Rau

Jesus actor and activist Yvan Sagnet after the premiere

Director Milo Rau answering the questions of Andrea Porcheddu

The producers and director of THE NEW GOSPEL Arne Birkenstock, Sebastian Lemke, Milo Rau and Olivier Zobrist

PRESS REVIEWS

„Striking cinematography and sound design“ (...) „With The New Gospel, the artist tackles Italy’s ongoing migrant crisis through a most unusual form — by creating a contemporary Jesus film.“

- Filmmaker Magazine

“A bold, modern retelling of the Passion of the Christ with a powerful social angle”

- Cineeuropa

“Venice: Milo Rau on Revolutionary Jesus, Empowering People and Fighting Exploitation”

- Variety

"THE NEW GOSPEL" CELEBRATES ITS PREMIERE IN VENICE!

Yvan Sagnet in his role as "Jesus" during the "Rivolta della Dignitá", a protest action of refugees and agricultural workers in Matera

Milo Rau's film will be screened at the "Giornate degli Autori" at Venice IFF.

What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his apostles be? With "The New Gospel" Milo Rau and his team return to the origins of the gospel and stage it as a passion play for an entire population. Together with Yvan Sagnet, a former farm worker and activist from Cameroon, Milo Rau creates a new gospel for the 21st century: A manifesto of solidarity for the poorest, a cinematic uprising for a fairer, more humane world.

Numerous refugees, activists and citizens of Matera, the European Capital of Culture 2019 have participated in the film, as well as Marcello Fonte (European Film Prize for Best Actor 2018), Enrique Irazoqui (actor of Jesus in Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Il Vangelo secondo Matteo"), Maia Morgenstern (actress of Mary in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ") and the singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela.

Yvan Sagnet, born 1985 in Douala (Cameroon), came to Italy in 2008 to study, where he initially earned his living as a farmhand. In 2011 he was the spokesman for the agricultural workers' strike in Nardò (Puglia), which led to the first trial in Europe for slavery and the conviction of twelve entrepreneurs for "caporalato" (mafia-like structures). Sagnet was knighted by the Italian Republic and is the founder of the international anti-Caporalato association NO-CAP.

Milo Rau, born 1977 in Bern (CH), is a director, author and, since the season of 2018/19, the artistic director of NTGent (Belgium) . Critics call him the "most influential" (Die Zeit), "most awarded" (Le Soir), "most interesting" (De Standaard), "most controversial" (La Repubblica), "most scandalous" (New York Times) or "most ambitious" (The Guardian) artist of our time. Since 2002 he has published over 50 plays, films, books and actions.

In "The New Gospel", Sagnet and Rau together create a biblical story that could hardly be more topical in terms of the background of the refugee crisis in Europe and the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement. With the "Revolt of Dignity", they have created a political campaign that campaigns for decent living and working conditions for refugees and mostly illegal farm workers in Italy.

Director Milo Rau says about the film: "For me, the important thing was not only to adapt the word of the Bible, but its content: the fight of all men for dignity. In that sense, „The New Gospel“ has indeed become a biblical film adaptation for our times with a cast that is diverse in the best sense: Next to international stars and politicians, activists, agricultural workers and normal citizens play the leading roles. Mary Magdalene is a leading figure in our film, some of the apostles are female and - for the most part - the followers of "our" Jesus are of Muslim faith. But what makes me most happy is that our film has made a real effect. As a consequence of the "Revolt of Dignity", as you can see at the end of the film, the first "houses of dignity" were founded around Matera: Houses where the previously homeless protagonists of our film can now live in dignity and self-determination. And this with the support of the Catholic Church!"

His companion and Jesus actor Yvan Sagnet says: "When man loses his dignity, he becomes an animal, an object. So the "Revolt of Dignity" is about man's effort to remain human. Everyone who stands up for his own dignity and well-being fights for the dignity and well-being of all people. Thus the sentence in the gospels can be understood on a religious level. But we can also go a step further and say: We cannot stop condemning the injustices of the world. Because if we lose this ability, we fall into barbarism. We live in times when we can no longer afford to do nothing. We must unite to fight together against the advance of evil - the demon, to use another term from the Bible."

