CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE

By Wim WENDERS, Michael GLAWOGGER, Michael MADSEN, Robert REDFORD

WOWOW INC. - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, JAPAN / BROAD

3D - Completed 2014

"If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?"
CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE offers six startling responses. Six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project and allow six iconic buildings to speak for themselves.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale 2014 2014
Special: World Premiere
Sofia IFF 2014
Cinéma du Réel IDFF 2014
Docville IDFF 2014
DOK.Fest Munich 2014
Beldocs 2014
Transilvania IFF 2014
Biografilm 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • 3D, Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, DENMARK, AUSTRIA, USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 165 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Wim WENDERS, Michael GLAWOGGER, Michael MADSEN, Robert REDFORD
    • Producer(s)
    • Erwin M. SCHMIDT (Neue Road Movies), Gian-Piero RINGEL (Neue Road Movies)
    • Synopsis
    • "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?"
      CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE offers six startling responses.
      This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves, examining human life from the unblinking perspective of a manmade structure. Six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project. Buildings, they show us, are material manifestations of human thought and action.
      CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE explores how each of these landmarks – a concert hall, a library, a research institute, a prison, a cultural center and an opera house – reflects our culture and guards our collective memory.
    • Partners & financing
    • Production company: Neue Road Movies (D)
      Co-production companies: Final Cut For Real (DK), Lotus Film (AT), Mer Film (NO), Les Films d'Ici 2 (FR), Sundance Productions / RadicalMedia (USA), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg In Collaboration with Arte D/F), Wowow (JP)