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Willy Haas Award


The Willy Haas Award is an award for an important international print and DVD publication – not older than two years – on German cinema, chosen from five previously nominated titles.

Willy Haas was an author, filmcritic and screenwriter who was born in Prague and died in Hamburg.

The award is presented at the opening night of the International Film History Conference on the 16th of November 2011 by an international and independent jury.

Willy Haas Award 2011

2011 the international jury consists of Thomas Ballhausen (Vienna), Erica Carter (Coventry), Sabine Hake (Austin, Texas), Matle Hagener (Marburg) and Kay Hoffmann (Stuttgart).

The following candidates are on the jury's shortlist:


Books:

Filmgeschichte als Krisengeschichte. Schnitte und Spuren durch den deutschen Film
by Michael Wedel. Bielefeld: transcript 2011.

Geschichtsbilder im medialen Gedächtnis
. Filmische Narrationen des Holocaust
by Tobias Ebbrecht. Bielefeld: transcript 2011.

Maßlose Unterhaltung. Zur Etablierung des Films in Deutschland 1896-1914  
by Joseph Garncarz. Frankfurt am Main/Basel: Stroemfeld 2010.

Nacht und Nebel. Ein Film in der Geschichte (Orig.: Nuit et Brouillard. Un film dans l’histoire, 2007)
by Sylvie Lindeperg (translated by Stefan Barmann). Berlin: Vorwerk 8 2010.

Willi Forst. Ein filmkritisches Porträt
by Francesco Bono. Munich: edition text + kritik 2010.

DVDs:

COCL & SEFF. Die Österreichischen Serienkomiker der Stummfilmzeit (1913-1929)
Filmarchiv Austria / Edition Film + Text Nr. 11
2 DVDs (224 min) + Book (190 p.).

Der Erste Weltkrieg. Kunst und Krieg / Die Abwesenheit der Kriegskunst  
NZZ Format / dctp.tv
Box with 4 DVDs (694 min), Booklet.

Heinz Emigholz. The Formative Years (I)+(II)
Filmgalerie 451 / arsenal Edition
2 DVDs (209 min + 179 min), Booklets.

Julius Pinschewer. Klassiker des Werbefilms (1910-1959)
absolut MEDIEN / arte Edition
1 DVD (170 min) + DVD-ROM, Booklet.

Österreich-Box 1896-1995. Ein Jahrhundert Zeitgeschichte in originalen Filmdokumenten
Filmarchiv Austria. Box with 6 DVDs (985 min), Booklet.





Willy Haas Award 2010

Willy Haas Award 2009


Willy Haas Award 2008

Willy Haas Award 2007


Deutsche Version

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cinefest in Berlin

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