CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE: International Group of Acclaimed Filmmakers--Wenders, Glawogger, Madsen, Redford, Olin and Ainouz--Capture the Spirit of Six Iconic Buildings In Immersive 3D Omnibus Film Opening Friday, May 1 For Exclusive Theatrical Engagement at IFC Center

NEW YORK, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE, a program of six films by noted filmmakers—each exploring an iconic, personally meaningful building—opens Friday, May 1 for an exclusive theatrical engagement at IFC Center. The program, subtitled "a 3D film project about the soul of buildings," will play in two parts. Select screenings will include discussions with noted architects and experts; details to be announced.

If buildings could talk, what would they say about us? Using the latest high-definition 3D, some of the world's leading filmmakers turn their talents to capturing the spirit of six architectural landmarks spread across Europe and the US. Conceived by Wim Wenders, who directed a segment on the Berlin Philharmonic, a modernist masterwork, CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE also profiles a science center, a prison and other cultural institutions.

Robert Redford contributes a segment on The Salk Institute in La Jolla California, designed by the legendary Louis Kahn. Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen (The Visit) examines the Halden Prison—called the world's most humane prison—in Norway. Austria's Michael Glawogger (Megacities) delves into the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg, while Norway's Margreth Olin (The Angel) looks at Oslo's Opera House. And Brazilian director Karim Ainouz (Futuro Beach), a longtime resident of Germany, dissects the famed Centre Pompidou in Paris. Each of the films allows its subject speak for itself, revealing the ways that these buildings reflect our culture and safeguard our collective memory.

Part 1: 86 minutes. Includes "Berlin Philharmonic" (dir. Wim Wenders),
"National Library of Russia" (dir. Michael Glawogger), "Halden Prison" (Michael Madsen)

Part 2: 82 minutes. Includes "The Salk Institute" (Robert Redford),
"Opera House" (Margreth Olin), "Centre Pompidou" (Karim Ainouz)

Germany/Denmark/Austria/Norway/US/France/Japan. Distributed by Cinephil.

A Neue Road Movies production • Executive Producer Wim Wenders • Produced by Erwin M. Schmidt, Gian-Piero Ringel • Co-Produced by Anne Kohncke, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, Maria Ekerhovd, Charlotte Uzu, Laura Michalchyshyn, Sidney Beaumont, Nobuya Wazaki, Kayo Washio • Co-production companies: Final Cut for Real (Copenhagen), Lotus-Film (Vienna), Mer Film (Oslo), Les Films d'Ici 2 (Paris), Sundance Productions / RadicalMedia (New York), WOWOW (Tokyo), Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg • With the support of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Danish Film Institute, Osterreichisches Filminstitut, Norwegian Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Filmstandort Austria, Aide aux Nouvelles Technologies du CNC, Fritt Ord, Dreyers Fond, MEDIA Programme of the European Union In collaboration with Arte, ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen

SOURCE Sundance Productions