Lilith Stangenberg, Nora Fingscheidt, Mala Emde and Dani Levy are among the more than 20 sponsors of the 19th edition of AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS. Guests include Mohammad Rasoulof, Laetitia Dosch, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Pia Marais, Helena Zengel and Christoph Hochhäusler and many more.
In keeping with tradition, the program of the cinematic world tour of AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS is presented by personalities from the film and culture scene. In 2024, the following were won as sponsors: the actors Maren Eggert (“The Sparrow in the Chimney”), Mala Emde (“The Midday Woman”), Nikolai Kinski (“Masters of the Air”), Sina Martens (“With Love, Your Hilde”), Marie-Lou Sellem (“Scorched Earth”), Lilith Stangenberg (“Dying”), Lia von Blarer (“The Forest Inside Me”, “Bad Influencer”), the directors Karim Aïnouz (“Central Airport THF”, “Motel Destino”), Thomas Arslan (“Scorched Earth”), Nora Fingscheidt (“Systemsprenger”, “The Outrun”), Jan Ole Gerster (“Oh Boy”, “Lara”), Sonja Heiss (“When will it finally be like it never was again”), Frédéric Jaeger (“All We Ever Wanted”), Andreas Kleinert (“Dear Thomas”), Dani Levy (“The Kangaroo Chronicles”), Sophie Linnenbaum (“The Ordinaries”), Nicolas Wackerbarth (“Casting”), the journalists Knut Elstermann (including rbb/radioeins), Hannah Pilarczyk (Der Spiegel), Patrick Wellinski (including Deutschlandfunk Kultur) and Vincenzo Bugno, head of the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund .
Guests of the festival
The festival is expecting the following guests in 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof (director of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree”) with Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki (leading actresses of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree”), Laetitia Dosch (director of “Dog Guilty”), Shahab Fotouhi (director of “Boomerang”), Luise Hauschild and Mariam Shatberashvili (producers of “Boomerang”), Vesta Matulytė (leading actress of “Toxic”), Bettina Böhler (film editor of “September Says”), Dea Kulumbegashvili (director of “April”), Pia Marais (director of “Transamazonia”), Helena Zengel (leading actress of “Transamazonia”), Christoph Hochhäusler (director of “Death Will Come”), Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann (directors of “Veni Vidi Vici”) and Fred Burle and Sol Bondy (co-producers of “Parents’ Night”).
Festival opening on November 28th
The 19th World Cinema Festival opens next Friday, November 29, 2024, in the cinema in the KulturBrauerei with “The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree” by Mohammad Rasoulof. The film will be presented in the presence of the director, the leading actresses and other members of the team by film journalist Knut Elstermann, godfather of the film. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree” will be released in German cinemas on December 26, 2024 (Alamode Film) and is Germany's official Oscar® submission for 2025 in the category “Best International Feature Film”. Guests expected on the opening evening include: the actors Pegah Ferydoni, Melika Foroutan, Anne Ratte-Polle, the directors Sarah Blaßkiewitz, Konstantin Bock, Dani Levy, Burhan Qurbani, Faraz Shariat and Natalia Sinelnikova; the producer Janine Jackowski and the jury members Maryam Zaree, Annika Pinske and Fabian Stumm.
The festival thanks its main partners for 2024: Audi City Berlin, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE and CineStar.
Film still: “All We Imagine as Light” (Competition 14 films) © Condor Distribution, Rapid Eye Movies
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