The Peer Raben Music Award

The soundtrack of Tino Schwanemann's "Africa Light - Gray Zone" has been nominated for The Peer Raben Music Award by Soundtrack Cologne. Steffen Greisiger's fantastic work finally finds its recognition, that makes us very proud and we keep our fingers crossed!

Excerpts on Youtube

PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD at SoundTrack_Cologne 7.0

SoundTrack_Cologne again awards the prize for the best music in a short film for young upcoming composers - the PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD.

For the PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD which has been awarded for the first time in 2009 we are looking again for the best music to a short film. Awarded will be film scores where the relationship between the narration and the music and sound is innovative and dramaturgically clear. The film music must mainly have been written for the film.

Oscar-winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is the special guest of SoundTrack_Cologne 7.0

When Jan A.P. Kaczmarek moved to the US from Poland in 1989 he could already look back at a career as an award-winning musician and composer for theatre. It was in the theatre that, initially, he succeeded in his new home country but soon the US movie industry discovered the skills of the composer who describes making music and composing as his personal religion. Following films such as LOST SOULS (2000), UNFAITHFUL (2002) and large-scale TV productions like WAR AND PEACE (2007) or THE KARAMAZOV BROTHERS (2009) he received the film music Oscar in 2005 for his score to Marc Forster’s film FINDING NEVERLAND. Kaczmarek, who has worked with major directors like, for example, Lasse Hallström, Agnieszka Holland, Lajos Koltai, Adrian Lyne and Janusz Kaminski, is the founder of the film music teaching institute Rozbitek on the German-Polish border.

SoundTrack_Cologne 7.0 will focus on the work of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek in workshop talks, screenings with live commentary and a masterclass. Additionally, Kaczmarek will chair the jury of the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD.

Berlin Windhoek Film Night 2010

A cross-cultural exchange between representatives of art and politics in Berlin (Germany) and Windhoek (Namibia) will take place in October.


28 October 2010 is the day! The Berlin-Windhoek Film Night 2010 will take place at 8 pm in The Babylon Cinema in Berlin.

The opening film of the event is the film "Africa Light / Gray Zone" (2010) by Tino Schwanemann. "Africa Light / Gray Zone" tells the story of Namibia, "The Light of Africa". It is representing the development of identity for an entire continent: Between tradition and modernity, between the cattle and slums, between colonialism and the ownership reforms to the minimum wage for everyone. Namibia is neither black nor white - but infinitely gray.
Additional highlights of The Film Night will be the film "City Code" by Tabea Sternberg, other films by German and African filmmakers, a poetry slam performance in Windhoek, live music, a photography exhibition and the official reception by the chairmen of The German Namibian Association.

The Film Night will be held by the German Namibian Association in co-operation with the German TV broadcaster ZDF and will be supported by The Senate of Berlin, The German Department of State and Air Berlin.

Berlin-Windhoek Filmnacht 2010

Am 28. Oktober 2010 ist es soweit! Die Filmnacht Berlin-Windhoek findet um 20 Uhr im Berliner Babylon Kino statt.

Eröffnungsfilm der Veranstaltung ist der Film “Africa Light / Gray Zone” (2010) von Tino Schwanemann. Weitere Highlights werden der Film “City Code” von Tabea Sternberg, gefolgt von weiteren Filmen deutscher und afrikanischer Filmemacher, eine Poetry Slam Performance aus Windhoek, Live Musik, eine Fotoausstellung sowie der offizielle Empfang sein.

Die Filmnacht wird veranstaltet von der Deutsch-Namibischen Gesellschaft in Kooperation mit dem ZDF und wurde unterstützt vom Senat der Stadt Berlin, dem Auswärtigen Amt und Air Berlin.

Shnit Filmfestival 2010: Bern, Cologne & Cape Town

Deutsch

Zusätzliche Veranstaltungen des Schweizer Shnit Filmfestivals 2010 werden in Köln und in Kapstadt stattfinden. Damit schließt sich nun vor allem für unseren Film "Africa Light - Gray Zone" der Kreis zwischen Thematik des Films und des unmittelbaren Dreh- und Aufführungsorts. Wir freuen uns sehr auf das Feedback in Kapstadt! Goeiedag, hoe gaan dit, Kaapstad?

English

Additional events of The Shnit Filmfestivals 2010 will take place in Cologne and in Cape Town. Above all, for our film "Africa Light - Gray Zone" this now closes the circle between the film's subject of matter, its immediate shooting location and its screening venue. We are looking forward for the feedback in Cape Town! Goeiedag, hoe gaan dit, Kaapstad?

Africa Light / Gray Zone: International Festival Dates

From Germany, Switzerland, Italy to Brazil, China and to the United States of America

"Africa Light / Gray Zone" is on a world tour. It starts in September with the EcoVison Film Festival in Palermo, which will also be held in Brazil and China through the support of UNESCO. Parallel, the first screening in New York will start at The Long Island Film Festival. First, right in the heart of Long Island City, then in the Hamptons. In October, the film will be part of the documentary section of the Shnit Film Festival in Bern (Switzerland) and finally, on 24 October 2010, it will be the opening film of The German African Movie Night in The Babylon Cinema in Berlin, an event organized by The German Department of State and The German Namibian Association.

The director of the film Tino Schwanemann will be there together with the producer Stefanie Paul. Both are looking forward to get international feedback on the film. "Of course, we are pretty curious about the opinions from economy and politics. Basically, our film is dealing with the aspects of these two topics. And we are very pleased about the film being so popular, especially in Namibia", says the director, "Finally, I am really convinced that there will be the one or other discussion. But this exactly is the aim of Africa Light / Gray Zone, too. A film without a debate is a bad movie. "

The dates of the events and much more information on the film "Africa Light / Gray Zone" are available on the website www.africa-light.com.

Africa Light / Gray Zone: Termine für internationale Festivals

Von Deutschland, Schweiz und Italien nach Brasilien, China und in die Vereinigten Staaten

“Africa Light / Gray Zone“ ist auf Welttournee. Den Beginn macht im September das EcoVison Film Festival in Palermo, das durch Unterstützung der UNESCO ebenso in Brasilien und China veranstaltet werden wird. Parallel startet die erste Aufführung in New York auf dem Long Island Film Festival. Zuerst inmitten von Long Island City, dann in den Hamptons. Im Oktober wird der Film in der Dokumentarfilm-Sektion des Shnit Filmfestivals in Bern zu sehen sein und eröffnet anschließend am 24.10.2010 im Berliner Babylon Kino die Deutsch-Afrikanische Filmnacht, die vom Auswärtigen Amt und der Deutsch-Namibischen Gesellschaft veranstaltet wird.

Der Regisseur des Films Tino Schwanemann wird mit Stefanie Paul, der Produzentin, natürlich vor Ort sein und freut sich auf internationales Feedback zum Film. „Wir sind natürlich gespannt auf die Meinungen aus Wirtschaft und Politik, denn immerhin setzt sich unser Film dominant mit den Aspekten dieser beiden Bereiche auseinander, und wir freuen uns, dass der Film vor allem in Namibia so gut ankommt“, so der Regisseur, “Letztlich bin ich fest davon überzeugt, dass es die eine oder andere Diskussionen geben wird. Nur genau das sollte Africa Light / Gray Zone auch bezwecken. Ein Film, über den man nicht diskutiert, ist ein schlechter Film“.

Die Termine der einzelnen Veranstaltungen und viele weitere Informationen zum Film “Africa Light / Gray Zone“ finden Sie auf der Webseite zum Film www.africa-light.com.