festivals & awards

 

Adolf-Grimme Award 2008
"monks-the transatlantic feedback achieves nothing less than a precise ethnography of the 60's,
a portrait of an atmosphere of departure with the sky full of timbals and guitars.
"
Read entire statement by the jury here

Winner of the Best Editing Award at Milan Doc Festival 2007
"Touching representation of the crossing lives of an anomalous group of musicians, described with a dynamic rhythm of sound and images"

Winner of the Category for Best Documentary at Würzburg International Film Days 2007

Audience Award Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2007, San Francisco (2nd winner)

A favorite of the Leeds Film Festival audience 2006

Nominated for the Award Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis 2006 in Frankfurt

 

up-coming festivals

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA, KRAKOW
(April 16th to 24th, 2010)

 

past festivals

CINESUBSONICA, MONTPELLIER 2009

NORTH BY NORTHEAST, TORONTO 2008

REVOLVE FILM + MUSIC FESTIVAL, WINSTON SALEM NC 2008

PLANETE DOC REVIEW FESTIVAL, WARSAW 2008

REEL MUSIC FESTIVAL, PORTLAND 2008

GOETHE INSTITUT, NEW YORK 2008

JUNIATA COLLEGE, HUNTINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 2008

GIMMIE SHELTER FESTIVAL, ATHENS 2008

BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (MFA) 2008

MAR DE PLATA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, BUENOS AIRES 2007

MOFFOM MUSIC ON FILM - FILM ON MUSIC, PRAGUE 2007

MILANO INTERNATIONAL DOC FESTIVAL 2007

BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO 2007

INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEKEND WÜRZBURG 2007

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2007

MUSIC DOC FESTIVAL MALMO, SWEDEN 2007

NATFILM, THE ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL OF DENMARK 2007

BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL 2007

FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS IN AUSTRALIA 2007

DON´T KNOCK THE ROCK FILM FESTIVAL (LA) 2006

CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2006

MUNICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006

LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006

KASSEL DOCUMENTARY & VIDEO FESTIVAL 2006

FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006

OSLO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006

GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006