10/11/2005

German cinema is particularly emphasized this year at the 16th Ljubljana Film Festival which starts today (10-24 November) with 17 German (co)productions.
The 'Horizons' section includes no less than three 100% German features Kebab Connection by Anno Saul, Willenbrock by Andreas Dresen, and the colective project Lost and Found – Six glances at a generation) and four co-productions (The Ninth Day/o.t. Der neunte Tag by Volker Schlöndorff, Manderlay [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Lars von Trier, Dallas Among Us by Robert Adrian Pejo, and Dear Wendy by Thomas Vinterberg). Documentary-wise, the public will be shown 2 or 3 Things I Know About Him (o.t. 2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiss) by Malte Ludin and Crossing the Bridge – The Sound of Istanbul [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Fatih Akin.
The 'Tribute' sidebar will screen Marc Rothemund's three features as well as two movies by Win Wenders, while 'Against the Wind' presents a Latvian-German film, Fallen by Fred Kelemen. The co-productions Crash, by Paul Haggis, and Hidden [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Margaret Menegoz
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile], by Michael Haneke, will be shown in the 'Avantprimes' section.

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Elsewhere, Seven Heaven (o.t. Sieben Himmel), by Michael Busch, is representing Germany in competition at the 22nd Turin Film Festival (11-19 November). This experimental film produced by Abbildungszentrum Jan Peters Filmproduktion shows an uninhibited Daniela Schulz, co-starring with Christoph Bach. The competitive section Doc2005 will present the Italian-German co-production Balordi, by Mirjam Kubescha. After Turin, Seven Heaven will move to the festival FILMZ in Mainz (30 November- 4 December).

(Translated from French)