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On October 25, the feature film "Land of Dreams" by Iranian-American photo artist and director Shirin Neshat will celebrate its national premiere at the Abaton cinema in Hamburg! Special guests in the subsequent film discussion are director Shirin Neshat and producer Amir Hamz from the Hamburg production company Bon Voyage Films. Afterwards, Shirin Neshat will go on a Germany-wide premiere tour with "Land of Dreams" and will be a guest in Düsseldorf (October 26), Munich (October 27) and Berlin (October 28). "Land of Dreams" will then be released in cinemas across Germany on November 3.

From November 25, "The Art of Silence" is available on DVD and as VoD in the W-film online store and in regular stores. In his documentary, director Maurizius Staerkle Drux traces the legacy of the artist of the century, Marcel Marceau, interweaving exclusive archival footage with a personal, contemporary view: A grand master of mime, Marcel Marceau portrayed the awkwardness of humanity and conveyed the unspeakable through "cries of silence."

"Vatersland" is now available on DVD and as VoD in the W-film online store as well as in regular stores. Following her award-winning documentary "In Search of Memory" about Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, director Petra Seeger processes her own past as a girl growing up in a male-dominated post-war society in her first feature film - perceptive, feminist and at the same time immensely entertaining and humorous. The family photos and 16mm film footage used in the film come from the director's private archive.

»A sweeping portrait of Cuba's music and dance scene with extensive insights and no clichés.« spielfilm.de

What actually makes Cuban music so special? Quite clearly: "More energy than sugar and more hallucination than tobacco!" said music historian and protagonist Dr. Olavo Alén at the German premiere of "La Clave - The Secret of Cuban Music" yesterday evening, September 7, in Munich. The lively music documentary will be released in cinemas nationwide from September 15.