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Moritz de Hadeln hat sich beim Innensenator über die mangelnde Unterstützung und Kooperation zwischen der Charlottenburger Polizei und dem Festival beschwert, die das Securityteam der Festspiele immer wieder mit Problemem konfrontiert, die die Sicherheit der Festivalgäste gefährden.

Cineasten und Filmhistoriker sollten sich morgen um 11.00 Uhr im Astor-Kino (Kurfürstendamm 217) einfinden. Dort wird der in Zusammenarbeit von ZDF/Arte mit Ekon-Film entstandene Dokumentarfilm Pabst wieder sehen gezeigt. Die Autoren dieses spannenden Dokuments der Filmgeschichte, Wolfgang Jacobsen, Martin Koerbe und René Perraudin, erzählen von Verlust, Zensur, kommerzieller Verstümmelung, Wiederentdecken, Restaurierung und der Rekonstruktion des Pabst-Oeuvres.

The fact that the presentation of the Berlinale Camera to Franz Seitz took place at a dinosaur exhibition did not dwarf the stature of a man who has done so much for German film. Seitz now steps down from his position at SPIO to make way for whippersnapper Steffen Kuchenreuther.

Finally the last film of the Panorama has been safely stored in the Filmlager. Farewell, My Darling was reported as being missing by its shippers. It finally turned up in Budapest…

After an hour-long live interview with Swiss radio, Moritz de Hadeln, was asked whether he suffered from job fatigue. He said, 'There are always so many changes going on, you don't get time to be jaded. However, your film tastes do change in your fifties and that's why I see my role more as an animator of a team than a dictator.

Before the festival, a print arrived from Ferenc Köhalmy of Alpha TV - together with a raw goose liver and all the ingredients for pâté. Cook Daniela Weber managed to make it just in time for the arrival of Mr Köhalmy.

Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann screens in Studio 2 at 15.40 and Little Shots of Happiness in Studio 1 at 10.30. Level 5 screens in French with English subtitles.

The Rank Organisation finally confirmed rumours that it is to sell off Rank Film Distributors, including the Rank film library.

The list of possible buyers is headed by Carlton Communications, the UK's largest independent TV company.








                                             






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