A week ago, in the middle of TIFF 2013, we hosted this year's German and international filmmakers, producers and actors at the Goethe-Institut, here's our photo album: Filmmaker Edgar Reitz greets Berlinale programmer Florian Weghorn.
David Zimmerschied, the lead actor in "The Police Officer's Wife", his partner and ... me (Jutta Brendemühl, Goethe-Institut curator).
German Films' Martin Scheuring with Philipp Hoffmann (World Sales & Distribution) and Sarika Hemi Lakhani, producer of Tom Tykwer's One Fine Day Films.
Filmdienst critic Michael Ranze -at TIFF as a member of the FIPRESCI jury- with German Films North America rep Oliver Mahrdt.
Toronto-Paris filmmaker Maxime Desmons, Canadian producer Damon D'Oliveira and South African producer Steven Markovitz.
Goethe-Institut director Sonja Griegoschewski and "Qissa" producer Johannes Rexin -- congratulations on winning the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award by the way!
And, three days earlier, the wonderful Caroline Link (second from right) with Toronto filmmaker Ruba Nadda (second from left) at our Goethe Film Talk.
Copyright: Michelle Kay Follow us around the world of film. Our blogger Jutta Brendemühl is the Goethe-Institut Toronto's Program Curator and happy to hear from you.
Jutta is lucky to do what she loves: arts & cultural programming & writing across the genres, through a global lens. She has worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Rauschenberg, Wim Wenders, and other luminaries, and is one of the Directors of the European Union Film Festival Toronto. Her reviews are indexed on IMDb; bylines have appeared in POV, ScreenPrism, Vague Visages, Die Zeit. She is a fellow of the Toronto Cultural Leaders Lab.
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