Revenge Is Sweet With Berlin Festival Win

Austrian director Götz Spielmann’s 'Revanche' has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section.
This marks the fourth year that the Europa Cinemas Label has been awarded at Berlin, and complements the Labels awarded at the Giornate degli Autori section in Venice, the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes and Karlovy Vary.
Revanche will now receive the support of extended theatrical exposure and additional promotion from the Europa Cinemas network.
The Europa Cinemas Label in Berlin consisted of: Robert Kenny (Operations Manager, Curzon Cinemas/UK); Marko Röhr (Exhibitor, Bio Rex Helsinki, Bio Rex Kajaani/Finland); Wolfgang Steininger (Exhibitor, Moviemento and City Kino, Linz/Austria) and Barbara Suhren (Exhibitor, Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin/Germany).
The Jury said of the film: “This is a very well made and dramatic film that we believe has the potential to grip audiences around Europe. The story is absorbing, the characters well drawn and the performances uniformly strong. This is true European cinema at its best – an authentic and uncompromised view of a corner of Europe.”
Sold internationally by The Match Factory, Revanche stars Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss, Hannes Thanheiser and Hanno Pöschl. Written and directed by Götz Spielmann, the film is produced by Matthias Forberg, Heinz Stussak, Sandra Bohle and Götz Spielmann. The production company is Prisma Film und Fernsehproduktion, co-produced with Spielmannfilm.
Founded in 1992, the Europa Cinemas network now consists of 1703 screens in 686 cinemas in 393 cities in 44 countries. Europa Cinemas’ aim is to support the programming and visibility of European films outside their country of origin, and to foster initiatives aimed at encouraging younger audiences to develop their interest in European films and cultural diversity.
(DS)