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Short films from the lockdown: 4 WALLS BERLIN
On 16, Apr 2020 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
30 filmmakers from Berlin and Brandenburg are currently creating 2-minutes short films shot within their own four walls. Among the participating directors are Wim Wenders, Annekatrin Hendel, Hans-Christian Schmid, Detlev Buck, Mo Asuman and Andreas Dresen.
Research trip to Chicago
On 25, Feb 2020 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Very excited to announce that I have started working on a new documentary project, ADAM & IDA a film with and about a pair of Jewish twins. They had been separated in a ghetto in Poland, survived the holocaust in a camp and in hiding – and found each other again miraculously half a century later. Filming will start in spring.
German Geography Media Award
On 29, Sep 2019 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
My documentary HOW DO WE STAY MOBILE about car-free cities has been awarded the Media Award 2019 by the German Geographical Association. The award ceremony took place within the framework of the German Congress for Geography. The entire team is very grateful for this honor.
LILO’S LAUGHTER on national television ARD
On 14, Sep 2019 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
My documentary LILO’S LAUGHTER (LILOS LACHEN) will be aired on national German television ARD on Sunday, 6th of October at 4:20 pm.
Two awards for BERLIN CLEANS!
On 15, Feb 2019 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
I am very happy to announce that both Thomas Lütz (camera) and Carsten Piefke (editing) have received the German Camera Award 2019 for their wonderful work for our docu series BERLIN CLEANS!. The awards ceremony was held on the 10th of May in Cologne.
We are canon!
On 17, Aug 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
German’s leading weekly paper DIE ZEIT has chosen my documentary SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION to be included into their new knowledge canon. In the headline of this page one story it reads: “A cmodern canon of hundred masterpieces.” Well, perhaps this is slightly exaggerated but we are still very happy about this great honor.
“Golden Reel Award” for SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 30, Apr 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Wonderful news from California: My film SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION has just won the “2018 Golden Reel Award” as Best Documentary at Tiburon International Film Festival.
BERLIN CLEANS! DIRTY TIMES
On 29, Jan 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
They are the silent heroes of the big city and without them Berlin would suffocate in trash; the workers who clean our city toilets, streets, chimneys and sewers. The new rbb-documentary series BERLIN CLEANS! DIRTY TIMES (5x 45 minutes) is an homage to the many people in these jobs, who normally work in silence or at night in order to keep the city clean.
Journalist Award for SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 12, Jan 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Very proud to announce that my documentary SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION has won the Journalist Award Computer Science 2017 (Saarbrucken, Germany) in the Television category.
COLORFUL GERMANY now online
On 29, May 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
After the great preview of COLORFUL GERMANY (DIESES BUNTE DEUTSCHLAND) at the Babylon Cinema in Berlin, the TV broadcast is now also being shown online by ARD-Media. The German Press Agency claims, “A movie that takes its time which is how it should be. Since it’s about questions that cannot easily be answered like, the fate of the refugees in Germany which include so many facets that a short oversight would not suffice.”
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