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Our mission at Wonderous Stories Film Festival is clear and simple: to screen outstanding films from around the world.
WSFF stands for the love of film, innovation, creativity, forward thinking culture with a passion for our planet.
Held in one of the most beautiful natural settings outside Berlin on National Park land in Angermünde (Berlin) and The British Film Institute (London), we set out to create a vibrant festival with a difference.
Our story so far
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In August 2018 festival founder Marcel Grant proudly presented the first edition of Wonderous Stories Independent Film Festival in association with the city of Angermünde.
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Set below the magical backdrop of Stolpe tower, the festival attracted many film fans from all over the world, enjoying outstanding movies - under the stars.
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WSFF 2018 presented 15 feature films and 13 shorts - all by writer/directors - alongside workshops with Martin Hagemann, Bartosz Werner, Äventyr and Panasonic.
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Guests at the festival included producers Karsten Stöter and Mathis Schwerbrock, directors Eibe Maleen Krebs, as well as Linda Röhl and Cristiano Bortone.
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Su Jia Ming and Liu Wei came to show their films in the Voice of China category, curated by Yang Du, and renowned film maker Sabrina Farji selected three films from her native country of Argentina.
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Further festival entries represented Mexico, Poland, Italy, France, UK, USA and of course Germany.
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Angermünde’s Mayor Frederik Bewer opened the festival in attendance of Knud Bach from the Ministry of Economic Affairs Brandenburg, and the event was widely covered in the press (online and offline) and filmed by RBB TV and Uckermark TV.
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Delicious food and drink was provided by award-winning Havana in Love, Stolpe Sausages and Two Fellas bio beer.
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National Park guided walks, yoga classes, 5km group runs and bike hire were additional activities offered, for those keen to venture further afield to enjoy the weekend.
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2019 - Last summer saw WSFF come back to Angermünde for yet another magical - if only one night - open air film experience under the stars.
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Continuing in 2020 we had yet another unforgettable film day in Berlin, at the Angermünde venue, on Friday 7th August 2020.
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In 2020 – WSFF moved to London to the prestigious Watermans Arts Centre in West London, but due to the Covid 19 outbreak, the festival was sadly cancelled.
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2021 (London) Friday 23rd July - Sunday 25th July 2021 proved to be a great success!
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2022 (London) again proved a great success at Waterman's Art Centre 6th - 8th May
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We now hold our London festival at the British Film Institute (BFI), with the next one 26th - 28th February 2025.