"The New Gospel" is a German-Swiss-Italian co-production and was produced by Fruitmarket, Langfilm and the IIPM - International Institute of Political Murder in co-production with Matera 2019, ZDF in cooperation with Arte, Swiss Television SRF / SRG, Consorzio Teatri Uniti di Basilicata and Teatro di Roma. The film and the associated theatre project were supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the Federal Cultural Foundation, the European Cultural Foundation, the Zurich Film Foundation, the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), the Canton of St. Gallen Cultural Promotion, the Volkart Foundation, the Cultural Fund Suissimage and the German Film Fund.

Producers of the film are Arne Birkenstock, Olivier Zobrist and Sebastian Lemke, Thomas Eirich- Schneider is responsible for the camera, Katja Dringenberg for editing and Marco Teufen and Guido Keller for sound. The set design and costumes are by Anton Lukas and the music by Elia Redinger and the famous Italian singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela.

"The New Gospel" will be premiered as a special event in the framework of the Giornate degli Autori. Director, actors and team will be present and available for interviews. The exact screening dates will be announced soon by the Giornate degli Autori.

Volontariat: Dokumentarfilm

Wir suchen ab sofort eine Volontärin oder einen Volontär für den Bereich Recherche, Konzeption und Produktion von Dokumentarfilmen bei Arne Birkenstock und der Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH!

VOLONTARIAT DOKUMENTARFILM

Volontariatsbeginn: 1.10.2020

Dauer: 18-24 Monate

Firma: Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH

Ansprechpartnerin: Laryssa Stone

Standort: Maastrichter Straße 45, 50672 Köln, Deutschland

Bewerbungsschluss: 01. August 2020

Wir suchen: Eine kreative und intelligente Person mit Lebenserfahrung und Spaß am Dokumentarfilm. Abgeschlossenes Bachelor- oder Grundstudium ist von Vorteil, gute Kenntnisse der deutschen und englischen Sprache in Wort und Schrift sind Pflicht. Weitere Sprachkenntnisse und ein Führerschein sind willkommen, aber kein Ausschlusskriterium. Erste Erfahrungen in der Filmproduktion können helfen, Erfahrungen in den Bereichen Organisation, Disposition, Recherche und Technik ebenso.

Wir bieten: Internationale Dokumentarfilm- und Serienproduktionen in Zusammenarbeit mit Produzenten, Regisseuren, Plattformen, Sendern und Vertrieben aus der ganzen Welt. Mitarbeit und intensive Einblicke in die Entwicklung, Produktion und Postproduktion von internationalen Film- und Serienproduktionen aus Produzentensicht und eine verantwortungsvolle Tätigkeit in enger Zusammenarbeit mit unserem Team.

Das Volontariat beträgt mindestens 18 und höchstens 24 Monate und ist mit monatlich 1.500,00 Euro vergütet. Unsere Volontäre erhalten mindestens einmal pro Halbjahr eine hausinterne und/oder externe Fortbildungsmaßnahme in wesentlichen Bereichen der Produktionspraxis.

Wir sind: Die Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH wurde 2004 von dem Regisseur Arne Birkenstock gegründet und ist heute eine der renommiertesten deutschen Produktionsfirmen im Bereich Non-Fiction. In einem kleinen und sehr engagierten Team produzieren wir große internationale Kino-Dokumentarfilme, dokumentarische Serien für Plattformen und TV, sowie transmediale Erfahrungsräume für Internet und Ausstellungen, u.a. mit Regisseuren wie David Bernet, Uli Gaulke, Tonje Hessen Schei, Florian Opitz, Michael Madsen, Milo Rau, Yasemin Samdereli, Enrique Sánchez Lansch und anderen. Unsere Produktionen entstehen in Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern und Kreativen aus der ganzen Welt.

Wir bitten um die Zusendung einer aussagekräftigen Bewerbung mit Lebenslauf und Motivationsschreiben bis zum 01. August an:

Laryssa Stone

laryssa.stone@fruitmarket.de

Maastrichter Strasse 45

D-50672 Köln

The Moscow Trials now on MUBI.com

The MUBI-Special Who Owns the Truth? shows a number of documentary films shown at DOK Leipzig, one of the world’s most important stages for documentary film.

