NEWS FAQ Archive BIOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY MUSIC PROJECTS TEXTS TEAM PRODUCTS FORUM SPECIALS PRESS CONTACT EDITORIAL SITEMAP			Archive 2008-04-24   2008-04-22   2007-12-27 DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD starts in German cinemas today Nicolette Krebitz´ new film DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD (produced by Tom Tykwer) starts in german cinemas today. You can find additional information about the movie by visiting the website www.dasherzisteindunklerwald.de <more>   2007-12-14 Interview with Tom Tykwer in VOGUE magazine The upcoming edition of VOGUE magazine features an interview with Tom Tykwer about his experience as a producer of DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD. (in German only) <more>   2007-12-03 Two awards for PERFUME at the European Film Awards 2007 PERFUME has won two prices at the European Film Awards 2007. The ceremony took place in Berlin on December 1st. Uli Hanisch won the „European Film Academy Prix d´Excellence“ for his outstanding achievements in Production Design, while this year´s best Cinematography Award was granted to Frank Griebe. <more>   2007-11-05 PERFUME receives 5 nominations for the European Film Awards 2007 Nominees for this year's European Film Awards were officially announced by EFA - members during Seville Film Festival last Saturday. PERFUME has been nominated in the following categories: "European Composer 2007" - Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil "European Actor 2007" - Ben Whishaw "European Cinematographer" 2007 - Frank Griebe "European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence" - Uli Hanisch for Production Design "People's Choice Award" - Perfume - the Story of a Murderer The 20th "European Film" - awards ceremony will take place on December, 1st in Berlin. <more>   2007-09-24 Filming starts on THE INTERNATIONAL Principal photography has started on THE INTERNATIONAL. First shooting location for director Tom Tykwer and his crew is Istanbul (Turkey). Berlin (Germany) and Milan (Italy) will follow. Most of the principal shooting (45 days) will take place in Berlin, and the crew is taking full advantage of the location possibilities that Studio Babelsberg as well as the surrounding area has to offer. A replica of the New York Guggenheim Museum's interior is one of Production Designer Uli Hanisch's most spectacular sets (Photo: Christian Schulz / Sony Pictures)   2007-09-23 Armin Mueller-Stahl joins THE INTERNATIONAL Famous german actor, Armin Mueller Stahl joins the cast of THE INTERNATIONAL. The renowned actor, who has completed over 100 movies during his career signed on for a supporting role in THE INTERNATIONAL. 76-years old Mueller-Stahl joins the promising cast including Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. (Photo: Christian Schulz / Sony Pictures)   2007-09-05 PERFUME nominated for People's Choice Award 2007 The European Film Academy has nominated PERFUME for the People's Choice Award 2007. The Award allows the audience to directly elect their favourite european film of the year 2007. A total of 11 movies have been nominated for the People Choice Award, voting is online (www.peopleschoiceaward.org) until October, 31st. <more>   2007-07-24 Naomi Watts to star in THE INTERNATIONAL Naomi Watts will star in Tom Tykwer's new movie THE INTERNATIONAL. Born in England and raised in Australia, Naomi Watts has gained international reputation by playing in films such as 21 GRAMMS (Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inárritu) and INLAND EMPIRE (Directed by David Lynch). In Tykwer's upcoming film Watts will represent a New York state attorney who, along with co -star Clive Owen, investigates a far-reaching corruption scandal at a global bank.   2007-07-16 Clive Owen signs up for THE INTERNATIONAL Clive Owen takes the leading role in the new Tykwer movie THE INTERNATIONAL. The Oscar - nominated British actor will represent the character of Interpol agent Louis Salinger. The role of the female lead has not been determined yet. (Photo: Christian Schulz / Sony Pictures)   2007-07-16 DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD Opening Date (Germany): 27 December 2007 X Verleih has announced an opening date for DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD: the film will be released on Thursday, December 27. Written and directed by Nicolette Krebitz the movie tells the story of a woman who discovers that her husband is leading a double life. Tom Tykwer has produced the film; the principal cast includes Nina Hoss and Devid Striesow. <more>   2007-07-12 Tom Tykwer to direct THE INTERNATIONAL Tom Tykwer has been signed with Columbia Pictures to direct the action thriller THE INTERNATIONAL. Based on an original screenplay by Eric Singer, THE INTERNATIONAL tells the story of an Interpol Agent who investigates a mayor corruption scandal at a powerful worldwide operating bank. Shooting will start in September 2007.   