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60-474: The 46th edition of the festival was held from 20 October to 2 November 2022. 223 films from 60 different countries, categorized in three segments: International Perspective, New Directors Competition, and Mostra Brasil will be presented in the festival. Aftersun by Charlotte Wells won the Jury Prize for best film in the festival. The festival was created in 1977 when film critic Leon Cakoff decided to celebrate

120-486: A British Writer, Director or Producer . Mescal was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 95th Academy Awards . The National Board of Review named Aftersun one of the best films of 2022 and Sight and Sound ranked it first on its list of the best films of 2022. Since then, it has been cited as among the best films of the 2020s. In the late 1990s, Scottish 11-year-old Sophie Patterson travels to

180-507: A Turkish holiday resort with her 30-year-old father, Calum, who moved to London after separating amicably from her mother. Sophie records the holiday on a MiniDV camera, the footage of which is interspersed throughout the film. Over the course of the holiday, Sophie befriends and observes various English tourists at the resort, often meeting and playing arcade games with a boy named Michael. Calum exhibits signs of depression, anxiety, and internal turmoil, which he tries to hide from Sophie beneath

240-911: A boy, Wenders took unaccompanied trips to Amsterdam to visit the Rijksmuseum . He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area . He then studied medicine at the University of Freiburg (1963–64) and philosophy at the University of Dusseldorf (1964–65), but dropped out and moved to Paris in October 1966 in order to become a painter. He failed his entry test at France's national film school, IDHEC (now La Fémis ), and instead became an engraver at Johnny Friedlaender 's studio in Montparnasse . During this time he became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to five movies

300-643: A collection of diary essays written as a film student, was adapted and broadcast as a series of plays on BBC Radio 3 , featuring Peter Capaldi as Wenders, with Gina McKee , Saskia Reeves , Dennis Hopper , Harry Dean Stanton and Ricky Tomlinson , dramatized by Neil Cargill. Wenders also directed a documentary-style film on the Skladanowsky brothers , known in English as A Trick of the Light . The Skladanowsky brothers were inventing "moving pictures" when several others like

360-692: A constant battle against censorship, arbitrary laws, and cultural neglect. It's finally a fight for the creation and the preservation of collective memory." In its 39-year-history, the festival grew from being held exclusively inside the MASP museum to a large-scale event throughout the city of São Paulo. Today, Mostra screens more than 300 films a year. It has received recognition as the main gateway in Brazil to world cinema. Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles has claimed that Brazilian audiences would only be familiar with American and some European productions if it weren't for

420-637: A day at the local movie theater. Set on making his obsession his life's work, he returned to Germany in 1967 to work in the Düsseldorf office of United Artists . That fall, he entered the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). Between 1967 and 1970, while at the HFF, he also worked as a film critic for FilmKritik , the Munich daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung , Twen magazine, and Der Spiegel . Wenders completed several short films before graduating from

480-467: A facade of contentment. During his time alone, he practices tai chi and reads self-help books; he also smokes, which he hides from Sophie. One day, Sophie and Calum go scuba diving and she loses her expensive scuba mask; Calum feigns nonchalance, but Sophie senses his actual feelings, says she knows the mask was expensive and comforts him. Calum later tells their diving instructor that he is surprised he has lived to be 30. Soon after, Calum and Sophie go to

540-682: A film festival in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges , which the petition argued would undermine the tradition of film festivals as a place for works to be shown "freely and safely" and argued that arresting filmmakers traveling to neutral countries could open the door to "actions of which no-one can know the effects." From 1979 to 1981, Wenders was married to the American actress and singer-songwriter Ronee Blakley . Short film Feature film Producer only Executive producer only Short film Film TV movies TV series TV shorts Wenders has been awarded honorary doctorates by

600-1218: A jury prize. It screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival , the Melbourne International Film Festival , the Telluride Film Festival , the Toronto International Film Festival , the London Film Festival , the New York Film Festival , the New Hampshire Film Festival, the Adelaide Film Festival , and the Athens International Film Festival. Aftersun was distributed in Austria, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Spain, Turkey and

660-486: A new 3-D documentary about architecture. He also said he would only work in 3-D from then on. Wenders had admired the dance choreographer Pina Bausch since 1985, but only with the advent of digital 3-D cinema did he decide that he could sufficiently capture her work on screen. In 2015, Wenders collaborated with artist/journalist and longtime friend Melinda Camber Porter on a documentary feature about his body of work, Wim Wenders – Visions on Film . Porter died before it

