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"The Sunlit Night": Home cinema release on 22 April 2022
From 22 April 2022, "The Sunlit Night" by "Wetlands" director David Wnendt will be available as VOD and on DVD in the W-film online shop and in regular stores. International stars gather in front of the camera: Jenny Slate ("Venom") as an artist alongside Alex Sharp ("To the Bone"), Zach Galifianakis ("Hangover") and Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson ("The Crown") searches for her personal meaning in life in the Norwegian Lofoten Islands – and finds love. The light-footed, playful film adaptation of Rebecca Dinerstein Knight's novel of the same name started in cinemas nationwide on 23 September 2021.
"Vatersland": New Trailer
Unique remembrance cinema: "Vatersland" will be released in cinemas nationwide from 10 March 2022 – just in time for International Women's Day. After her award-winning documentary "In Search of Memory" about Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, director Petra Seeger processes her own past as a girl growing up in a male-dominated post-war society in her first feature film – perceptive, feminist and at the same time immensely entertaining and humorous. Exceptional: The family photos and 16mm film footage used in the film come from the director's private archive.
"Youth Outcry (Director's Cut)": Home cinema release 25 March 2022
The documentary "Youth Outcry" by director Kathrin Pitterling is available as VOD and on DVD in the W-film Online Shop and in regular stores from 25 March 2022! The unique portrait about Fridays for Future provided a breath of fresh air in the climate discourse just in time for the Climate Conference 2021 (COP 26): On 28 October 2021, the award-winning ARD production was released exclusively in cinemas as a Director's Cut. In it, Kathrin Pitterling lets us get up close to the young activists, including familiar faces such as Luisa Neubauer and Clara Mayer.
"Vatersland": Cinema release on 10 March 2022
Unique memory cinema: "Vatersland" will be released in cinemas nationwide from 10 March 2022 – just in time for International Women's Day. After her award-winning documentary "In Search of Memory" about Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, director Petra Seeger processes her own past as a girl growing up in a male-dominated post-war society in her first feature film – perceptive, feminist and at the same time immensely entertaining and humorous. Unusual: The family photos and 16mm film footage used in the film come from the director's private archive.
"Now" from 25 February 2022 on DVD & as VOD
The climate documentary "NOW" by Jim Rakete is available as VOD and on DVD in the W-film Online Shop and in regular stores from 25 February 2022! In his engaging cinematic debut, the famous cult photographer meets Generation Greta. Six young climate activists have their say, including Luisa Neubauer (Fridays for Future), Felix Finkbeiner (Plant for the Planet) and Nike Mahlhaus (Ende Gelände). Why did they become activists? What is at stake? The film was released nationwide in cinemas on 26 August 2021.
