Quarterly 2 · 2008 - German Films

Im Jahr des Hundes
IN THE YEAR OF THE DOG
In the Year of the Dog tells about dogs in China, and of
dogs belonging to the people, and of people belonging to
the society. Entertaining and informative, colorful and
bizarre, critical and sad. A film about animal love and animal
death, rituals and superstitions. Above all, a film about
current affairs, about winning and losing. Of the people.
And the dogs.
We plunge, for a day or an entire year, into the middle of
different living situations, and discover just how similar our
lives are. And, finally, how different.
Genre Society Category Documentary Cinema Year of
Production 2008 Director Ursula Scheid Screenplay Ursula
Scheid Directors of Photography Armin Dierolf, Petra
Wallner Editor Daniela Drescher Producers Hendrik Feil,
Martin Kircher Production Company Wasabi Film/Munich, in
co-production with BR/Munich, WDR/Cologne, Ursula Scheid/
Munich Length 88 min Format HD CAM SR, color, 1:1.85
Original Version Chinese Subtitled Versions English,
German Festival Screenings DOK Fest Munich 2008 With
backing from FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung NRW,
Gerd Ruge Stipendium
Ursula Scheid studied Political Science at the Ludwig-
Maximilians-University in Munich, taking a degree in German-
Chinese Relations, followed by studies in Journalism at the German
Journalism School in Munich. She also participated in guest seminars
in Theater Direction (with Juergen Flimm) and Editing (with Patrizia
Rommel). Since 1988, she has been working as a freelance journalist,
writer and director. Her films include: The Burning Village
(Das brennende Dorf, documentary, 2004), I Like Chinese
(short, 2006), The Search for Hong Long (Die Suche des
Hong Long, 2006), Fairytale (documentary, 2006), and In
the Year of the Dog (Im Jahr des Hundes, documentary,
2008).
World Sales (please contact)
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Bayerisches Filmzentrum · Bavariafilmplatz 7 · 82031 Gruenwald/Germany
phone +49-89-64 98 14 00 · fax +49-89-64 98 13 00
email: info@wasabifilm.com · www.wasabifilm.com · www.in-the-year-of-the-dog.com
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“In the Year of the Dog” (photo © Holger Sikau/Armin Dierolf)