A round birthday is coming - the 1993 in Frankfurt founded Weitsicht Festival is 30!
For 3 decades, several thousand visitors flock annually to the "Weitsicht" to admire LIVE presented reports outstanding photographers on big screen
The anniversary festival will be held with a particularly varied program from 3. - 5. November in the darmstadtium in Darmstadt celebrated.
The gala on Friday evening promises a screen spectacle of the highest quality.
Swiss photographer and filmmaker Stefan Forster will show The World from Above and lets the beauty of all continents shine in his FOTO FINE ART lecture.
The Saturday Matinée is a classic with cult status: Monika Koch and Heiner Tettenborn have long been in Afghanistan lived and show in their presentation a country whose fascination beyond the borders only a few know.
With Sabine Hoppe and Thomas Rahn it then goes by vintage car 30,000 kilometers through a Wild Southdamerica, along the Andes through the rainforest and across the Altiplano to the paradisiacal Patagonia.
An absolute insider tip follows with Daniel von Rüdiger's portrait of Papua New Guinea. Deeply immersed in a self-sufficient village community on the Sepik River, he shows a treasure trove of images and tells stories from another world of life.
On Saturday evening, there is an Arctic road trip in the rolling log cabin to see. Petra and Gerhard Zwerger-Schoner traveled a year through Europe's High North, in a motorhome pickup throughout Scandinavia and Iceland.
For Sunday Matinée, the Spiegel bestselling author Lotta Lubkoll tells of a long-eared and quite funny travel company: Together with donkey Jonny she crossed the Alps - a journey from which the whiz kid turned the award-winning success story hiking, happiness and long ears has made.
Animal continues Sunday: The "National Geographic" photographers Aneta and Dirk Bleyer present their unique impressions from South-Africa - a country full of natural wonders and with a unique animal world. A dream trip for all the senses.
With Heiko Beyer it then goes to the most beautiful end of the world: He took time off, traveled for months through New Zealand and immersed himself in the country and culture. A feast for the eyes - and balm for the soul!
For the finale of the anniversary weekend, Weitsicht darling Harald Philipp his profound story "Leaving Tracks - Adventure 21st Century". In an abandoned village he and his partner find the perfect e-bike playground and free space for a new, sustainable way of life. Re-interpreting forgotten paths. Radical - and undogmatic.
More info and online tickets at: www.weitsicht-darmstadt.de
