
Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Silvia Farias Heredia
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition

Ditta Miranda Jasifi
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition

Tänzer der Pina Bausch Company | Dancers of the Pina Bausch Company
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition

Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Clémentine Deluy
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition

Ruth Amarante, Ensemble “Sacre du Printemps”
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition

Thusnelda Mercy, Dominique Mercy, Clémentine Deluy
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition
Donata Wenders © NEUE ROAD MOVIES GmbH

Wim Wenders
PINA by Wim Wenders
DEU/FRA 2010, Competition
Wim Wenders first saw a piece by choreographer Pina Bausch – ‘Café Müller’ – in 1985, and was immediately bowled over. Their first meeting soon evolved into a long-standing friendship that was to lead eventually to an idea for a joint film project. However, their project’s implementation was long thwarted by the limitations of the medium of film. Wenders sensed that he had yet to find a suitable form in which convey Pina Bausch’s unique art combining movement, gestures, speech and music. But then, in 2007, Wenders saw the concert film U2-3D, a digital production in 3D about the Irish rock band U2 and, all at once, it became crystal clear to him that “3D was the way to do it! Only by including the dimension of space did I feel confident (rather than merely presumptuous) that here was a suitable way of transporting Pina’s Tanztheater to the screen.”
Wenders began to familiarise himself thoroughly with the latest developments in 3D cinema and, in 2008, he and Pina Bausch began to think about realising their dream. They decided to include the following pieces from her repertoire: ‘Café Müller’, ‘Le Sacre du Printemps’, ‘Vollmond’ and ‘Kontakthof’.
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Julie Shanahan
The dancer at the Press Conference.
PINA · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 13, 2011

Wim Wenders
The German director answering the journalist's questions.
PINA · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 13, 2011

Peter Pabst, Robert Sturm, Barbara Kaufmann, Wim Wenders, Julie Shanahan, Gian-Piero Ringel, Josef Schnelle
The two art directors, the protagonist, the director, the protagonist, the producer and the moderator on the podium at Press Conference.
PINA · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 13, 2011

Wim Wenders
The director and the ensemble on the Red Carpet.
PINA · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 13, 2011

Bernd Neumann, Angela Merkel, Dieter Kosslick
The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Federal Chancellor and the festival director visited the premiere in the Berlinale Palast.
PINA · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 13, 2011

Donata Wenders, Wim Wenders, Angela Merkel, Bernd Neumann
The director and his wife, the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media before the screening.
PINA · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 13, 2011

Wim Wenders, Angela Merkel
Successful premiere - the Federal Chancellor an the 3D glasses.
PINA · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 13, 2011

Peter Pabst
The art director during Press Conference.
PINA · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 13, 2011

Gian-Piero Ringel, Claudie Ossard
The German producer and the French co-producer in the Berlinale VIP Club.
PINA · Competition · Feb 13, 2011

Wim und Donata Wenders
The director visited the event with his wife.
PINA · Competition · Closing Gala · Feb 19, 2011

Julie Shanahan
PINA · Competition · Feb 13, 2011
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale

Barbara Kaufmann
PINA · Competition · Feb 13, 2011
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale

Wim Wenders
PINA · Competition · Feb 13, 2011
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Peter Pabst, Robert Sturm, Barbara Kaufmann, Wim Wenders, Julie Shanahan, Gian-Piero Ringel
PINA
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 13, 2011
Peter Pabst (Art Director), Robert Sturm (Art Director), Barbara Kaufmann (Protagonist), Wim Wenders (Director), Julie Shanahan (Protagonist), Gian-Piero Ringel (Producer)
PINA
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 13, 2011