SOURCE: http://www.352luxmag.lu/edito-15789-culture-hot-hot-hot-wins-big-at-tiff-with-beryl-s-words.html Samsa produced Beryl Koltz movie scoops two main prizes Hot Hot Hot has been awarded two top prizes at the Tirana Internatonal Film Festival (TIFF) Winning the accolade of Best Feature at TIFF, Koltz’s acclaimed, if slghtly surreal, movie has charmed the judging panel. Lead actor Rob Stanley has also taken home a gong, being recognised [...]

SOURCE: http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/hot-projects-on-screenbase/5035320.article Nicolas Bary is preparing his next feature The Scapegoat starring Bérénice Bejo, while Theo Angelopoulos will commence shooting this month in Athens on The Other Sea. In February, Nicolas Bary will commence principal photography on The Scapegoat, an adaptation of French writer Daniel Pennac’s classic novel of the same title.Bérénice Bejo, Emir Kusturica and Raphael Personnaz [...]

SOURCE: http://www.352luxmag.lu/index.php?p=edito&id=15772 Culture: Schleck brothers doc to reveal the ‘real’ Andy and Fränk The Road Uphill from director Jean-Louis Schuller follows the cyclists through the arduous 2011 season and in particular the Tour de France. Luxembourg. One of the world’s smallest countries, a green and peaceful place bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. The birthplace [...]

SOURCE: http://cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=210400 While admirers of the political theories of Hannah Arendt [pictured] are getting ready to celebrate the 105th anniversary of her birth tomorrow, Margarethe von Trotta will start shooting on October 16 on a biopic about the author of The Human Condition.   The director’s woman-centred cinema frequently betrays her fascination with the great female figures in German [...]

SOURCE : http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=943 – by David Lamble There are guilty pleasures, cautionary tales and exploitation fantasies, but it’s a challenge to review a new gay film that is a giddy mixture of all three done in a gaudy soft-core style that will prove catnip to some and insect repellent to others. The new Luxembourg-produced queer [...]

SOURCE: http://www.neurope.eu/blog/they-re-young-they-re-love-and-they-make-movies Thus spake the late, great Orson Welles, a man who knew more than most (at least, in his younger days) about why cinema was and is the most vibrant expression of creativity on the planet. The best directors tend to be those, be they a Spielberg, Kubrick, Von Trier or Truffaut, who do [...]

Nächsten Meinten, 28 November em 19h am Exit07, ass den Lancement vun der neier Produktiouns Firma “Radar”. www.thisisradar.com

SOURCE: http://cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=212024 The directorial feature debut of award-winning short film director Beryl Koltz, Hot Hot Hot!(pictured), is still playing in Luxembourg some seven weeks after its release – quite a feat for a country that co-produces quite a few features but rarely makes national films. Hot Hot Hot! is an English-language comedy drama set in the world of saunas. [...]

SOURCE: http://www.352luxmag.lu Cinema: At least two horror movies made in Luxembourg feature in a Total Film Top 50 list… …it’s just a shame that it’s a list for 50 Worst Horror Movies! Feardotcom and An American Werewolf in Paris feature at 13 and 12 respectively. Feardotcom was a pretty poor stab at catching on to the [...]