16/09/2005

Five of the seven films released on the 15th are national productions, as if to confirm that the Summer break is really over. This week-end, German spectators can choose from three documentaries and two dramas.

In terms of documentaries, Durchfahrtsland (Remote Area), by Alexandra Sell, travels from Cologne to Bonn, focusing on four locals. This first feature produced by 2Pilots and ZDF is distributed by RealFiction, while Ventura is launching Estland – mon amour, a film produced by the director in collaboration with MA.JA.DE Filmproduktion, MDR, SWR and Arte in which Sibylle Tiedemann follows the tracks of her brother Klaus, who died mysteriously in 1996 while he was trying to settle in Estonia. The third documentary, Schräge Zeit, by Iceland-born Olafur Sveinsson, is distributed by Basis.

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As for fictions, Die weisse Massai (the white Masai) by Hermine Huntgeburth, produced and distributed by Constantin, is the story of a European girl who settles in a corrupted Africa. Last but not least, the much-awaited Gespenter (Ghosts), by Christian Petzold (presented in Berlin) is distributed by Piffl Medien Filmverleih. This tragic quest of a mother, looking for a long-lost daughter in the streets of Berlin is a co-production involving Germany (Schramm Film Koerner und Weber) and France (Les Films des Tournelles).

(Translated from French)