A good year for German film: The Vancouver International Film Festival (27 September – 12 October 2012) has just announced its German line-up, with two dozen films just as impressive as TIFF's on the other side of the country:
Cinema of our Time
ANNELIE by Antej Farac, Drei Wünsche Filmproduktion (DE/CH)
BARBARA by Christian Petzold, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
DUST (POLVO) by Julio Hernández Cordón, Autentika Films (GT/ES/CL/DE)
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND (WAS BLEIBT) by Hans-Christian Schmid, 23/5 Filmproduktion
LORE by Cate Shortland, Rohfilm (DE/AU/GB)
PARADISE: LOVE (PARADIES: LIEBE) by Ulrich Seidl, Tatfilm (AT/FR/DE)
TABU by Miguel Gomes, Komplizen Film (PT/DE/BR/FR)
Dragons & Tigers
POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO by Edwin, Pallas Film (IN/DE/HK)
Ecological series on the environmental issues of the day
BAD WEATHER by Giovanni Giommi, ma.ja.de filmproduktion (DE/UK)
HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH (HERZ DES HIMMELS, HERZ DER ERDE) by Eric Black & Frauke Sandig, Umbrella Films
MORE THAN HONEY by Marcus Imhoof, zero one film (CH/DE/AT)
RAISING RESISTANCE by Bettina Borgfeld & David Bernet, Pandora Filmproduktion (DE/CH)
Spotlight on France
HOLY MOTORS by Leos Carax, Pandora Filmproduktion (FR/DE)
Arts & Letters series on the performing arts
KARAJAN – THE SECOND LIFE (KARAJAN – DAS ZWEITE LEBEN) by Eric Schulz
PARABETON – PIER LUIGI NERVI AND ROMAN CONCRETE (PARABETON – PIER LUIGI NERVI UND RÖMISCHER BETON) by Heinz Emigholz, Filmgalerie 451
PERRET IN FRANCE AND ALGERIA (PERRET IN FRANKREICH UND ALGERIEN) by Heinz Emigholz, Filmgalerie 451
NonFiction Features
THE FLAT (Hadira) by Arnon Goldfinger, zero one film (IL/DE)
THE IRAN JOB by Till Schauder, The Post Republic (USA/DE/IR)
REVISION by Philip Scheffner, Pong
THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA by Marten Persiel, Wildfremd Production
VIRGIN TALES by Mirjam von Arx (CH/DE/FR)
Special Presentations
AMOUR (LIEBE) by Michael Haneke, X Filme Creative Pool (FR/DE/AT)
GRIOT by Volker Goetze (SN/US/FR/DE)
I, ANNA by Barnaby Southcombe, Riva Filmproduktion (GB/DE/FR)
(Don't miss Revision and This Ain't California -- and 2x Heinz Emigholz!)
by Jutta Brendemühl, Goethe-Institut Toronto