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720-423: A pool. Meanwhile, Calum goes to the beach and walks into the ocean. When Sophie returns to their room, she finds him asleep naked and gently covers him with a sheet. The two reconcile the next day while travelling to the mud baths, and Calum apologises for his behaviour the previous night. Sophie surprises him by having other tourists sing " For He's a Jolly Good Fellow " for his birthday. Calum watches stoically. He

780-588: A rug shop, where she sees him grapple with the cost of one he likes. He declines to buy the rug, but later returns alone and buys it. The next night, Sophie and Calum attend a karaoke night and Sophie signs them up for a song. Calum refuses to sing with Sophie despite her insistence, and she sings " Losing My Religion " alone as Calum watches. Upset by being left alone by him, Sophie refuses to return to their room with him and hangs out with some other tourists she previously met playing billiards. Michael creeps up on Sophie from behind, frightening her. They later kiss beside

840-433: Is a 2022 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut . Starring Paul Mescal , Frankie Corio , and Celia Rowlson-Hall , the film is loosely based on Wells' childhood and follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday. Aftersun had its world premiere at

900-556: Is a German filmmaker and author, who is a major figure in New German Cinema . Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes , Venice , and Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award . Wenders made his feature film debut with Summer in the City (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing

960-527: Is next to their bed. Sophie watches the video footage from the holiday in Turkey. Interspersed throughout the film are abstract, dreamlike sequences in which the adult Sophie stands in the middle of a crowded rave, catching glimpses of Calum dancing frantically through strobing lights. Throughout the sequences, Sophie attempts to get closer to him, eventually briefly embracing him; with their hands wrapped around each other, Calum ultimately falls from Sophie's grasp. In

1020-449: Is one of his favorite films, calling it "just a beautiful film". Several critics have pointed out the film's resonances with the work of Margaret Tait ; as Mark Kermode of The Guardian writes, "There are also clear traces of the films of Margaret Tait in Wells's craft, specifically Blue Black Permanent (1992), which seems to have served as a tonal reference (a volume of Tait's writings

1080-479: Is prominently displayed on screen)." In an interview, Wells acknowledged Tait's impact on her, particularly Blue Black Permanent , saying, "It's a special film and it relates in many ways to what I was doing". A copy of Tait's Poems, Stories and Writings lies between a tai chi manual and a self-help book in Calum's pile of holiday readings. Pat Brown of Slant Magazine called the film's "Under Pressure" sequence one of

1140-413: Is shown sobbing in the hotel room alone, with a postcard addressed to Sophie that tells her he loves her on the floor. On the last night of their holiday, Calum and Sophie dance to " Under Pressure " in a loving embrace. In the morning, at the airport, Calum waves goodbye and sends Sophie off on her flight home. In the present day, the adult Sophie lives with her wife and young child. The rug Calum bought

1200-614: The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature : for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018), and Anselm (2023). Wenders formerly served as

1260-662: The Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper) . In a 2018 interview, he said his favorite movie of all time was his film about Pope Francis , and that his entire career had been building up to it. His admiration for Francis is profound; he said he felt Francis is doing his best in a world full of calamities. He also said that, though raised Catholic, he had converted to Protestantism years earlier. In 2019 Wenders acted as executive producer for his former assistant director Luca Lucchesi's documentary A Black Jesus , which has similar themes to Pope Francis: A Man of His Word. The film explores

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1320-682: The Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022, where Wells was nominated for the Caméra d'Or . It was theatrically released in the United States on 21 October and in the United Kingdom on 18 November. The film received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the direction, screenplay, cinematography, visuals, and performances of Corio and Mescal. Aftersun received four nominations at the 76th BAFTA Awards , where Wells won for Outstanding Debut by

1380-532: The Grand Prix . The next year, he directed Lisbon Story , which screened at Un Certain Regard at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival . In 1995 he directed both A Trick of Light and the anthology film Lumière and Company . In 1997, Wenders directed the American drama film The End of Violence , starring Bill Pullman , Andie MacDowell , and Gabriel Byrne . The film received negative reviews and performed poorly at

1440-660: The Lumière brothers and William Friese-Greene were doing the same. In 2011, Wenders was selected to stage the 2013 cycle of Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival . The project fell through when he insisted on filming in 3-D , which the Wagner family found too costly and disruptive. In 2012, while promoting his 3-D dance film Pina , Wenders told the Documentary channel blog that he had begun work on

