The German Film Magazine | KINO

Julia Jentsch is a sensation in „The Murder Farm. A film based on the novel of the same name. 5 years of the „World Cinema Fund: Development aid for serious cinema and support for the Peruvian film „The Milk of Sorrow.The Murder Farm In an Idyllic Bavaria Village,Evil Lurks Beneath the SurfaceA killer slaughters an entire family on a farm in rural Bavaria. The murderer is never caught. Thats the plot of Andrea Schenkels bestseller THE MURDER FARM and the new film adaptation by director Bettina Oberli. Julia Jentsch plays a woman who returns two years after the mysterious killings to find her village under a web of secrets and lies. The film also stars Brigitte Hobmeier and a delightful Monica Bleibtreu in her final role. THE MURDER FARM our film of the month.MILESTONES Our series: 60 Years of German CinemaThe fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification were the most important and moving events of recent German history. German filmmakers reacted to the end of the cold war with a series of comedies. Films like Leander Hausmanns SUN ALLEY and GOOD BYE,LENIN! From Wolfgang Becker poked fun at the absurdity of the GDR and the strangeness of the new,unified Germany. Kirsten Niehus of the Berlin-Brandenburg film board is our guide through this productive period of recent German film in: Good Bye,Wall Cinema After Reunification,the sixth in our series on German cinema milestones.

INFECTIOUS FILMS The World Cinema Fund Turns Five Years OldThe original idea came from Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick: to join forces with the German Federal Cultural Foundation to finance art house films in countries with no traditional cinema infrastructure. Five years on,WCF-backed movies have won awards around the world among them an Oscar nomination and a Berlinale Golden Bear. The WCF is celebrating with a mini film festival of 10 features,among them this years Berlinale winner,the Peruvian drama The Milk of Sorrow. KINO takes a closer look at a promising model for creating a truly global cinema.SHORTCUTS

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