During its 15th edition which will be held from October 14 to 22 in Lyon, the Lumière Festival will honor German filmmaker Wim Wenders, notably known for having directed the films “Paris, Texas” and “Wings of Desire”
“Celebrating in Lyon, in the birthplace of the Cinématographe Lumière, this traveling filmmaker, polymorphous and visionary virtuoso, accomplished photographer, who never stopped reinventing himself and had a thousand lives, was obvious for a long time,” explains in a communicated the festival management.
On October 20, she will award him the 15th Lumière Prize, which has already rewarded the American director Tim Burton, the New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion and the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Created in 2009, it has become one of the most prestigious awards recognized by the profession and the press.
“His films affirm his style and his key themes: wandering, travel, solitude, but also a certain mythology of the American road trip,” adds the festival management, evoking the work of Wim Wenders, who will hold a master class shortly before the award ceremony.
Two previews
A retrospective of his films, including the famous documentary Buena Vista Social Club (1999), will take place among the 180 films and 448 screenings scheduled in Lyon and its metropolis during the festival.
Wim Wenders, 78, will premiere his latest film Perfect Days whose theatrical release is scheduled for November 29 but also its documentary Anselm, the sound of time which comes out on October 18.
Prestigious guests
The filmmaker, whose three photographic exhibitions are on offer at the Institut Lumière, will be surrounded by prestigious guests: American directors Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne and Taylor Hackford, Spanish and French actresses Marisa Paredes and Karin Viard and French directors and American-British Jean-Jacques Annaud and Terry Gilliam. They will also take part in a master class.
The festival public will also have the premiere of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature film, “The Boy and the Heron”, a few days before its French release. But also those of “Cercle des neiges” by the Spaniard Juan Antonio Bayona, “La Passion de Dodin Bouffant” by Tran Anh Hùng or “Second tour” by Albert Dupontel.