2006-07-18 Q & A with Tom Tykwer on July, 20th at the Cinema Arri in Munich Thursday, July 20th, Tom Tykwer will be at the Cinema Arri for q&a after the 08:30pm screenings of DEADLY MARIA.   2006-07-05 Q & A with Tom Tykwer on July, 14th at the Cinema Kulturbrauerei in Berlin Friday, July 14th, Tom Tykwer will be at the Cinema Kulturbrauerei for q&a after the 08:00pm and 10:30pm screenings of DEADLY MARIA.   2006-06-27 TOM TYKWER FESTIVAL in Berlin and Hamburg! From July 10th to 19th, the TOM TYKWER FESTIVAL will be screened daily at the `Kulturbrauerei`in Berlin. Tom Tykwer will be there on Friday, July 14th. Additional, there will be a rerelase of DEADLY MARIA (Tom Tykwers debut film) at the `Moviemento` in Berlin, which was managed by Tom Tykwer for many years. As of July 13th, the TOM TYKWER FESTIVAL will be held at the `Abaton` in Hamburg. At the opening day, Thursday, July 13th at 5.30 pm actress Nina Petri will present RUN LOLA RUN. At 8pm Tom Tykwer and his leading actress Nina Petri will be attending the screening of DEADLY MARIA. At 10.30 pm Tom Tykwer will be presenting one more of his movies.   2006-06-01 X Filme exhibition in Duesseldorf An exhibition at the Duesseldorf Film Museum entitled "Lola, Lenin and the cineasts - a phenomenon called X Filme" is dedicated to the history and development of X Filme Creative Pool, which was founded by Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Dani Levy and Stefan Arndt in Berlin in 1994. From 27th May till 27th August 2006, the exhibition will show not only pictures and film stills, but also scripts, costumes, posters, awards and "behind the scenes" videos. The exhibition will be accompanied by a retrospective of all X Filme feature films, including GOOD BYE, LENIN!, LIFE IS WHAT YOU GET, RUN LOLA RUN, HEAVEN, THE GIRAFFE, UNDEREXPOSURE, GO FOR ZUCKER and THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR. These films will be shown at the Black Box, the museum's own cinema.   2006-05-15 Tom Tykwer Festival Just before Tom Tykwer's new film THE PERFUME will be in theaters, his first five films will be touring on new prints in Germany. Duesseldorf will mark the beginning: From June 8th to 21th DEADLY MARIA, WINTER SLEEPERS, RUN LOLA RUN, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, HEAVEN will be shown at  'Bambi'. Followed by Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, München, Köln, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. Accompanied by a variety of exponates like photos, posters and parts of selfmade storyboards, this retrospective will document Tom Tykwer's development as a director .   2006-03-22 PARIS, JE T'AIME at Cannes PARIS, JE T'AIME will be shown at the 59th Cannes Film Festival this year. The short stories of this compilation were directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Craven, Gerard Depardieu, Gus Van Sant and Isabelle Coixet, to name but a few. Among the cast there are such names as Bob Hoskins, Elijah Wood, Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Nick Nolte, Steve Buschemi, and Willem Dafoe. The film which also features Tom Tykwer's short film TRUE will open the section 'Un Certain Regard' on the evening of May 18th, 2006.   2006-03-15 TV dates WINTERSLEEPERS will be shown on SF2 (Switzerland) on 11th April 2006 at 1.55 a.m. (Source: Prisma-Online).   2006-03-01 Tom Tykwer produces Nicolette Krebitz\\'s new film Tom Tykwer will be producing the upcoming film by Nicolette Krebitz (AUSGERECHNET ZOE, BANDITS, JEANS) called DAS HERZ IST EIN DUNKLER WALD, starring Nina Hoss and Devid Striesow. The cast also includes Marc Hosemann and Franziska Petri, and Bella Halben will be director of photography. Nicolette Krebitz not only wrote the story and the script, she will also direct the film herself. Shooting will begin on 3rd April 2006.   2006-02-18 First trailer of PERFUME on tv German tv channel Pro7 will show the first trailer of PERFUME this Sunday at 8.13 p.m. (Source: ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG)   2006-02-06 FAQ Our list of frequently asked questions is now online.   2006-01-10 Tv dates According to Prisma-Online, RUN LOLA RUN will be shown on Swiss tv on 7th February 2006 at 8.35 p.m (SF2), and HEAVEN on 10th February at 12.05 a.m. (SF1).   2006-01-02 TV dates WINTERSLEEPERS will be shown on SF1 (Switzerland) on 3rd February 2006 at 12.05 a.m. (Source: Prisma-Online).   