15 July 2010 HEART OF JENIN nominated for the 2010 News and Documentary Emmy Award
  The documentary HEART OF JENIN (Original title: DAS HERZ VON JENIN) is nominated for the 31st News and Documentary Emmy® Award in the category "Outstanding Informational Programming Long Form". The Emmy® Awards will be presented on Monday, September 27th in New York City. TELEPOOL's sale to the US Network WNET THIRTEEN for WIDE ANGLE resulted in an Emmy® nomination. It's the second time in a row that a documentary, distributed by TELEPOOL, is nominated for an Emmy.

HEART OF JENIN tells the story of Ahmed Khatib, a Palestinian boy shot dead by Isreali soldiers. His father decides to donate his son's organs to Israeli children as a gesture of peace. A powerful documentary on people, who have learned to live with everyday conflict, but have not given up their hope for peace.

HEART OF JENIN is a film by Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter, produced by EIKON Südwest in coproduction with SWR and in collaboration with ARTE. TELEPOOL is handling worldwide sales.

  17 June 2010 Sibel Kekilli wins Bernhard-Wicki-Award
  This years Bernhard Wicki Film Award - The Bridge - The price of peace of German Films, goes to Sibel Kekilli for her performance in WHEN WE LEAVE (OT: Die Fremde), where she also won the German Film Award.
(Blickpunkt: Film)

  15 June 2010 GRAVITY wins the 2010 SIFF New Directors Showcase Special Jury Mention
  GRAVITY, directed by Maximilian Erlenwein (2009) has been awarded the 2010 SIFF "New Directors Showcase Special Jury Mention". Jury statement: "We also want to recognize the stylistic and storytelling promise evidenced by Maximilian Erlenwein in his film GRAVITY." The Golden Space Needle Award winners were announced on June 13th.

The New Directors Competition jury was comprised of: Marcus Hu, Strand Releasing; Michael Kananack, NeoClassics Films; and Christian Vesper, IFC and The Sundance Channel.

  30 April 2010 WHEN WE LEAVE wins Tribeca Film Festival in New York
  Feo Aladag's German drama WHEN WE LEAVE, strarring Sibel Kekilli, toped yesterdays 9th annual Tribeca Film Festival and took the Festival's Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature. Sibel Kekilli won in the Best Actress category for her role in WHEN WE LEAVE.

WHEN WE LEAVE follows the story of Umay and her five yar old son CEM who seek shelter in the arms of her family living in Berlin - no longer able to stand her husband's mistreatment. But as the reality of Umay's defiant actions sets in, the family's reputation within the Turkish community at home and abroad is threatened - resulting in her sister's engagement being rescinded and ultimately leaving little Cem's future in question.

This title is distributed worldwide by CINEPOOL - A division of TELEPOOL.

  19 April 2010 LASKO - THE FIST OF GOD continues!
  RTL Germany and Action Concept (multiple winner of the TAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARD) produce a 2nd season of the action-adventure series LASKO - THE FIST OF GOD. Due to the huge success on its Prime Time TV start on RTL in 2010 the shooting for the 2nd season has just started with 8 new episodes.

LASKO is the breathtaking story about the young monk Lasko, a master of traditional martial arts, who is there to protect the innocent, save the day when all hope is lost and to intervene when no one else can or will.

  12 April 2010 TELEPOOL launches today its new online distribution platform
  TELEPOOL launches today the TELEPOOL Content Platform for its professional customers. The new solution enables registered users to search and browse the entire TELEPOOL library, to screen and license programs and to get them delivered. In addition, the various TELEPOOL departments are now able to manage the program catalogue including the material handling via the web based solution. The solution is developed and operated by mediapeers, the leading online B2B market for audiovisual content.

The new services can be found under "Login TCP" or at https://telepool.mediapeers.com.

  6 April 2010 THE SPEAR OF DESTINY brings best day ratings
  We are proud to announce that THE SPEAR OF DESTINY was market leader on RTL's prime time premiere last Thursday, 1st April. With 4.18 Millon total viewers and a market share of 20,4 % in the main target group (14 - 49 years) the high-budget sequel continues RTL's sensational success of THE CHARLEMAGNE CODE, which was market leader 2008 and nominated for four German Television Awards.

We congratulate the whole film team and are very confident of further successful premieres abroad!

  1 April 2010 Prime-time rating success for TILL FAITH DO US PART on German network ARD
  TILL FAITH DO US PART (a.k.a. UNTIL NOTHING IS LEFT) was market leader on yesterday's TV premiere. 8,69 Million people watched the controversial drama about a Dianetics dropout. It's the highest rated TV programme on a Wednesday prime-time slot on ARD in 10 years with a sensational market share of 27,5% (all audiences) and a 17,3% share in the main target group (14-49).

For the first time a German broadcaster has tackled the hot-button issue of Scientology. The 90' drama (German OV, English subtitled) is inspired by a true story.

  28 Sept 2009 GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD 2009 GOES TO MOGADISHU WELCOME
  We are happy to announce that the extraordinary event movie MOGADISHU WELCOME won the GERMAN TV AWARD 2009 in the category "best movie".

This is the 4th award for the gripping hijacking story in this year: It already received two GOLDEN CAMERA AWARDS 2009 for "best German TV movie" and "best German actor" (Christian Berkel) and a Bavarian TV Special Award for director Roland Suso Richter.

Furthermore the movie has recently been nominated for the PRIX EUROPA.

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