HELIOS sustainable films

20/01/2025

Some of us are at When East Meets West until this Wednesday afternoon! Feel free to reach out if you’re around, we’ll be happy to meet up!

IDM Film Funding

23/12/2024

Decorating the tree, surviving the chaos, and keeping our eyes on the prize. It might have been a challenging year for everyone, but just like Kevin, we’re still standing strong and optimistic. Here’s to less “bandit” moments, and a holiday filled with hope and resilience. From at Helios Sustainable Films, wishing you happy holidays and an exciting year to come!

04/11/2024

Starting the week with a great news from Georg Zeller - our documentary SOUVENIRS OF WAR won Best Documentary Award at Documentaria Film Festival! Congratulations to Georg and the team!

Congrats to our co-president Georg Zeller for winning the Best Documentary Award in Sicily for his film Souvenirs Of War, produced by HELIOS sustainable films, edited by our member Beatrice Segolini Beatrice Batrys Dollars, sound design .

10/10/2024

🎥 Dall'11 ottobre su ZaLab View: Scopri Souvenirs of War, il nuovo documentario diretto da Georg Zeller che esplora la Bosnia post-bellica attraverso gli occhi di tre uomini.

📽️ Quando finisce davvero una guerra? Tra tour guidati sui campi di battaglia e la ricerca di una narrazione più leggera, Muhamed, Adnan e Adis ci accompagnano in un viaggio tra memoria, riconciliazione e speranza.

🌍 Un film che mescola tragico e comico, raccontando come il turismo possa diventare una forma di catarsi in una società ancora segnata dal conflitto.

👉 Guarda il trailer ora e preparati a immergerti nei paesaggi dei Balcani, nelle storie di amicizia e mascolinità post bellica, e nei tentativi di costruire un futuro di pace.

🎬 Souvenirs of War, prodotto da HELIOS sustainable films, disponibile dall'11 ottobre in streaming su zalabview.org

06/08/2024

We are excited to announce the regional premiere of a very special documentary on which we collaborated. PERICOLOSAMENTE VICINI (DANGEROUSLY CLOSE) talks about the difficult coexistence between bears and humans in Trentino. The film is directed by Andreas Pichler, produced by Beetz brothers film production and Miramonte Film, and distributed in Italy by Wanted Cinema.

Don't miss it:
- 23.08 at 20:30 - Cinema Modena in Trento
- 24.08 at 20:00 - Filmclub Capitol in Bolzano

From 26.08 on look for it in cinemas all over Italy!

IDM Film Funding

24/07/2024

Helios Sustainable Films turned 12 years old today! We’re approaching our teenage years, so stay tuned for more rebellious documentaries 😅🎥

Martin Rattini
Patrick Kofler
Günther Innerebner
Ne La
Daria Akimenko

Thanks for yll your support and creativity:
IDM Film Funding
FAS - Film Association of South Tyrol

Felix Rier
Nuno Escudeiro
Matthias Lintner
Georg Zeller
Davide Grotta
and everybody from the big Helios family! 💛

01/07/2024

Tomorrow we will be pitching our documentary MY BOYFRIEND THE FASCIST (formerly known as Viva Cuba Libre) by Matthias Lintner as a part of First Cut Lab at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival!
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Martin Rattini
Daria Akimenko
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Many thanks for the support in this initiative to IDM Film Funding!

29/04/2024

Happy to announce that our fiction feature 8 DAYS IN AUGUST that we coproduced with Catpics is starting its theatrical tour in Switzerland on 9 May 😎

23/04/2024

Souvenirs of War South Tyrolean tour still has 3 appointments:
🔸 Neumarkt/Egna 23.04.
🔹 Schlanders/Silandro 24.04
🔸 Kaltern/Caldaro 03.05.

And on Sunday we are proud to be in the programme of Trento Film Festival!
🟠 28/04/2024, 14:45 - Multisala Modena Sala 2
🔵 01/05/2024, 18:45 - Multisala Modena Sala 1
More info: https://trentofestival.it/edizione-2024/programma/film/souvenirs-of-war/

Georg Zeller Beatrice Batrys Dollars Martin Rattini Moritz Bonatti

IDM Film Funding

22/04/2024

Bolzano Filmfestival Bozen was busy for Helios projects, with “Viva Cuba Libre” (WT) by Matthias Lintner pitching at Nord Est Doc Camp and “Souvenirs of War” by Georg Zeller successfully starting the Italian tour.
Congratulations to the teams! More updates on both films are coming soon! 😎

08/04/2024

In case you miss the Film Premiere - SOUVENIRS OF WAR - Bolzano Film Festival Bozen next Monday 15.04. at 20:30, here are other upcoming screenings in Alto Adige, many with the director Georg Zeller present:
🔹 Bozen/Bolzano 21.04. 20:30h
🔸 Meran/o 18.04. - with Georg Zeller and the protagonist Adnan Hansanbegović
🔹 Bruneck/Brunico 18.04.
🔸 Sterzing/Vipiteno 19.04. - with Georg Zeller
🔸 Brixen/Bressanone 22.04. - with Georg Zeller
🔸 Neumarkt/Egna 23.04. - with Georg Zeller
🔹 Schlanders/Silandro 24.04
🔸 Kaltern/Caldaro 03.05. - with Georg Zeller

28/03/2024

Yesterday the program of Bolzano Filmfestival Bozen was released and we’re happy to announce that our documentary SOUVENIRS OF WAR by Georg Zeller is in competition!
Join us on Monday 15 April at 20:30 for the first screening, followed by the Q&A with the director and one of the protagonists! Can’t wait to see you there!

Graphic Design Merve Bektas

Congratulations to the team: Georg Zeller, Martin Rattini, Moritz Bonatti, Beatrice Batrys Dollars, Stefania Bona, Stefano Bernardi!

Supported by:
Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA
Crossing Borders program of the Bosch-Stiftung and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
IDM Film Funding
Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen
Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura

See the full program of the Festival: https://www.filmfestival.bz.it/it/programma/day-by-day/