Wim Wenders – King of the Road – The India Tour
"In all my travels around the world over the years, it seems astonishing that somehow, India fell off the map, not just because it is a country with an abundance of landscapes and images to explore, but also because it is a country where cinema is like a religion. I have known of Film Heritage Foundation’s dedication to preserving, restoring and bringing India’s precious film heritage back to contemporary audiences, so I was very happy when Shivendra invited me to come to India for a retrospective of my films. I am excited to have the opportunity to travel across the country and present my films, and who knows what will emerge from my time on the road in India?" - Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders (born 1945 in Düsseldorf) became internationally known as one of the protagonists of the New German Cinema of the 1970s... more
Wim Wenders (born 1945 in Düsseldorf) became internationally known as one of the protagonists of the New German Cinema of the 1970s... more
Cities and Schedule
25 days | 18 films | 5 cities
Wim Wenders | Catalogue
Partners
The Wim Wenders Stiftung, a public foundation based in Düsseldorf/Germany, was established in 2012 to create a framework to bring together the cinematic, photographic, artistic, and literary lifework of Wim Wenders, and to make it permanently accessible to the public worldwide.
The non-profit foundation model ensures that the body of work remains beyond the reach of any form of private self-interest. All proceeds are used to finance the purposes of the foundation: the preservation, restoration, research, and distribution of Wim Wenders’ work, the support of young talents through the Wim Wenders Grant for developing innovative cinematic narration (in partnership with Medienstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the foundation’s engagement in film education in schools. As of May 2024, a total of 17 feature films and 6 short films by Wim Wenders could be digitally restored, most of them in 4K. They are regarded as exemplary in the relatively new craft of digital film restoration.
The non-profit foundation model ensures that the body of work remains beyond the reach of any form of private self-interest. All proceeds are used to finance the purposes of the foundation: the preservation, restoration, research, and distribution of Wim Wenders’ work, the support of young talents through the Wim Wenders Grant for developing innovative cinematic narration (in partnership with Medienstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the foundation’s engagement in film education in schools. As of May 2024, a total of 17 feature films and 6 short films by Wim Wenders could be digitally restored, most of them in 4K. They are regarded as exemplary in the relatively new craft of digital film restoration.
Film Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Mumbai set up in 2014 dedicated to the preservation, restoration and exhibition of India’s film heritage.
A member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) since 2015, Film Heritage Foundation is the only non-governmental organization in the country working in the field of film preservation.
We preserve a growing collection of about 700 films currently on celluloid and have an archive of about 200,000 objects of film-related memorabilia including cameras, projectors, posters, song booklets, lobby cards, books, magazines, etc. The foundation's programmes span the entire gamut of film preservation activities from preservation of films and film-related memorabilia, film restoration, training programmes, children's workshops, oral history projects, exhibition and festival curation and publication.
We have built an international reputation for excellence. Film Heritage Foundation has been restoring forgotten gems of Indian cinema including Aravindan Govindan’s Malayalam films “Kummatty” and “Thamp̄”, Aribam Syam Sharma’s Manipuri film “Ishanou”, Shyam Benegal’s “Manthan”, Nirad Mohapatra’s Odia film “Maya Miriga” and Girish Kasaravalli’s “Ghatashraddha”. The restored films have been premiered at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals and screened at festivals, museums and universities around the world.
We have trained over 450 participants in annual film preservation workshops in association with FIAF across India since 2015 that have become the template for FIAF’s global training and outreach programme. Till 2022, these workshops were open to applicants from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Myanmar while the most recent one was open to participants from across the world.
A member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) since 2015, Film Heritage Foundation is the only non-governmental organization in the country working in the field of film preservation.
We preserve a growing collection of about 700 films currently on celluloid and have an archive of about 200,000 objects of film-related memorabilia including cameras, projectors, posters, song booklets, lobby cards, books, magazines, etc. The foundation's programmes span the entire gamut of film preservation activities from preservation of films and film-related memorabilia, film restoration, training programmes, children's workshops, oral history projects, exhibition and festival curation and publication.
We have built an international reputation for excellence. Film Heritage Foundation has been restoring forgotten gems of Indian cinema including Aravindan Govindan’s Malayalam films “Kummatty” and “Thamp̄”, Aribam Syam Sharma’s Manipuri film “Ishanou”, Shyam Benegal’s “Manthan”, Nirad Mohapatra’s Odia film “Maya Miriga” and Girish Kasaravalli’s “Ghatashraddha”. The restored films have been premiered at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals and screened at festivals, museums and universities around the world.
We have trained over 450 participants in annual film preservation workshops in association with FIAF across India since 2015 that have become the template for FIAF’s global training and outreach programme. Till 2022, these workshops were open to applicants from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Myanmar while the most recent one was open to participants from across the world.