54th Berlin International Film Festival goes digital

Worldwide digitalization has also brought changes to the cinema. Not only are more and more films digitally processed but they are also digitally produced and projected. With the advancement of digital cinema, the Berlin International Film Festival has increasingly turned to using digital projection for its movies. Ten festival cinemas are now equipped with digital projectors. Whereas the Zoo-Palast went digital some time ago, the Berlin International Film Festival has just installed new digital systems in the Delphi, in five cinemas at the CinemaxX as well as in three at the CineStar. This quality improvement has been made possible by our sponsors: Sony, Media & Broadcast T-Systems International, Film-Ton-Technik Rüttgers, Lang Audiovision, Gahrens+Battermann media systems provider, Barco and Dolby.

Sony has provided the Berlinale with three multi-format HD players. Hence in 2004 festival audiences will be able to watch digital cinema for the first time at many venues and high-definition films can now be presented in their original formats.

In addition, T-Systems is making digital cinema possible in three cinemas (CineStar 2, 3 and 7) as well as setting up a local server structure. Barco, Film-Ton-Technik Rüttgers and Lang Audiovision are providing projectors and DigiBeta players, Beta SP and DV players, thus making every digital system playable. And, of course, this commitment to the “Berlinale’s going digital” – an absolute milestone in the festival’s history – also includes the support and assistance of the staffs of these enterprises – and for this we would like to express our sincerest gratitude.

For the second time, Gahrens+Battermann media systems provider is collaborating with the Berlin International Film Festival. And with the Berlinale Talent Campus, which requires everything from large-screen projectors to DVD players, a large number of Berlinale venues with Barco projectors and other equipment for presentations in a variety of technical formats, and the journalists writing room in the Grand Hyatt Hotel with its many PCs and monitors – this full systems provider is living up to its name.

With their ultimate visual fidelity, Barco high-resolution projectors are providing top quality for screenings in all digital formats at the Berlinale’s ten temporary venues. As a result, the Forum, Panorama and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections as well as the European Film Market have been able to enhance the diversity of their programs considerably.

Digital Projections:



PANORAMA

La face cachée de la lune (Far Side Of The Moon) 105’ Canada,
Robert Lepage
Anonymous 082’ USA, Todd Verow
Brother To Brother 090’ USA, Rodney Evans
Death In Gaza 077’ Großbritannien, James Miller
End Of The Century - The Story Of The Ramones 097’ USA
Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia
freedom2speak v2.0 060’ Deutschland
Markus C.M. Schmidt, Christoph Gampl, Brigitte Kramer, Marc Meyer,
Uwe Nagel
Land der Vernichtung (Land Of Annihilation) 140’ Deutschland
Romuald Karmakar
Le ultime ore del Che (Che - The Last Hours) 060’ Italien, Romano Scavolini
Quattro Noza 096’ USA, Joey Curtis
Texas - Kabul 094’ Deutschland, Helga Reidemeister
The Graffiti Artist 080’ USA, Jimmy Bolton
The Raspberry Reich 090’ Deutschland, Bruce LaBruce
The Yes Men 080’ USA, Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith
Traveling With Che Guevara 110’ Italien, Gianni Minà


FORUM
Da galpao da Dona Ana a Carrancas em Petrolina, Yann Beauvais, Arsenal
E.K.G. EXPOSITUS (the Broadcast and the Artistic Media)
Tim Lienhard, Bernhard Bieniek, Jochen Paul, Petra Krause, CinemaxX3
Dying at Grace, Allan King, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16
Paul Cronin, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation A, Robert Stone
Buildings and Grounds, Ken Kobland, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Jabondang Seoneon: Mangukui Nodongjayeo, Chukcheothara!/
Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men Of All Countries, Accumulate!
Kim Gok, Kim Sun, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX 3
Memories of Rain Szenen aus dem Untergrund
Gisela Albrecht, Angela Mai, Arsenal
Jarmark Europa, Minze Tummescheit, Delphi, Babylon, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
De Prijs van Overleven, Louis van Gasteren, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Status Yo!, Till Hastreiter, Delphi, Babylon, Arsenal
Suicide, Shelly Silver
Detail, Avi Mograbi
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Belonging
Kethiwe Ngcobo, Minky Schlesi, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Hot Wax
Andrea Spitz, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Home
Omelga Hlengiwe Mthiyane, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Through The Eyes Of My Daughter, Zulfah Otto Sallies, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Being Pavarotti
Odette Geldenhuys, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Solly's Story
von Asivhanzhi Mathaba, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: Mix
Rudzani Dzuguda, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: The Meaning Of The Buffalo, Karin Slater, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: The Devil Breaks My Heart Ten Years Later, Lederle Bosch, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Project 10 - Real Stories From a Free South Africa: With My Children
Khulile Nxumalo, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Final Solution, Rakesh Sharma, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Fresh Art Daily, Thomas Schlottmann, Andreas G, Arsenal
Chain , Jem Cohen, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Zao An Beijing , Pan Jian Lin, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Paradise Now - le journal d'une femme en crise
Yolande Zauberman, Delphi, Arsenal, CinemaxX3
Der Stummfilmpianist, Ilona Ziok



PERSPEKTIVE DEUTSCHES KINO
Grenze, Holger Jancke
Der Typ, Patrick Tauss
Baal, Uwe Janson