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DE | Completion September 2025 | 52' | 4K | English (sub.), German, French version can be bought to ARTE distribution | By Thomas von Steinaecker | 3B-Produktion | Broadcsaters: ZDF-ARTE, SRF.

 

Why do the works of poet Rainer Maria Rilke continue to fascinate today?

 

150th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian poet on 4/12/1875 and the 100th anniversary of his death on 29/12/2026.

 

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Lady Gaga has his verses tattooed on her upper arm, Bono quotes him in his songs, CDs of his poems recently achieved gold status three times in a row. Discover the life and work of Rainer Maria Rilke  one of the most important poets in literary History! With his ‘Duino Elegies’ in particular, he has become an international life guide and keyword giver of a new longing for depth and seriousness. This is the story of a phenomenon that still fascinates today and the search for the secret of its magic.

Mississippi Ramblin'

FR | 2018 | 52' | 4K | English (sub.), French (sub.) | By Nicolas Finet | N2 The Emerging Side

 

Two French cartoonists pay a tribute to iconic blues musician Robert Johnson (1911-1938), considered as the inventor of blues, who inspired legendary musicians such as Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendricks, the Rolling Stones, and others, traveling to Mississippi (USA). They recall through their graphic novel, "Love in vain", a bestseller translated in ten languages (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish), the life of the artist, walking in his footsteps in the cradle of the blues, meeting real blues men.

T.C. BOYLE - ROCKSTAR OF AMERICAN FICTION

DE | 2018 | 52' | HD | German, English (sub.) | By Adrian Stangell | Nordend Film | Broadcaster: ARTE

 

After a tumultuous youth, the iconic American writer finds peace in the Californian forest, but never gives up criticizing the American society. This intimate documentary dips into the mind of the cult author, gives him a voice and makes clear what the "rock star of American literature" stands for.

MOVING LIBRARIES - WHERE BOOKS MEAN THE WORLD

DE | 2019 | 5x26' | 4K | English (sub.), German (sub. or voice-over), French (sub.), for Columbia episode Spanish (sub.); for Italy epidose Italian (sub.), French version with voice-over to be bought to ARTE | By Michael Bernstein & Anja Schürenberg | Bernsteinfilm | Broadcasters: ARTE, BR, RTBF 

 

Original mobile libraries are run by unusual operators by roller bee, garbage truck, in bags, by bike or ship in order to find their readers, whether they are children in the slums of Bhopal in India, homeless people in Portland, USA or simply those for whom the next book is simply too far away. We get to know the motives of these mobile librarians as they take us into the colorful everyday world of readers in India, Italy, the Caribbean, Columbia and Portland, USA.