BEERLAND / ZEMLJA PIVA
BEERLAND
In Competition > Documentaries
Film info| Country | Germany | Year | 85. |
| Director | Matt Sweetwood | Runtime | 2012 |
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Matt Sweetwood – a Midwestern American in Germany - takes a humorous outside look at his complex new neighbours from a perspective he loves most but he knows the least about: beer. He believes that solving the mystery of the German beer culture may be the key to understanding German contradictions, misleading stereotypes, and insider drinking knowledge that Germans seem to share only among themselves. This country, divided by thousands of different traditions, rules and emotions, is seemingly tied together by beer. Finally, he finds his Germany, a place he called “Beerland”. It is a country filled with hundred heart-felt traditions, no matter how silly or serious, and countless ways to enjoy beer.
Matt Sweetwood was born in 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. Continuing undergraduate studies at California State University San Diego, Television and Film Department in 1990, Matthew developed professional skills with an emphasis in writing and directing. Between San Diego and L.A. worked as production manager, writer, and assistant director on various independent projects. In 1995 he moved to Berlin, Germany, starting a career as a writer with the agency Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt, working on both fiction narrative and documentary film productions. His documentaries include "Homemade Hillbilly Jam" and “Forgetting Dad” .
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