And The Oscar Goes To... THE COUNTERFEITERS Nazis sell. This year's Oscar for best foreign film proved that old maxim. The winner, the More

And The Oscar Goes To... THE COUNTERFEITERS Nazis sell. This year's Oscar for best foreign film proved that old maxim. The winner, the German-Austrian co-production THE COUNTERFEITERS, tells the true story of the Nazi's massive counterfeiting operation in a concentration camp outside Berlin. Director Stefan Ruzowitzky has managed to find a new perspective on the story of the Holocaust. KINO met with the director in Vienna.High School Fascism -- A German Take On The Classic Youth Novel Todd Strasser's novel THE WAVE has been a classic of youth literature for more than 20 years. It's based on a true story: In 1967 a high school teacher in California demonstrated how easy it is to convert normal kids into fascist devotees. The book was made into an Emmy-winning TV movie in 1981. Now German director Dennis Gansel has moved the story to Germany for his terrifying take on the same story. THE WAVE stars Jürgen Vogel in the role of the teacher.SHORTCUTS * MEMORY, RESPONSIBILITY AND THE FUTURE -- The Goethe Institute has held its second annual short film festival, featuring movies from around the world. This year's theme was the international charter of human rights. * OSSIS' ELEVEN -- A crime comedy about a group of small-time crooks who are a few doughnuts short of a dozen. They plan a caper to steal a fortune in old Deutsche Mark coins. * ACCORDING TO THE PLAN -- A tragicomedy about three sisters who battle minor and major catastrophes as they plan their mother's birthday party. * ABSURDISTAN -- Director Veit Helmer used amateur actors and shot in Kazakhstan for his off-center fairytale about a group of women who impose a sex ban until their husbands fix the village water pipes. Money For International Films -- The World Cinema Fund The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was set up at the Berlin Film Festival five years ago. Since then, the WCF hands out around 500,000 Euros annual to finance movies in countries with small or non-existing film industries. KINO took a closer look at one of films backed by the fund. Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu premiered his drama EGG at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The drama is the first in a planned trilogy and the World Cinema Fund is backing the sequel. KINO was on set with Kaplanoglu in Turkey.Interview With Producer Bettina Brokemper Bettina Brokemper is the co-producer of the Turkish film SÜT - MILK. KINO host Ute Soldierer has a one-on-one talk with her.
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Gori's review of 'Autumn'- a super-boring Turkish film about an ex-political prisoner who has been released into a rural mountain More

Gori's review of 'Autumn'- a super-boring Turkish film about an ex-political prisoner who has been released into a rural mountain community & his interactions with sex workers from Russia (good cinematography, but *yawn* otherwise na?) ..Roflmao @ PC baray goray aur/or ghetto Turks who have been watching yeh vid like crazy lekin gave it a less than 5 star rating :P Truth hurts I guess ;) From a series of vids giving critiques of sub desi (Indian/South Asian) filim, plus much of the Arab content in the San Francisco International Film Festival 2009 :) Keep an eye out for gori's naya desi lounge coming this summer to SF! :) Check out the whole series of gori vids featuring cool subjects like SRK/Bollywood + independent desi & international film reviews, things that don't culturally translate, mehri choochiyan ;) all things Indian, aur of course, Sri LKS na? Pyar jis! :D
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