botts we began with a look at the annual european film awards which take place this weekend here belin joining me is all film expert adrian kennedy who has all the details adrian some big european directors up for the big award yes roman polanski pedro almodovar and your course of that for most of the heavyweights in the running polanski's film is historical drama about the dreyfus affair and motive oz is semi auto biographical and slants the most of course has this incredible restoration romp which has already won his link actress and maybe a cold one and all sky. r. kelly let's have a look at those 3 top favorites for the top award. reducers in the next few days it was only going to be you know the pudong he needs to do here. if we know what we need to be now from the this is

a moment. for kids to spill on the computer to do what. i thought. they were going to. bring to usenet was total to get me going to stop it it. gave me really that said you need support. there are a little every now. so strong. there's also a german film with a chance for bus from that. dive straight into that one this is system crash

directed by nora. it's. by the child welfare system which is an amazing performance from elena has any and while we're on the subject of german films there is one that has garnered a nomination in the best category this is going to man it's about a singer who's also a giant excavator operator who becomes an informant for the secret place in communist east germany alexander she has been nominated as best actor for that now big controversy centers around polanski's film an office. spy and combined with. vigor a to b. to move from the nomination for prince his film came the day after i knew right allegation was made against the director rape allegation relating to the in 1975 there were protests at the premiere of the film in france where it has the title

jack coups and protestors wielded jack polanski signs now indignation is being fired by some reviews that have suggested that clancy could be drawing parallels between himself and the falsely accused french jewish officer in his film that is up for the best film so polanski of course is still wanted in the us he pleaded guilty to start tory rape of a teen year old schoolgirl in 97 and then fled the country because he feared a prison sentence so things could get a bit political it would sermon in itself or you have to wait and see should say that there also has been a petition to have polanski's film. drawn completely from the e f a's in the best director katz gray he's up against sitting. she's the only female director in the field and she has

a very good chance of winning for this. portrait of a lady on fire a brilliant slope has been a romance between an 18th century painter played by no amy. the dark lady here and reluctance it's a dead end now both of these actresses are jointly nominated for best actress and if wins she could be expected to say something about me too or prevents inclusion she has recently made allegations against the director of her 1st film that he subjected. to permanent sexual harassment from the ages of 12 to 15 she says that she was inspired to speak out by the me too movement scandals can see a bit of a shadow over these years wards of course all the winners will be listed on our website www dot coms for us culture as always thank you very much thank you.

the pirelli calendar is the most glamorous and well known marketing tool of a company whose main business is the glamorous production of kottaras it's always featured women and initially they were scantily clad although always tastefully done by top for told vs times have of costs changed this year the italian photographer paolo city snaps hollywood stars like emma watson kristen stewart and claire following in a tribute to shakespeare's heroine juliet. photographer powder oversea and its motto its warmth the red carpet during the presentation of the new perelli calendar and verona. for the 2020 edition the photographer was looking for a modern juliet right here and romeo and juliet hometown. paid actresses took part in a fictional audition for the lead role and shakespeare's romantic tragedy. to

complete them and this story is still relevant for young people today. that's why i was interested in that. every young woman today can very easily identify with juliet. political relationship puts you into this. 19 year old american actress you are said he read william shakespeare's tragedies several times in school. my copy of your own manchuria has so many notes in it you can barely see the original text and so it was fun to revisit all the notes that i left to think about what passed. and then the other part of it was just like how was i going to embody juliet. joined by fellow american actress kristen stewart. and british actresses claire following. and i watched.

them and studied english literature and is fascinated. by romeo and juliet. for me it's so much stuff us love and it's about how the players who live feel feelings are. can be so. tender and painful. the photo shoots took place in paris and verona the city of romeo and juliet tourists come here from around the world couples promise each other eternal love under joy it's famed balcony. of their own i was a bit of an astrologer for me homesickness for italy for verona the opera and that his music was the music of the. for the 1st time a short film has been released along with the calendar it compiles interpretations of jury by the 8 actress and. the calendar itself

is a $132.00 page book illustrated with $58.00 photos. the actual dates are only printed on the book's cover the calendar function takes 2nd place leaving the stage to the many faces of the modern surely yet. the french artist 1st studied architecture but soon switched her attention to sculpture as she preferred the physicality of working with her hands today she is renowned for her labrat forest sculptures made out of simple cardboard which can represent all sorts of emotions to the arm look up perhaps fear or danger but on the other hand maybe i am icky or free to decide for yourself. french artist version of spawn took the forest a magical place of myths and fairy tales and made it her own. or was

a performer 1st found the artist. just because the fed to do so my 1st work i took a picture from a newspaper it was a father teaching his son how to shoot she said in a very loving way. and behind them was a big forest so when i started working on the piece i started with the forest. for it because it and i immediately knew no you only need the forest without anyone in it we approve it and that's how it all started so it was like to apply they might. 2 exceed the food to create landscapes and places that i'm real places that you want to get lost in and that you question at the same time that's an extremely powerful theme with a connection to a childhood on a fairy tale it's

a place where you get lost and then find yourself again to look at also beveled. and the national forests and fantasy worlds are made from current the material that's sustainable cheap and easy to work with. headed to work with scarborough because i wanted to do large scale it's the nation and i was looking for foreign material that i could transform. a lot and that i didn't respect it at the same time you know you can use it and then it doesn't work you throw it away you start again if i start doing this in mood or in metal or in another material it would not take me 3 months but probably 3 years. in 2016 span realized a dream of hers she created an architectural artwork inspired by traditional panoramas of the 18th century inside is a $360.00 degree forest relief it's outside walls mirroring the 1st side of the

paris new floor it was just past break through as an artist. now she's made her debut in germany in the city of causes loud. rector of the fights discovered the artist at a french gallery. about cosine on her phone found i was fascinated by her work right away and the artist deals with the theme that is very important to our region and also the pohlad and that's the part that not far as she uses a material that's modest and that can be recycled recycling my. eco friendly material allows inversions to create landscapes that are sometimes fantastical sometimes reminiscent of ancient greece every time i have this kind of new ideas and i start drawing then i know that the cardboard 3 respond very well to all my ideas and so i'm going on with this material eventually spans worlds made of

cardboard are magical powerful definitely for. more stories on arts and culture on our website at d.w. dot com slash culture as is this program should you have met. it's possibly a want see it again that sold for now thanks very much for watching about until next time. good.

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germany. the mid east tense the crown clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was about to seem. 30 years later he looks back on the time interest and. starts to simmer. 19 d w. cutting through the noise. where i come from people are known for being tough but fair to your country a lot of people tell it like it it was to call it the concrete jungle the melting pot the city that never sleeps it's this energy that makes it feel like home but amid the hustle it's important to listen and pay attention because it's not just the loudest voices who lead to her we all have a story to tell but i see it as my job as a journalist to go beyond the obvious now i'm basing your outlook on my work takes me around the world from my instincts for me to the state to tell the important

stories behind the headlines what is the heart of the story why does it matter who live in coffee. shops a focus if you want. to cut through the noise to get to the truth. by david sterritt kelly and i work it to death oh thank. you lisa bloom it'll. play. this is d.w. news and these are out top stories german chancellor angela merkel's has expressed her courtship deep shame over the holocaust on her 1st official visit to the former auschwitz death count the nazis murdered more than a 1000000 people dead most of them jews. swedish activist gretchen joined climate protesters in madrid on friday she's there for the ongoing u.n. climate conference call up 25 the marches.