Press & Reviews
"This tantalizing real-life mystery ... is a captivating saga of family dysfunction."
VIDEO LIBRARIAN
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"...a clever allegory about the United States of Amnesia, wherein wind-blown men can remake themselves in an instant."
Paul Sturtz, TRUE/FALSE FILM FESTIVAL
[Read Full Article]"A film which questions Richard Minnich’s amnesia with great sensitivity and suspense."
Christine Ritzenhoff, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE
[Read Full Article]Thumbs up: "A thrilling and moving film..."
CINEMA.DE
[Read Full Article]"An incredibly bizarre journey across America with increasingly surreal imagery."
Martina Knoben, SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
[Read Full Article]"Breathtaking documentary."
Joachim Kurz, KINO-ZEIT.DE
[Read Full Article]"An unparalleled, touching documentary."
Matthias Wannhof, SCHNITT.DE
[Read Full Article]"Incredibly fascinating."
Alexandra Seitz, TIP, Germany
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Interviews With the Filmmakers
NPR Berlin - 2-min. report by Monika Mueller-Kroll with discussion with directors Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers on the occasion of the “Forgetting Dad” screening at the Berlin Film Festival, Feb. 2011 (in English)
NDR DAS! - TV moderator Inke Schneider interviews Rick Minnich on the German talk show. Broadcast June 6, 2010 (in German)
Shanghai TV - Rick Minnich interviewed on Shanghai TV, June 2010 (in Chinese and English)
Achtung Berlin TV - Directors Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood interviewed. (in German)
Freisprecheinrichtung (Hands-Free Speaking System) one-hour conversation between Rick Minnich and Tim Schomaker about Rick's various films, how he ended up in Berlin, music, and everything under the sun. (In German), originally broadcast live on www.radioweser.tv UKW 92,522, Bremen, Germany, 22 March 2011, 23:00
35th Week of Literature, Bremen (Germany)A rare lengthy discussion about the nature of memory, our compulsion to photograph the world around us, and other themes that link Rick Minnich's films (in German)
Festivals
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA:
Special Jury Award, Joris Ivens Competition 2008Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival - Official Selection 2009
True/ False Film Festival - Official Selection 2009
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - Official Selection 2009
GZDOC – Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival:
Grand Jury Prize, China, 10 December 2009Highest Rating of German Film Assessment Center FBW
Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award:
Honorable Mention, Berlin, Germany, April 2009Ippokrates 1st International Health Film Festival:
2nd Audience Award, Kos, Greece, September 2009William Dieterle Filmpreis:
(Special Prize) Ludwigshafen, Germany, 23 October 2009Dallas Video Fest:
Honorable Mention, Dallas, Texas, 23-26 September 2010Shortlisted for Lola German Film Prize (German Oscar), 2011
Downloads
English Press Kit (1.3 MB PDF)
Deutsche Pressemappe (1.4 MB PDF)
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