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 Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will be the guideline for of this long-term film project, which will also take us Austria, Germany, Norway and Great Britain to capture the quasi-essence of Zumthor’s architectural life’s work.

The film is a production of Road Movies GmbH in co-production with DCM and Oslo Pictures and in collaboration with Atelier Peter Zumthor. Distributor DCM will release the film in Germany and Switzerland, whereas HanWay will act as World Sales Agent.

Photo: Wim Wenders / © Pati Grabowicz