2005-12-06 TV dates According to Prisma-Online, HEAVEN will be shown on Belgian tv on 14th December 2005 at 9.30 p.m..   2005-12-05 Wuppertal reads PERFUME After this year's success, the project 'Wuppertal - a whole city reading a book' will be continued in September 2006. This project, launched by the city of Wuppertal (Tom Tykwer's birthplace) and the newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung, is intended to offer various cultural events at universities, bookstores or schools in connection with a particular book (chosen in advance) as the main topic. The fitting choice for next year is Patrick Sueskind's PERFUME, just in time for the release of Tom Tykwer's upcoming adaptation of said book.   2005-12-01 Tom Tykwer receives Strate Award 2005 On 29th November, Tom Tykwer received the Strate Award of the Filmstiftung NRW (Germany). In remembrance of the late German film distributor Herbert Strate, the award honours persons for outstanding services to the German film industry and film culture. The ceremony took place at the Lichtburg cinema in Essen last Tuesday. After Soenke Wortmann (THE MIRACLE OF BERN) in 2004, Tykwer is the second film maker to receive this award. Pictures   2005-11-17 The online edition of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung features an article on the shooting of PERFUME and the collaboration between Tom Tykwer and producer Bernd Eichinger (in German).   2005-11-08 The current edition of TV Spielfilm (23/2005) features an article on the making of PERFUME with pictures from the set and a short interview with Tom Tykwer (in German).   2005-10-29 The online edition of German newspaper DIE WELT features an article on Tom Tykwer, producer Bernd Eichinger and the shooting of PERFUME (in German).   2005-10-28 German release date of PERFUME The shooting of Tom Tykwer's upcoming film PERFUME is now finished and postproduction has begun. According to the VDF the German release date of the film is scheduled for 14th September 2006.   2005-09-05 No further distribution of TRUE TRUE is one part of a twenty-part feature film called PARIS, JE T'AIME which is produced by Victoires Productions (France). Therefor it must not be distributed seperately by X-Filme within the next years. This is why there will be no release of TRUE on vhs or dvd for the time being. Also, TRUE must not be distributed for either pulic or non-public theatrical performances. The theatrical release of PARIS, JE T'AIME is scheduled for early 2007, the film will include an abridged version of TRUE. Whether a dvd or vhs of TRUE in its original length of 11 minutes will be released in 2008 has yet to be confirmed.   2005-05-07 Shooting of PERFUME begins in summer 2005 The shooting of PERFUME will begin this summer: By the end of June, there will be a pre-shoot in Provence followed by the first part of the actual shoot at Bavaria Studios in Munich. In August, the crew will move to Spain and France until the end of the shooting programme in late October. The anticipated theatrical release of the film is scheduled for autumn 2006.   2005-05-07 The cast of PERFUME 24-year-old actor Ben Whishaw who has just earned enthusiastic reviews for his display of Hamlet at London's Old Vic Theatre will be playing the leading role of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in PERFUME. The film will also star Alan Rickman as Grenouille's counterpart Antoine Richis and Dustin Hoffman as the perfumer Baldini. All three of them are Tom Tykwer's dream cast.   2005-05-07 The crew for PERFUME PERFUME will be produced by Bernd Eichinger (Constantin Film) and co-produced by Gigi Oeri. Together with Eichinger and Tom Tykwer, Andrew Birkin (THE NAME OF THE ROSE, THE CEMENT GARDEN) wrote the script which is based on Patrick Sueskinds bestselling book from 1985 by the same name. DreamWorks SKG will be the distributor of the film in North America. Some of Tom Tykwer's long-time colleagues and friends will be among the crew for PERFUME again: Not only Uli Hanisch as production designer but also Frank Griebe as director of photography. Tom Tykwer will also team up with Johnny Klimek und Reinhold Heil (alias Pale 3) again to write the film score. Pierre-Yves Gayraud will be the costume designer and Alexander Berner is going to be the editor of the film.   2005-04-14 TRUE in German cinemas again All ten nominated films of the German Short Film Awards 2004 (among them Tom Tykwer's TRUE) are shown in a two-part program at various cinemas in Germany until July 2005. * Filmgalerie Regensburg April 14th + 15th (Part 1) April 16th + 17th (Part 2) * Kommunales Hannover April 19th (Part 1) April 20th (Part 2) * Kommunales Kino Esslingen April 21st (Part 1) * ZOOM Kino, Bruehl April 27th (Part 1) * Kino 46, Kommunalkino Bremen April 29th + 30th (Part 1 + 2) * Kinemathek Karlsruhe May 5th (Part 1 + 2) * Medienbuero Oldenburg May 14th (Part 1) * Kino Latuecht, Neubrandenburg May 19th (Part 1) * Koki der VHS Leverkusen May 24th (Part 1) * Kino Babylon, Hagen May 27th + 29th (Part 1 + 2) * Kommunales Kino Linse, Weingarten June 2nd (Part 1) * Weitwinkel, Kommunales Kino Singen June 7th + 8th (Part 1) * Kommunales Kino Pforzheim June 14th + 15th (Part 1) June 21st + 22nd (Part 2) * Obenkino, Kommunales Kino Cottbus June 24th (Part 1 + 2) * Karlstor Kino Heidelberg July 1st + 4th (Part 1 + 2)   2005-03-07 Tom Tykwer\'s short films at Hong Kong Short Film Festival Two of Tom Tykwer's early short films, EPILOG and BECAUSE, will be shown at the Hong Kong Independent Short film and video Awards: Saturday, 19 March 2005, 2 pm, Hong Kong Film Archive Friday, 25 March 2005, 6:30 pm, Agnes b Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre   2005-03-07 THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR on tv THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR will be shown on German tv channel ARD on 31 March 2005 at 11 pm.   2005-02-01 UNDEREXPOSURE in Rotterdam The premiere of Oday Rasheed's UNDEREXPOSURE will take place at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on 4th February 2005.   