asalto al sueño | festivals & reviews

festivals

International Video and Film Festival Kassel 2006, Germany
Icaro 2006, Guatemala
Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo FICCO 2007, Mexico
Chicago Latino Film Festival 2007, USA
Cinelatino, Tübingen, Germany 2007
Latin American Film Festival Toulouse 2007, France
Latin America Film Days Salzburg/Viena 2007, Austria
Int. Film Festival Málaga 2007, Spain
Int. Film Festival Cartagena 2007, Colombia
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2007, USA
Globale Berlin 2007, Germany
Documenta Madrid 2007, Spain
Sin Fronteras Albuquerque 2007, USA
Documentary Festival Hamburg 2007, Germany
Festival Cine Latino Toulouse 2007, France
Tulipanes Latino Art & Film Festival 2007, USA
Festival of German Cinema 2007, Germany
Int. Latino Film Festival San Francisco 2007, USA
Ibertigo, Las Palmas 2007, Spain, Great Audience Award
Festival Cine Tricontinental 2007, India
Festival of latin American Film Bern 2007, Switzerland
FARSAI 2008, Brasil
Festivalo de Cine Chicano 2007, Mexico
Festival de Cine Documental Extremadura 2007, Spain
Voces contra el silencio 2008, Mexico
Festival de Cine Pobre 2008, Cuba
Festival de la Memoria 2008, Mexico
Tri Continental Festival 2008, South Africa


awards

Great Audience Award at IBERTIGO 2007, Canarian Islands
Honorific Mention at Voces contra el silencio 2008, Mexico
Best Investigation for Documentary, Festival de la Memoria 2008, Mexico


Articles related with the film

Articles related with the film: Interview with Uli Stelzner (german):
http://www.lateinamerikanachrichten.de/?/artikel/1082.html

Film Review (german):
http://www.lateinamerikanachrichten.de/?/artikel/1081.html

Article and fotos Migrant Cinema Tour (german):
http://www.umbruch-bildarchiv.de/bildarchiv/foto1/angriff ...

Article about migration inspired by Asalto al suenño (spanish):
http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/10/16/puebla/matria09.pdf

Film Review (german):
http://www.bluejax.net/2007/11/07/asalto .../

Film review Portland USA (english):
http://www.elhispanicnews.com/archivo/2007/january/011107ehnpub.pdf

Film review USA :
http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2007/10/29/ ...

El sueño y la pesadilla de Noé(spanish):
http://www.uca.edu.sv/virtual/comunica/archivo/abr132007/notas/nota14.htm

Interview with Uli Stelzner in Chicago (spanish):
http://www.cinestel.com/43001/43028.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*

Amparo Marroquin: La Cultura Nomada de los trabajadores migratorios de Centroamerica (spanish):
http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/815/81502404.pdf

Article about a film screening in Peten/Guatemala (German):
http://www.readers-edition.de/2007/05/24/angriff-auf-den-traum

reviews


Zensur in Mexiko: Behörden verbieten Dokumentarfilm
afp

Although the production values of Asalto are not the best, this cinema verité-style documentary is a gripping depiction of a fateful journey to the mythical promised land: the U.S. I find it interesting that it took a courageous German director (at great personal risk to himself) –– rather than a North American or Mexican filmmaker –– to tell the story of hope and hopelessness, on one side, and globalization, violence, and corruption, on the other. At a time when the term “illegal aliens” is bantered about, this important film should be required viewing for all American presidential candidates as well as every citizen.
Women in World Cinema, San Francisco 2007

Hart und einfühlsam, ein Ausnahmefilm!
La Opinioin, Los Angeles

Episch, mutig, sensibel. Ein Glücksfall von Dokumentarfilm!
KPFK Radio Los Angeles

Aufwühlend. Mit einer unglaublichen Wirkung schafft es der Film einen emotionalen Ruck im Zuschauer loszulösen, der in dieser Form nur selten erzeugt wird.
Bluejax 2007

Tausend Menschen applaudieren einem Dokumentarfilm.
El Porvenir, Mexiko

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