Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)(2019)

Thomas Heise’s HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME Sets a March 2020 Release Date

Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit) directed by Thomas Heise. Courtesy Icarus Films

In the powerful and luminous black-and-white film Heimat is a Space in Time, Thomas Heise explores “heimat,” his family home and homeland, through the upheavals of 20th-century German history. Winner of the Caligari Film Prize at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival and Best Film in the International Competition at Visions du Réel 2019, and official selections of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival, Heimat is a Space in Time will make its U.S. theatrical debut via Icarus Films on March 13, 2020 at Anthology Film Archives in New York City, followed by engagements in Los Angeles and nationwide.

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PAPICHA, PINKY PROMISE Win Top Prizes at exground filmfest 32

exground filmfest 32: Award winners, award sponsors and the exground team / Photo: Peter R. Fischer

exground filmfest 32 concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony. As best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA by Mounia Meddour. Audience members selected PINKY PROMISE by Sophie Linnenbaum (who placed 2nd in 2018 with RIEN NE VA PLUS) as the winner in the German Short Film Competition. Second prize went to EARLY BIRDS by Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz, and Felix Karolus was honoured with third prize for his film MENUETT.

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159 Documentary Feature Films Submitted for 2019 Oscar Race

DAVID HOGG in AFTER PARKLAND by Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman

One hundred fifty-nine features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.

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IDFA Reveals 70 Documentary Films on 2019 Lineup

Fat Front directed by Louise Unmack Kjeldsen and Louise Detlefsen

From acclaimed auteurs to emerging directors to visual artists that push the limits of documentary film, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced 70 selected documentary film titles to the program sections Frontlight, Masters, Paradocs, Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA, and Best of Fests, plus a Lifetime Achievement Award for Jørgen Leth. The new selections include world premieres from Oeke Hoogendijk, Louise Detlefsen, Louise Kjeldsen, and Basir Mahmoud.

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IDFA Reveals First 2019 Documentary Selections + Patricio Guzmán Restrospective

Marshawn Lynch: A History directed by David Shield

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam announced the first film selections for IDFA 2019, taking place November 20th to December 1st. The curated program sections include 54 titles from the new focus programs It Still Hurts, Re-releasing History, and The Villain, the Retrospective and Top 10 of Guest of Honor Patricio Guzmán, and a special tribute section to D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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Thomas Heise’s Award-Winning Documentary HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME Premieres at Toronto Film Festival

Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit) directed by Thomas Heise. Courtesy Icarus Films

Thomas Heise’s Berlin Film Festival award winning (Caligari Film Prize) documentary Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit) will be making its North American Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Toronto Film Festival’s 2019 Wavelengths Program Lineup Highlights Politics and Artistic Experimentation

Un Film Dramatique directed by Éric Baudelaire

The Wavelengths program of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival consists of 37 films, comprised of four programs of experimental short films, two curated pairings, and 10 features, each contributing to a dynamic survey of some of today’s most exciting moving-image work.

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New York Film Festival Announces 2019 Projections Section Lineup

Trouble directed by Mariah Garnett

The Projections section of the 57th New York Film Festival is comprised of six features, seven shorts programs, and two videos that will be looped in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater Drawing on a broad range of innovative modes and techniques, including experimental narratives, avant-garde poetics, crossovers into documentary realms, and contemporary art practices, Projections brings together a diverse offering of short, medium, and feature-length work by some of today’s most essential and groundbreaking filmmakers and artists.

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2019 Berlin International Film Festival Awards – SYNONYMS Wins Golden Bear

Synonymes | Synonyms | Synonyme by: Nadav Lapid. Quentin Dolmaire, Tom Mercier, Louise Chevillotte © Guy Ferrandis / SBS Films

Synonymes (Synonyms) by Nadav Lapid won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. Based on his own experiences, Nadav Lapid explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.

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Risk Before Perfection – Berlin Film Festival Announces 2019 Forum Lineup

Deragh Campbell. MS Slavic 7. Directors: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell. © Lisa Pictures

The 49th edition of Forum as part of the Berlin International Film Festival will consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. The festival notes, that the Forum 2019 main program doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things out, take a stance and refuse to compromise.

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