After this year's symposium, which questioned the role of truth in today's non-fiction cinema, they present a series of documentaries that have been premiering at the festival in recent years. These stories respond in their own way to the unstable and changing current political climate. Every single one of these films is characterized by a unique and always attentive approach, with which you can try the time in which we live on the slip.

The Moscow Trials directed by Milo Rau and produced by Fruitmarket Art & Media GmbH traces the story of a state and church staged campaign against uncomfortable artists - with the means of political theater. A courtroom is being set up in the Sakharov center of Moscow, where the "Caution, Religion" exhibition, which was destroyed in 2003, is being held. In a staged show trial with the most important exponents of the Russian cultural struggle, "art" appears against "religion", the "dissident" against "true" Russia.

On the stage are not actors, but actors from the real, political life: professional lawyers, a constitutional judge, witnesses and experts of all political circles. In the style of an open-ended court drama, in cross-examination, pleading and the arguments at the edge of the process, a disturbing and contradictory picture of today's Russia emerges: Does Putin's cultural policy violate freedom of expression and human rights? Or is it the art that violates the feelings of the faithful? Who is the attacker, who is the defender?

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Co-Production DREAMAWAY wins Filmplus Schnittpreis for Best Editing of a Documentary

The editors Gesa Jäger and Louly Seiff of our coproduction DREAMAWAY received the award for best editing of a documentary film at this years Filmplus Festival in Cologne 2019. The Price was endowed with 7.500 Euros by Stiftung Kulturwerk of the Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst. DREAMAWAY was directed by Marouan Omara and Johanna Domke and produced by Roman Roitman and Mark Lofty in coproduction with Fruitmarket. We are proud and happy to have been part of this excellent team and congratulate Gesa Jäger and Louly Seiff for their phenomenal achievement of editing DREAMAWAY as a documentary hybrid.

Congratulations to them end the entire crew!

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Shooting for „Century of Women“ in India and Cuba

The shooting for the Indian and Cuban episode of „Century of Women“, directed by Uli Gaulke has been completed. In India we shot with the incredible Lady Nanammal Ama. Nanammal is the worlds oldest yoga teacher. She has been teaching yoga to around one million people around the globe and she is not tired of continuing her lessons.

In Cuba, our protagonist is the 104-year old astonishing oral story teller Haydée Artega. Haydée started telling tales when she was in her twenties this was in 1935! Her stories are wonderfully poetic and about the simple things in life but which have a great truth in them.

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(©2019 Century of Women / Franz Waldmann)

FINANCING CLOSED FOR „POL POT DANCING“ BY ENRIQUE SÁNCHEZ LANSCH AND „THE NEW GOSPEL“ BY MILO RAU.

Langfilm and Up North Film, our friends from Norway and Switzerland helped to close financing for two of our productions.

With the positive funding decision of the Swiss Bundesamt für Kultur for our partners from Langfilm, Milo Rau and his team can start with the production of “The New Gospel”, which will be filmed between July and October 2019 in Matera (Italy).  What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be? With THE NEW GOSPEL, Milo Rau and his team return to the origins of the gospel and stage it as the passion play of a whole population. A New Gospel for the 21st Century emerges: A manifesto of solidarity of the poorest, a cinematic revolt for a more just, humane world.

Enrique Sánchez Lansch will start shooting in Cambodia next March. We are happy to announce that financing is closed. After the Norwegian Film Institute, the Fritt Ord Foundation will also support our partners from Up North Film for our coproduction “Pol Pot Dancing”. Enrique Sánchez Lansch tells this thrilling story of the horrible culture war combining choreographies with never seen archive material and interviews with eywitnesses: In the royal palace of Cambodia, a dancer raises a boy like he was one of her own. Decades later, under the force of the Khmer Rouge, she discovers that her foster son is none other than Pol Pot.

Both films are coproduced as a “Grand Format” by ZDF in cooperation with ARTE. Milo Rau’s “THE NEW GOSPEL”  already received support by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Kanton St.Gallen Kulturförderung / Swisslos, BKM, GEA – Waldviertler, Stadt Lausanne und Kanton Waadt. Enrique Sánchez Lansch „POL POT DANCING“ has been supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the BKM and the NFI.

