BEIJING, Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- From September 15 till 21 eight German films were presented in the Gongren and Heping cinemas in Nanjing. The event was organised by the Goethe Institut in cooperation with German Films and the Nanjing cultural office.
The opening of the event took place on September 15th with the film FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS. Leading actress Paula Schramm and producer Christoph Menardi were part of the German delegation. Paula Schramm was very excited to find her photograph all over the press in Nanjing on the next day. The audience was thrilled about the charming romantic comedy and thus the opening event caused a large positive buzz on German films. Consequently, ticket sales for the screenings on the next days were overwhelming. The Chinese audience is obviously ready to see films "made in Germany."
The German delegation consisted also of Sebastian Bieniek, director of THE GAMBLERS -- a film which had been shown in competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June. Sebastian Bieniek discussed with the students of a Nanjing film school on the deeper meanings of his film after the successful screening.
German Films representative Mariette Rissenbeek was one of the three people giving an opening speech at the opening event. Also present was the German consul Mr. Albrecht von der Heyden and of course Goethe Institut representative Michael Kahn-Ackermann.
Other films which have been successful at this film event in Nanjing are: ACCORDING TO PLAN by Franziska von Meletzky (also in competition at SIFF), EMMA'S BLISS by Sven Taddicken, HEAVY WEIGHTS by Marcus Rosenmuller, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS by Julia von Heinz, THE COUNTERFEITERS by Stefan Ruzowitzky and YELLA by Christian Petzold.
