29/09/2015 - The selection of the Warsaw Film Festival includes many German co-productions and a few home-grown titles

The 31st Warsaw Film Festival (9-18 October) will open on the screening of a German co-production: Men & Chicken [+see also:
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Also colourful is the German delegation competing in the Documentary section. It includes Parvez Sharma's A Sinner in Mecca (co-produced with Indian and American partners), Romania's Ilinca Calugareanu's Chuck Norris Vs. Communism [+see also:
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In the Free Spirit section, German visual artist Akiz is running with Der Nachtmahr [+see also:
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The Family Cinema Weekend programme includes one production and one co-production: the former is André Erkau's Winnetou's Son and the latter is the German/Austrian title Trenk, the Little Knight by Anthony Powers.

The Warsaw public will also be offered the Next Generation Short Tiger 2015 selection of German shorts.