cine plus is an official partner of Berlinale

Berlin, 14 Feb. 2006/ Cine plus is co-operating as official partner with the Berlin International Film Festival this year. As official media-service provider for the Berlinale, cine plus operates the digital projection equipment in the Berlinale movie theaters, at the European Film Market and the Co-production Market, the Talent Campus, and other festival locations. SD and HD equipment is applied here, offering a resolution of up to 2k.

„The first challenge was to realize the whole set-up within 36 hours. About 40 technicians are working for cine plus during the whole festival, at approximately 15 venues, 24/7, in order to guarantee smooth procedures," says Ralph Niebuhr, cine plus Project Manager of Technology.

cine plus also sponsors the Berlinale Talent Campus by helping with the post-production of the „Talent Movies of the Week“ and the „Volkswagen Score Competition“. Additionaly cine plus is involved in the production of the films nominated for the Berlin Today Award, which is being awarded at the beginning of the Talent Campus events.

Further activities include the design and realization of the Web TV Channel for the TEDDY AWARD (www.teddyaward.tv) and the production of the ARTE show staged for the TEDDY AWARD ceremony. cine plus has made the media equipment available for Meggie Schneider's installation HOBBYKELLER in the atrium of Cinema Arsenal, where the artist attracted major attention at the festival last year, when she presented „4Kitchens“.

Cine plus is one of the biggest media service providers in Germany. The company sponsored the International Film Festival in the past. Frank Evers, CEO of cine plus Group, says, "We are particularly glad to be an official partner of Berlinale this year. We are a full-service provider for events, film, television, and online services. We offer a wide range of services and cover, almost all relevant fieldsin a cross-sectional approach: from broadcast equipment and control-room systems to large-format SD and HD projection, including image and sound postproduction, and distribution via satellite or webcasting."

Cine plus has also been a service and technology provider for several films shown at the festival, including THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (Constantin Film Produktion, Moovie – the art of entertainment) by Oskar Roehler, TOUGH ENOUGH (Boje Buck) by Detlef Buck, LUCY (Schramm Film) by Henner Winckler, DIGGING FOR BELLADONNA (X-Filme) by Franka Potente and HANSEL AND GRETEL (Kinderfilm) by Anne Wild.
Several current co-productions by cine plus are also staging at Berlinale. After having been extremely successful with the cine plus co-productions of RHYTHM IS IT! (Boomtownmedia) and INTO GREAT SILENCE (Philip Gröning Film), HAPPY AS ONE (K5 Film) is having its premiere at Berlinale this year. „We are happy to announce that HAPPY AS ONE will be screened in the Panorama Special section, and wish Vanessa Jopp a lot of success with her new film, which is as exciting, beautiful, and extraordinary, as its origin and production", says Christian Colmorgen, cine plus Manager for Co-productions. HAPPY AS ONE is a movie without a finished script. The team, actors and the director, developed the whole project in many weeks of joint work and effort prior to the shooting.
EDEN (Gambit Film) is another promising cine plus co-production. It has won the IFFR Audience Award in Rotterdam a few days ago, and is part of the Berlinale section of German Cinema.

Screening of HAPPY AS ONE:
16 Feb. 9.30 pm Zoo Palast 1
17 Feb. 1.30 pm CinemaxX 7
18 Feb. 2.30 pm International

Screening of EDEN:
16 Feb. 1:30 pm CinemaxX 1
18 Feb. 1:30 pm CinemaxX 1

Broadcasting of the TEDDY AWARD ceremony TV show:
Saturday, 18 Feb. 11.20 pm on RBB TV
Sunday, 19 Feb. 5.30 pm on ARTE TV

Hobbykeller:
This year, Meggie Schneider’s room installation HOBBYKELLER (rec room) in the foyer of the Arsenal cinema, completes her trilogy of private space (Wohnhaus/Residential Building), which seems screwed into the architecture of the public (film) space. The Filmhaus can be walked through.
The microcosm “house” is a survival structure/architecture where work, leisure, family, and finally the hobby are organized as a cosmos. In the center this year is the hobby cellar. Like the installations 'Ich sitze gern' (I Like to Sit – Forum 2004) and '4kitchens' (Forum 2005), In the atrium of Cinema Arsenal at Potsdamer Platz:
From 10 Feb. on, every day from noon to midnight, after 6 p.m. leisure time activities (table football and more)