march 10

OFF WAYS (ELEKTROKOHLE - VON WEGEN)

- Stockholm (Sweden), TEMPO - Doc Film Festival (march 10. 14.)
in presence of Uli M Schueppel:
tempofestival.se/blogg/uli-m-schueppel-besoker-tempo

- Oslo (Norway), Euro Dok Festival 2010 (march 17. - 21.)
nfi.no/cinemateket/eurodok/Elektrokohle.html

- Göteborg (Sweden), Music Doc - Festival (march 25. - 28.))
musicdocgbg.se/2010/02/off-ways/#comments


tranzania.living.room.

- Milano (Italy), 20. Festival Cinema Africano (march 15. - 21.)
festivalcinemaafricano.org/eng/index.php?pag=sez_speciale&sot=sez_sot&page=2


february 10

tranzania.living.room.

Premiere at

39. Int Film Festival Rotterdam (27. Jan – 7. Feb. 2010) &
33. Göteborg Int. Film Festival ( 29.Jan.-8.Feb.2010)

An atmospheric journey through interspaces of imagination. Tanzania/Germany. tranzania.living.room. tells the distance, the ditch, the space in between - but it also gives a view to the other side.
Layers of two oppositional topographies flow into projections - from both sides.

Music by Nest (Otto A. Totland & Huw Roberts).

"...The images show a feverish dream world..."
G. Zuilhof, Film Festival Rotterdam

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/films/tranzania-living-room/
http://filmweb01.filmfestival.org/

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Int. Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) Uli M Schueppel (in cooperation with Bastian Schreitling/digital artist and Pictorion/DasWerk) has revised the Berlinale-Trailer/Opener.

From Feb 11 to Feb 21 2010 this version will open all films at the festival in all sections.

http://www.berlinale.de/de/visuals/trailer/index.html

The Berlinale-Trailer (09) will be also screened at the 39th Int Film Festival Rotterdam (2010) in the programm "Signals - RE:Reloaded"/Trailer Park". Amongst others, there will be shown also festival-trailers by David Cronenberg, Manoel De Olivera, Ulrich Seidl, Roy Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Guy Maddin, or Bong Joon-Ho.

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/combinedprogrammes/trailer-park-festivals-produce-film/

from Feb 19 till end of April 2010 the 1990 released documentary The Road, to God Knows Where will be regulary screened in Vienna/Austria at Top-Kino & Schikaneder.

http://www.topkino.at/jart/projects/top-kino/main.jart

"The Road, to God Knows Where" shows the North-America-tour 1989 of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

'The Road...' is classic cinema verite, a tremendously evocative documentary for anyone who's ever been involved either on the fringes or in the heart. (...) this hyper-grainy b&w film is a lovingly detached testament to the absurdity of the ritual.

Melody Maker / New Musical Express


november 09

ELEKTROKOHLE (OFF WAYS) is released on DVD.

Inside extensive bonus-material:
- CONCERTMATERIAL, 76min
- ZUGABE (Interviewmaterial), 74min, with Blixa Bargeld, FM Einheit, Alexander Hacke, and many others...< br />

Released on "good!movies"

http://www.goodmovies.de/einzelansicht.php?products_id=371&S=c27db8468c2419c2a79fa9f6ea7d4a9b

Distributor: Indigo DV 933508, EAN 4047179335089


ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN) - Special Events

- 6. 11. Antwerpen/Belgium - "De Nachten 2009"

http://www.denachten.wordpress.com

- 7. & 8.11. Utrecht/Netherlands - "Niemandsland"

http://www.culturelezondagen.nl

- 6. - 15.11. CPH:DOX Copenhagen Int. Documentary Film Festival/Denmark
(in competition) - in presence of Uli M Schueppel

http://www.cphdox.dk

- 11. - 22.11. 20. Ljubljana Int. Film Festival/Slovenia

http://www.en.liffe.si

15. - 22.11. 50. Thessaloniki Int. Film Festival/ Greece - "Independence Days"
in presence of Uli M Schueppel

http://www.filmfestival.gr

Der Tag / The Day

Special screening of "The Day" in the "Old Village Church" of Essenheim. (26.11.09; 20h) in presence of Uli M Schueppel.

