The 11th Wim Wenders Scholarship has been awarded!
Seven film talents, five projects and 100,000 euros in funding:
Film & Media Foundation NRW and the Wim Wenders Foundation award visionary ideas that deal with contemporary and existential topics such as AI, identity and dialog. The grant, which has been awarded since 2014, supports filmmakers in developing innovative, visual concepts outside the mainstream.
📽 The award-winning projects:
ECHOES OF MOVEMENT (Hildegard Alina Oehler & Valerie-Malin Schmid): Re-interpretation of the work of ballet dancer James Saunders – 20,000 euros
BETWEEN TWO TIMES (Daniel Kötter & Miedya Mahmod): A journey into the past of a war survivor – 20,000 euros
OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS (Nicola Fegg): AI, fashion and the supermodel Shudu – 20,000 euros
IN TIME WITH THE SOMERSAULT (Britta Wauer): The life story of Anni Sauer, visualized by AI – 20,000 euros
MONOLOGUE (AT) (Michael Fetter Nathansky): A dystopian world without dialog – 20,000 euros