Actor David Duchovny will be honored with the CineMerit Award at the Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) and present the international premiere of See You When I See You as the festival’s closing film.
Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival)
Germany’s largest summer film festival, which screens some 200 films annually. Countless filmmakers come to Munich from all over the world to present their latest work in person and interact directly with audiences in a relaxed summertime setting.
Renowned actors and actresses including Melanie Griffith, Michael Caine, Ellen Burstyn, Bryan Cranston, Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, and Antonio Banderas have graced the festival in recent years, while leading directors such as Sofia Coppola, Lucrecia Martel, Alexander Payne, and Bong Joon Ho have also come to Munich to see their work honored in retrospectives. Of all festivals, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN screens the most world premieres of German films. These have included such works as OH BOY by Jan-Ole Gerster and ALLES IST GUT by Eva Trobisch, both of which went on to receive multiple awards.
Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival) started in 1983 and takes place in Munich, Germany
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David Duchovny to be Honored at Munich Film Festival and Premiere ‘See You When I See You’ as Closing Film
David Duchovny (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency)
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Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘To a Land Unknown’ Wins Top Prize at 41st Munich Film Festival
© Kurt Krieger / Filmfest München The 41st Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) presented the awards in the five international competitions (CineCoPro, CineMasters, CineVision, CineRebels, and CineKindl), the FIPRESCI Prize, the Young Jury Award, and the three Audience Awards, with the most lucrative prize, the 100,000-euro CineCoPro Award, going to the film “To a Land Unknown” by Mahdi Fleifel.
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Actress Jessica Lange to Receive CineMerit Award at (Filmfest München) Munich Film Festival
Jessica Lange in Marlowe (Open Road Films) Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange has been named the recipient of the first CineMerit Award of this year’s 2024 Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) taking place from June 28 to July 7, 2024. Lange will receive the CineMerit in honor of her achievement in the art of film.
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Munich Film Festival 2021 Awards. ONLY THE ANIMALS, NIGHT OF THE KINGS and TRANS – I GOT LIFE Win Top Prizes
Trans – I Got Life by Imogen Kimmel and Doris Metz Dominik Moll’s Only the Animals won the ARRI/Osram Award in the CineMasters competition at the 38th Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival), while the CineVision Award for best international film by an emerging director went to Philippe Lacôte for Night of the Kings, a co-production from Côte d’Ivoire, France, Canada, and Senegal. The FIPRESCI Prize for the best film in the New German Cinema section went to Monday um zehn by Mareille Klein; and the Audience Award went to Trans – I Got Life by Imogen Kimmel and Doris Metz.
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Robin Wright, Senta Berger, Franka Potente, Małgorzata Szumowska Honored at Filmfest München
Senta Berger, Robin Wright, Franka Potente, Małgorzata Szumowska honored at Filmfest München Filmfest München (Munich International Film festival) will honor actress and director Robin Wright along with Austrian film actress Senta Berger, German actress Franka Potente and Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska at this year’s open-air edition. Senta Berger and Robin Wright will each receive the CineMerit Award, Franka Potente will receive the Margot Hielscher Award and a special tribute will pay homage to multiple award-winning Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska. As Robin Wright is in the United States, she will be honored remotely. Senta Berger, Franka Potente, and Małgorzata Szumowska will be in Munich in person.
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BACURAU and SONG WITHOUT A NAME Win Top Awards at Munich Film Festival 2019
“Bacurau” by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles The 37th international Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) drew to a close with the presentation of awards, and “Bacurau” by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles was honored with the ARRI/Osram Award in the CineMasters competition, while Melina León’s “Song without a Name” received the CineVision Award for best international film by a new director. On Friday, the Brazilian-German co-production “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” received the newly created CineCoPro Award.
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Munich Film Festival Announces Winners of 2019 German Cinema New Talent Award
“Lara” directed by Jan-Ole Gerster. Lara (Corinna Harfouch) and Sohn Viktor (Tom Schilling) Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) honored talented young filmmakers with the coveted German Cinema New Talent Award, with the award for best director going to Jan-Ole Gerster for his film “Lara” and Martin Lischke (“Leif in Concert“) received the award for best producer. Two awards went to people who worked on “I Was, I Am, I Will Be“: Nils Mohl and Ilker Çatak were honored for best screenplay, while the award for best actor went to Oğulcan Arman Uslu.
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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO Wins First-Ever CineCoPro Award at Munich Intl Film Festival 2019
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz won the first-ever €100,000 CineCoPro Award at the Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München).
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14 German Films to Compete for New German Cinema New Talent Award at Munich Film Festival 2019
ALL I NEVER WANTED The renowned New German Cinema New Talent Award goes to eligible up-and-comers in the New German Cinema section at Munich International Film festival (Filmfest München) and carries a purse of €70,000, making it one of the most lucrative newcomer awards in the German film industry. Writers, directors, and actors in the sidebar who have not made more than three feature films have a shot at the prize, as well as producers who have not made more than six feature films. Candidates from fourteen films qualify this year. All are world premieres at the festival.
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Antonio Banderas to Receive CineMerit Award at Munich Film Festival
Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) Joining Ralph Fiennes, Munich Film Festival (Filmfest München) will also present the festival’s special award, the CineMerit Award to Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. In Munich, Banderas will personally present Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria), for which he’s just received the award for best actor at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Munich Film Festival to Honor Cannes Winner Bong Joon-ho and Documentary Filmmaker Mads Brügger with Retrospectives
“The Ambassador” directed by and starring Mads Brügger This year, Munich Film Festival will recognize the work of Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger and world-renowned Cannes 2019 Palme d’Or winner South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho with two separate retrospectives. The two filmmakers will be bringing along their latest work: both Brügger’s true crime documentary “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” and Bong’s celebrated Cannes winner “Parasite” will have their German premiere in the CineMasters competition.
