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Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

„Der liebevolle Blick“ unter diesem Titel hat Wim Wenders seine Antrittsvorlesung (ehrenhalber) an der Universität Fribourg anlässlich der Verleihung des Ehrendoktors durch die Theologische Fakultät gehalten.

„Jeder von ihnen kennt den liebevollen Blick, jeder von ihnen hat ihn schon erfahren. Sie haben ihn auf sich ruhen fühlen, als sie noch ein Kind waren. Ihre Mutter oder der Vater haben sie so angesehen und schließlich ist das das einzige, was wir alle in unseren Biografien gemein haben: Wir alle haben eine Mutter und einen Vater – gut wir haben sie nicht zwingend alle gekannt – aber dann gab es sicher andere Menschen die das Kind, das sie einmal waren liebevoll angeschaut haben.“

#Film #Kino #WimWenders #Muttertag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hswH-I-Kg90

In ihrem Vortrag „Die Grundrechte als Schatzkammer der Nation“ hat Aleida Assmann Allen, nicht nur den anwesenden Schülern den Kurzfilm von Wim Wenders „Die Schlüssel zur Freiheit“ empfohlen.

Die Eröffnung der Schatzkammer fand am Jahrestag der Kapitulation Hitlerdeutschlands, am 8. Mai statt.

#Wiesloch #Demokratie #Deutschland #WimWenders #Film #Kapitulation #Freiheit #Frieden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LhQIgSqrk

MDAG’s Artistic Director Takes Issue With Wim Wenders, Says Politics Belongs In Films: “We Have To Talk About These Things”
#Documentary #Festivals #News #KarolPiekarczyk #MDAG #MillenniumDocsAgainstGravity #WimWenders

https://deadline.com/2026/05/millenium-docs-against-gravity-artistic-director-karol-piekarczyk-interview-1236889375/

Poetry and music from the film ‘Wings of Desire’ (Der Himmel uber Berlin)

One of my favourite films of all time is the Wim Wenders film The Wings of Desire known in German as Der Himmel uber Berlin. It won the Best Film at Cannes in 1987.

Some of the magic  of this film comes from the music (Nick Cave, U2), the acting (Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin) and also from the poetry (Peter Handke) which is scattered throughout the film. The German poet Peter Handke is responsible for some of this evocative poetry, which is haunting and stays with you, lulling you into a dreamy state between sleep and waking.

I have never found German to be particularly pleasing to the ear, but this film made me hear the beauty in the language. Here are some of Peter Handke’s poems from the film along with excerpts from the film. I hope you enjoy them and are inspired to watch the entire film, Wings of Desire is a masterpiece.

Song of Childhood By Peter Handke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BpY6I9ZR3A

When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.

When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.

When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn’t exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?

When the child was a child,
It choked on spinach, on peas, on rice pudding,
and on steamed cauliflower,
and eats all of those now, and not just because it has to.

When the child was a child,
it awoke once in a strange bed,
and now does so again and again.
Many people, then, seemed beautiful,
and now only a few do, by sheer luck.

It had visualized a clear image of Paradise,
and now can at most guess,
could not conceive of nothingness,
and shudders today at the thought.

When the child was a child,
It played with enthusiasm,
and, now, has just as much excitement as then,
but only when it concerns its work.

When the child was a child,
It was enough for it to eat an apple, … bread,
And so it is even now.

When the child was a child,
Berries filled its hand as only berries do,
and do even now,
Fresh walnuts made its tongue raw,
and do even now,
it had, on every mountaintop,
the longing for a higher mountain yet,
and in every city,
the longing for an even greater city,
and that is still so,
It reached for cherries in topmost branches of trees
with an elation it still has today,
has a shyness in front of strangers,
and has that even now.
It awaited the first snow,
And waits that way even now.

When the child was a child,
It threw a stick like a lance against a tree,
And it quivers there still today.

Motorcycle Accident – Wings of Desire

Bruno Ganz plays a lonely angel who roams the streets of Berlin and provides comfort to mortals in need. In this scene, he materialises on the street to attend a motorcycle accident and remind a dying man of the eternal memories in his psyche, and perhaps of collective memories. These are beautiful moments, sublime voices and images.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZXO_xmnJc

Wings of Desire – Music by U2 and Nick Cave

Wim Wenders, the film’s director, is known for using evocative music in film as well. He famously used Nick Cave the Bad Seeds in a scene of the film (the band were living in Berlin at the time). U2 also recorded one of their most underrated songs ‘Faraway (So Close) for the film as well. For the band themselves, this song has still remained a solid favourite and a classic and yet is still one of the lesser known U2 songs of the 80’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPf6SWcENWo

Content Catnip

Die Lichtburg ist kein Kino. Sie ist eine Behauptung. Eine architektonische, historische, fast trotzig aufrechterhaltene Behauptung, dass Kino mehr sein kann als Konsumarchitektur mit Popcorngeruch und algorithmisch kuratierten Spielplänen. Wer durch diese Türen geht, betritt kein „Kino“, sondern ein Versprechen – und zugleich eine offene Wunde. Und mein Leben. (ARTE, Neu!)

Yakusho Koji on 48 Years in Japanese Cinema and How ‘Shall We Dance?’ Brought Him to Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’
#Variety #Asia #Festivals #Global #News #FarEastFilmFestival #WimWenders #YakushoKoji

https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/yakusho-koji-interview-perfect-days-shall-we-dance-japanese-cinema-1236731168/

Wim Wenders Presents Yakusho Koji With Far East Film Festival’s Golden Mulberry, Describes Shooting ‘Perfect Days’ With the Discipline of a Documentary
#Variety #Asia #Festivals #Global #News #FarEastFilmFestival #WimWenders #YakushoKoji

https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/wim-wenders-yakusho-koji-far-east-film-festival-honor-1236730767/

Wim Wenders
Dingo at Dusk, Coober Pedy, South Australia, 1978
#wimwenders #photography

Master of versatility Koji Yakusho shares his insights on layered characters, aging and "Perfect Days": "If you're not enjoying your role, it will come across to the audience." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/03/26/film/koji-yakusho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #kojiyakusho #japanesefilm #wimwenders #perfectdays

I loved this #film, Perfect Days, depicting the especially ordinary Hirayama as he cleans Tokyo's extraordinary public toilets by day, and reads classic Western #literature by night. He also listens to #casettes and takes aimless photos of tree canopies.

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/perfect-days/2479790147928

The film inspired me to up-notch my appreciation of ordinariness, and caused me to wonder why I am so obsessed with achieving great things.

Have you seen it?

#photography #WimWenders

W.I.M: Wenders in Motion

Im Lauf der Zeit – eine Wim Wenders Ausstellung im Frankfurter Filmmuseum

Ich habe W.I.M. Im Lauf der Zeit am Samstagnachmittag besucht und gedacht, dass ich in zwei Stunden alles gesehen und aufgenommen haben sollte – ein Irrtum. Als das Museum um 18 Uhr schloss, hatte ich höchstens die Hälfte bewältigt.

#WimWenders #FFM #Frankfurt #Museum

https://www.schiebener.net/wordpress/w-i-m-wenders-in-motion/

Wim Wenders to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From German Film Academy
#MovieNews #Movies #Awards #International #IsraelGazaConflict #WimWenders

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/german-film-academy-honor-wim-wenders-lifetime-achievement-1236545597/

Perfect Days 2023 Directed by Wim Wenders In a world of fleeting moments, find the beauty that lasts. #filmsky #movies #japan #wimwenders #rw

Ein Film über Toiletten in Japan, dessen Vorgeschichte schon so unwahrscheinlich, war, dass er von keinem anderen Regisseur der Welt hätte gemacht werden können, als Wim Wenders. Dem Deutschen. Aus einem Werbefilm über ein Kunstprojekt wurde eine Geschichte über einen Ort. Und aus der Geschichte über einen Ort wurde ein Film über einen Mann und das Leben. (ARD, Wh.)

