Berlinale adds Heiner Carow award in honor of German helmerNovember 6, 2012 - 18:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2013 edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will add an award to be handed out by DEFA, the former East German state-owned film studio, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Berlin-based DEFA Foundation will award the newly-created Heiner Carow Prize during the festival. The award, which comes with a cash prize of €5,000 ($6,400), will go to a German fictional, documentary or essay film from the festival's Panorama section with a three-member jury choosing the winning film. The DEFA Foundation has set up the prize in memory of director Carow who made many films at the DEFA Studios in Babelsberg. His films include Sie nannten ihn Amigo (They Called Him Amigo, 1959), Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming, 1968), Die Legende von Paul und Paula (The Legend of Paul and Paula, 1973), Ikarus (Icarus, 1976), Bis dass der Tod Euch scheidet (Until Death Do Us Part, 1979) and Coming Out (1989), among others. In Feb. 1990, Carow won the festival's Silver Bear for Coming Out in the Berlinale Competition. The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival runs February 7-17. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |