10/09/2008

New films by Germany’s leading filmmakers as well as promising newcomers will be shown at the 8th Festival of German Films in Buenos Aires (September 11-17).

The festival will kick off in the Cine Village Recoleta with a screening of The Wave [+see also:
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Another guest of the festival will be Martin Gypkens, with his episodic film Nothing but Ghosts [+see also:
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The main program will also feature Doris Doerrie’s Cherry Blossoms - Hanami [+see also:
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interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
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interview: Alexander Fehling
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Peter Kahane’s Red Zora will be shown in a children’s screening.

Lothar Herzog, a representative of the short films program Next Generation 2008, will also travel to Buenos Aires to present his film Bonzenkarren.

A particular highlight will be the screening of the silent movie Hamlet by Sven Gade and Heinz Schall, which will be shown in cooperation with the German Film Institute. The Seronoser quartet will provide musical accompaniment for the film.