Ep 71 – Yourstorypodcast.com – Ian Kath interviewed me for his podcast series

By Ian Kath. Listen to the podcast here! Creative people never have an issue with the making. That’s their passion and what we talk about here on Your Story. Their issues are to fund and promote their creation. And that means getting attention! Independent film maker Juliane Block shares these challenges but has additional skills to

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“Kinks”: Guest interview by filmmakers Juliane Block & Virginia Kennedy

Herfilm was so kind to post a guest interview by Virginia and I! “Virginia & Juliane about Kinks: How did you get to work together? Juliane: When I finished my first feature Emperor I already thought about the next film. And there was one thing I haven’t tried out yet – Acting. I knew Virginia

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Review: Cinema-Crazed about Unsecured Loan II

“Director Block is never prone to deliver clunky action fare and she shows it with this follow-up that has potential to be a full scale action crime thriller that can convey a message and entertain action audiences, “Unsecured Loan II” is very much a crime thriller steeped in drama that relies more on the social

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Interview on Cinema-Crazed.com: Director Juliane Block & her Blockbusters

Felix Vasquez Jr. interviewed me for www.cinema-crazed.com after having reviewed Ramly at War Begins “Juliane Block is playing the field that only boys have for a very long time. From John Woo, John McTiernan, and Clint Eastwood, action films and the action genre have been a boys game. Once a make-up artist, Ms. Juliane Block

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Review: The Independent Critic about Unsecured Loan II

“Having won 1st runner-up for Best Action Sequence among the martial arts shorts during the 2010 Action on Film International Film Festival, Juliane Block’s Unsecured Loan II is now getting ready for OpenFilm’s biannual “Get it Made” competition in January 2011 – The prize? The winner gets funding to turn their short into a full-length

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Review: The Independent Critic about Ramly at War Begins

“Having already played in multiple film festivals internationally, including Action on Film, Arizona Underground Film Festival, Bootleg 2.0 Film Festival and Germany’s Crank Cookie Short Film Festival, Ramly at War Begins isn’t so much about the performances as it is about the film’s message and action sequences involving Mixed Martial Arts style sequences along with

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King is a Fink interviewed me for their blog

By Jessica & Julie, the two awesome filmmakers from King is a Fink: While pitted against one another during June’s War of Films on the Film Annex, we met the fascinating Juliane Block, a German-born filmmaker making films in Malaysia.  Not only was her short, Ramly at War Begins a well-crafted, well-choreographed martial arts film,

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Ramly at War Begins – Review on Cinema Crazed

“I think with a lot of time, more resources, a bigger budget, and a feature length, director Juliane Block is capable directing and creating a modern martial arts masterpiece. Because if you watch “Ramly at War” you’ll discover that Block knows exactly what the hell she’s doing both on-screen and behind the camera. She’s able

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with “Ramly at War Begins” Filmmaker Juliane Block

Lois Fein contacted me already a while ago, in fact it must have been almost 6 months now since I got the first request for a phone interview. At that time I just finished Ramly at War Begins and asked Indieflix to wait until the movie is available on DVD and stream through their website.

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‘Underground Exposure’ about ‘Ramly at War Begins’

Rj Ruud from ‘Underground Exposure‘ says: “Ramly at War Begins: An Action packed crime-drama with a heartfelt story of brotherhood woven with hard-hitting fight scenes. Nice Work! Love the intro Credits. Great story-line. Your direction was very good, creating characters that feel real and a story that never slows. Some of the best choreographed, shot

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Ramly at War Begins – press

‘Underground Exposure’ about ‘Ramly at War Begins’ – 1st December 2009 Rj Ruud from the Underground Exposure Film Festival about RAW: “You should be very proud of this film.” Ramly at War @bookmarqc – 13th November 2009 “The whole short film has the HK feel to it – with main dialogue in Cantonese and very

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DER SPIEGEL 10/2009 “Nackt unter Freunden” Titelthema

DER SPIEGEL 10/2009 vom 02.03.2009, Seite 118 Autoren: Jörg Blech, Julia Bonstein, Manfred Dworschak, Marco Evers, Ansbert Kneip, Martin U. Müller, Stefan Schmitt und Hilmar Schmundt Millionen Menschen pflegen ihre Freundschaften in den sozialen Netzwerken des Internet: Begeistert, arglos und kaum gehemmt entblößen sie ihr Privatleben in der globalen Öffentlichkeit. Risiken und Nebenwirkungen sind beträchtlich

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Interview with filmmaker/producer Juliane Block

6th February 09 For years now, there has been quite a discussion about what “independent film” is. For me, after talking to Juliane Block about how she made her first feature film Emperor, the term “independent filmmaker” instantly made sense and its meaning became clearer than it has ever been. An up and coming filmmaker

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Juliane Block – press

Interview in SPIEGEL – 2nd March 09 Millionen Menschen pflegen ihre Freundschaften in den sozialen Netzwerken des Internet: Begeistert, arglos und kaum gehemmt entblößen sie ihr Privatleben in der globalen Öffentlichkeit. Risiken und Nebenwirkungen sind beträchtlich – auch für den Wert der menschlichen Bindung. Interview at filmannex – 6th February 09 For years now, there

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Killerbus – press

Deutsche Kritiken: “Endlich ist der deutsche Film mit “Killerbus” aufgewacht” www.LevelDVD.de FILM TIPP “In „Killerbus“ wird keine Hand vor den Mund genommen und Tacheles gesprochen” www.DVDcheck.de “Für Freunde schräger Low Budget-Produktionen ein derber Spaß” www.DVD-headquarters.de English reviews: “Reminds us of the visual frenzy of Natural Born Killers” www.cinetrange.com “35 minutes of pure explosive eye candy,

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