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Between War and Peace

15. June 2014/in Blog_en

A film by Irene Langemann, 43 minutes for Deutsche Welle

The bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine may seem to have subsided, but the conflict continues. This film meets people from the city of Dnipropetrovsk, which is just 200 kilometers from the war zone. Julia Segeda, a successful lawyer, and her husband have turned their office in Dnepropetrovsk into a collection point for relief supplies. Each week, the couple goes to the front line to deliver them directly to army units fighting there. The escalation of fighting in the neighboring Donetsk region and the dire supply situation of the Ukrainian army motivated them to help.

You can view the film here: Between War and Peace

“The Song of Life” in Beijing

15. February 2012/in Blog_en

Since 2009 every year the iDOCS International Documentary Forum takes place in the Beijing Film Academy. It is the only Government permitted documentary presentation of independent documentaries.
Our film “The Song of Life”, directed by Irene Langemann will be shown at the 14th of December with Chinese subtitling. Irene Langemann together with Wolfgang Bergmann will present a masterclass about the “perspecitive of narration” and “magic moments” of the film and work.

More about the festival you find here: Website iDOCS

During the stay Wolfgang Bergmann will meet Dali Chen the director of the documentary channel of BTV to sign first contracts to several films. One has been presented by Wolfgang Bergmann about the “Green Revolution” in China. Together with Xifan Yang Wolfgang Bergmann prepared an extended script for a 4 part series.

The Song of Life at the 63. Berlinale

15. February 2012/in Blog_en

Our film has been shortlisted for the nomination of the LOLA
award of the German Film Academy.
The film will be shown at the Berlinae at the 14th of February
at 1:30 pm at CinemaxX 1
The director Irene Langemann and the producer Wolfgang
Bergmann will be present.
We would like to welcome you at the screening.

Sweet Poison – Aid as Buisness opens in Cinema

15. February 2012/in Blog_en

After screenings in 2 Festivals (Filmfest Hamburg and Tage des Ethnologischen Films in Munich) this provocative film will start in more than 20 cinemas in Germany at November 8^th. The national premier will be at the Rex Cinema in Bonn at November 7^th together with Peter Heller, writer/director, Mohamed Guyé journalist Senegal, Mai Moussa Djoumbaye from Mali/Niger, Rupert Neudeck, Grünhelme, Ex Cap Anamour, Gustav Seitz, Embassador a.D..

Details about the film tour you will find here:

Giving and Taking – Development Aid Africa

15. February 2012/in Blog_en

On September 22nd, the 50th anniversary of independence was celebrated in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Peter Heller – writer and director – was there with the Cologne-based cameraman Dieter Stürmer and the Hamburg-based sound engineer Timo Selengia, and they brought back images of…

On September 22nd, the 50th anniversary of independence was celebrated in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Peter Heller – writer and director – was there with the Cologne-based cameraman Dieter Stürmer and the Hamburg-based sound engineer Timo Selengia, and they brought back images of splendor and poverty. The intention of the film is http://lavrdoc.ru/2010/disc/sreda_01.html to present the concept of development aid from the perspective of Africans. With powerful images and provocative statements, the film pursues, documents and inquires why, after 50 years and 600 billion US dollars of aid money, Africa has not only not undergone a surge in development, but the countries receiving the greatest portions of aid are doing worse now than 50 years ago. The film is produced by Wolfgang Bergmann and will be completed in the summer of 2011. In the fall of 2011, it will be cinematically released by Kölner W-Filmverleih. The film is being made in cooperation with WDR and ARTE (Sabine Rollberg and Jutta Krug) and has received support from MEDIA Development, the NRW Film Foundation, DFFF and the Hamburg Film Fund.

Noble Breed at ARTE and in Warendorf

15. July 2010/in Blog_en

ARTE broadcasts “Noble Breed” as part of a topical evening at the 25th of Ocotober at 21.40. 89 minutes, HD. Funded by the Filmstiftung NRW, the Polish Film Insistitute and the German-Polish Foundation for Cooperation. The film is co-produced by WDR, commissioned by Dr. Sabine Rollberg from ARTE and by Krzysztof Kopczynski from Eureka Media.

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The film relates to the outstanding role of the German breeder Clemens Freiherr von Nagel, here together with his famed Anglo-Arab Ramzes

This time Wolfgang Bergmann (producer, author and director) produces a film linked to the love of his youth: horse riding. In the 50th it was common to use heavy warmblood horses. Today Germany is the most successful nation in breeding high performance “noble” horses. The film tries to disclose this secret and reveals astonishing stories: Equestrians and breeders from National Socialist times built the background for those „revolutionary“ changes. Even „foreign and noble“ horses from Poland and Hungary, from Central Asia, Arabia and Great Britain were to leverage for the German rise in Horse Breeding. If you want to join the preview of the film, organized by WDR/ARTE, come to the beautiful city Warendorf, the capital of German sport horses. Monday the 19th of October at 19.30 to Scala & Studio Filmtheatre, Klosterstraße 5, 8231 Warendorf. After the film a discussion will take place with the horse breeders and riders. Some characters of the film will be present. So far Gabriele Pochhammer, Inge Theodorescu and Margo van den Hoogen.

“The Competitors – Russia’s Wonder Children 2” premieres in Moscow

15. February 2010/in Blog_en

“The Competitors – Russia’s Wonder Children 2” premieres in Moscow. The festival ARTDOCFEST screens the film at December 5th, 3 pm at cinema «Khudoshestvenny – Художественный» am Arbat. Irene langemann and the editor

The Competitors – Russias Wonderchildren in Concerts and Cinemas

15. February 2010/in Blog_en

At April 28, the new film of Irene Langemann opened at the Robert-Schumann-Saal in Düsseldorf. The film continues the path of passion and devotion to music of the 4 film heros from the first film 10 years ago.

From left: Irene Langemann, Wolfgang Bergmann (producer), Dmitri Krutogolovy, Nikita Mndoyants, Irina Tschistjakowa, Elena Kolesnitschenko

At April 28, the new film of Irene Langemann opened at the Robert-Schumann-Saal in Düsseldorf. The film continues the path of passion and devotion to music of the 4 film heros from the first film 10 years ago.

After long hand clapping the 4 played with 8 hands a variation of a music piece of Robert Schumann “Happy Fellow-conutryman coming back from Work”. The film started in 7 cinemas in Germany and is still running. More on the German only website

Filmstiftung NRW co-funds „Noble Breed“

4. March 2009/in Blog_en

In its first meeting of the year, Filmstiftung NRW decided to co-fund our documentary “Noble Breed” with 100,000,- EUR.

The film, produced in cooperation with Poland (EUREKA) and Hungary (TIVOLI) investigates the secret of Germany’s dominant position in breeding high-performance horses…

From Ramstein with Love – World Premiere at the Munich Film Festival

15. February 2009/in Blog_en

FROM RAMSTEIN WITH LOVE the new film by Irene Langemann premiers July 3rd, 8pm at at the International Filmfest München.

The film presents highly personnel German-American family stories from “Little America”, Germany, against the backdrop of the Iraqi War. Again and again, the private sphere merges with the world of international events. Throug…