66th Berlinale world premiere VALENTINA
51 min / 1:1,78 / HD / s/w / dolby surround 5.1 / PAL / EN - DE subtitles / 2016
Ten-year-old Valentina invites us to meet her family. What follows are bizarre anecdotes, daydreams and documentary observations - a film as lively as its roaming heroine.
one of the 15 highlights of 66th Berlinale Spiegel Online, most visited german online newspaper
„…impressive documentary in terms of content and aesthetics“ Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin daily newspaper
„nothing has been glorified…very intimate, honest moments“ Deutschlandradio Kultur, national german radio, focused on cultural issues
„a stunning protagonist“ tageszeitung „taz“ online, german daily newspaper
VALENTINA - a documentary film by Maximilian Feldmann and Luise Schröder
SCREENING DATES
Thursday February 18th, 2 PM, CinemaxX 5 (Berlinale press screening)
February 18th, 07:30 PM, CinemaxX 3 (Berlinale premiere)
Friday February 19th, noon, Colosseum (second screening)
February 19th, 08:30 PM, CinemaxX 1 (third screening)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Maximilian Feldmann was born in Berlin in 1985. He shot his first documentary portrait in 2005 during his Voluntary Social Year in Ecuador. This was followed by several traineeships at film and TV productions. Between 2007 and 2015, he studied Documentary Filmmaking at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Since graduating in 2015 he works as a director and author for both fictional and non-fictional productions. VALENTINA is his graduation project.
https://www.berlinale.de/de/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=201608083#tab=video25
