Café Waldluft (16+)
Germany, 2015, colour, 79 min.
Director: Matthias Kossmehl
Director: Matthias Kossmehl
«Café Waldluft» is not what it used to be. Once a tourist hot spot nestling in the picturesque mountains of Bavaria it turned out to be a run-down hotel with a few remaining guests in their late sixties. But there is something very unique about the place: it offers shelter to refugees from all across the globe. For each one of them it bares the hope of a new beginning, the aspiration of a new home - waiting somewhere behind a multitude of obstacles. So what does it take for them to arrive for good? What does it really take for a place to become home?
AWARDS
DEFA Sponsoring Prize for an outstanding long German documentary film, IDFF Dok Leipzig, 2015, Germany; University of Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck Student’s Award, Trento FF 2016, Italy.
Russian premier
Matthias Kossmehl
Matthias Kossmehl
was born 1987 in Munich, Germany. Studied Design and Arts in Italy from 2008 to 2012. During his studies he specialized in film and photography and finished his studies with the satirical short film “Welcome to Bavaria”, which won several prices and was shown on more than 70 festivals around the world. Since 2013 he has been working as a freelancer in Munich, developing his own feature film and documentary projects. In 2014 he joined the directing master class of the Hamburg Media School where he’s still studying. “Café Waldluft” is his first feature-length documentary film.
FILMOGRAPHY
Requiem Fuer Eine Kraemerseele, 2008; Welcome to Bavaria, 2012; Sweeper’s Pride, 2015; At the End, 2015; Café Waldluft, 2015.
Germany, 2015, colour, 79 min.
Director: Matthias Kossmehl
Director: Matthias Kossmehl
«Café Waldluft» is not what it used to be. Once a tourist hot spot nestling in the picturesque mountains of Bavaria it turned out to be a run-down hotel with a few remaining guests in their late sixties. But there is something very unique about the place: it offers shelter to refugees from all across the globe. For each one of them it bares the hope of a new beginning, the aspiration of a new home - waiting somewhere behind a multitude of obstacles. So what does it take for them to arrive for good? What does it really take for a place to become home?
AWARDS
DEFA Sponsoring Prize for an outstanding long German documentary film, IDFF Dok Leipzig, 2015, Germany; University of Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck Student’s Award, Trento FF 2016, Italy.
Russian premier