The 58th Solothurn Film Festival started with THIS KIND OF HOPE by Pawel Siczek, the portrait about diplomat Andrei Sannikov and his fight for human rights and democracy in Belarus. President of Swiss Confederation Alain Berset opened film show with a message of greeting. Photo: module+

The 58th edition of Solothurner Film Festival opens with THIS KIND OF HOPE by Swiss-polish director Pawel Siczek. President designated of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset will attend the grand opening as guest of honour.

While summer DEPARTURES Film shooted another cinematic debut around Leipzig and Halle: DAYS WITH NAADIRAH (WT “Princess”) is directed by Josephine Frydetzki, who also wrote the script together with Leipzig based screenwriter Gisela Wehrl. Director of photography is Conrad Lobst. Christoph Humnig (Daniel) and Kenda Hmeidan (Naadirah) leads in this lyric drama along with Katharina…

PASSED BY CENSOR premiers internationally at 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28th to July 6th). Our Turkish-German-French coproduction is part of the prestigious “East of the West” competition.

The successful national premiere of PASSED BY CENSOR at the 38th International Film Festival is followed by two awards: Screenwriter and director Serhat Karaaslan received “Best Screenplay Award”, presented by writer and screenwriter Gaye Boralıoğlu. Additionally “Best Editing Award” was given to Ali Aga. DEPARTURES Film’s coproduction with Turkey and France won two of nine awards in the National…

PASSED BY CENSOR by Serhat Karaaslan premieres at International Istanbul Film Festival’s National Competition. Sat, April 13, 7 pm, Atlas Cinema Our coproduction with Turkey and France tells about censorship and the borders of perception.

Starting in 2014 public-broadcaster ARD rewards high-class and successful movies and TV-programs a bonus based on a points system of awards and nominations. DEPARTURES Film’s HERBERT (A HEAVY HEART) is one of this years’s awardees in the section “Feature Film”. The certificates were presented at a get-together during the Berlinale.

Marie Bäumer wins the “Bavarian Film Award” as main actress in 3 TAGE IN QUIBERON (3 DAYS IN QUIBERON) Congratulations! The jury stated: “In 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON Marie Bäumer steps into the shoes of Romy Schneider and grants a magnificent as well as a touching moment of outstanding actor’s cinema.”

The Composers Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas has been awarded as “European Composer 2018” for their work for 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON (3 TAGE IN QUIBERON). At the awards ceremony of the European Film Awards  took place in Seville December 15th 2018. Congratulations!

Our co-production 3 TAGE IN QUIBERON (3 DAYS IN QUIBERON) is released on DVD and Blu-Ray today. This first release is a limited special-edition double disc offering lots of bonus. The booklet contains Romy Schneider’s original interview with STERN and Robert Lebecks photographs from 1981.