5 September 2011 Telepool acquires worldwide distribution rights for Dreamtool's "The Hunt for the Amber Room"
  TELEPOOL has picked up worldwide distribution rights for Dreamtool's newest event highlight "The Hunt for the Amber Room" (OT: "Die Jagd nach dem Bernsteinzimmer"). After the international breakout hits "The Charlemagne Code" (OT: Die Jagd nach dem Schatz der Nibelungen) and "The Spear of Destiny" (OT: Die Jagd nach der heiligen Lanze) the treasure hunt is down in its third installment, as our intrepid treasure hunters seek the fabled Amber Room - and the dark secret behind it.

After tracking the Hoard of the Nibelungs and the spear that pierced Jesus on the cross, "Hunt for the Amber Room" takes our expert treasure-seekers on the trail of the fabled Czarist treasure that was robbed by the Nazis and disappeared at the end of the war. Amazingly, they discover its whereabouts were hidden with a mind-bending riddle by none other than Albert Einstein, who wanted to keep its dangerous secret out of Hitler's hands...

The 100-minute action extravaganza was produced by Dreamtool Entertainment for RTL Television. The top-notch cast is led by Kai Wiesinger ("The Harmonists"), Bettina Zimmermann ("Charlemagne Code") and Fabian Busch ("The Downfall"), under the direction of Oscar® nominee Florian Baxmeyer. Telepool sold the first two installments of the treasure-hunting trilogy to over 70 territories worldwide. Project is currently in post, on schedule for a Spring 2012 rollout.

  19 July 2011 WUNDERKINDER awarded at Jerusalem Film Festival
  Cinepool is proud to announce that director Marcus Rosenmüller was awarded for the film WUNDERKINDER with the Avner Shalev Yad Vashem Chairman's Award at the 28. JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL.

Jury remarks: "The film is dedicated to the memory of half a million Jewish children who perished during the Holocaust and tells the story of the friendship between children growing up during the darkest time of the Jewish people. Their story is told in an unusual and delicate manner that steers away from banality. The choice to include children in each one of the film's scenes is commended for its thought and natural execution. We also commend the choice of the Jewish family to hide a German family and vice-versa."

  21 January 2011 Wild Bunch picks up French rights for WHEN WE LEAVE
  Munich-based world sales company Telepool and French distributor Wild Bunch have signed a deal which now sees the multi-award winning film from Feo Aladag coming to screens across France from mid-April 2011.

The deal was brokered by Telepool Sales Manager Andrei von Kamarowsky, Wild Bunch Distribution's General Manager, Jean-Philippe Tirel, and Head of Marketing & Acquisitions, Jerome Rougier.

"We are very excited to have found in Wild Bunch the perfect home for WHEN WE LEAVE in France. Wild Bunch is skilfully able to close the gap between arthouse and commercial film, and has demonstrated many times over the ability to come up with creative marketing concepts to get the best possible results," says Irina Ignatiew, Executive VP of Telepool.

"This first-time feature is a true discovery which we fell in love with right off. Indeed, after watching it, we all had tears in our eyes and this intense emotion is still there a long time after. Feo Aladag is an impressive and very promising director and we're extremely proud to distribute her film in France," says Jean-Philippe Tirel, General Manager of Wild Bunch Distribution. "

Says Feo Aladag, WHEN WE LEAVE's writer, director and producer: "To have such an experienced and renowned distributor as Wild Bunch handling my film makes me extremely happy and proud. It's such an honor to be part of their fantastic line-up. I am so glad French audiences will soon be able to watch and enjoy my film and I couldn't imagine it being in better hands than Wild Bunch's. I very much look forward to working closely with them."

In addition, Telepool has signed deals for WHEN WE LEAVE with the USA, Canada, Ex-Yugoslavia, China, the Benelux, Turkey, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Central America and Israel. Other territories are in negotiation.

WHEN WE LEAVE is the debut feature by Feo Aladag, starring Tribeca Best Actress Award winner Sibel Kekilli ("Head-On"), Florian Lukas ("Goodbye Lenin!"), Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriögen, Alwara Hofels and Nursel Köse. The 119-minute drama tells the story of a young woman of Turkish descent who fights to live an independent life in Germany in the face of her family's opposition. Her desire for self-determination unleashes a dynamic which results in life and death tragedy.

WHEN WE LEAVE premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival 2010 and was the German entry for the Academy Award in the Foreign Language Film category for 2010. The film has been shown at more than 70 festivals around the world and won several major awards, including the Lux Film Prize of the European Parliament, the Europa Cinema Label Award, the Tribeca Film Festival's Best Narrative Feature Award and the German Film Award.