Pianomania has just been awarded with the 1st price (audience award) for the best documentary feature film at the 36th International Filmwochenende Würzburg. We are very happy about this award and would like to thank the the audience as well as the host!
Pianomania is the first documentary film in the history of the Berlinale which will be presented in the category German Cinema. This is a great honour for our film.
The screenings will take place on Thursday, February 18th 2010 at 1.30 pm and on Friday, February 19th 2010 at 3.30 pm at the Cinemaxx 1. For more information please click here.
As an awardee of the Kinofest Lünen, Pianomania will furthermore be shown in an additional screening on Monday, February 15th at 8 pm at the “Hackeschen Höfen” in Berlin.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the screenings!
Pianomania’s theatrical release is drawing nearer. Our documentary will be released in Austrian cinemas on February 2nd 2010, Swiss cinemas on February 25th 2010 and German cinemas from September 2010.
For more information on the theatrical release of Pianomania and participating theatres please visit our section “in theaters”.
Pianomania will have its Asian premiere on March 2010, at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. We look forward to this event with anticipation.
On January 9th, 2010 at 7 pm, Pianomania will open ‘The Magnificent 7’. We hope that the cinema with 3000 seats will be well visited.
Pianomania has won the audience award, the “Lüdia”, at the 20th Film Festival Lünen. We are very happy and want to thank the organisator and the audience.
Pierre- Laurent Aimard received within the Annual Awards of “The German Record Critics’ Award” (”Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”) the Certificate of Special Merit amongst others for his interpretation of Bach’s “The Art of Fugue”, whose recording is in the centre of Pianomania. Aimards interpretation of “The Art of Fugue” is released at Deutsche Grammophon.
Pianomania received the prize of the Semaine de la Critique in Locarno. We are very happy about this award! Here you can read the statement of the jury.
Due to this success Pianomania will also be screened at the Zurich Film Festival (september, 24th – october, 4th).
In spring 2010, Pianomania will take part in the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the biggest film festival in Asia.
Pianomania celebrates its international premier at the International Filmfestival Locarno 2009.
The celebrated festival shows our film in the section Semaine de la Critique:
Sun, 09. August, 11a.m. @ Kursaal des Cinema Teatro
Mon, 10. August, 6:30 p.m. @ L’Altra Sala
Also we are happy that Pianomania is going to be screened at the competition of Valladolid International Film Festival (23.-31.10.09) in Spain, at the 43rd Hof International Film Festival (27.10.-1.11.09) and at the Sheffield Doc Fest (4.11.-8.11.09).
Pianomania received the award for “Best Editing” at the Diagonale Graz, Austria.
