Despite the current challenges for the world of cinema, the German distributor Filmwelt Verleihagentur is going to release Luca Lucchesi’s directorial debut A BLACK JESUS digitally on www.filmwelt-digital.de May 20, 2021, and thereby supporting cinemas financially at the same time. The Filmwelt Digital platform presents the opportunity to show the film to an audience online, […]
Great news! Wim Wenders’ upcoming documentary THE SECRET OF PLACES (working title) about Swiss architect Peter Zumthor received funding support by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Shooting is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021. The extension of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel and the new building of the Los […]
Luca Lucchesi’s directorial debut A BLACK JESUS opens 42. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis on January 17th. This year’s festival will take place exclusively online until January 24th. A BLACK JESUS is produced by Wim Wenders, who will be receive an honorary award for his engagement towards emerging German filmmakers. Managing Director Svenja Böttger and Artistic […]
A BLACK JESUS, the new documentary film by Luca Lucchesi, produced by Wim Wenders together with Road Movies, will have its world premiere at this year’s DOK Leipzig Film Festival (October 26 to November 1) in the new audience competition The Golden Ratio. A BLACK JESUS is the result of two years of intensive research […]
From July 8 2020 a first research and test shoot in 3D for the documentary feature THE SECRET OF PLACES (working title) by Wim Wenders about the architect Peter Zumthor will be carried out in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel amongst other locations. The actual shooting for the film will start in 2021. In the […]
Wim Wenders’ new 3D film installation TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT EDWARD HOPPER will be shown for the very first time as part of the spring exhibition Edward Hopper at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel from 26th of January until 17th of May 2020. The paintings of Hopper have been an inspiration for […]
“If we start arresting and imprisoning people of good will, visionaries and great Europeans like “Mimmo” Domenico Lucano, then we can soon give up on the entire idea of our European culture. “Liberty, equality and fraternity” are written in big letters over our continent, but “oppression, exclusion and hostility” are becoming the new slogans of […]
Wim Wenders’ next feature documentary Pope Francis – A MAN OF HIS WORD was selected for the 71st Festival de Cannes (8 – 19 May 2018) and will be presented as part of the Special Screenings. Pope Francis – A MAN OF HIS WORD is a personal journey with Pope Francis rather than a traditional […]
SUBMERGENCE celebrated its World Premiere at TIFF on September 10th in the presence of Wim Wenders and his cast members James McAvoy, Celyn Jones, and Hakeemshady Mohamed. The film was shown in the section Special Presentations and will now move on to San Sebastian International Film Festival for its European Premiere. “The cinema of Wim […]