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BerlinSong

the cranes & the rubble. this city is troubled..

About Me

BerlinSong is a story about six musicians from Berlin's vibrant new urban folk underground music scene. They came to Berlin from the US, Norway, the Netherlands and Australia and somehow made the city their home. Filmmaker Uli M Schueppel made the artists show him what their very own place in Berlin is and asked each of them to write a song about the city. These reflections and projections on Berlin (or specifically Kreuzberg) merge with the writing process of the songs, recording in the studio and the preparation for a concert with all artists in the club "West Germany". BerlinSong is a poetic portrait of these musicians and at the same time, an atmospheric journey into the myth that is Berlin.
www.berlinsong.com
www.schueppel-films.de
"Poetisch, anrührend, amüsant, überraschend. Eine Liebeserklärung an unsere Stadt. Sehenswert!" 3 von 4 Sternen (zitty)

"Jeder die hier strandet sucht etwas ... und wird es finden." (Die Welt)

"Stimmungsvoll!" 4 von 5 Sternen (SWR)

"Ein einfühlsamer und feinsinniger Film, der den Zuschauer in seinen Bann zieht, ohne aufdringlich zu sein." 4 von 5 Sternen (Hamburger Abendblatt)

"... wundervolle Liebeserklärung an Berlin." (cinema)

"BerlinSong lässt uns die Stadt neu sehen – mit den Augen der anderen." 4 von 5 Sternen (Elstermann/Radio1)

"Der Film erzählt viel über diese Generation (...) und von einem Deutschsein, auf das der Betrachter am Ende sogar ein bisschen stolz ist." Film der Woche (DeutschlandradioKultur)

"Any expat can identify with the sentiment of this film and the poetic music..." 3 von 4 Sternen (ExBerliner)

"Ein Strauß gesungener Komplimente tut der geschundenen Hauptstadtseele auch mal gut." (Tagesspiegel)

"Folkig!" (Player- Leipzig)

"Beide Daumen hoch! Ein Film für den frühen Abend, um hinterher in der Dämmerung einen Spaziergang durch den Park zu machen und davon zu träumen auch ein Musiker zu sein." (festivalblog.com)

"Eine poetische Reise durch die glitzernde Metropole" (Culture Shock)

"Fazit: Ein toller Film. Zeigt, wie Berlin wirklich ist und sein kann. Zeigt sechs super Musiker, denen man die ganz große Karriere wünscht. Ansehen!" (Brügge-Blog)

"Ein liebevoller Blick auf Berlin." (web.de)
"Ein nachdenkliches Porträt des Kreuzberger Lebensgefühls und der Singer-Songwriter-Szene." (Berliner Zeitung)

"Ein atmosphärischer und poetischer Film!" 3 von 4 Sternen (arte-tv)

"Besonders gleichaltrige Zuschauer werden sich mit den Künstlern identifizieren können. Sehr empfehlenswert!" (radiolounge)

"Wunderschöne Großstadt-Liebeserklärung" (inforadio)

"Noch einmal laufen in diesem schwarzweißen Film-Gedicht die beiden Hauptadern seiner (Schueppels) filmischen Arbeit zusammen, die Neugier für das Lebensgefühl der eigenen Heimatstadt und die musikalische Sensibilität, mit der er die Impressionen zu einem gleichermaßen beiläufigen wie besonderen Rhythmus fügt, zu einer Melodie des Lebens." (Sueddeutsche Zeitung)
All fotos copyright Marie Sjoevold (www.mariesjovold.no)
"Young people are once again looking for alternatives in these films. That’s also apparent in BerlinSong, a documentary by Uli M. Schueppel. People come to Berlin from around the world, partially for the same reasons as before, but these are different people than during the 1980s. Not necessarily loud and colourful, rather friendly and pensive. But they are also looking for alternatives to the pressure to consume and to status symbols. These elements are stronger this year: an alternative culture, once again occupied politically in conscious opposition to that which youth culture appears to consist of today: to be an individualist, but follow the mass." - Wieland Speck, director Berlinale Panorama.................................................... ............................................................ .....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/10/2006
Band Website: www.berlinsong.com
Band Members: Crazy for Jane / Kat Frankie / Nathan Vanderpool / Tommy Simatupang / Fancie / Einar Stenseng / Uli M Schueppel
Influences: berlin
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My Blog

BerlinSong in Vienna / AUSTRIA - premiere

..BerlinSong will have(in cooperation with FM4 and RAY) and in context of the annual celebration ofthe magazin DATUM its Austria-Premiere on June 4th, 19h inTop-Kino (Rahlgasse1, 1060 Wien). In presen...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT

BerlinSong - SINGAPORE Int. Film Festival

BerlinSong@ Int. Film Festival SINGAPORENational Museum Of Singapore17th April, 7:15pmUli Schueppel will be there to present the film.Saturday 18th, 11:30am - Public Talk:"In Conversation with Uli Sch...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:33:00 GMT

BerlinSong - CANADA-Premiere/Montréal

BerlinSong will have its Canadian-premiere January 15th & 16th 20:30h at GOETHE-Institute, Montréal418, rue Sherbrooke Est Montréal, Québec, Kanada H2L 1J6 Tel. +1 514 4990159
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:44:00 GMT

BerlinSong - Reykjavik/Iceland RIFF

We're happy to announce, that BerlinSong is invited to Reykjavik International Film Festival!!!The festival will take place from Sep 25 to Oct 5. 2008BerlinSong will be screened in the section SOUND O...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:32:00 GMT

BerlinSong - SOUNDTRACK OUT

The BerlinSong-soundtrack "Songs from the Film" is out now through SOLARIS EMPIRE!!!The CD release features the 6 songs penned by the artists, and covers a remarkable range: from the brooding ballad o...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:08:00 GMT

BerlinSong - PREMIERE!!!

english below BerlinSongengl. OF / engl. OV(m. dt. UT/ with german subs)..Öffentliche Premieream Mittwoch, den 3. September 08 um 20:15im Central-Kino & Freiluftkino-Mitte,RosenthalerStr 39, 10178 Im ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:12:00 GMT

BerlinSong in ROMA

My Italian friends!Two of my films (Planet Alex & BerlinSong) will have Italian-premiere this weekend - supported by Goethe-Instiut RomI will be there to present the films !PlanetAlex (2001)on Friday...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:51:00 GMT

BerlinSong - Sweden-Premiere

BERLINSONG will be premiered in Sweden! At MusicDocFestival/Malmö on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th of February. dates & locations: www.musicdoc.se I will be there to present the film!BerlinSong is a sto...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:37:00 GMT

November 9: BerlinSong in Nantes

BerlinSong is going to have its French premiere at the 10th Festival du cinéma allemand in Nantes. Check out the schedule here.Also, BerlinSong is going to hit the big screen in German theaters i...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:49:00 GMT

New records by Fancie and Crazy For Jane!

Both Crazy For Jane and Fancie have new records out:Crazy For Jane - Watermelon CloudGet the record by getting in touch with them!Crazy For Jane WebsiteCrazy For Jane MyspaceFancie - Stories of Fancie...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:41:00 GMT