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The academy was founded in 2003 in Berlin, on the initiative of Helmut Dietl, Bernd Eichinger, and Ulrich Felsberg. [2] It initially comprised 100 members— [3] and was intended as a way to provide native filmmakers a forum for discussion and a way to promote the reputation of German cinema through publications, presentations, discussions, and regular promotion of the subject in schools.
Critics accuse film funding in Germany of being institutionally fragmented, making it virtually impossible to coordinate all measures, which would ultimately benefit the quality of productions. They also say that a blanket distribution of grants stifles the incentive to produce films that recoup their production costs.
Leonard Maltin (Entertainment Tonight, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide) Morton Marcus (Cinema Scene) Rajeev Masand [5] (CNN-IBN, India) Janet Maslin (The New York Times) Harold McCarthy; Todd McCarthy (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter) Michael Medved (New York Post, Sneak Previews) Nell Minow (rogerebert.com and moviedom.com)
The Preis der deutschen Filmkritik is a prize given by the German Film Critics Association, awarded to the best German films of the past year.The Preis der deutschen Filmkritik is the only German film prize issued exclusively by film critics.
The Oldenburg International Film Festival, sometimes named as the European Sundance, [1] has covered the international movie scene in all aspects since 1994. It is held in Oldenburg , Germany. Its open-minded approach leads to a mixture of movie premieres and original independent productions.
Chicago critic Roger Ebert (right) with director Russ Meyer. Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findings and essays in books and journals, and general journalistic criticism that appears regularly ...
With eight nominations and one win, [4] West Germany was far more successful than East Germany, whose only nomination was received in 1976 for Jacob the Liar, a film which the Moscow International Film Festival had refused to screen. [5] West Germany received four consecutive nominations during the first years of the award's existence.
Besides being the most important film award in Germany, it is also the most highly endowed German cultural award, with cash prizes in its current 20 categories totalling nearly three million euros. From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, but since 2005 the award has been organized by the German Film Academy (Deutsche Filmakademie ...