An event by Art - Forum Rheinhessen:

http://www.essenheimer-kunstverein.de/dfk/dfk_start.htm


Cornelius Plache (Cinematograher, amongst other films, of The Day & ELEKTROKOHLE (OFF WAYS) & BerlinSong /2.camera) has recieved the Michael-Ballhaus-Award. Congratulations!


oktober 09

ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN):

- Paris, "14e Festival du Cinéma Allemand", Cinéma l'Arlequin (1.Okt.,22h)

www.festivalcineallemand.com

- Turin, Museo Nazionale Del Cinema (Oct.21st); with party & Alexander Hacke (DJ)

www.museocinema.it

september 09

From September 18th BerlinSong is released on DVD (with over 40 minutes bonusmaterial!).

Published on "good!movies" (Germany):

http://www.goodmovies.de/einzelansicht.php?products_id=377

Distribution: Indigo DV 93855-8 / EAN 4047179385589


august 09

tranzania.living.room. is the working-title of a film Uli M Schueppel is shooting in August/September in Dar Es Salaam/Tanzania. The film will be part of a project called Forget Africa, initialized by Int. Filmfestival Rotterdam 2010 (supported by Goethe-Institute).

The blog of Rotterdam-programmer Gertjan Zuilhof gives a first impression of the"making of":

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/blogs/gertjan_zuilhof/forget-africa-26--out-at-night http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/blogs/gertjan_zuilhof/forget-africa-27
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/

BerlinSong will be screened at the Heimatfilmfestival Linz/Austria (August 26 - 30). The film will be supported by a concert of Einar Stenseng and Nathan Vanderpool.

www.local-buehne.at

ELEKTROKOHLE (OFF WAYS) is in the competition programme of MusiXine Int. Music Film Contest 2009, Finnland. The festival takes place in Oulu/Finland from August 19th to 23rd.

www.musixine.com

june 09

Uli M Schueppel recieves the "Underground Spirit Award 09"

The "European Film Festival Palic" grants Uli M Schueppel with this years "Underground Spirit Award 09" for "his outstanding achievement in independent film production". The "16th European Film Festival Palic" (18. - 24.7.09) will screen seven Schueppel-Films in the official programm.

Last year the festival awarded the film "Waltz with Bazir" with the "Golden Tower"-Award, Andreas Dresen ("Cloud 9") recieved the award for "Best Director", der "Aleksanda-Liefka-Award" went to the director Ken Loach. The "Underground Spirit Award 08" recieved the French filmmaker François-Jacques Ossang.

www.palicfilmfestival.com

THE PLACE (engl. subt.) will be screened from June 5th, for at least half a year several times a month, as part of the theme "Focus Potsdamer Platz" in the Arsenal Cinema - Institut for Film- and Videoart (Potsdamer Str.2, 10785 Berlin).

www.arsenal-berlin.de/de/arsenal/programm.html

BerlinSong will have (in cooperation with FM4 and RAY) and in context of the annual celebration of the magazin DATUM its Austria-Premiere on June 4th, 19h in Top-Kino (Rahlgasse1, 1060 Wien). In presence of Uli M Schueppel.

From June 14th BerlinSong will be screened in the regular programme of Top-Kino.

www.datum.at/stories/4796170/
www.topkino.at

may 09

Under the new German distribution-title ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN) starts the film about the concert of Einstuerzende Neubauten in East-Berlin (21.12.89) end of may nationwide in the cinemas.

ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN) was premiered in Panorama of the 59.Int. Film Festival Berlin this year.

From 28.05. in the following cities: Berlin, Köln, Düsseldorf, München, Jena, Dresden, Halle, Hannover, Chemnitz, Rostock, Frankfurt/Main, M端nster, Potsdam, Leipzig, Köln, Hamburg, Cottbus, Mannheim

Previews (in presence of Uli M Schueppel):
24.05. Filmhaus, Köln, 25.5. LiWu, Rostock, 26.5. Halle, 27.5. Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, 28.5. Clubkino, Chemnitz, 29.5. Kino im Dach, Dresden, 2.6. Moviemento Berlin

www.neuevisionen.de


The Day

will have its first TV-screening on ARTE,May 10th, 09, 23:50h.


april 09

New Berlin Film Award (Award of the Ecumenical Jury) for The Day at Achtung Berlin Festival (22.4.09).


Der Tag/ The Day

is in competition of Achtung Berlin - New Berlin Film Award (Categorie 'Best Documentary-Film') 15.04 - 22.04.09

Elektrokohle - VON WEGEN / OFF WAYS

is also screened on Achtung Berlin in the section 'BerlinBrandenburg-Special'

for more information:
www.achtungberlin.de


BerlinSong

is in the program of the 22nd Int.Film Festival Singapore (14.04. - 26.04.09). Uli M Schueppel will be present at the screening.

