25.10.2011 Beleza Film at Nordic Film Days in Luebeck

On 4th November 2011 at 7 pm First Motion will be on location at the 53rd Nordic Film Days Luebeck, Germany. The New Media initiative will present its results and outcomes so far with the help of supported projects, e.g. Beleza Film’s TELL ME WHO YOU ARE. (cf. Retrospective 4), at the KoKi Luebeck (Communal Cinema, Luebeck).

17.10.2011 One Day in the West Bank in Berlin

The 10 Palestinian short films that were realized 2010 within our film workshop “One Day in the West Bank” in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Ramallah are being shown in Berlin this October.
The festival is organized by the youth theater festival FESTIWALLA.
Where: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
When: Saturday, Oct 22, 2011 between 16:00 and 17:30 in the lounge.
http://www.grenzen-los.eu/?page_id=2102

13.10.2011 Little Red at Signes de Nuit, Paris

On Sunday, October 16, 2011, our Romanian short will be shown between 16:00 and 19:00 as part of a retrospektive of shorts of director Eva Pervolovici, who is part of the jury this year.

Cinéma La Clef
34, Rue Daubenton 75005
Paris, France

30.09.2011 Panel at Filmfest Hamburg

MEDIA Desk Germany invites to panel: Transmedia Projects – Spielerei oder ernstes Geschäft?
A discussion between Inga von Staden, Coach for the creative industry, Jessica Landt of Beleza Film and Sonja Schmidt from Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion about their transmedia projects.

Friday, 30 September 2011, 15.00
Orientsaal at Restaurant Mazza,
Moorkamp 5, 20357 Hamburg

05.08.2011 Tell Me Who You Are. – new funding

Our transmedia project “Tell Me Who You Are.” has received funding by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, from the section of: interactive audio-visual content. We are very happy!
We are in the middle of preproduction and the first shooting will start in August!

29.07.2011 France in the Classroom – finished!

Our latest project for the Klett-publishing house and the film workshop are done! With actors Elias, Emma, Alex and Sanam, as well as many children from Berlin. Now Christian Mertens and Marc Hofmeister are in the editing process!

20.04.2011 I Am A B-Boy receives Project development

The Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein funds the development of our German-French coproduction! Our dance-documentary “I Am A B-Boy” is being produced by French Connections Films, Paris and Beleza Film. Thanks a lot FFHSH! We will start the planning right away.

15.04.2011 First Motion funds TMWYA.

We are very happy to announce that First Motion (Cross-Media for the Baltic Sea Region) funds the development of our cross cultural transmedia project on youth, about identity and body language! More about TELL ME WHO YOU ARE. soon on this webpage.

18.02.2011 Score Competition @ Talent Campus

“Little Red” was chosen for the Score Competition 2011 mentored by composer Michael Nyman. Three three finalists could compose a new soundtrack to an excerpt from Eva Pervolovici’s short. The main prize was awarded to Felix Rösch from Germany whose composition was commended for its “originality and unconventional use of the orchestra”.

07.02.2011 Little Red at Berlinale

“Little Red” (Dir: Eva Pervolovici) will celebrate its world premiere during the opening of the Berlinale Talent Campus on Feb 12, 2011. Further screenings of the short film are on Feb 16 and Feb 20, 2011. “Little Red” is one of the 5 nominees for the Berlin Today Award 2011. More about the films and the Berlin Today Award at http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/story/95/3595.html