1500-466: The Palme d'Or . Critic Roger Ebert wrote of the film, "[it's] a movie with the kind of passion and willingness to experiment that was more common fifteen years ago than it is now. It has more links with films like Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy than with the slick arcade games that are the box-office winners of the 1980s. It is true, deep, and brilliant". Wenders then directed

1560-568: The Sorbonne in Paris in 1989, the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1995, and the Université Catholique de Louvain , Belgium, in 2005. The Wim Wenders Foundation was established in Düsseldorf in 2012. It provides a framework to bring together his cinematic, photographic, artistic and literary works in his native country and make them permanently accessible to the public. In 2016, he received

1620-550: The University of Television and Film Munich , which he attended from 1967 to 1970. Shot in 16 mm black-and-white by Müller, the movie exhibited many of Wenders's later trademark themes of aimless searching, running from invisible demons, and persistent wandering toward an indeterminate goal. Protagonist Hans (Zischler) is released from prison, and after searching through seedy West German streets and bars, he visits an old friend in Berlin. Wenders then directed The Goalkeeper's Fear of

1680-533: The music of Cuba . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature . In 2002, he directed a documentary about the German rock group BAP called Vill passiert (A lot has happened). Wenders has directed music videos for groups such as U2 and Talking Heads , including " Stay (Faraway, So Close!) " and " Sax and Violins ". His television commercials include a UK advertisement for Carling Premier Canadian beer. Wenders's book Emotion Pictures ,

1740-618: The 30th anniversary of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP). The head of the museum's film department, Cakoff had already organized successful screenings of rare foreign films during the 1970s. These pre-festival screenings had a large audience turnout, including films that came without Portuguese subtitles and sometimes with no translation at all, proving the strength of the city's cultural demand. The 1st São Paulo International Film Festival included 16 feature films and 7 shorts, representing 17 countries in total. Consisting of 40 screenings at

1800-493: The Hochschule with a 16mm black-and-white film, Summer in the City (1970), his feature directorial debut. Wenders's career began in the late 1960s, the New German Cinema era. Much of the distinctive cinematography in his movies is the result of a long-term collaboration with Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller . Wenders made his directorial film debut with Summer in the City (1970), his graduation project at

1860-461: The MASP's Grand Auditorium, the first edition inaugurated the Audience Prize, with members of the audience voting for the best picture, a ritual that has been followed ever since. The winner of the first Audience Prize was Hector Babenco 's Lucio Flavio (1977), a Brazilian production. The Jornal do Brasil news publication noted that the festival was the only place in the country where people had

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1920-620: The Penalty , titled The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick in the United States. The film was adapted from Peter Handke 's 1970 short novel . He then directed the period drama The Scarlet Letter (1973), adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne 's 1850 novel of the same name . From 1974 to 1976 Wender directed the Road Movie trilogy . The first film in the trilogy was Alice in the Cities (1974), which

1980-561: The Surface of the Earth" in the early 1980s and pursued it for 20 years. The initial photographic series was titled "Written in the West" and was produced while Wenders criss-crossed the American West in preparation for his film Paris, Texas (1984). It became the starting point for a nomadic journey across the globe, including Germany, Australia, Cuba, Israel and Japan, to take photographs capturing

2040-608: The United Kingdom by Mubi and in the United States and Canada by A24 . It was released in the United States on 21 October 2022 and in the United Kingdom on 18 November. The film was released for video on demand in the United States on 20 December and was made available to stream on Mubi on 5 January 2023 in countries where Mubi distributes the film. On Rotten Tomatoes , Aftersun holds an approval rating of 95% based on 244 reviews, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Led by Frankie Corio's tremendous performance, Aftersun deftly ushers audiences to

2100-426: The aid of embassies and consulates. After leaving the museum in 1984, the festival stood up to the censors and began a legal battle for the right to screen the films directly to the public, with no prior censorship interference. The 8th edition of the festival was marked by the strongest clash against the government. The festival won the appeal in 1984, the last year of the dictatorship, and it began seemingly free from

2160-425: The best movie scenes of 2022, saying that it "brings to the surface what was kept simmering throughout: the searing pain of loss that's led Sophie to reflect on the past." In 2024, Collider ranked the film sixth on its list of the "30 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far)," with Jeremy Urquhart calling it "a film about growing up and reinterpreting who your parents are or were, as people, once you're old enough to see

