05/10/2006

Fourteen German films and co-productions will be shown at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival, to be held in South Korea from October 12-20.

The festival is considered the most important in Asia and recognised by the international producers association FIAPF as a competitive programme for emerging Asian directors. The event is regarded as a springboard for the Asian film market, and European films presented there are meeting with growing interest from Asian film buyers.

The World Cinema section will present: Elementary Particles [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Franka Potente & Moritz Ble…
interview: Oskar Roehler
film profile] by Oskar Roehler, The Lives of Others [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Florian Henckel von Donners…
interview: Ulrich Muehe
film profile] by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Requiem [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Sandra Hueller
film profile] by Hans-Christian Schmid as well as the co-productions Christmas Tree Upside Down by Ivan Cherkelov and Vassil Zhikov (Bulgaria/Germany), Das Fraeulen by Andrea Staka (Czech Republic/Germany), Grbavica [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Barbara Albert
interview: Jasmila Zbanic
film profile] by Jasmila Zbanic (Austria/Bosnia/Germany/Croatia), Lights in the Dusk [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Aki Kaurismaeki (Finland/Germany/France/Italy), Sweet Mud by Dror Shaul (Israel/Germany) and You Am I by Kristijonas Vildziunas (Lithuania/Germany).

The documentary Comrades in Dreams by Uli Gaulke can be seen in Wide Angle, the section for documentaries, animation films and shorts.

Pingpong [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Matthias Luthardt
interview: Sebastian Urzendowsky
film profile] by Matthias Luthardt as well as the German-international co-production Hamaca Paraguaya by Paz Encina (France/Germany/Netherlands/Argentina/Paraguay) are part of the Critic's Choice section.

The omnibus project Paris, je t'aime (France/Germany) and the co-production The Wind That Shakes the Barley [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ken Loach
interview: Rebecca O’Brien
film profile] by Ken Loach (UK/Ireland/Germany/Spain) will be screened in the Open Cinema sidebar.

Together with the German Embassy in South Korea, the Goethe Institute in Seoul will be hosting a dinner for invited guests on October 15, in honour of the world premiere of Comrades in Dreams. The event will be supported by BMW in South Korea.