In the course of the festival there will be a talk at April 18th under the title "In Conversation with Uli M Schueppel - Emotional Geography in BerlinSong and his other films"

for more information
www.filmfest.org.sg


Der Tag / The Day

is part of the official programme of the 11. Buenos Aires Festival International de Cine Indipente / BAFICI (25.03. - 05.04.09)

Dates:
29.03. / Hoyts Abasto
31.03. / Arteplex Duplex Caballito
04.04 / Alianza Francesa

for more information
www.bafici.gov.ar


märz 09

"Searching Emotional Geography"

- Workshop with Uli M Schueppel at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, Amsterdam 31.03. - 3.04.09

www.filmacademie.nl


berlinsong

is screened in the course of Lille3000, "Europe XXL" (27.3. & 04.04.09)

for more information
www.lille3000.com


febuary 09

Elektrokohle - VON WEGEN (OFF WAYS) is selected into the official programm of the 59. Int. Film Festival Berlin (Panorama).

"Elektrokohle - VON WEGEN / OFF WAYS" is about West/East-ways to the very first concert of German cult-band Einstuerzende Neubauten in Berlin-East, still capital of GDR, on the 21.12.1989.
A road-movie into a German interim.

Press-Contact: Alexandra Hesse

Screening Dates:

11.02.09 / International / 17:00 Premiere
12.02.09 / CineStar 7 / 12:00
13.02.09 / Colosseum 1 / 15:30
14.02.09 / CineStar 7 / 22:30

After-Premiere-Party the 11.2.09, from 21h at NBI (Kulturbrauerei), Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin.

www.berlinale.de


Starting February 5th, the 59th Int. Film Festival Berlin shows again the animated Berlinale-Trailer/Opener by Uli M Schueppel introducing all films in all sections.


january 09

The Day (Der Tag) in 38e Int. Filmfestival Rotterdam

After "The Day" had its German-premiere with success at the Int. Docfilmfestival Leipzig in November, it will have its international premiere at the high reputated Int.Filmfestival Rotterdam, end of January.

"The silent masterpiece" (H.Hurst,Programmkino.de) is a cinematic meditation about life, time, spaces and their exits. "12 verses about the dying of others" (R. Eue)

www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com


BerlinSong

has its Canada-Premiere in Montréal, January 15th and 16.th 2009, at 20:30.

GOETHE-Institut,
418, rue Sherbrooke Est Montréal, Québec, Canada H2L 1J6 Tel. +1 514 4990159


oktober 08

Premiere: "Der Tag/ The Day"

The film-essay by Uli M Schueppel will be shown at the International Documentary Festival Leipzig (DOC Leipzig) in competition. "The Day" (Germany 2008/84 min) is a cinematographic meditation about life, time and spaces - and ist exits. Sonically, "daily life" is staged as a musical, dramaturgical sound collage by FM Einheit (Ex-Einstuerzende Neubauten/Palais Schaumburg).

Dates: 29.Oct.2008, 19.30 pm (Premiere) und 2.Nov.2008, 16.30 pm
Place: Cinestar 7, Cinestar - Der Filmpalast, Petersstr. 44, 04109 Leipzig

www.dok-leipzig.de

Press-Contact: Alexandra Hesse

INSIDE THE PLACE (Potsdamer Platz - ReMix) will be shown as part of the Berlinale-Shortfilm programm on the occasion of the 10th Birthday of Potsdamer Platz.
The Birthday Screening takes place at Cinemaxx, Potsdamer Str. 5, 10785.
For details pls check the daily-press.


SANTOS - Heroic Deeds No One Needs will be screenend as part of the BERLIN INSANE Festival October 3rd at Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin.


september 08

THE DAY is invited for its world-premiere in the competition of the 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig!!!

The festival will take place from October 27 until November 2nd.
More Informations about it will be soon here.

http://www.dok-leipzig.de


BerlinSong is invited to Reykjavik International Film Festival!

The festival will take place from Sep 25 to Oct 5.

http://isl.riff.is/


BerlinSong - Cinema Release !!!

The music-documentary BerlinSong starts its Cinema-release in Germany on September 4th.

The premiere will be on Wednesday September 3rd, at 20:30 in Central-Cinema, Berlin. Followed by a concert by Kat Frankie & Crazy For Jane, as well as a party & DJs.
More details:

www.berlinsong.com
www.myspace.com/berlinsong


august 08

Finally the Website-Relounge!!!

