Karl Baumgartner, the German producer and champion of arthouse cinema who only last month received the Berlinale Camera prize, has died.Click here for full obituary
Baumgartner was born in 1949 and after a stint working in Rome from 1967-70 he relocated to Germany where he eventually launched the producer-distributor Pandora Film with Reinhard Brundig in 1982.
Pandora established itself as a beacon for arthouse cinema and championed the likes of Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismaki and Sally Potter.
As a producer he brought a handful of films to the Berlinale including Emir Kusturica’s Super 8 Stories and most recently Pia Marais’ 2013 entry Layla Fourie.
Baumgartner produced Mostly Martha and Samsara, among others, and his co-producer credits include Kaurismaki’s Le Havre. He served as executive producer on Kusturica’s 1995 Palme d’Or winner Underground.
A Tweet from the Locarno Film Festival read, “Very sad for the loss of great producer and Locarno’s friend Karl Baumgartner, Premio Raimondo...
Baumgartner was born in 1949 and after a stint working in Rome from 1967-70 he relocated to Germany where he eventually launched the producer-distributor Pandora Film with Reinhard Brundig in 1982.
Pandora established itself as a beacon for arthouse cinema and championed the likes of Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismaki and Sally Potter.
As a producer he brought a handful of films to the Berlinale including Emir Kusturica’s Super 8 Stories and most recently Pia Marais’ 2013 entry Layla Fourie.
Baumgartner produced Mostly Martha and Samsara, among others, and his co-producer credits include Kaurismaki’s Le Havre. He served as executive producer on Kusturica’s 1995 Palme d’Or winner Underground.
A Tweet from the Locarno Film Festival read, “Very sad for the loss of great producer and Locarno’s friend Karl Baumgartner, Premio Raimondo...
- 3/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Karl Baumgartner, the German producer and champion of arthouse cinema who only last month received the Berlinale Camera prize, has died.
Baumgartner was born in 1949 and after a stint working in Rome from 1967-70 he relocated to Germany where he eventually launched the producer-distributor Pandora Film with Reinhard Brundig in 1982.
Pandora established itself as a beacon for arthouse cinema and championed the likes of Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismaki and Sally Potter.
As a producer he brought a handful of films to the Berlinale including Emir Kusturica’s Super 8 Stories and most recently Pia Marais’ 2013 entry Layla Fourie.
Baumgartner produced Mostly Martha and Samsara, among others, and his co-producer credits include Kaurismaki’s Le Havre. He served as executive producer on Kusturica’s 1995 Palme d’Or winner Underground.
A Tweet from the Locarno Film Festival read, “Very sad for the loss of great producer and Locarno’s friend Karl Baumgartner, Premio Raimondo...
Baumgartner was born in 1949 and after a stint working in Rome from 1967-70 he relocated to Germany where he eventually launched the producer-distributor Pandora Film with Reinhard Brundig in 1982.
Pandora established itself as a beacon for arthouse cinema and championed the likes of Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismaki and Sally Potter.
As a producer he brought a handful of films to the Berlinale including Emir Kusturica’s Super 8 Stories and most recently Pia Marais’ 2013 entry Layla Fourie.
Baumgartner produced Mostly Martha and Samsara, among others, and his co-producer credits include Kaurismaki’s Le Havre. He served as executive producer on Kusturica’s 1995 Palme d’Or winner Underground.
A Tweet from the Locarno Film Festival read, “Very sad for the loss of great producer and Locarno’s friend Karl Baumgartner, Premio Raimondo...
- 3/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Beginning in 1986, the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks. This year, during the 64th edition of the festival, producer and distributor Karl “Baumi” Baumgartner will be awarded the prestigious Berlinale Camera.
Karl Baumgartner is one of Germany’s leading producers and independent distributors. In his capacity as producer, he has brought world cinema to German audiences expanding their horizons in terms of what cinema from abroad can provide.
In 1982, together with Reinhard Brundig, he launched Pandora Film Distribution and it developed into one of the most important companies in the field of art house cinema. Pandora Film discovered filmmakers such as Andrej Tarkovsky, Jim Jarmusch, Sally Potter, Kim Ki Duk, and Aki Kaurismäki, as well as many others. With Jane Campion’s The Piano in 1993, Karl Baumgartner celebrated his first great success as distributor. It was followed by Emir Kusturica’s Palme d’Or winning Underground (1995), executively produced by Pandora Film.
As a producer, Karl Baumgartner has participated several times in the Berlin International Film Festival – in the Competition with the films Super 8 Stories by Emir Kusturica (out of competition, 2001), My Sweet Home by Filippos Tsitos (2001), Sam Garbarski’s Irina Palm (2007), and Jasmila Žbanić’s Na putu (On the Path, 2010). His most recent contribution to the Berlinale Competition was as co-producer of Kebun binatang (Postcards from the Zoo, 2012) by Edwin and Layla Fourie (2013) by Pia Marais.
The Berlinale Camera will be awarded to Karl Baumgartner at 4.00 pm on February 8, 2014 at the CinemaxX 9. It will be followed by the film Boheemielämää (La vie de bohème, 1992) by Aki Kaurismäki who, together with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, will give a speech in Karl Baumgartner’s honor.
The Berlinale Camera has been awarded since 1986. Until 2003, it was donated by Berlin-based jeweller David Goldberg. From 2004 through 2013, Georg Hornemann Objects, a Dusseldorf-based atelier, sponsored the trophy, which goldsmith Hornemann redesigned for the Berlinale in 2008: Modelled on a real camera, the Berlinale Camera now has 128 finely crafted components. Many of these silver and titanium parts, such as the swivel head and tripod, are movable.
