The honor is a sign of solidarity from the Academy with the 80-year-old director, who was sharply criticized for his filmmakers “should stay out of politics” comments he made at this year's Berlinale.

He won Venice's Golden Lion with 'Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed' in 1969 and co-directed acclaimed anthology film 'Germany in Autumn' (1978). By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Alexander ...

German filmmaker Alexander Kluge, who pioneered the 1960s New German Cinema movement and won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion in 1968 with “The Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed,” has died. He ...

In his low-key way, the German director Christian Petzold has put together a remarkable filmography — and his new movie, “Miroirs No. 3,” is among his oddest and most compelling visions yet. In ...

The German Film Academy will honor director Wim Wenders with its lifetime achievement award, the Academy announced Tuesday. Wenders will be honored at the 76th German Film Awards in Berlin on May 29.

As a director, theorist and prolific author, he was one of his country’s towering artists and public intellectuals. By A.J. Goldmann A.J. Goldmann is an American journalist who writes about European ...

15:01, Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Updated: 15:02, Tue, Mar 24, 2026 This weekend, a film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree arrives in cinemas with the same writer and director team from the ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Films set in the 1970s can rarely resist ironic kitsch. It’s a decade that filmmakers are fascinated by, but tend to ...

The first time the German writer-director Christian Petzold had a movie première at the Venice Film Festival, he knew that his future in the medium was at stake. It was September, 2000, two weeks ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

Kino for Kids is back! Join us for another year of some of the most celebrated German films for children and teens - available at Palace Cinema in Adelaide, Ballarat, Ballina/Byron Bay, Brisbane, ...