February 2008
FebruaryFeb 22 Friday 08
1000, 1001, and beyond
Journals inspired by 1000 Journals are popping up at McGill, a university in Montreal, Canada, in a bookstore in North Adams, MA, and plenty of other places: Lil Blume told me 50 journals have been circulating Hamilton, ON, Canada, in...
Press Day
The Brandenburg Gate as back-drop for the interview with Spiegel-TV. Producer Melanie von Marschalck had contacted me upon arrival at Frankfurt Airport, and I met her and her team in Der Spiegel Magazine's offices at Under Den Linden. You can...
FebruaryFeb 19 Tuesday 08
Cubix Screening
Whereas our Berlinale Premiere was in a historic movie palace in the former West Berlin, the repetition screening, at multiplex cinema Cubix, brought us into the former East, onto Alexanderplatz. The Tuesday screening was as packed, and followed by an...
Dieter at the screening
Dieter Kosslick talking about 1000 Journals being "the human version of the internet," in his wonderful introduction to our film. Moments later, he surprised me with the Cashmere Berlinale shawl he himself is wearing day in and out. Rumor has...
FebruaryFeb 13 Wednesday 08
The International Premiere
Sunshine and blue skies, 10 degrees centigrade (50F), people sitting in street cafes or walking around with ice-cream, that's the new Berlin in February. Our house at twelve noon was packed. This was our first screening to an audience of...
FebruaryFeb 10 Sunday 08
Day one in Berlin
The queues are unbelievably long here. People are standing in line for hours to buy tickets to the 1,256 screenings of 384 films selected for this year's Berlinale. As I'm already into stats: 5,328 films were submitted to this 58th...
FebruaryFeb 8 Friday 08
Berlinale opens
So many people, so much glitz and seemingly miles of red carpet. Films are loved and celebrated here. And filmmakers get spoiled. I met with Louise Rosen, our sales agent, and Ulrich Schmieder, who works for the festival and helps...
Departure
Weeks of planning and preparations, but when departure day arrives, it's still a mad dash around the house and office until everything is packed up and ready to go. I always love the moment when I close the cab's door,...
We are sold out...
I just received a comment from Andrea in Berlin to andrea in Berlin -- 1000 Journals tickets are gone. That was fast. 480 seats sold in under 24 hours.