Karl Baumgartner is one of Germany’s leading producers and independent distributors. In his capacity as producer, he has brought world cinema to German audiences expanding their horizons in terms of what cinema from abroad can provide.
In 1982, together with Reinhard Brundig, he launched Pandora Film Distribution and it developed into one of the most important companies in the field of art house cinema. Pandora Film discovered filmmakers such as Andrej Tarkovsky, Jim Jarmusch, Sally Potter, Kim Ki Duk, and Aki Kaurismäki, as well as many others. With Jane Campion’s The Piano in 1993, Karl Baumgartner celebrated his first great success as distributor. It was followed by Emir Kusturica’s Palme d’Or winning Underground (1995), executively produced by Pandora Film.
As a producer, Karl Baumgartner has participated several times in the Berlin International Film Festival – in the Competition with the films Super 8 Stories by Emir Kusturica (out of competition, 2001), My Sweet Home by Filippos Tsitos (2001), Sam Garbarski’s Irina Palm (2007), and Jasmila Žbanić’s Na putu (On the Path, 2010). His most recent contribution to the Berlinale Competition was as co-producer of Kebun binatang (Postcards from the Zoo, 2012) by Edwin and Layla Fourie (2013) by Pia Marais.
The Berlinale Camera will be awarded to Karl Baumgartner at 4.00 pm on February 8, 2014 at the CinemaxX 9. It will be followed by the film Boheemielämää (La vie de bohème, 1992) by Aki Kaurismäki who, together with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, will give a speech in Karl Baumgartner’s honor.
The Berlinale Camera has been awarded since 1986. Until 2003, it was donated by Berlin-based jeweller David Goldberg. From 2004 through 2013, Georg Hornemann Objects, a Dusseldorf-based atelier, sponsored the trophy, which goldsmith Hornemann redesigned for the Berlinale in 2008: Modelled on a real camera, the Berlinale Camera now has 128 finely crafted components. Many of these silver and titanium parts, such as the swivel head and tripod, are movable.
- 2/10/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
German producer Karl Baumgartner, one of the pioneers of the international co-production who has made films which such international arthouse stars as Aki Kaurismaki (Le Havre), Emir Kusturica (Super 8 Stories) and Kim Ki-Duk (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring) will be honored for his life's work at this year's Berlin Film Festival with a Berlinale Camera. Baumgartner has been instrumental in bringing international arthouse to German cinemas through his production and distribution company Pandora Film, which he launched with Reinhard Brundig in 1982. Starting out as a distributor of such titles as Jane Campion's Palme d'Or and
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- 1/28/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kinowelt lands Pegasos library, eyes DVD
COLOGNE, Germany -- German independent film firm Kinowelt has acquired art house distributor/producer Pegasos Filmverleih, the companies said Tuesday.
The deal gives Kinowelt the rights to the more than 80 feature films in the Pegasos library.
Titles in the library include 1998 Palme d'Or winner Eternity and a Day from Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, Emir Kusturica's Super 8 Stories and Christian Petzold's terrorist drama The State I Am In.
Of particular interest to Kinowelt are the documentaries in Pegasos' archives, including Ulrich Koch's Aesshaek, Tales From the Sahara and Darshan the Embrace from Dutch helmer Jan Kounen.
Leipzig-based Kinowelt said it sees potential in Pegasos because a majority of its films have not yet been released on DVD. Kinowelt plans to rectify this, bringing out Pegasos' titles on its Arthaus label.
Previously released films will, starting in March, be handled by Kinowelt's flagship brand, Kinowelt Home Entertainment, the company said. Good Movies was the firm's previous release partner.
Kinowelt's theatrical arm, Kinowelt Filmverleih, will take over distribution of Pegasos films beginning in January.
Pegasos founders Ernst Szebedits and Karl Baumgartner will remain with the company as consultants. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
Kinowelt has been breaking records in German theaters in recent weeks with the documentary Deutschland. Ein Sommermaerchen (Germany. A Summer Fairytale) about the German soccer team's journey from preparations to winning third place in this summer's soccer World Cup in Germany. The film has won its third straight weekend at the boxoffice and passed the 2.7 million ticket sales mark. This has made it the country's most successful documentary ever, beating the 1.45 million viewers that March of the Penguins attracted.
Georg Szalai in New York contributed to this report....
The deal gives Kinowelt the rights to the more than 80 feature films in the Pegasos library.
Titles in the library include 1998 Palme d'Or winner Eternity and a Day from Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, Emir Kusturica's Super 8 Stories and Christian Petzold's terrorist drama The State I Am In.
Of particular interest to Kinowelt are the documentaries in Pegasos' archives, including Ulrich Koch's Aesshaek, Tales From the Sahara and Darshan the Embrace from Dutch helmer Jan Kounen.
Leipzig-based Kinowelt said it sees potential in Pegasos because a majority of its films have not yet been released on DVD. Kinowelt plans to rectify this, bringing out Pegasos' titles on its Arthaus label.
Previously released films will, starting in March, be handled by Kinowelt's flagship brand, Kinowelt Home Entertainment, the company said. Good Movies was the firm's previous release partner.
Kinowelt's theatrical arm, Kinowelt Filmverleih, will take over distribution of Pegasos films beginning in January.
Pegasos founders Ernst Szebedits and Karl Baumgartner will remain with the company as consultants. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
Kinowelt has been breaking records in German theaters in recent weeks with the documentary Deutschland. Ein Sommermaerchen (Germany. A Summer Fairytale) about the German soccer team's journey from preparations to winning third place in this summer's soccer World Cup in Germany. The film has won its third straight weekend at the boxoffice and passed the 2.7 million ticket sales mark. This has made it the country's most successful documentary ever, beating the 1.45 million viewers that March of the Penguins attracted.
Georg Szalai in New York contributed to this report....
- 10/25/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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