MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU has won the 2012 Black Reel Award for Best Independent Film. Chris and writing/producing partner, pic's director Stefan Schaefer, will be at Berlinale in February to prepare German DVD release and set up new projects. 
...our title track MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU is now available for download on iTunes. 
...for the THE CARINTHIA MIRACLE. An official selection at last year's Hamburg Film Festival, Chris wrote the truth-based thriller with Berlin collaborator Thorsten Wettcke for Austrian helmer Andreas Prochaska (DEAD IN 3 DAYS). Austria's leading newspaper KURIER gave it 5 stars out of 5, praising the screenplay as "terrific". 
GIRL ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, a period film about how diving pioneer and Oscar winning filmmaker Hans Hass met his wife and diving companion Lotte, airs on December 8 on ZDF (Germany) and ORF (Austria), followed by a documentary on their life and work. 
Under its German title NIE MEHR OHNE DICH, the New York one-day lovestory MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU, which Chris also produced with Diane Crespo and co-writer Stefan Schaefer, will open in select theaters there December 15. 
With lead actress Nicole Beharie and director Stefan Schaefer at HIFF, Honolulu Oct. 2011
After the award-winning international hits GOOD BYE LENIN and NORTH FACE, another German language film Chris collaborated on is making its way to US audiences. 
The Hawaii Int'l Film Festival will screen MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU Oct. 14 and 16 as an Official Selection with director Stefan Schaefer, star Nicole Beharie and Chris attending. A special program hosted by the Vilcek Foundation will honor Chris as "an immigrant filmmaker...whose creative spirit enlivens and inspires American cinema."
At the NYC premiere with Reg E Cathey, Laith Nakli, Francis Benhamou, Diane Crespo, Ken Duken, Dan Hersey, Stefan Schaefer, Lance Cain, Scott Jacoby.
DER ALBANER, Ophuls festival winner, co-written by Chris.
MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU -- Sales and distribution negotiations underway, festival premiere will soon be announced.
It's that time of the year again... meetings, screenings, more meetings. See you at Berlinale!
Silver Shepherd's annual November trip to Los Angeles brought plenty of good news. Our film MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU got great feedback from several key players in sales and distribution at AFM. Watch out for the trailer on the website.
Heading to Orlando, then New York and Los Angeles to finalize sales deals for MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU, plus discuss several projects on both sides of the Atlantic. One of those is Finnish-German co-pro RUE DE LY, a development of mine that recently won a coveted FFA funding award.
Back in the Tennessee Valley, co-writing a Euro actioner for Christian Alvart (PANDORUM), whose Renee Zellweger/Bradley Cooper thriller CASE 39 opens nationwide in October. 
Finally, my script GIRL ON THE OCEAN FLOOR is in production overseas with Benjamin Sadler (LUTHER) and pop star Yvonne Catterfeld starring as Austrian diving pioneers Hans and Lotte Hass. (see picture)
Two films written by myself and Stef wrapping on opposite sides of the Atlantic this month: New York love story MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU, shot in Brooklyn and Manhattan, produced by Cicala and Silver Shepherd. And German comedy FIRST LADY, produced by teamworx and directed by Thomas Nennstiel, in Goerlitz and Berlin. 
Pre-production for MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU is in full swing. Alongside with our stars Nicole Beharie (AMERICAN VIOLET, see picture) and Ken Duken (INGLORIOUS BASTERDS), our cast includes Reg E. Cathey (THE WIRE) and Marlene Forte (STAR TREK). Pic will be directed by my Silver Shepherd twin Stefan Schaefer.
The main focus of spring will be on the pre-production of MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU, Silver Shepherd's first feature film production. Directed by partner in crime Stefan Schaefer, who also wrote the screenplay with me, the indie film about an unlikely romance is set to start shooting in New York this summer. Indie film experts Cicala Filmworks are handling the production. More details on cast and crew coming soon.
In German theaters March 11: TEUFELSKICKER, a soccer themed family entertainment film I wrote with director Granz Henman. Popular mag Cinema calls it "a thrill ride with heart and soul". Starring Benno Fürmann (NORTH FACE) and Reiner Schoene (MORTAL KOMBAT).
Airing on ZDF March 17 at 8:15 pm: LIEBE IST NUR EIN WORT, an adaptation of J.M. Simmel's highly popular novel. Starring Nadeshda Brennicke (TATTOO) and Vinzenz Kiefer (SPEED RACER).
On my way to Berlin. With several projects moving toward production this year in Europe and the US, it will be a busy festival. On Feb 17 German news correspondent Markus Spieker will interview me at Filmhaus Potsdamer Platz. See you at Berlinale!
As the year ends with one more quick trip to Europe and lots of writing, NORTH FACE is still going strong, heading for screens in the United States, Japan and other territories in January. A cozy winter break, happy holidays and a blessed 2010 to all.
In Florida working on my Volker Schlöndorff project NICHT ZUSTÄNDIG (UNACCOUNTABLE) and scripts for top German producers Nico Hofmann and Oliver Berben. 
