Emily Atef wins Grand Prix in São Paulo
by German Films
Last Thursday saw the 32nd São Paulo International Film Festival come to an end with a double success for The Stranger in Me [+see also:
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Wim Wenders, the festival's guest of honour, was presented with the Humanity Award.
German films were not only in large numbers in the competition, but also in the festival's other sections. Altogether, the festival showed 29 German films and co-productions.
The New Directors competition featured Tom Schreiber’s Dr. Alemán [+see also:
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The Perspective section presented 13 German productions: Veit Helmer’s Absurdistan [+see also:
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Saschko Frey’s Echoes, Ismail Sahin’s Hakim, The Black Rose or How Mr. Fossenrath Tried Not To Change the World by Mario A. Conte and Simone Wendel and Colm Quinn’s The Discreet Charm of the Refugee (Germany/Ireland) could be seen in Short Films.
Special Screenings were held of Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz , Marcel When’s One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years, Wim Wenders’ Palermo Shooting [+see also:
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