Press Room

For all press enquiries regarding theatrical distribution in Germany, please contact:
VIA BERLIN
Attn: Nina Schattkowsky
Neue Schönhauser Str. 16
10178 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 – 24087744
Fax: +49 30 – 24087747
E-Mail: nina.schattkowsky@via-berlin.com
www.via-berlin.com

For all other press enquiries, please contact Ringo Rösener at r.roesener@hoferichterjacobs.de, Tel. +49-341-2412 850, Fax +49-341-2412 851

Prizes / Jury Statements

Downloads:
– English Press kit (1.3 MB PDF)
– deutsche Pressemappe (1,3 MB PDF)
– deutsche Verleihmaterialien (Plakat, Postkarten, Pressemappe, Aushangfotos)
– FAQ (63kb PDF)
– Photo set (5.3 MB .zip)

– Forgetting Dad poster (3.5 MB JPEG)
– Photos from the recording session with the Filmorchester Babelsberg

Film Clips:
– Knowledge Network trailer
– opening sequence (IDFA site)
– German theatrical trailer
– Interview mit Rick Minnich (Deutsch – EPK)
– KINO KINO (Bayerischer Rundfunk film review – German)
– deleted scene – Rick and Justin in the desert
– additional film clips on Vimeo
– additional film clips on YouTube
– GZDOC Award Ceremony (Guangzhou, China, Dec. 2009)

Talk Shows / TV Interviews:
– Rick and Matt on IDFA Talk of the Day, 26 Nov. 2008
– Rick Live from Hot Docs, May 7, 2009
– Rick Minnich on SRKulturspiegel (Deutsch/German), Jan. 2009
– Rick and Matt on Achtung Berlin TV, April 2009
– Rick bei NDR DAS! (German/Deutsch), 6 june 2010
– Rick on Shanghai TV STV (in Chinese), August 2010.

Radio interviews / Podcasts:
– NPR Berlin (English) – 2-min. report by Monika Mueller-Kroll with discussion with directors Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers on the occasion of the “Forgetting Dad” screening at the Berlin Film Festival, Feb. 2011
– www.latalkradio.com – 48 min. discussion with director Rick Minnich
– 35th Week of Literature, Bremen (Germany) – 45 minute discussion between Rick Minnich and Tim Schomacker, Ausgabe 7: “Der verbuddelte Lenin und andere Vaterfiguren” (in German: rare lengthy discussion about the nature of memory, our compulsion to photograph the world around us, and the various things that link Rick’s films to one another. Tim’s introduction is excellent!)
– Freisprecheinrichtung (Hands-Free Speaking System) one-hour conversation between Rick Minnich and Tim Schomaker about Rick’s various films, how he ended up in Berlin, music, and everything under the sun. In German), originally broadcast live on www.radioweser.tv UKW 92,522, Bremen, Germany, 22 March 2011, 23:00

Master Classes:
– Planete Doc Review, Warsaw, Poland, 13 May 2009 (listen to 70 minute master class in English with Polish translation here)

Reviews/Interviews:

ENGLISH
>> Video Librarian: “… a captivating saga of family dysfunction” (3 of 4 stars)
>> filmkommentaren.dk
>> IndieWire
>> commitmentnow.com (extensive interview with Rick Minnich)
>> City News Toronto
>> HotDocs Daily (interview with Rick Minnich)
>> exclaim.ca
>> CoMoArts
>> Ex-Berliner (interview with Rick and Matt)
>> Filmbalaya.com
>> South Pasadena Patch
>> Denver Daily News (“fascinating film” 7 of 10 stars)
>> Mile High Jess (my niece Jess’ moving blog about her grandfather Richard)
>> midgebop (Denver)
>> St. Louis Beacon
>> KMOX AM 1120 St. Louis (radio interview on Mark Reardon Show, Nov. 16, 2009)
>> 1More Film Blog (“Forgetting Dad” #8 on 2009 Top 10 list)
>> 1more Film Blog (original review at Full Frame Film Festival)
>> Greek Times (English)
>> Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute (“Another pick for one of the top independent docs of the decade … Both fascinating and heartbreaking, this is why we love CINEMA.”)
>> Wade on Birmingham

DEUTSCH
>> Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – (“Deinen Vater kannst du vergessen” von Michael Hanfeld)
>> Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS)
>> Süddeutsche Zeitung (“Die Spurensuche wird zu einer äußerst eigenartigen Amerikareise, mit zunehmend surreal anmutenden Bildern”.)
>> FBW “besonders wertvoll” (“spannend wie ein Krimi”)
>> Spiegel Online – einestages
>> kino-zeit.de – “atemberaubender Dokumentarfilm” (“breathtaking documentary”)
>> film-zeit.de
>> critic.de
>> moviepilot.de
>> BR Online (“Rick Minnich ist ein sehr persönlicher Film gelungen, der nicht nur unsere Zeit spiegelt, sondern auch die Frage nach der Identität des Menschens stellt.”)
>> FBW (“Ein ungeheuerlicher, beeindruckender Film, der tief berührt.”)
>> Deutschlandradio (with Link to archived radio broadcast from 27.05.10)
>> Filmdienst (“liefert … einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Diskussion über Alzheimer- und Demenzerkrankungen”)
>> echo-online.de (“eine quasi-kriminalistische Spurensuche und Psychogramm eines familiären Traumas”)
>> moviemaze.de
>> TIP (“ausgesprochen faszinierend”)
>> Das Magazin (“grossartiger Dokumentarfilm”)
>> stern.de
>> epd Film (“Das Experiment, das ein derart persönlicher Film immer sein muss, ist geglückt”)
>> Schnitt (“beispiellos berührende Dokumentation”)
>> Gala Men
>> Cinearte
>> Cinema (Thumbs up: “Ein ebenso spannender wie berührender Film”)
>> Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung

DUTCH
>> NRC Handelsblad
>> Trouw

FINNISH
>> AL (Finnish TV review)

GREEK
>> Greek Times
>> Cineman.gr

POLISH
>> Wyborcza
>> Rzeczpospolita

PORTUGUESE
>> É Tudo Verdade

SPANISH
>> www.farodevigo.es

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