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"NOTRE DAME": HOME CINEMA RELEASE 27 MAY 2022
From 27 May, "Notre Dame" by Valérie Donzelli is available as VOD and on DVD in the W-Film online shop and in regular stores. Cheeky and fabulous: Director Valérie Donzelli also slips into the leading role of a single mother between career, family and great love herself in her cinema comedy! She mixes the romantic turbulence with unrealistic runaways à la "Amélie" and charming wit – an adorable ode to Paris!
"The Art of Silence": Cinema release on 5 May 2022
"The Art of Silence" opens in cinemas nationwide on 5 May. With his facial expressions and only a few gestures, he expressed more hope, joy or pain than many a Greek drama. A grand master of pantomime, Marcel Marceau portrayed the awkwardness of human beings and conveyed the unspeakable through "cries of silence". In his documentary, director Maurizius Staerkle Drux traces the legacy of this artist of the century, interweaving exclusive archive footage with a personal, contemporary view.
"Vatersland" now in the cinema!
"Vatersland" is now showing in cinemas nationwide!
Sharp-eyed, feminist and at the same time immensely entertaining and humorous. After her award-winning documentary "In Search of Memory" about Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, Petra Seeger processes her own past as a girl growing up in a male-dominated post-war society in her first feature film. Unusual: The family photos and 16mm film footage used in the film come from the director's private archive.
"Vatersland": Successful German premiere with film team in Cologne
On 2 March 2022, the major feature drama "Vatersland" celebrated its German premiere at the Filmforum of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne! "Vatersland" is unique memoir cinema about the trauma of an entire generation: In the film, director Petra Seeger processes her own youth in a post-war society dominated by men. Sharp-eyed, feminist and at the same time immensely entertaining and humorous.
From the left: German premiere of "Vatersland" with FeliziaTrube, Matti Schmidt-Schaller, Stella Holzapfel, Margarita Broich, Petra Seeger, Petra Müller, Herbert Schwering, Hajo Schomerus, Stephan Winkler, Christine Kiauk. © W-film / Guido Schiefer
"Vatersland": German premiere on 2 March at Filmforum Köln
On 2 March 2022, "Vatersland" will celebrate its German premiere at the Filmforum in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne! Present at the subsequent film discussion are director Petra Seeger and producers Christine Kiauk and Herbert Schwering from Coin Film as well as the actors Margarita Broich, Felizia Trube, Stella Holzapfel and Matti Schmidt-Schaller.
