31/03/2003 - Domestic blockbuster Goodbye Lenin! will open the 10-14 April event that includes 8 features, one documentary, silent classics and a selection of recent shorts

Goodbye Lenin! [+see also:
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The 4th German Film Festival will showcase eight features, one documentary, a silent film and a selection of shorts and the filmmakers who will take part include Hans-Christian Schmid who will present Lichter-Distant Lights, Carlo Rola with Sass and My First Miracle by Anne Wild. Douglas Wolfsperger will present his documentary, Bellaria – As Long As We Live and the programme also includes the screening of Winfried Bonengel’s Führer Ex [+see also:
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As a tie-in to the short film programme, a round –table discussion entitled Next Generation 2002 has been organised for SNC (Scuola Nazionale di Cinema) students and Ulrike von Ribbeck, the director of a short film entitled At The Lake. In collaboration with AG-Kurzfilm, the Export-Union and its partners, the following short films will be screened at German Film Week: Fear Eats The Sould by Shahbaz Noshir, Dufte by ngo Rasper and Sofa by Hyekung Jung.
In addition, the Goethe Institute in Rome is organising a special screening of Die Austernprinzessin, a silent film directed in 1919 by Ernst Lubitsch with a musical accompaniment by Laura Bianchini, as well as special school screenings of Sass and the Slurb.