Wim Wenders, director (Germany)
The emblem of international independent cinema Wim Wenders, who is a director who has created a cinematographic style of his own, is convinced that the most beautiful thing about making movies is the feeling that you use a universal language understandable to all. He describes himself as a workaholic who travels widely and constantly searches for and discovers new places, characters and stories who find their precise place on the screen. In 1982 he won a Golden Lion at Venice for The State of the Matters. Two years later he is once again honored for his film Paris, Texas this time with a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. The 2007 edition of SIFF presented a Wenders retrospective of about 20 feature films. Colibri Publishers then released Wenders’ book A Sense of Place. An exhibition of photographs taken by Wenders and his wife Donata Wenders also took place.
A retrospective with 17 of the director's films was included in the festival's programme.