„MAMACITA“ BY JOSÉ PABLO ESTRADA TORRESCANO STARTS JUNE, 27TH IN GERMAN THEATRES - OPEN AIR PREMIER IN COLOGNE ON JUNE 21ST -

After an extensive tour through the film festivals of the world, José Pablo Estrada Torrescano’s touching and intimate tragicomedy about his grandmother, a true Mexican matriarch, will be released in theatres all over Germany.

The release will start with an open premier in Cologne’s “Museum für Angewandte Kunst” on June 21st and continues with screenings in cinemas all over Germany on June, 27th. All cities, cinemas and screening dates can be found here.

Mamacita is an extravagant Mexican beauty queen living in her own kingdom in company of her loyal servants: gardener, chauffeur, chef, housekeeper and nurses. The 95-year-old lady has turned her house into a castle, hiding the open wounds of a prominent Mexican upper class family behind its stonewalls. When José Pablo went abroad to study film, Mamacita made him promise to return to Mexico one day to make a film about her life. He conquers his granny’s empire like a Trojan horse, discovering the haunted spirits of his own past and the lack of love that his entire clan has suffered from for generations. At the end both – and the audience – learn: It’s never too late to forgive.

MAMACITA is a Fruitmarket production in coproduction with AntevitaFilms (Luxemburg) and NoPalPictures (Mexico).

Find all screening dates here

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Volontariate: Dokumentarfilmproduktion und Dokumentarfilmregie

Wir suchen ab sofort Volontäre für den Bereich Dokumentarfilmproduktion & Dokumentarfilmregie bei Arne Birkenstock und der Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH!

VOLONTARIAT DOKUMENTARFILMREGIE

Beginn: 1.9. oder 1.10.2019

Dauer: 18-24 Monate
Firma: Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH
Ansprechpartner: Sebastian Lemke

Standort: Maastrichter Straße 45, 50672 Köln, Deutschland
Bewerbungsschluss: 20.7.2019

Wir suchen: Eine kreative und intelligente Person mit Lebenserfahrung und Spaß am Dokumentarfilm. Eine Abgeschlossenes Bachelor- oder Grundstudium ist von Vorteil, eine gute Schreibe auf Deutsch und gute Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache in Wort und Schrift ebenso. Weitere Sprachkenntnisse und ein Führerschein sind willkommen, aber kein Ausschlusskriterium. Erste Erfahrungen als Dokumentarfilmautor*In können helfen, Rechercheerfahrungen ebenso.

Wir bieten: Spannende Projekte in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Arne Birkenstock und anderen Regisseuren, intensive Einblicke in die Entwicklung, Produktion und Postproduktion von internationalen Film- und Serienproduktionen aus Regieperspektive und eine verantwortungsvolle Tätigkeit in enger Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Regisseuren.

Das Volontariat beträgt mindestens 18 und höchstens 24 Monate und ist mit monatlich 1.500,00 Euro vergütet. Wir bieten unseren Regie-Volontären an, dass sie im Rahmen des Volontariats nicht nur an unseren Projekten mitarbeiten, sondern mit unserer Hilfe und Beratung auch einen eigenen Dokumentarfilmstoff als Ausbildungsprojekt entwickeln.

Wir sind: Die Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH wurde 2004 von dem Regisseur Arne Birkenstock gegründet und ist heute eine der renommiertesten deutschen Produktionsfirmen im Bereich Non-Fiction. In einem kleinen und sehr engagierten Team produzieren wir große internationale Kino-Dokumentarfilme, dokumentarische Serien für Plattformen und TV, sowie transmediale Erfahrungsräume für Internet und Ausstellungen, u.a. mit Regisseuren wie David Bernet, Arne Birkenstock, Uli Gaulke, Tonje Hessen Schei, Florian Opitz, Michael Madsen, Milo Rau, Yasemin Samdereli, Enrique Sánchez Lansch und anderen. Unsere Produktionen entstehen in Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern und Kreativen aus der ganzen Welt.