After many weeks of thoughts, plans, strategies and new-designs finally the new schueppel-films-homepage is online. Responsible for this brilliant reconfiguration as webmaster is Jon Einar Hjartarson. The programming was done by Anja Wiesinger.
Many thanks to this amazing team!


SINGAPORE SLING-VideoReleaseParty 7.8.

On Thursday, August 7th at midnight in 8mm, SchönhauserAllee 177, 10119 Berlin, is the premiere of the musicvideo "Godman" by Uli M Schueppel for the Iclandic band SINGAPORE SLING.

Special-DJ's directly from Icland will be expected!

www.myspace.com/singaporesling


july 08

The postproduction of the feature-length film-essay "Der Tag/The Day' by Uli M Schueppel (Originalsound-composition: FM Einheit) has finished. When & where (festivals?) the film will have the first screening isn't decided yet. Already there is an invitation for the film to the Int. Rotterdam Filmfestival 2009.

www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

The TV-broadcast on Arte will be presumably in March 2009.


june 08

Two films by Uli M Schueppel (Planet Alex & BerlinSong) will have Italian-premiere - supported by Goethe-Instiut Rom.

Uli M Schueppel will be there to present the films !

PlanetAlex (2001)on Friday, June 6th at 21h in Filmstudio Roma.
BerlinSong (2007)on Monday, June 9th at 17h in Filmstudio Roma.

Filmstudio: Via degli Orti d'alibert 1/c, Roma (Trastevere)
tel: 06 45439775

www.filmstudioroma.com


may 08

The readers of american TOTAL FILM MAGAZINE (May08) voted The Road, to God Knows Where" in the 20 best band films of all time".


Australian RADIO-INTERVIEW with Uli M Schueppel

The Melbourne/Australia radio show CUE on SYNFM has posted an interview with Uli M Schueppel online. "The director of The Road to God Knows Where, BerlinSong & Planet Alex (one of the first German feature films to be shot entirely digitally), spoke on CUE about his life as a filmmaker, how music has affected his films and how he thinks cinema is developing."

www.myspace.com/cueonsyn
www.mediafire.com/?xzwzis4ahxs


april 08

The research & preliminary works for the new documentary-film "WEGE/WAYS - 21.12.89" has started. Those of you who have been to the 1st Einstuerzende Neubauten-concert in EastBerlin89, or those who know somebody who was there, pls get in touch with schueppel-films.


The town is focused on the 5th Berlin Biennale.

Friday. April 11th opens the group-exhibition "Between Fiction And Fact / Strictly Berlin 08" in the Gdk (Galerie der Kuenste). The show will present for the first time the new videoinstallation "Annas Tag (Anna's Day)" by Uli M Schueppel. The exhibition is curated by Ingeborg Fülepp & Heiko Daxl and runs from April 12th to May 3rd 08.

In the suporting programme of the exhibition there will be a special-screening of the film-essay "Der Platz/The Place" by Uli M Schueppel (Berlinale-Forum of New Cinema 97) on Saturday, April 19th at 8pm, followed by a talk.

Opening on Friday, April 11th, at 8 pm in GdK (Galerie der Kuenste, Potsdamer Str. 98, 10785 Berlin).

www.strictly-berlin.de


march 08

In Iceland Uli M Schueppel has shot the musicvideo for the song "Godman" by the band Singapore Sling.

www.myspace.com/singaporesling


In Memoriam NIKKI SUDDEN

In Memoriam to the musician Nikki Sudden (Swell Maps/ The Jacobites) Uli M Schueppel published the following text & video:

Its nearly two years ago, that Nikki Sudden died.
I never forget the intense private concert he gave to my team and me at a party in the office of the "planet alex"-shooting in 1999. He even has a little cameo-appearance in this film. Sitting drunk at a bar...
The last time I met him was January 20th, 2006 at KingKongClub. Standing next to me at the bar... This night I met a very special person for the first time. I felt Nikki behind me, like an angel ...

Nikki's Berlin-friends organized a night-walk in memoriam through Kreuzberg April 3rd. 2006. This little video is dedicated to the memory of Nikki Sudden:


febuary 08

BerlinSong will have its Swedish premiere at Music Doc Festival in Malmö the 23rd & 24th February 2008.

Uli M Schueppel will be present at the screenings.
For more details:

www.musicdoc.se


In feb.08 starts the long relounge-process of the schueppel-films website.

All kind of informations about the news-archiv (2003 - 2008) can be found in the old homepage:here

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