Saturday, October 27, 2007

56th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg





Number Two after Berlin – 56th International Filmfestival Mannheim-
Heidelberg ends successfully

The 56th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg ended this weekend awarding the Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg and several further prizes.

„With persistence and consistency the Newcomer festival has conquered the second position after the Filmfestival Berlin“, said Dr. Michael Kötz, festival director and artistic director since 15 years, at the closing press conference in Mannheim. This position is not surprising from an international perspective as for many years the festival has been listed as one of the 40 most important film festivals worldwide. Many comments from industry professionals and the media reveal that the

International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg is the second most important German film festival after the Berlinale. In particular the festival’s unique and consistent profile as a premieres’ festival of newcomer films has strengthend this position.....

Official site here

I was involved in the set up of the film festival. yeh. Work like Kuli.
We basically set up everything u will be seeing from scratch! (From a empty grass terrace)











It took us about 2 weeks to build everything that you will be seeing.

The International Film festival took about 2 weeks time. I had lotsa memories here.!



Film Poster from Chile -Nice movie


Jian Nong acting cool in Filmfest

Vee Lynn acted hiao too


Moon-setting at 11pm




During the festival , I was assigned to a urgent task.
Running german subtitle for international contest films.

At 1st, it was instead chaotic. Trying to set in the subtitle at the correct timing..
The whole picture was like, as if I was playing computer game.

Because of this job, I have watched more than 20 films. I must say some are good, some are beautiful , some makes you think, some challenge your senses, some reflected the truth...

Just like a paint pallet. You got a little of here and there in this wonderful filmfest.

I had an idea. I think lotsa people don't really have a chance to have a look at the cinema projector. Therefore, I took a series of pictures.



The film roll is bigger than what I imagined




Different magnifying lenses for the projector


My workstation during the film


I was sitting at the far end 'hut'



Another filmfestival location: Heildelbergf


The castle above is the famous Heidelberg castle


Cinema in Heidelberg


Art exhibition near film festival


An italien director


Map and scale of the festival in Mannheim is about 6000 sq feet!




Lists of directors ,producers and actors


Bar counter


Restaurant and bar


The cinema I worked


I was sitting among them on a lazy sunday afternoon


The full scale of the festival in Mannheim from other side of the river.


Sunset at Rhein River


Movie talk after the film


Rainbow after the rain.

I will introduce some of the nice movie which I think is really worth to catch in next post!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Oktoberfest ♦ 慕尼黑啤酒节

The Oktoberfest is a 16-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year.
慕尼黑的啤酒节(又称「十月节」)每年九月末到十月初在德国的慕尼黑举行,持续16天,是慕尼黑一年中最盛大的活动,每年都有近六百万人参加。




Theresienwiese is the place they celebrate Oktoberfest, it's seperated to 2 part, one is specially for the kids (old people's heart is not strong enough to cope it), i.e. Funfair!~~
现场Theresienwiese,分成两个部分,一个是特别给小孩子的(老人心脏不好不太适合)就是游乐场!~~




Eye on Oktoberfest!~~

Olympia Looping

Another part is more for adults (kids are not allowed to drink!), but kids can also enjoy here, there is also delicious Pig Knuckle!~~~
另一部分比较适合成年人(未成年不可以喝酒哦!),但是小孩也不完全不能享受,也有好吃的德国咸猪手哦!~~



Inner decoration of the tent
棚内设计


Oktoberfest beer mugs - Maßkrug (1 litre!~~)
1公升的啤酒杯!~~

Tradinional Pig Knuckle
传统猪手

Healthy but disgusting looking of boil pig knuckle
健康但看起来恶心的水煮猪手

You can see the local people wearing their own traditional costumes over there. And I heard that now there is even doggie version!~~
在那里还可以看到当地人穿起他们的传统服装,听说现在连狗狗的版本都有哦!



Man wears Leather Trousers(Lederhosen)
男的就是穿这种皮裤

Click here for more photos~
还有更多的照片在这里~

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

German Unity Day ♦ 两德统一日 ♦ Tag der Deutschen Einheit



German reunification took place on 3 October 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR / East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG / West Germany).
德意志民主共和國(即东德)於1990年10月3日通过并入德意志联邦共和国(即西德)的方式完成的德国統一
Unter der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung versteht man den Beitritt der Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland am 3. Oktober 1990



November 9, 1989 The Fall of Berlin Wall
1989年11月9日柏林围墙倒塌
Die Berliner Mauer fiel in der Nacht von Donnerstag, dem 9. November, auf Freitag, den 10. November 1989, nach mehr als 28 Jahren Bestand.

http://www.berlin-wall.net/


Berlin Wall of 1980
1980年的柏林围墙
Berliner Mauer im Jahr 1980


Fail to escape
逃离失败
kein Erfolg zu entweichen


No more Wars, No more Walls
不要战争,不要围墙
Kein Krieg mehr, Kein Mauer mehr


Celebration of the fall of Berlin Wall
柏林围墙倒塌庆典
Feier des Berliner Mauerfalls


The remaining part as Mural Painting
剩余的当壁画
Das restliche Teil als Wandmalerei