02.02.12For her role as Jasmin in “An Island Named Udo” by Markus Sehr Fritzi Haberlandt will be awarded with this year´s Ernst-Lubitsch-Award. The ceremony takes place in the cinema Babylon on February 8. We are very happy and send big congratulations to Fritzi!
12.01.12Andreas Brauer will attend Rotterdam Lab 2012 from January 28. – February 1, 2012
14.11.11
We are very happy to anounce another award for "Work Hard – Play Hard" by Carmen Losmann: The film won the Golden Key Award at the Documentary Festival Kassel.
24.10.11
The Festival DOK Leipzig closed with a big success of our documentary "Work Hard – Play Hard". The film by Carmen Losmann was awarded with three prizes:
The FIPRESCI award, the award of the Ecumenical Jury and the "Healthy
Workplaces Award". We are very happy and proud and congratulate all the
participants of this project!
01.10.11 It´s a big pleasure to announce the world premiere of our documentary "Work Hard – Play Hard" in the International Competition of DOK Leipzig!
Die Vorführtermine sind wie folgt::
18.10. -20h at Cinestar 8
21.10. -17:30h Cinémathèque at naTo
22.10. -11h at Cinestar 8
Congratulations to Carmen Losmann and her team!
10.6.11 Our feature film "An Island Called Udo" had its big premiere in the cinema Lichtburg in Essen which was completely sold out. Photos of the event can be found here. Next week the film will start in cinemas across the country.
20.04.11
On June 16 our feature film "An Island Called Udo" will
start in German cinemas. The distribution is handled by X-Verleih. We´re
looking forward to seeing you there!
04.12.10
The documentary "Devil´s Choice" by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan is nominated for the Co-Production Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The final decision will be in April. The film is a Romanian-German co-production with the Bucarest based company 4 Proof Films.
26.11.10
We finished shooting for our docu-fiction "Work – Unhallowed Be Thy Name" by Konstantin Faigle. The editing will start in the next days. The film is a co-production with Konstantin Faigle and ZDF, funded by Filmstiftung NRW, FFA and DFFF. The German distributor is W-film.
11.10.10
We finished shooting for our feature film "An Island Called Udo". The editing will start in the next days. 29.09.10
Our children´s doc “Handicap In Spite Of Handicap” ist finished and will be broadcated on German children´s TV in October, November and December
28.09.10
On October 5 the shooting for the feature film parts of our docu-fiction “Work - Unhallowed Be Thy Name” will start. The whole filming will take place in Cologne. The cast includes Nina Proll, Hubertus Hartmann and Helene Grass beyond others.
31.07.10
We just finished shooting for the children´s documentary "Handicap trotz Handicap" ("Handicap In Spite Of Handicap") by Jörg Kobel and will start editing in two weeks. The broadcast on Kinderkanal is planned for November.20.07.10
After receiving funding for "Eine Insel namens Udo" ("An Island Called Udo") from Filmstiftung NRW and FFA we will now prepare the feature film debut of ifs-graduate Markus Sehr. Shooting will start on August 31 in and around Cologne.07.03.10
Der Herzerlfresser (The Heart Eater) by Anna Schwingenschuh will have its premiere at the Diagonale 2010 in Graz. The film will be screened as follows: Thursday, March 18 at 11 a.m. and Friday, March 19 at 8 p.m.05.03.2010 Our documentary film project Phantomschmerz Mladic (Phantom Pain Mladic) has been chosen among 55 other submissions for Ex Oriente, a MEDIA-sponsored plot development program. In co-operation with international experts we will develop the project in three workshops, finishing by the end of October. The film will be pitched for the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.21.01.10 We have just finished producing a 15-minute episode for Planet Schule (Planet School) to be screened on WDR (Commissioning Editor: Birgit Keller-Reddemann). The episode documents the shooting of a WDR docudrama about Essen's cathedral. Melanie Kuss has been directing this episode. 11.01.10 HUPE Film has moved house. From now on you will be finding us in our nice new offices in Antwerpener Strasse 14 right next to Friesenplatz.News Our production Streiten Will Gelernt Sein (Arguing Takes Practice) by Melanie Kuss and Erik Winker will be broadcasted on Kinderkanal. First it will be shown in four parts and in November as 30-minute documentary. The dates are as follows:
Episode 1: October 03, 2009, 05.35 pm
Episode 2: October 10, 2009, 05.35 pm
Episode 3: October 17, 2009, 05.35 pm
Episode 4: October 24, 2009, 05.35 pm
Documentary: November 08, 2009, 01.00 pm
Please, don't forget to tune in.
News Daniel Gorden, British film director, is bringing about a series for the American sports network ESPN. The series, named I Scored a Goal, features all soccer players who have ever scored a goal in a World Cup final. HUPE Film has been organizing the shooting in Germany with players such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner, Gerd Müller and Rudi Völler. The production is under contract to Passion Pictures, London. News The documentary Work Hard – Play Hard will receive promotion for young professionals by Filmstiftung NRW. The shooting of KHM (Academy of Media Arts Cologne) graduate Carman Losmann's debut project is scheduled for mid-2009. We are very much looking forward to it. News HUPE Film won one out of ten 2009 scholarships by the AV-Gründerzentrum NRW. The scholarship does not only include financial support but also support for a teaching and coaching program.
News The shooting of the short film Der Herzerlfresser (The Heart Eater) by Anna Schwingenschuh has been successfully completed and we are now in the process of editing. News The animation project Boles by Spela Cadez has been nominated for the film promotion price of the Roman Bosch-Stifung (Roman Bosch Foundation) and of the Filmbüro Baden-Württemberg (Film Office Baden Württemberg). The adaptation of a story by Maxim Gorki is a German-Slowenian co-production.News Start of shooting for Der Herzerlfresser (The Heart Eater) has been fixed: Anna Schwingenschuh and her team start shooting in Styria on September 26. News Cinestyria Filmkunst (Styria Film Promotion) will be promoting Der Herzerlfresser (The Heart Eater) News Der Herzerlfresser (The Heart Eater) by Anna Schwingenschuh received support by Filmstiftung NRW.