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Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders is one of Germany's most significant film directors.

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Berlinale business

The European Film Market in Berlin is one of the world's biggest movie fairs.
February 16, 2012
Three shining Oscar awards

Europe in Hollywood

'The Artist' is nominated for 10 Oscars, and Wim Wenders is in the running with a documentary.
January 24, 2012
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Wim Wenders is one of Germany's leading film directors. He has won a number of top accolades including a silver bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
LifestyleMay 25, 201102:18 min
Scene in Berlin

Scene in Berlin

The Berlin courtyard is the heart and soul of civic life, as DW's Stuart Braun finds out.
May 13, 2011
Cinema-goers in 3D glasses

3D fatigue

Industry insiders say the 3D movie is here to stay, but don't expect the ticket prices to come down.
February 19, 2011
Wim Wenders gestures with his hands while speaking

Wenders' Ring

Wim Wenders is a top directorial choice for the Bayreuth Festival's 'Ring of the Nibelungen.'
January 7, 2011
German filmmaker Wim Wenders

Up, close and personal

Filmmaker Wim Wenders tells DW he never felt as European as when he worked in the US.
May 19, 2009
Wim Wenders portrait, taken during Cannes Film Festival 2008

Wenders in Venice

The German film director has been named to head the jury at the Venice Film Festival.
June 29, 2008
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Cannes Film Festival

Germany's Wim Wenders, a past winner, is among the directors who are competing for the Palme d'Or.
May 14, 2008
Wim Wenders

Red Carpet

German director Wim Wenders has made the short list at the Cannes festival with his newest film.
April 23, 2008

Death of a Filmmaker

Michelangelo Antonioni, the Italian director who made the film Blow-Up, died in Rome at age 94.
July 31, 2007

German Film Legend

Enfant terrible of New German Cinema, Fassbinder is still controversial 25 years after his death.
June 10, 2007

Wenders Returns Home

Wim Wenders has decided to make a film about Germany with German actors once again.
December 3, 2006

The Third Face of German Film

After Wim Wenders and Tom Tykwer, Fatih Akin ranks as the third most well-known film director in Germany. The versatile movie-maker from Hamburg, made it big in 2004 with his hit "Head On."
November 27, 2005

Film Classics for the Classroom

A team of representatives from the world of film has agreed on a list of films it says are essential to the education of German school children. It aims to incorporate the medium into the official school curriculum.
July 18, 2003

Wim Wenders: Art in Motion

Besides being a world-famous director, Wim Wenders is a photographer and professor. He met with DW-WORLD to discuss, among other things, a revolution in filmmaking, recent and upcoming projects and American politics.
November 21, 2002