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Short list German Television Award
On 21, Feb 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Today the program Make Love has been nominated for the German Television Award 2017 (Deutscher Fernsehpreis). For the production of the first season, I had been involved as a Director of Editing plus I did a tiny bit of development, but most of the honour goes to my fantastic colleagues Tristan Ferland Milewski (Director) and Christian Beetz (Producer) who worked very hard to make this fresh and innovative new format a success.
The press had been full of praise from the very beginning: “Truly good.” (DIE ZEIT), “Astonishing, not all awkward but authentic and informative” (Focus).
World premiere SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 05, Feb 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
It was the perfect location to premiere my documentary about the cultural and political roots of personal computing: The legendary Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Hosted by the 21th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, the cinema was packed with a very welcoming crowd of Castro locals, nerds from the Valley and computer pioneers.
Ciao, Gabre!
On 16, Dec 2016 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
At the age of 101, Gabre Gabric has passed away today in her Italian hometown of Brescia. “She passed away very peacefully late this morning. She had suffered a stroke but did not even realise. She had been at the hospital a few days without regaining conscience”, her granddaughter told me.
In the sound studio for ARTE documentary
On 01, Oct 2016 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
A 90-minute film with many English voice over interviews and Hannes Wegener (pictured), a Postdam actor, as the commentator. It was a three-day marathon in the sound studio.
AUTUMN GOLD in Hong Kong
On 21, May 2016 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Six years after its premiere, AUTUMN GOLD my cinema documentary film is being shown once again on the big screen, but this time in Hong Kong on June 16, 2016. So who ever happens to be in the area and wants to see the movie with Chinese subtitles…
BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG FROM ABOVE on DVD and BluRay
On 16, Oct 2015 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
In flight over countryside and metropolis. Available now, with top quality from the comfort of your own sofa at home: Today my movie BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG FROM ABOVE on Blu-Ray and DVD. I recommend buying it via rbb-online shop, where it’s sold cheaper and the proceeds don’t sink into “the Amazon.”
Preview BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG FROM ABOVE
On 04, Oct 2015 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
It was a great evening with lots of guests: our festive preview at the wonderful Astor Film Lounge on Kurfürstendamm. Big pictures on the big screen! Including: our narrator, Florian Lukas (pictured above), producer, Dr. Jost-Arend Bösenberg and RBB reporter, Dagmar Reim with moderator Petra Gute (pictured below) as well as RBB program director, Claudia Nothelle, the president of Berlin City Parliament, Ralf Wieland, the majority of our protagonists and practically the whole team – and many more!
TV Premiere: Satruday, October 3 at 20:15 on rbb-TV
It’s a wrap! Aerials completed
On 14, Jun 2015 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
After a week in a helicopter (sorry for the noise my dear fellow citizens), the aerial scenes for BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG FROM ABOVE are complete. Thankfully we had outstanding weather so wonderful scenes were captured. Only this will be revealed: we will be showing a side of Berlin and Brandenburg that has rarely been seen, with astonishing scenes to marvel at. Many thanks to the Cineflight team and our cameraman, Florian Foest for safe flights and the great view.
600 episodes of ELEPHANT, TIGER & Co.
On 02, Jan 2015 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
It’s hard to believe but today the 600th episode of our soap documentary series ELEPHANT, TIGER & CO will be broadcasted from the Leipzig Zoo. It is one of the longest-running, non-fictional series in German television.
“The Mother of all Zoo Soaps” (Berliner Zeitung) started April 1, 2003 in MDR-TV. The idea of the formatting the concept into a series was developed by the former Editor in Chief, Peter Dreckmann, with my colleague, Axel Friedrich.
AUTUMN GOLD: Festivals, Awards and Reviews
On 22, Mar 2013 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
The list of the film festivals and awards for my cinema documentary AUTUMN GOLD has progressively gotten longer and will continue to be updated.
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Projects (Selection)
