With the ceremonial awards the Cologne Conference ended successful on 30th of September 2011. During the six festival days visitors have seen international film and TV notables, such as Tarsem Singh, Todd Haynes and Paul Abbott live in Cologne.
Already the 21th time the international film and television festival took place and builds always a constant element of the media scene in North Rhine-Westphalia. The festival series and the lectures again, have shown outstanding television and independent film culture and highlighted current trends and tendencies of the scene.
Opening with premiere of "Der letzte Weynfeldt"
Jürgen Roters; Filmteam: Peter Nadermann, Marie Bäumer, Stefan Kurt, Alain Gsponer; Marc Jan Eumann (f.l.t.r.)
Premiere of "In den besten Jahren" with Senta Berger
Premiere of "Mildred Pierce" with Todd Haynes
Kultnacht with Michael Rother (Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia), Hans Lampe (La Düsseldorf), Kurt Dahlke (ata tak), Mathias Schaffhäuser (ware) and Moderator Steve Blame
Workshop Talks with the Award Winners Tarsem Singh, Todd Haynes, Paul Abbott and Sophie Molitoris
Award Winners 2011: Sophie Molitoris (German Casting-Award), Paul Abbott (The Hollywood Reporter Award), Todd Haynes (TV Spielfilm-Award) and Tarsem Singh (Filmaward Cologne)