German Films @ TIFF 2017

Film|Grisebach and Akin with new films

  • TIFF Lightbox Toronto, Toronto

promo Image Akin, Kruger, Acar 2016
Fatih Akin, Diane Kruger, Numan Acar | Photo courtesy Bombero International/Warner Bros Entertainment/Boris Laewen
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Germany is having an exceptionally strong TIFF presence this year with an amazing four Special Presentations, including top directors like Wim Wenders with a world premiere, and Fatih Akin and Valeska Grisebach fresh from Cannes, plus newcomers such as Sonja Kröner and Jan Zabeil’s THREE PEAKS, the follow-up to his TIFF14 hit THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN plus many more Wavelength and Contemporary World Cinema program picks.

Here is the full German program.