Press Release,

Press Release
The Berlin International Film Festival mourns the loss of festival
photographer Erika Rabau
Long-time Berlinale photographer Erika Rabau passed away on April10,
2016. For over 40 years, she accompanied the Berlinale as an official
festival photographer, where she used her special status to make possible
a glimpse behind the scenes, in addition to snapshots of stars and festival
glamour.
“Erika Rabau’s Berlinale photos are documents of unforgettable festival
moments. We will miss Erika, her distinctive energy and her
temperament, as well as her willfulness, on the Red Carpet. We had a lot
of fun together, and she loved the brightly striped Berlinale scarf I
wrapped around her neck for her tireless work on the Red Carpet. We will
miss her,” says Festival Director Dieter Kosslick.
In 1972, Dr. Alfred Bauer, founding director of the Berlin International
Film Festival, noticed the energetic young photographer and soon hired
her as an official Berlinale photographer. Ever since, Erika Rabau shot for
the festival seamlessly, year after year. Neither the Red Carpet nor the
Press Conferences would have been imaginable without her presence in
an either blue or black leather suit. She was forced to sit out for the first
time due to illness in February of 2016.
Besides her career as a photographer, Erika Rabau also played more than
30 small parts in films over the years, working with directors like Wim
Wenders, R.W. Fassbinder and, above all, Lothar Lambert.
And in 2008, she herself became the subject of a film. The Berlinale
screened the documentary Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (Director: Samson
Vicent) in the Panorama section.
For her work on and with the Berlin International Film Festival, Erika
Rabau was awarded a Berlinale Camera in 2004.
Press Office
April 12, 2016
67. Internationale
Filmfestspiele
Berlin
09. – 19.02.2017
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www.berlinale.de
Ein Geschäftsbereich der
Kulturveranstaltungen des
Bundes in Berlin (KBB) GmbH
Management:
Prof. Dieter Kosslick
(Intendant Internationale
Filmfestspiele Berlin),
Charlotte Sieben
(Kaufmännische Geschäftsführung),
Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer,
Dr. Thomas Oberender
Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates:
Staatsministerin
Prof. Monika Grütters MdB
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