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From now on "Sorry Comrade" is available on DVD and as VoD in the W-FILM online store as well as in regular stores! In Vera Brückner's colorful documentary, Karl-Heinz and Hedi revive their incredible romance during the Cold War - including their daring escape across the German-German border. Secret accomplices and amazingly helpful Stasi officials included ... Always immersed in a casual retro look, "Sorry Comrade" takes you on a charming and suspenseful journey back in time to the German past and sweetens the rather rainy late summer in the cozy home cinema.

On September 13, the extraordinary documentary film "Lonely Oaks" will celebrate its premiere in the presence of the film team at the Odeon in Cologne. The event marks the start of the big cinema tour with the directors Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl and Jens Mühlhoff.

"Lipstick on the Glass" had a fabulous world premiere on July 26 as part of the "Midnight Madness" series of the 23rd Nowe Horyzonty Film Festival in Wroclaw! Over five hundred visitors* saw the new work of director Kuba Czekaj. His feature film is a wild ride across genre and gender boundaries, where soundtrack and images combine to create a truly unique viewing experience.

The German theatrical release is set for summer of 2024.

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Enormous crowds and a rapt audience: To enthusiastic applause, "Running against the Wind" celebrated its premiere at the Rio Filmpalast in Munich on July 12. Presenter Maximiliana Schürrle, Honorary Consul of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia in Bavaria, welcomed director Jan Philipp Weyl on stage as a "brilliant storyteller". He welcomed the Ethiopian community in Amharic and addressed emotional words of thanks to the audience as well as the film team present.

In the film discussion, Jan Philipp Weyl spoke movingly about his life-changing encounter as a young student with Karlheinz Böhm, who inspired him to become involved in humanitarian work for Ethiopia through his foundation Menschen für Menschen: But the road from the waffle stand in 8th grade to the realization of his cinema debut was long and rocky! For a time, he even lived on the streets of Addis Ababa himself in order to gather important experience for making his film as authentic as possible.