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Oceans
More than 650,000 visitors have already marvelled in the cinema at the fascinating documentary OCEANS, which dives into the mysterious and unknown depths of our world’s oceans. With OCEANS, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud have created a film symphony about the oceans, the origin of all life, which promises an unforgettable home-entertainment experience. DP is giving away three Blu-rays of this documentary-film highlight.
OCEANS makes the underwater world tangible from a perspective that was previously inaccessible and opens our eyes to the great interrelationships of life. Following the audience successes “Winged Migration” and “Microcosmos,” directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud embark with their documentary on a journey of discovery into the still largely unexplored and fascinating world of the oceans. For four years, they travelled with a team of divers, technicians and scientists on a unique voyage of discovery, always in search of the unexpected.
Thanks to the most modern equipment and camera technology, unique and impressive images have been created of the mysterious inner life of the oceans, our planet’s largest and most species-rich habitat. Images of a kind never seen before and whose breathtaking beauty will not quickly be forgotten.
How to Train Your Dragon
DreamWorks Animation’s exciting action adventure “How to Train Your Dragon” sails into stores on DVD and Blu-ray on October 22: on board are plenty of wit, thrills and, of course, dragons! DP is giving away three Blu-rays of the animated film.
The CGI animated film from DreamWorks Animation, popular with audiences and critics alike, combines fire-breathing action, epic adventure and plenty of humour with a gripping, original story. “How to Train Your Dragon” achieved a worldwide box office of almost 480 million US dollars and was awarded the rating “Especially Valuable” by the German Film and Media Evaluation Board (FBW).
The young Viking Hiccup breaks a long-standing Viking tradition when he befriends one of his mortal enemies – a wild dragon he calls “Toothless.” Together, the unlikely heroes must defy every conceivable adversity to save both their worlds.
The upcoming DP issue 6 (publication date October 26, 2010) contains an interview with Kirsten Kawamura, visual development artist at DreamWorks, about her work on “How to Train Your Dragon.”
Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho)
Participants in the DP reader survey can win a DVD of the enchanting fairy tale from anime studio Madhouse, masterfully realised by director Sunao Katabuchi (including Black Lagoon), who worked alongside master Hayao Miyazaki as assistant director on KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE.
Nine-year-old Shinko lives with her family in the countryside in an idyllic village in Japan. After the Second World War, the residents do not have much left, but that does not prevent Shinko from having a happy childhood. For the lively girl has a flourishing imagination. Whenever her hair curls, the power of her imagination allows her to travel back into the past and see the village and its people as they were a thousand years ago. When she befriends the initially very shy Kiiko at school, an exciting adventure begins for them both – because there seem to be many unsolved mysteries in the past…
An enchanting fairy tale for the whole family about friendship, loss and the power of imagination.
When We Leave
DP is giving away a DVD and a soundtrack of the surprise arthouse success. “When We Leave” was awarded two German Film Awards (Best Film (bronze) and Best Leading Actress), was a winner at Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival (Best Film and Best Leading Actress), received an award for Best Leading Actress at the 15th Turkey/Germany Film Festival, was a winner of the Bernhard Wicki Award “The Bridge” (Best Actress), and was also awarded the FBW rating “Especially Valuable.”
Since the great success of HEAD-ON, Sibel Kekilli once again shines in a leading role. She is supported by a number of other outstanding performers, above all Florian Lukas (NORTH FACE), Alwara Höfels (RABBIT WITHOUT EARS) and the Turkish stars Derya Alabora and Settar Tanrıöğen.
“Stop dreaming!” the mother (Derya Alabora) says to her 25-year-old daughter Umay (Sibel Kekil-li) when she stands at the door of her parents’ Berlin flat with her young son Cem. Umay has broken out of an unhappy married life in Istanbul and wants to lead a self-deter-mined life back in Berlin.
She knows that she is asking a great deal of her parents and siblings, but hopes that their loving bond is stronger than all social constraints. But she soon realises that her family cannot simply throw traditional conventions overboard and threatens to break under the chal-lenge. When the family decides to send Cem back to his father in Turkey to restore the family’s reputation, Umay flees again and burns all the bridges be-hind her.
Umay falls in love with Stipe (Florian Lukas) and builds a new life for Cem and herself. When she tries to reconcile with her family again, she does not realise that it is already too late…
Further links:
- Go to the reader survey