Wir bitten um die Zusendung einer aussagekräftigen Bewerbung mit Lebenslauf und Motivationsschreiben bis zum 20. Juli 2019 an:

Sebastian Lemke

sebastian.lemke@fruitmarket.de

Maastrichter Strasse 45

D-50672 Köln

VOLONTARIAT DOKUMENTARFILMPRODUKTION

Beginn: 1.9. oder 1.10. 2019

Dauer: 18-24 Monate
Firma: Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH
Ansprechpartnerin: Laryssa Stone

Standort: Maastrichter Straße 45, 50672 Köln, Deutschland
Bewerbungsschluss: 20.7.2019

Wir suchen: Ein kreatives und intelligentes Organisationsgenie mit Lebenserfahrung. Abgeschlossenes Bachelor- oder Grundstudium ist von Vorteil, gute Kenntnisse der deutschen und englischen Sprache in Wort und Schrift sind Pflicht. Weitere Sprachkenntnisse und ein Führerschein sind willkommen, aber kein Ausschlusskriterium. Erste Erfahrungen in der Filmproduktion können helfen, Erfahrungen in den Bereichen Organisation, Disposition etc. ebenso.

Wir bieten: Internationale Dokumentarfilm- und Serienproduktionen in Zusammenarbeit mit Produzenten, Regisseuren, Plattformen, Sendern und Vertrieben aus der ganzen Welt. Mitarbeit und intensive Einblicke in die Entwicklung, Produktion und Postproduktion von internationalen Film- und Serienproduktionen aus Produzentensicht und eine verantwortungsvolle Tätigkeit in enger Zusammenarbeit mit unserem Team.

Das Volontariat beträgt mindestens 18 und höchstens 24 Monate und ist mit monatlich 1.500,00 Euro vergütet. Unsere Produktionsvolontäre erhalten mindestens einmal pro Halbjahr eine hausinterne und/oder externe Fortbildungsmaßnahme in wesentlichen Bereichen der Produktionspraxis.

Wir sind: Die Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH wurde 2004 von dem Regisseur Arne Birkenstock gegründet und ist heute eine der renommiertesten deutschen Produktionsfirmen im Bereich Non-Fiction. In einem kleinen und sehr engagierten Team produzieren wir große internationale Kino-Dokumentarfilme, dokumentarische Serien für Plattformen und TV, sowie transmediale Erfahrungsräume für Internet und Ausstellungen, u.a. mit Regisseuren wie David Bernet, Uli Gaulke, Tonje Hessen Schei, Florian Opitz, Michael Madsen, Milo Rau, Yasemin Samdereli, Enrique Sánchez Lansch und anderen. Unsere Produktionen entstehen in Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern und Kreativen aus der ganzen Welt.

Wir bitten um die Zusendung einer aussagekräftigen Bewerbung mit Lebenslauf und Motivationsschreiben bis zum 20. Juli 2019 an:

Laryssa Stone

laryssa.stone@fruitmarket.de

Maastrichter Strasse 45

D-50672 Köln

GERMAN DOCUMENTARY AWARD NOMINATION FOR ULI GAULKE’S „SUNSET OVER HOLLYWOOD“

(@Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis 2018 / SWR)

Our production „SUNSET OVER HOLLYWOOD“ (intl. title SUNSET OVER MULHOLLAND DRIVE) by Uli Gaulke has been nominated for the prestigious German Documentary Award. Among the twelve nominees are films like „Chris the Swiss“, „Genesis 2.0“ and „Searching Eva“. The winners will be announced at the SWR-Documentary Festival on June 28th in Stuttgart. Uli Gaulke's film will have its German theatrical release on May 23rd in these cities and cinemas.

TWO FRUITMARKET PRODUCTIONS IN GERMAN CINEMA: ULI GAULKE’S „SUNSET OVER HOLLYWOOD“ AND JP TORRESCANO’S „MAMACITA“ START IN GERMAN THEATRES!

 (@2018 Sunset over Hollywood/ Official German Film Poster)

After its world premier at SXSW in Austin, Uli Gaulke’s film about Hollywoods Senior Citizens Residence will have its theatrical release in Germany. There are still tickets available for the screenings with director Uli Gaulke on May 22nd in Cologne, 23rd in Berlin, 24th Munich, 25th in Nuremberg, 26th in Frankfurt, 27th in Hamburg, 28th in Luebeck and 29th Ludwigsburg! The film is also starting in Aachen, Augsburg, Dresden, Duesseldorf, Essen, Freiburg, Fuerth, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Mannheim, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Weingarten, Wuerzburg and many other cities. The film is released by PIFFL MEDIEN.

