David Wants To Fly
Germany / Switzerland / Austria, February 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
96 min.
- directed by
- David Sieveking
- Written by
- David Sieveking, Martin Witz
- Status
- In distribution
David, a young filmmaker, follows his idol, David Lynch, into the world of Transcendental Meditation (TM). He traces the footsteps of the founder of the movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to whom even the Beatles at one time had made the pilgrimage. The Indian guru developed TM into one of the largest esoteric organisations in the world that, with their study programs, promises world peace and yogic flying.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2010
- Original Version
- English, German, colour, HD24p, 96 min.
- Production
- Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Navigator Film Produktion, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Carl-Ludwig Rettinger, Martin Heisler, Werner Swiss Schweizer, Johannes Rosenberger
- directed by
- David Sieveking
- Written by
- David Sieveking, Martin Witz
- Cinematography
- Adrian Stähli
- Editing
- Martin Kayser-Landwehr
- Sound Design
- Stefan Soltau, Björn Wiese
- Music
- Karl Stirner
- Location Sound Mix
- Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer, Christian Lutz, Till Röllinghoff
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Autlook Filmsales GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Austria
- Poool Filmverleih GmbH Distribution
- Germany
-
Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Distribution
Release date: 06.05.2010 - Switzerland
-
Praesens Film AG
Distribution
Release date: 29.04.2010
Awards
(a selection)
- St. Petersburg, Message to Man International Film Festival, International Film Critics Jury's Special Prize(medal) and diploma. 2010 (Winner)
- Warsaw, Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Honorable Mention of Millenium Award Jury 2010 (Winner)
- Frankfurt am Main, Hessischer Filmpreis, Hessischer Filmpreis 2010 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Warsaw, 20th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
12.05.2023 - 21.05.2023 -
16° FIDOCS Festival Internacional Documentales Santiago de Chile
26.06.2012 - 02.07.2012 -
Astra International Film Festival of Documentary Sibiu
25.10.2011 - 30.10.2011 -
Bitola, 32nd Manaki Brothers International Cinematographer's Film Festival Bitola
15.10.2011 - 21.10.2011 -
Cape Town, Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival
09.06.2011 - 26.06.2011 -
Warsaw, 8th Planete Doc Film Festival Warsaw
06.05.2011 - 15.05.2011 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, 29th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
14.04.2011 - 05.05.2011 -
Graz, Festival des österreichischen Films
22.03.2011 - 27.03.2011 -
Oslo European Documentary Film Festival
16.03.2011 - 20.03.2011 -
Documentary Edge Festival
16.02.2011 - 28.03.2011
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Gothenburg, 34th Göteborg International Film Festival
28.01.2011 - 07.02.2011 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2011 - 27.01.2011 -
Palm Springs, 22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival
06.01.2011 - 17.01.2011 -
Tallinn, 14th Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn
19.11.2010 - 05.12.2010 -
Amsterdam, 23rd IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
17.11.2010 - 28.11.2010 -
Florence, 51. Festival dei Popoli Firenze
13.11.2010 - 20.11.2010 -
Aarhus Filmfestival
12.11.2010 - 14.11.2010 -
Copenhagen, 8th CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen
04.11.2010 - 14.11.2010 -
Jihlava, JIDFF Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
26.10.2010 - 31.10.2010 -
Sao Paulo, 34a Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo
22.10.2010 - 04.11.2010 -
Bergen internasjonale filmfestival (BIFF)
20.10.2010 - 27.10.2010 -
Montreal, 39e Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
13.10.2010 - 24.10.2010 -
Vancouver, 29th Vancouver International Film Festival
30.09.2010 - 15.10.2010 -
eDIT 13. Filmmaker's Festival Frankfurt am Main
26.09.2010 - 28.09.2010 -
9. Dokufest International Documentary and Shortfilm Festival Prizren
31.07.2010 - 07.08.2010 -
St. Petersburg, 20. "Message to Man" International Film Festival St. Petersburg
15.07.2010 - 22.07.2010 -
Moscow, 32nd Moscow International Film Festival
17.06.2010 - 26.06.2010 -
Warsaw, 7th Planete Doc Review Warsaw
07.05.2010 - 16.05.2010 -
Munich, 25. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
05.05.2010 - 12.05.2010 -
20. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin
04.05.2010 - 09.05.2010 -
Toronto, 17th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto
29.04.2010 - 09.05.2010 -
Nyon, 16e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
15.04.2010 - 21.04.2010 -
Buenos Aires, 12° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente
07.04.2010 - 18.04.2010 -
Berlin, 25. Panorama
11.02.2010 - 21.02.2010