Sunday October 3, 20:30 - ITFF MASTERPIECES OF CINEMA AWARD 2021 to VEIT HELMER

Writer-director-producer Veit Helmer shot his first film at the age of 14.
He studied film directing at Munich Filmschool and became famous with his cutting edge short films „Surprise“, shown at Cannes Film Festival and „Tour Eiffel“ (70mm), presented at Venice.
His first feature film "Tuvalu" (1999), starring Denis Lavant, was invited to 62 festivals, including San Sebastian and Berlin.
His cult movie “Absurdistan” premiered in Sundance competition.

Helmers documentary film “Behind the Couch” was aired by BBC and 20 broadcasters from all continents.
He collaborated with famous artists, such as actor Udo Kier on “Gate to Heaven" (2003), composer Goran Bregovic for „Baikonur“ (2010) and actress Paz Vega for his new film „The Bra"
Helmer teaches at film schools in Prague, Beirut, Tbilisi, Dakarta and Almaty.
His films won 155 awards altogether.