Impressions from the UFA Film Nights 2022

f.l.t.r.: UFA CEO Nico Hofmann, actress Gesine Cukrowski (who introduced the evening’s film), Bertelsmann’s Head of Corporate Communications Karin Schlautmann

Celebrity DJ Jeff Mills from Detroit

f.l.t.r.: UFA CEO Nico Hofmann, celebrity DJ Jeff Mills, Bertelsmann’s Head of Corporate Communications Karin Schlautmann

Among the approximately 300 guests at the reception: singer Max Raabe, actress Gesine Cukrowski

Actress Susanna Simon in front of the UFA Film Nights 2022 poster

Ute Biernat, CEO UFA Show & Factual, at the reception hosted by Bertelsmann and UFA

Bertelsmann’s Head of Corporate Communications Karin Schlautmann welcomed some 300 high-spirited guests on the roof terrace of the Group’s Berlin premises

In his welcoming speech, UFA CEO Nico Hofmann underscored the importance of silent film

The hosts: UFA CEO Nico Hofmann und Bertelsmann’s Head of Corporate Communications Karin Schlautmann

f.l.t.r.: Movie producer Regina Ziegler with actor Stephan Grossmann and actress Stephanie Stremler

Dirk Kemmerer, CEO Bertelsmann Printing Group, with his wife Christine Kemmerer at the opening reception of the UFA Film Nights 2022

Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, with Helen Müller, Head of Cultural Affairs and Corporate History at Bertelsmann

Dirk Kemmerer, CEO der Bertelsmann Printing Group, in conversation with BMG-CFO Thomas Coesfeld (r.)

Around 300 guests attended the UFA Film Nights 2022 reception at Bertelsmann’s Berlin premises Unter den Linden 1

Celebrity DJ Jeff Mills (l.) in conversation with Friedemann Beyer, Curator of the UFA Film Nights

UFA Film Nights poster

Around a thousand guests watched the opening film “Mountain of Destiny” in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Berlin’s Museum Island

Actress Gesine Cukrowski introduced the opening film “Mountain of Destiny”

Around a thousand guests watched the opening film “Mountain of Destiny” in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Berlin’s Museum Island

Around a thousand guests watched the opening film “Mountain of Destiny” in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Berlin’s Museum Island

The music to accompany the film, newly composed by Florian C. Reither, was performed by the Metropolis Orchester Berlin under the direction of Burkhard Götze

Alphorns accompanied the Metropolis Orchester Berlin, evoking a mood to match the mountain film

Around a thousand guests watched the opening film “Mountain of Destiny” in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Berlin’s Museum Island

Around a thousand guests watched the opening film “Mountain of Destiny” in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Berlin’s Museum Island

Mariette Rissenbeek, Managing Director of the Berlin International Film Festival

All performers in the Metropolis Orchester Berlin

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

Jeff Mill's new musical interpretation of Fritz Lang's „Dr. Mabuse“ live on the UFA Film Nights

“Chaste Susannne“ with music by the Silent Light Ensemble

“Chaste Susannne“ with music by the Silent Light Ensemble

“Chaste Susannne“ with music by the Silent Light Ensemble

“Chaste Susannne“ with music by the Silent Light Ensemble

“Chaste Susannne“ with music by the Silent Light Ensemble