In 1913/14, adventure and documentary films were shot in the German colony of Togo that are still largely unknown today. Jürgen Ellinghaus travelled to the original film locations with a mobile cinema to explore the historical background of the film images and the effects of colonialism to this day together with the Togolese audience.
USA + Canada distribution: www.icarusfilms.com/if-togo
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At the end of the 19th century, the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranked among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau movement. Virtually overnight, he became famous in Paris thanks to his posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt. But at the height of his fame, Mucha left Paris to realise his lifetime project “The Slav Epic”. He worked on the monumental cycle of paintings for 18 years – only to meet fierce criticism upon completion.
November 2015
Utopia released on DVD in Germany
The Utopia DVD has been released on DVD in Germany. The German version is a Double-DVD just like the US DVD. The German DVD is available on Amazon.de. The US DVD Utopia is […]
Berlin Premiere UTOPIA
The screening of the documentary Utopia in the fsk Kino closed our Berlin showcase “Utopia coming to Berlin!” on November 1, 2015
October 2015
ALPHONSE MUCHA in Mannheim
„Alphonse Mucha – Art Nouveau Visionary“ runs at the Cineplex Mannheim in the context of an Art Nouveau Exhibition at the art museum Kunsthalle Mannheim:
Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 12 noon
Sunday, November 1, […]
KÜMMEL GOES EAST on Tour in Russia
Director Paul Hadwiger accompanies his documentary “Kümmel Goes East” at a film tour in Russia from October 16 to 20, 2015. The film will be shown in St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Noginsk and Moscow.
September 2015
UTOPIA documentary at “Villa Utopia”
The Utopia documentary is a part of the “Villa Utopia” exhibition in Bad Laasphe, Hesse, Germany, opening on September 26, 2015. More info on Facebook.
LOST WATER in Lost Water
On September 12, 2015 at 6 pm the in “Zur Hirschtränke” in Verlorenwasser invites the locals to an analytic screening of “Lost Water 1 – 2 – 3 – 4”. The local experts […]