FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS

German Films has launched a campaign to promote a new wave of German cinema achievements to international audiences and to showcase exceptional German talent worldwide. The initiative – entitled FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS – will spotlight six of the most influential German actresses currently working in the industry, who represent just some of the many dynamic ‘faces’ of German filmmaking today. Promoting the campaign with a series of marketing and PR measures across the year and making PR materials available to international distributors of German films, the stars of the campaign are: Julia Jentsch – who recently starred in 24 WEEKS in Competition at this year’s Berlinale and ALL OF A SUDDEN programmed in Berlin and London; Lilith Stangenberg – star of WILD – which world premiered at Sundance earlier this year; Liv Lisa Fries – who will star in the upcoming series BABYLON BERLIN; Paula Beer – who just won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress in Venice for the lead in François Ozon’s FRANTZ; Sandra Hüller – lead actress in TONI ERDMANN – Germany’s official submission for the 89th Oscar^® for Best Foreign Language Film, which world premiered in Cannes’ Competition in 2016; and Saskia Rosendahl – who can be seen in NIRGENDWO by Matthias Starte (World Premiere in Competition at Zurich Film Festival 2016) and will star in Oscar^®-winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s upcoming feature, WORK WITHOUT AUTHOR (WT).