Find all cinemas and screening dates here

Read the review of epd-medien here (in German) here

Read the review of the movie blog (in English) here 

One month later, after an extended tour through festivals around the world, JP Torrescanos film will be released June 27th by REALFICTION in German theatres. The Premier will be open air on June 22nd in Cologne! Dates and reviews will be posted here soon!

German Theatrical Distribution for Sunset over Hollywood: Piffl Medien GmbH

German Theatrical Distribution for Mamacita: Real Fiction Filmverleih e.K.

FUNDING FOR NEW FRUITMARKET PRODUCTIONS OF VIVIANE BLUMENSCHEIN, DAVID BERNET, FLORIAN OPITZ, MILO RAU, ENRIQUE SANCHEZ LÁNSCH IN GERMANY, NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND!

We are pleased about the positive funding decisions of our projects. With the funding approval of the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) for our Co-producers of UpNorth and the documentary "POL POT DANCING", Enrique Sánchez Lansch's new film can go into production this year.

 Shooting of Milo Rau's "THE NEW GOSPEL" will begin this summer. ZDF and ARTE had already approved the project as a „Grand Format“. With the support of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Zürcher Filmstiftung the project is almost completely financed. We are looking forward to the renewed collaboration with Olivier Zobrist and Langfilm AG in Zurich.

 We are especially pleased about the funding for our documentary series. The Medien Board Berlin Brandenburg supported the production of „CAPITAL B“, a series by Florian Opitz and David Bernet, which we are coproducing together with Port-Au-Prince Film. And our partners Benjamin Seikel and B14 Film were supported by the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein for the development of the project "WE CALL BS". Fruitmarket contributes 50% of the development. to the development. Director Viviane Blumenschein and Co-author Arne Birkenstock are now starting the work on the script.

At the beginning of June, the shooting of Uli Gaulke's new film "CENTURY OF WOMEN" will also begin in Cuba. We will complete the development phase of Philipp Jedickes' "VIENNA CALLING" (a Co-production with Amour Fou) and start producing two major international series in autumn 2019.

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE OF SUNSET OVER MULLHOLLAND DRIVE @ SWXS

 (@2018 Sunset over Mullholland Drive / Konrad Waldmann)

Our documentary “SUNSET OVER MULLHOLLAND DRIVE” by Uli Gaulke will celebrate its International Premiere at the annual Film Festival South by Southwest in Austin this coming march!

The film tells stories of a one-of-a-kind place in Hollywood: The Motion Picture & Television Country House, where former actors, directors and even big studio bosses spend their retirement days.

Screening

Friday 8 March 2019 at 5:30pm at Alamo Lamar

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„AN OPEN ATTEMPT“ RECEIVES PRODUCTION FUNDING FROM FILM- AND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW

Hombroicher landsacape in winter. (@2018 / Sebastian Lemke)

We are happy to receive support from the Film- and Medienstiftung NRW for our film „An Open Attempt“, directed by Sebastian Lemke and Arne Birkenstock. The documentary draws the visual topography of the art space Hombroich as it were an intimate portrait of artistic work, thoughts and coexistence. The founder of the museum and the foundation Karl Heinrich Müller, wanted to create a utopian Eden amidst the beet fields of the lower Rhineland. The lifework of a passionate visionary, where art, architecture and nature become one. But the idea behind Hombroich was bigger: a revolutionary social experiment should bring together artists from a wide variety of disciplines, to dedicate their time radically and freely to art. 

An extract of Anatol Herzfelds Studio space in Hombroich. (@2018 / Sebastian Lemke)

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TV PREMIERE OF MILO RAUS "THE CONGO TRIBUNAL" ON ARTE

In late November “THE CONGO TRIBUNAL” will premiere on television.

First broadcast

Tuesday 27th of November 2018 23.20 pm

(53 Min.)

Additional Broadcast dates

Friday 30th of November 2018 10:55 am

Online from 27th of November until 04th of December 2018

An extract of the Bukavu Hearings. (@2017 The Congo Tribunal / Arne Birkenstock)

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MAMACITA @ Kasseler Dokfest

“Mamacita”will be part of the 35th Kasseler Dokfest and has been selected for the section “DokfestGeneration”. This section presents documentaries which portray life of generations in different ways, following the principle of “film has no age”.

Screening

Wendsday 11 November 2018 12:00  at Gloria

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