News
Torfason’s Blackport wins Grand Prix at Series Mania
Writer Mikael Torfason wrote and co-created the new series Blackport (RÚV, ARTE, TURBINE STUDIOS) that just won the Grand Prix at Series Mania 2021 (https://seriesmania.com/en/). Blackport is a drama series about the Icelandic fishing industry in the 1980’s. To put it simple: Colmbia has cocaine, Africa has gold, and Iceland has fish. The series is produced and directed by Gisli Orn Gardarsson, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson and Maria Reyndal. You can read about it in The Variety here.
The Girlfriend Experience 3 on Amazon
The 3. season of The Girlfriend Experience, which is written, directed and co-executive produced by Anja Marquardt, streams on Amazon in Germany (Starz Channel). The world premiere just happened during this years SXSW festival, where two episodes where shown. Please see the full Deadline.com article here as well as the trailer.
Dreamworks Musical "The Prince of Egypt" opens on Londons West
The new Dreamworks Musical by Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) and Philip LaZebnik (book) runs at the Dominion Theatre in Londons West End with a firstclass production. Please find all Infos and Videos here.
Festivals
Geborgtes Weiss
Dir.: Sebastian Ko
Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, 5.9.21, 19:30h
Kein einfacher Mord
Dir.: Sebastian Ko
Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, 14.9.21, 18:45h
Eisland
DP: Eeva Fleig
Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, 12.9.21, 21:00h
Streaming
"Romulus" on Magenta TV
The 1st season of "Romulus", a high budget production of Sky Italia about the founding of Rome, is streaming on Telekom's Magenta TV. Enrico Maria Artale directed 4 episodes, Vladan Radovic is the DP of 6 episodes. Watch the trailer here.
"The Lie" on Amazon Prime
"The Lie", the remake of "Wir Monster" (co-written & directed by Sebastian Ko) is now on Amazon Prime. The remake is written & directed by Veena Sud and produced by Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions).
"Deutschland 89" on Amazon Prime
Episodes 2, 7 and 8 written by Steve Bailie
Episodes 5 and 6 written by Lily & Michael Idov
"Official Secrets" on Netflix
with Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes
DP: Florian Hoffmeister
"The Valhalla Murders" on Netflix
Writer: Mikael Torfason
Season 1, Eps. 1-8
"Summertime" on Netflix
Director: Lorenzo Sportiello
Season 1, Eps. 1-4
In CinemaS
Ein Nasser Hund
Writer & Director Damir Lukacevic
Start Date: Sept 9, 2021
On TV
Ostwind 3 - Aufbruch nach Ora
DP: Florian Emmerich
18.09.2021, 12:35h, WDR
Konrad und Katharina
Director: Francis Meletzky
DP: Florian Emmerich
23.09.2021, 12:30h, MDR
Notruf Hafenkante
Eps.: Escape-Room
Writer: Wiebke Jaspersen, Wolf Kuhl
23.09.2021, 19:25h, ZDF
Zwischen uns die Mauer
DP: Bella Halben
01.10.2021, 22:00h, ZDF_neo
03.10.2021, 08:55h, 3Sat
Vorwärts Immer!
Director: Francis Meletzky
DP: Bella Halben
03.10.2021, 17:15h, Das Erste