SOFA - School of Film Advancement

24/02/2024

Warmest congrats to amazing Mati Diop and her outstanding team for winning the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale ❤️👍👏

The pic of Mati and me was takes in Cannes 2021 🥳

22/02/2024

For a change no Selfie and surely no introduction needed 😉
A big personal THANK YOU to my amazing comedy hero Adam Sandler for coming to and present his newest Netflix production SPACEMAN at the Berlinale. Before you ask, YES, I saw Littly Nicky many times.
We all know, that since a while gifted Adam not only have us of the most brilliant comedies of our times, but was also very convincing as a character actor (just to mentioned Uncut Gems). Surely it’s a fact, the most brilliant comedy actors and also brilliant in dramas.
The director Johan Rencks obviously enjoyed Berlin nightlife, as he mentioned at stage.
Adam plays the Czech Jakub Procházka fantastic - as well as always wonderful Carey Mulligan his wife Lenka. Another a highlight is legendary Rosselini and the voice of Hanus Paul Dano – with references to Kafka 😉
What is great, that the film is not only based on a Czech book (Spaceman of Bohemia is a science fiction novel written by Jaroslav Kalfař in 2017), but was also shoot in Prague supported by our Czech friends (CZ film fund) and the music is done by Max Richter. The narrative is told from the point of view of Jakub Procházka, the first independent Czech Republic cosmonaut.
But I don’t want to “spoil” anything – from 1st of March you all can enjoy it on Netflix. In this context Im just very happy, that the packed Berlinale Palast was able to enjoying this cinematic work on a big screen, where it belongs.
To end with a wish – dear Adam, please continue making those marvelous character studies and well as your genius comedies (which you also produce), as right now we all need to laugh a lot in the dark times we life in.
And please keep coming back to Berlinale with your films. As you know, Berlin loves you as well

16/02/2024

What a wonderful opening it was yesterday with fanatic old and new friends. It was an honor to finally meet 👍😍🙏

More films and pic to come in the following days 🥳

26/01/2024

Obrigado Portugal 🙏 Thank you Lisboa for hasting me in January 😎 It was such an amazing time in the sun - with terrific food and cultural pleasures. Thanks to all my new and old friends for hanging out and showing me you favorite (food) places! Visit Portugal - especially during cold & grey Berlin weather 😍🥳👍

01/01/2024

Happy 2024 to all of us 🥳🥰😃

23/12/2023

Happy, Happy Holidays to everyone around the world. My only wish for the New Year is Peace 😚🥳😍🙏

Thanks for the great pic to

20/12/2023

15/12/2023

That’s how a happy winner looks like 🥰👍🥳

10/12/2023

Warmest congrats to amazing .triet, fabulous and their whole@fantastic team of wonderful for being the big winners of the 36th in 🥰👍👏

04/12/2023

Thanks a lot und vielen Dank to the wonderful and their directors & .karl.14films for presenting outstanding Mongolian entr that premiered earlier .film.festival 😃👍🙏

It’s an amazing and touching film which will hopefully reach one day all of Germany 🤞

Special thanks to .tv & for supporting this fantastic festival here in 🤩

30/11/2023

Vielen Dank and thanks a lot to and for last night’s wonderful, entertaining and highly insightful panel on the state and future of cinema🙏🙏🙏 Will all agree that there is a future for the big screen 🥳🥰🤩

24/11/2023

Thank you very Cineuropa for this wonderful interview about my 2nd edition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. 😃👍🙏

Interview by Ana Stanic