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Artur Brauner and the CCC Films

Artur Brauner belongs to the few producers who shaped the German film history strongly over the last 60 years. He stands as a symbol for the German Entertainment Film industry of the 50s and 60s and at the same time is producer of some of the most significant West-German Films in the latest German history. Born 1918 to the son

Helmut Dietl, 1944-2015

The German film and TV industries were mourning on Monday the death of director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl from lung cancer. He was 70. Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international audiences largely for his send-up of the fake Hitler diaries saga in the 1992 film Schtonk!, which was subsequently nominated for a

65th Berlin International Film Festival and the 29th Teddy Awards 2015

The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 5 – 15, 2015 and I was honored to be invited to be on the independent jury for the 29th Teddy Awards, which is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the

38th Portland International Film Festival: February 5-21, 2015

The 38th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is starting on Feb. 5th, 2015. Zeitgeist Northwest and the OSU Language Department once again are proud sponsor of this years GERMAN/ GERMAN language movies. BELOVED SISTERS 2/11: 6:30 PM, CINEMA 21 2/14 : 7:00 PM, MORELAND THEATER Directed by Dominik Graf (2014) 138 min. The aristocratic sisters Charlotte and Caroline both fall
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WIM WENDERS NOMINATED AGAIN FOR AN OSCAR ®

The German director Wim Wenders has been nominated for an Oscar® in the category of Best Documentary Feature. Other nominations went to the German co-productions CITIZENFOUR by Laura Poitras (DE/US, Praxis Films) and THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL by Wes Anderson (GB/DE, Neunzehnte Babelsberg Film). The composer Hans Zimmer has been nominated in the category of Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) for INTERSTELLAR.

Oscar-winning director Caroline Link takes a journey to ‘Marrakech’

Oscar-winning director Caroline Link is one of Germany’s top talents, skilled at captivating audiences with powerful images and gripping stories. The West Coast premiere of her new movie "Exit Marrakech" will be on January 11, 2015 at the Clinton Street Theater as part of our monthly film series.

It’s a wrap!

5 days and 12 Films later, the Portland German Film Festival 2014 presented by Zeitgeist Northwest has come to an end. Thanks to the filmmakers, talent, sponsors, volunteers and the enthusiastic audience who made the festival such a success! Check out our monthly film series and we will be back in the fall of 2015!

The Cinema of East Germany

The DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the only archive and study center outside Europe devoted to the study of a broad spectrum of filmmaking by East German filmmakers or related to East Germany from 1946 to the present.

Tickets for the Portland German Film Festival are now online

The tickets for the Portland German Film festival are now online. We will add ticket links to the festival site today but if you can’t wait to buy your ticket please go here. The digital program guide for this years festival is available to. See you at the movies!

Happy 70th birthday Udo Kier!

Veteran German actor Udo Kier — who has in his career played everything from a vampire to Hitler to a monster baby – just turned 70th. Udo Kier will be featured in this year’s Portland German Film Festival with Jeremy JP Fekete’s documentary “ME…UDO…starring Udo Kier” which will play with the short GRAF KARPATOVICZ AND THE BLONDE BITE. His role

PORTLAND GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014 – TRAILER

Watch the complete trailer for this years Portland German Film Festival here! The festival starts Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 @ 07.00 PM at Cinema 21 with Doris Dörrie’s The Whole Shebang (Alles Inklusive). The tickets will go on sale shortly. Like us on Facebook.

More guests announced for the Portland German Film Festival 2014

The Portland German Film Festival 2014 is welcoming two of Germany’s rising stars, Paula Kalenberg and Tim Oliver Schultz for the US PREMIERE of INGE IS DANCING (SYSTEMFEHLER – WENN INGE TANZT). Our closing night film is proudly sponsored by LUFTHANSA and we will also welcome Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Stefan Schlüter in Portland. Paula

The US PREMIERE of Doris Dörrie’s film “THE WHOLE SHEBANG (Alles Inklusive)” is opening the Portland German Film Festival 2014

The 5th Portland German Film Festival (Nov. 7 – 11, 2014) is opening with Doris Dörrie’s The Whole Shebang (Alles Inklusive) a cheerful, yet melancholic comedy about mothers and daughters. This will be the US Premiere of her film! It is the story of an encounter of some very diverse people, whose lives are intertwined by a fateful incident a

Portland German Film Festival 2014 – Teaser Trailer

Portland German Film Festival from Nov. 7 – 11, 2014 at CINEMA 21 – check the website and facebook for updates of the upcoming schedule. Click here for the teaser trailer.

Portland German Film Festival – Monthly Film Series

Zeitgeist Northwest is excited to introduce our PORTLAND GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL – Monthly Film Series. We will show a variety of films once a month at the Clinton Street Theater. Slated so far are: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 @ 7:00 PM THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA Sunday, December 14, 2014 @ 4:00

Armin Mueller-Stahl to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Portland German Film Festival 2014

Armin Mueller-Stahl is one of Germany’s biggest internationally known stars. He will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Portland German Film Festival. The ceremony will be accompanied by a screening of the film LOLA by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia, which now belongs to Russia. He can look back on a long

HOT SUMMER (HEISSER SOMMER) at MOVIES IN THE PARK on Aug. 21, 2014

Please join us for an evening in NW Wallace Park for music, German food by Urban German ( famous for the ‘Currywurst’) free popcorn and a fun summer movie sponsored by Zeitgeist Northwest and the German Program in the School of Language, Culture and Society at Oregon State University This screening is part of Portland’s MOVIES IN THE PARK series

The DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst Turns 20!

East Germany’s film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), produced a breadth and depth of films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, science fiction films, musicals, melodramas, spy thrillers, women’s films, fairy tales, and children’s films. In the fall of 2013 the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst, which was officially founded on September 23, 1993 was celebrating their 20th anniversary. The

German Film Festival 2013 – Official Festival Trailer

Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6kHnPposu4

US Premiere – GOLD – YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK

The German Film Festival 2013 hosted the US Premiere of GOLD – YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK with Producer Hendrik Flügge in attendance. GOLD – YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK is the emotional story about three outstanding top Athletes. Henry Wanyoike, a blind Marathon runner from Kenya, Kirsten Bruhn, paralyzed Swimmer from Germany and Kurt Fearnley,