Country of origin
Federal Republic of Germany

Rainer Bunz (born 1944) graduated in German, English and American Studies in Munich, Tübingen and Medford, Massachusetts (USA). Initially involved in German-American cultural exchange, he worked as a film consultant at the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik from 1974 to 1979, and as a feature film editor at the First German Television (ARD) from 1980 until his retirement in 2009. Since 2000, he has been publishing historical works, including the biography *Der vergessene Maestro – Frieder Weissmann* (2016).

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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