MEIN TV TIP FÜR HEUTE:

"Perfect Days"

Regie: Wim Wenders
Hauptdarsteller: Kôji Yakusho [ genial ]
Uhrzeit: 20:15
Sender: RBB

Wim Wenders zeichnet ein poetisches Porträt von Tokyo und eines ungewöhnlichen Protagonisten.

Die feinfühlige Bildgestaltung von Franz Lustig schafft es meisterlich, aus respektvoller Distanz eine menschliche Unmittelbarkeit herzustellen.

Grandios ist der Soundtrack mit Rockklassikern wie Lou Reeds titelgebendem Song 'Perfect Day'.

#tvtipp
#film
#wimwenders

The Berlinale Is at War With Itself — and Tricia Tuttle Is Caught in the Middle
#MovieFeatures #Movies #Berlin2026 #Berlinale #International #IsraelGazaConflict #TildaSwinton #TriciaTuttle #WimWenders

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/berlinale-crisis-israel-gaza-tricia-tuttle-1236516362/

German, European Filmmakers Back Berlinale Boss
#MovieNews #Movies #Berlin2026 #International #IsraelGazaConflict #TriciaTuttle #WimWenders

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/german-european-filmmakers-back-berlinale-boss-tuttle-1236515264/

The German film festival #Berlinale is abolishing itself. After this year's jury president #WimWenders claimed films should not be political (and importantly not criticise #Israel or call out #genocide), the German gov now wants to fire festival director #TriciaTuttle.

Because award-winner Abdallah #Alkhatib has criticised #Germany & "abused" his speech for "political destruction" (whatever that is).

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_101144700/weimer-will-offenbar-berlinale-festivalchefin-tuttle-absetzen.html

"Presenting a film that talks about the rise of European fascism, revolutionary queer cultures, the importance of political cinema and the silencing of the genocide in Gaza, we absolutely wanted to make a stand disapproving Wim Wenders’ statement. (...)

Cinema is politics. Europe is at the brink of fascism. Silencing the genocide in Gaza is complicity."

https://www.instagram.com/p/DU8DD3fDD_c/

#cinema #Gaza #solidarity #Palestine #WimWenders #Berlinale #StandUpToFascism

Political Backlash After Pro-Palestine Comments at Berlin Awards Ceremony
#MovieNews #Movies #Berlin2026 #BerlinFilmFestival #Berlinale #International #IsraelGazaConflict #WimWenders

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/backlash-after-pro-palestine-comments-at-berlin-awards-1236512628/

Read Wim Wenders’ Full Speech As Director Finally Addresses Berlinale Backlash: “The Weather Was A Bit Stormy”
#Festivals #News #Berlin #Germany #WimWenders

https://deadline.com/2026/02/wim-wenderss-full-speech-berlinale-backlash-1236731905/

Wim Wenders Speaks Out at Berlin Film Festival Awards Ceremony: ‘Cinema Is More Resistant to Oblivion Than the Internet’
#Variety #News #BerlinFilmFestival #TildaSwinton #WimWenders

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/wim-wenders-speaks-out-at-berlin-film-festival-awards-ceremony-1236669338/

Berlin Winners List: Ilker Çatak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Golden Bear
#Festivals #News #Berlin #WimWenders

https://deadline.com/2026/02/berlin-2026-winners-list-yellow-letters-1236731728/

Ilker Çatak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Berlinale Golden Bear
#MovieNews #Movies #Berlin2026 #Berlinale #International #SandraHüller #WimWenders

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ilker-catak-yellow-letters-wins-berlin-golden-bear-1236511442/

Berlin Winners Updating Live; Ilker Çatak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Golden Bear
#Festivals #News #Berlin #WimWenders

https://deadline.com/2026/02/berlin-2026-winners-list-1236731728/

Berlin Film Festival Awards Ceremony Gets Under Way (Updating Live)
#Variety #News #BerlinFilmFestival #WimWenders

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/berlin-film-festival-awards-ceremony-updating-live-1236669134/

Berlin Winners: Updating Live; Panorama & Generation Winners Unveiled
#Festivals #News #Berlin #WimWenders

https://deadline.com/2026/02/berlin-2026-winners-updating-live-panorama-amp-generation-winners-unveiled-1236731728/