2220-564: The box office after its debut at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival . Like many other of Wenders's American movies, it was shot in multiple locations, including the Griffith Observatory and the Santa Monica Pier . Wenders has directed several highly acclaimed documentaries, including Willie Nelson at the Teatro , a documentary about the recording sessions of Teatro (1998). The next year he directed Buena Vista Social Club , about

2280-477: The censors. However, the event was suspended in the middle of the first week after a screening of Wim Wenders ' The State of Things (1982). The interruption, which received large international coverage, lasted for four days, enough time for the Ministry of Justice's censorship board to watch all of the films. The festival has been free of government censorship since 1985 thanks to a ministerial order by request of

2340-567: The contradictory contemporary world, where loneliness and detachment fester in a society that is technically more connected than ever". Business Insider included it on its list of the "25 Best British Movies of the Last Ten Years". IndieWire ranked a line spoken by Sophie ("I think it’s nice that we share the same sky") 10th on its list of the "22 Best Movie Quotes of 2022". Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm " Wim " Wenders ( German: [ˈvɪm ˈvɛndɐs] ; born 14 August 1945)

2400-407: The essence of a moment, place or space. Wenders lives and works in Berlin with his wife, Donata. He has lived in Berlin since the mid-1970s. He is an ecumenical Christian; as a teenager he wished to become a Catholic priest. He supports German football club Borussia Dortmund . In 2009, Wenders signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski , who had been detained while traveling to

2460-624: The event) died in 2011, shortly before the 35th edition. His widow Renata de Almeida, who produced the festival with him, became Mostra's director. The 38th edition of the São Paulo International Film Festival in 2014 featured retrospectives dedicated to Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and the French distribution company MK2 founded by Marin Karmitz . The overall selection included over 330 titles. Aftersun Aftersun

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2520-987: The festival's efforts. Filmmaker Laís Bodanzky noted the importance of the festival in influencing an entire generation of Brazilian filmmakers who faithfully attended the event in the 80s and 90s, all of them baptizing themselves as "children of the Mostra." The festival has had the presence of multiple Brazilian filmmakers as guests. Notable international guests since 1977 include Dennis Hopper , Pedro Almodóvar , Park Chan-wook , Miguel Gomes , Victoria Abril , Jane Birkin , Guy Maddin , Abbas Kiarostami , Claudia Cardinale , Amos Gitai , Les Blank , Quentin Tarantino , Maria de Medeiros , Wim Wenders , Alan Parker , Manoel de Oliveira , Christian Berger , Kiju Yoshida , Atom Egoyan , Danis Tanovic , Satyajit Ray , Eizo Sugawa , Theo Angelopoulos , Marisa Paredes , Rossy de Palma , Geraldine Chaplin and Jonas Mekas . The festival produced

2580-473: The film to Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver , writing, "Like Taxi Driver , The American Friend was a new sort of movie-movie—sleekly brooding, voluptuously alienated and saturated with cinephilia." Wenders earned critical acclaim for his road drama Paris, Texas (1984), starring Harry Dean Stanton , Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell . The film premiered at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival , where it won

2640-730: The films Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), later known as the Road Movie trilogy . Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023). Wenders has received three nominations for

2700-449: The final scene, Calum packs the videocamera away and walks down the airport hallway after having waved goodbye to Sophie, opening the doors to the rave. Aftersun is director and writer Charlotte Wells' feature film debut. Calling it "emotionally autobiographical", she sought to delve into "a different period" in a relationship between a young parent and a daughter than what she explored in her 2015 debut short film Tuesday . Frankie Corio

2760-593: The intersection between our memories of loved ones and who they really are." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 95 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". The New York Times critic A.O. Scott called the film "astonishing and devastating", writing that Wells was "very nearly reinventing the language of film, unlocking the medium's often dormant potential to disclose inner worlds of consciousness and feeling." Screen Daily ' s Fionnuala Halligan wrote that Wells' "measured but relentless probing ... mark her out as one of

2820-417: The longer versions receiving mixed reviews. In 1993 he directed Faraway, So Close! , a sequel to Wings of Desire . Actors Otto Sander , Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk reprised their roles as angels who have become human. The film also stars Nastassja Kinski , Willem Dafoe and Heinz Rühmann , in his last film role. It received critical acclaim, premiering at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival , where it earned

2880-516: The most promising new voices in British cinema in recent years". Guy Lodge of Variety called the film "sensuous, sharply moving". Carlos Aguilar of TheWrap praised Gregory Oke's "visually fluid" cinematography, saying it "evokes a radiant melancholia". In Empire , Beth Webb called the film a "deftly orchestrated, empathetic and honest character study" and "A triumph of new British filmmaking." In 2024, filmmaker Christopher Nolan said Aftersun

