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We are canon!
On 17, Aug 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
German’s leading weekly paper DIE ZEIT has chosen my documentary SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION to be included into their new knowledge canon. In the headline of this page one story it reads: “A cmodern canon of hundred masterpieces.” Well, perhaps this is slightly exaggerated but we are still very happy about this great honor.
“Golden Reel Award” for SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 30, Apr 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Wonderful news from California: My film SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION has just won the “2018 Golden Reel Award” as Best Documentary at Tiburon International Film Festival.
BERLIN CLEANS! DIRTY TIMES
On 29, Jan 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
They are the silent heroes of the big city and without them Berlin would suffocate in trash; the workers who clean our city toilets, streets, chimneys and sewers. The new rbb-documentary series BERLIN CLEANS! DIRTY TIMES (5x 45 minutes) is an homage to the many people in these jobs, who normally work in silence or at night in order to keep the city clean.
Journalist Award for SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 12, Jan 2018 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Very proud to announce that my documentary SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION has won the Journalist Award Computer Science 2017 (Saarbrucken, Germany) in the Television category.
COLORFUL GERMANY now online
On 29, May 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
After the great preview of COLORFUL GERMANY (DIESES BUNTE DEUTSCHLAND) at the Babylon Cinema in Berlin, the TV broadcast is now also being shown online by ARD-Media. The German Press Agency claims, “A movie that takes its time which is how it should be. Since it’s about questions that cannot easily be answered like, the fate of the refugees in Germany which include so many facets that a short oversight would not suffice.”
SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION wins Audience Award
On 01, Mar 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
At the 21st Berlin & Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco the viewers decided that my movie would win the Audience Award – Best Documentary Feature. On June 26th, SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION will be shown on ARD.
Short list German Television Award
On 21, Feb 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
Today the program Make Love has been nominated for the German Television Award 2017 (Deutscher Fernsehpreis). For the production of the first season, I had been involved as a Director of Editing plus I did a tiny bit of development, but most of the honour goes to my fantastic colleagues Tristan Ferland Milewski (Director) and Christian Beetz (Producer) who worked very hard to make this fresh and innovative new format a success.
The press had been full of praise from the very beginning: “Truly good.” (DIE ZEIT), “Astonishing, not all awkward but authentic and informative” (Focus).
World premiere SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION
On 05, Feb 2017 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
It was the perfect location to premiere my documentary about the cultural and political roots of personal computing: The legendary Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Hosted by the 21th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, the cinema was packed with a very welcoming crowd of Castro locals, nerds from the Valley and computer pioneers.
Ciao, Gabre!
On 16, Dec 2016 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
At the age of 101, Gabre Gabric has passed away today in her Italian hometown of Brescia. “She passed away very peacefully late this morning. She had suffered a stroke but did not even realise. She had been at the hospital a few days without regaining conscience”, her granddaughter told me.
In the sound studio for ARTE documentary
On 01, Oct 2016 | In General | By Jan Tenhaven
A 90-minute film with many English voice over interviews and Hannes Wegener (pictured), a Postdam actor, as the commentator. It was a three-day marathon in the sound studio.
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