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German director Wim Wenders, a major figure of contemporary European film, will be the guest of honour at the Budapest Classics Film Marathon to be held in September, the National Film Institute has announced.

This annual international film festival of 'restored classics' will take place for the seventh time between 17 and 22 September in 2024.

It will show 12 films directed by Wenders, including such classics as his 1977 film The American Friend which earned him international success, as well as Paris, Texas which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is celebrating its 40^th anniversary this year with a brand new 4K restoration which will also be shown in Budapest.

The prolific selection will open with his road movie Alice in the Cities (1973). It will also include Wings of Desire (1987) which won him directing awards in Cannes and at the European Film Award.

Wenders will receive in Budapest the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) 2024 award.



Since 2001, the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) has recognized outstanding film personalities for their commitment to saving the world’s film heritage.

Former FIAF Award winners include Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Peter Bogdanovich, Liv Ullmann, Agnès Varda, Christopher Nolan, Jean-Luc Godard, Tilda Swinton and Guillermo del Toro. The Awards ceremony in Budapest will take place at the Uránia National Film Theatre.

The subject of filmmaking is particularly important in the oeuvre of Wenders and his movies often speak about film history and film heritage. Besides his feature films dedicated to this topic – The State of Things (1982) and The End of Violence (1997), Film Marathon audiences can also watch Tokyo-Ga (1985), evoking the memory of Japanese master director Ozu, Lightning Over Water (1980), bidding a farewell to Nicholas Ray and Room 666 (1982), a reflection on the transformation of film culture.

Screenings this year will take place in the Uránia National Film Theatre, the Toldi Cinema, the French Institute Budapest and the Budapest Music Centre, as well as at outdoor venues in St. Stephen’s Square in front of the Basilica.

For the full programme details in English check out:
https://nfi.hu/en/budapest-classics-film-marathon-2024

Wim Wenders receives intl film archives 2024 award in Budapest

Acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders accepted the International Federation of Film Archives' (FIAF) 2024 award at a ceremony held in the Urania Cinema in Budapest on Thursday evening.

Opening the ceremony, Csaba Kael, the government film development commissioner, called Wenders a key figure of contemporary cinema, a filmmaker and photographer who worked to ensure that stories of the past should inspire future generations.

He said the preservation of film heritage was not only a passion but a responsibility, too, "one of the keys to the sustainability of culture".

Presenting the award, a pure silver film can, FIAF Secretary-General Tiago Baptista said he was honoured to present to Wenders the 2024 FIAF Award as an acknowledgment of his longstanding commitment to cinema and its history, and in recognition of his work for film art and the preservation of film heritage.

Wenders said he was honoured to receive the award, noting that he had spent much time in Cinematheque Francaise in Paris and several other similar film institutions around the world.

"It is in these archives where the huge 20th century treasure we call cinema is being preserved and passed on to future generations." Underscoring the importance of education, he said that "there is no better way to teach history than through the history of cinema."

Wenders said that film, for him, was a complex language, a comprehensive form of art. He emphasised the importance of the preservation of cultural heritage and passing on the language of film, pointing out the responsibility of filmmakers to this end.

The event, organised as part of the ongoing Budapest Classics Film Marathon, concluded with a screening of the film A Trick of the Light (The Skladanowsky Brothers), Wim Wenders' personal tribute to German film pioneers Max and Emil Skladanowsky.

The restored film was accompanied by French composer Laurent Petitgand singing and performing music live on the piano, guitar, saxophone and harp.

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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