2004-11-26 Tom Tykwer dvd box The German edition of the Tom Tykwer dvd box will be released some time next year. Further details to be announced.   2004-11-18 New film by Sebastian Schipper Sebastian Schipper (GIGANTIC) is currently shooting his new film EIN FREUND VON MIR in Duesseldorf and Munich, starring Daniel Bruehl, Juergen Vogel and Sabine Timoteo. The film is produced by Tom Tykwer and Maria Koepf for X-Filme Creative Pool.   2004-11-12 TRUE wins at Munich film festival TRUE has won the award at the International Short Film Festival Munich "Bunter Hund". By tradition, at this festival, the audience decides which film is the winner of the international competition.   2004-11-06 Award for TRUE TRUE has won the award for the Best German Short Film 2004.   2004-10-11 TRUE nominated for German Short Film Award TRUE has been nominated for this year's German Short Film Award. The ceremony will take place at Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, on 4 November 2004.   2004-09-15 X-Filme support for first independent Iraqi feature film UNDEREXPOSURE is the first uncensored independent feature film to be shot in Iraq for more than 12 years. Director Oday Rasheed used old film material by Saddam's Department of Propaganda to film his poetic reflexion about a filmmaker afflicted by doubts in post-war debris of Baghdad. Rasheed did not have any money but a brave crew and lots of patience and had used up all resources by the end of the shoot. With the support of X-Filme producers Tom Tykwer and Maria Koepf, UNDEREXPOSURE will now be edited and finished in Berlin. This unusual project is scheduled for a release in spring 2005. Tykwer: 'It was a very interesting experiment concerning cultural exchange. For me personally, it also was an extremely inspiring encounter with an enthusiastic cineast from a completely different world.'   2004-09-15 Filmclub Berlin-Baghdad founded in Berlin Under the patronage of Tom Tykwer, the 'Filmclub Berlin-Baghdad' was founded in Berlin's open-air restaurant 'Oststrand' on 19 August 2004. The club was initiated by Marie Steinmann and Klaas Glenewinkel and its main goal is to establish contacts to the very active cineasts and film makers in Iraq. The main idea behind this club is to collect films on dvd in Germany that are unavailable in Iraq. These films will then be added to Iraqi film archives and also be shown in independent Iraqi cinemas. Therefor, every guest of the founding night in Berlin was asked to bring a dvd of a personal favourite film (either in English or with English subtitles) as a ticket; they were allowed to choose any kind of film that seemed relevant for a 'European film library'. The Baghdad band 'Shabab' played while more than 200 guests enjoyed a three-course Arabian meal. Later on, a documentary about the cinematic situation in Baghdad was shown and Tom Tykwer interviewed Baghdad filmmaker Oday Rasheed about Iraqi cineasts and the independent filmmakers of the country.   2004-09-14 TRUE Belleville has published a book accompanying Tom Tykwer's short film TRUE. TRUE will also be shown on the following occasions: * Festival of European Films ­ Festival on Wheels in Turkey, 1-24 October 2004 * Bunter Hund, International Short Film Festival Munich, 14 - 17 October 2004 * 18th International Film Festival Braunschweig, 9-14 November 2004.   2004-09-14 Tykwer will direct PERFUME For the last couple of months, Tom Tykwer has been working on an adaptation of Patrick Suesskind's PERFUME. He wrote the script in cooperation with Andrew Birkin and Bernd Eichinger (who is also the producer). While a possible indoor studio has not been confirmed yet, outdoor locations for the film have been found in France as well as Croatia. The shooting of the film will probably begin in April 2005.   2004-09-14 Tom Tykwer dvd box The German edition of a 6 dvd collector's box containing all of Tom Tykwers feature films as well as his short films is scheduled for release in 2004. All dvds will contain audio commentary tracks and making ofs. The box will also feature an exclusive documentary by Larissa Trueby: "Im freien Fall - das Kino von Tom Tykwer". Even though this box is specially designed for the German market (regional code 2), it will most probably contain English subtitles.   2004-04-02 Tom Tykwer talks to Tim Burton While on his promotional tour for his latest film BIG FISH, director Tim Burton met Tom Tykwer in Berlin. They soon began a long lively discussion about making films. <more>
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