The premiere of CLOSE TO HEAVEN takes place in Leipzig on the 12th of October, 8 pm at Nato. The director Titus Faschina is going to present the film in person. For further information check GMfilms

We are very happy that the film BAD WEATHER of Giovanni Giommi was selected for the DOK Leipzig Festival 2011. On Wednesday, 19th October 2011 at 2 p.m. at CineStar 8 BAD WEATHER will celebrate its premiere in the category “International Competition”.

BAD WEATHER is the latest film of Giovanni Giommi, which tells the story of Banishanta Island – a community of sex workers living at the frontline of climate change.

BAKHMARO by Salomé Jashi will have its german premiere at the International Young Talent Competition of DOK Leipzig 2011. The screenings will take place on Thursday, 20th October at 8 p.m. in CineStar 5 – congratulations! On Friday at 11.30 a.m. will be an additional screening during DOK Leipzig.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.

VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! has been invited to be part of the Opening Gala of the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The festival runs August 31 – September 10, 2011.

With this film Victor Kossakovsky grants himself a childhood wish. Haven’t we all asked ourselves as children where we would come out if we dug a tunnel right through the centre of the earth? Haven’t we all wondered at some point what was happening just at this moment beneath our very feet at the other side of the planet? In this film those reveries turn into reality. In breathtaking images and a stunning montage we go on a trip to the world’s rare inhabited land-to-land antipodes. We discover the wonders and contradictions of nature and people around the globe.
With unprecedented camera movements and exhilarating new perspectives our conventional view of the world is challenged. On the evocative title follows a revolutionary film, that gives three cheers to our planet and its people in all their antagonisms and commonalities: Vivan las Antipodas!

A film by Victor Kossakovsky. ma.ja.de. filmproduktion in co-production with Lemming Film (NL), Gema Films (AR), Aplaplac (CL) and ZDF, NHK, VPRO, WDR, in association with arte, YLE and CTC Network Russia. Funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Dutch Film Fund, Argentine Film Fund and Eurimages. Development supported by Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and CORFO. Producer: Heino Deckert.

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The premiere of UNDER SNOW takes place in Berlin on the 9th of September, 8 pm at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt within the exhibition Floating Food. The director Ulrike Oettinger is going to present the film in person. For further information check Real Fiction and Ulrike Oettinger.