2940-405: The organizers of the event. The decision extended itself throughout the entire nation, including every other festival that was previously subjected to censorship. The court victory caused the 9th edition of the festival, which took place from October 15 to 31 in 1985, to screen all of the films without any government interference. "The story of the São Paulo International Film Festival is a tale of

3000-538: The president of the European Film Academy from 1996–2020. He also earned an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director. Wenders was born in Düsseldorf into a traditionally Catholic family. His father, Heinrich Wenders, was a surgeon. The Dutch name "Wim" is a shortened version of the baptismal name "Wilhelm". As

3060-400: The right to vote. Brazil was under military dictatorship at the time, causing a lot of difficulties with the censors during the festival's first seven years while it was still held at the MASP. Films often had to be screened to a censorship committee before being shown to the public and transportation difficulties sometimes forced the prints to arrive in Brazil inside diplomatic luggage with

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3120-535: The role of religion in communal identity and how this can create or dissolve differences in a small Sicilian town during the height of the refugee crisis. Lucchesi noted that Wenders pushed the film to be more symbolic and philosophical, saying that Wenders wanted the film to have a "universal fairy-tale aspect" and to represent "Europe in a nutshell". Wenders has worked with photographic images of desolate landscapes and themes of memory, time, loss, nostalgia and movement. He began his long-running project "Pictures from

3180-477: The romance fantasy Wings of Desire (1987), starring Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk . It premiered at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival , where Wenders won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director . Peter Handke co-wrote the screenplay. West Germany submitted Wings of Desire for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , a bid supported by its distribution company. It

3240-413: The short film Welcome Back, Abbas in 1999. Directed by festival directors Leon Cakoff and Renata de Almeida, the film followed filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami during one of his visits to the city of São Paulo. Mostra has also produced anthology films, notably Welcome to São Paulo (2004) and Invisible World (2011), featuring collective short films not only by Leon and Renata, but also by directors from around

3300-460: The world how they might've seen it when you were just a kid. Any descriptions of what Aftersun is about - or what emotions it inspires - ultimately undersell it. One really has to watch it and engage with it to feel and understand exactly what it's going for." Far Out ranked the film 16th on its list of "The 21 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century", calling it "A poetic tale told with a marvelous understanding of cinematography" that "seems to define

3360-548: The world who were invited to film in city. The list of international filmmakers (including Brazilian directors) consisted of Wolfgang Becker , Maria de Medeiros , Hanna Elias, Amos Gitai , Mika Kaurismäki , Jim McBride , Phillip Noyce , Ming-liang Tsai , Andrea Vecchiato, Caetano Veloso , Yoshishige Yoshida , Theo Angelopoulos , Gian Vittorio Baldi, Marcho Bechis, Laís Bodanzky , Beto Brant , Manoel de Oliveira , Atom Egoyan , Guy Maddin , Jerzy Stuhr , and Wim Wenders . Leon Cakoff (the founder, organizer, and director of

3420-581: Was finished, and the film remains incomplete. Wenders is a member of the advisory board of World Cinema Foundation . The project was founded by Martin Scorsese and aims to find and reconstruct world cinema films that have been neglected. As of 2015 he served as a Jury Member for the digital studio Filmaka , a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals. In June 2017, Wenders stage-directed Georges Bizet 's opera Les Pêcheurs de perles , starring Olga Peretyatko and Francesco Demuro and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at

3480-546: Was not nominated; the academy seldom recognized West German cinema. The film was one of the most acclaimed films of the year, with many critics adding it on their top 10 lists. In 1991 Wenders directed the science fiction adventure drama Until the End of the World , starring William Hurt , Solveig Dommartin , Max Von Sydow and Jeanne Moreau . The film has been released in several editions, ranging in length from 158 to 287 minutes, with

3540-399: Was one of over 800 applicants before being cast. Filming took place in Ölüdeniz , Turkey. During the two-week rehearsal period Corio and Mescal spent time at a holiday resort in order to make their dynamic more authentic. English composer Oliver Coates composed the film's original score . The film premiered as part of Critics' Week during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival , where it won

3600-559: Was shot in 16mm. The last two films are The Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976), the latter of which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival . In 1977 Wenders gained prominence for directing the neo-noir The American Friend , starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz . The film is adapted from the Patricia Highsmith 1974 novel Ripley's Game . J. Hoberman of The New York Times has compared

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