Walchensee Forever
Directed by
Janna Ji Wonders

In her documentary family saga WALCHENSEE FOREVER, director Janna Ji Wonders embarks on a voyage of discovery spanning four generations of women over a century. In order to uncover the secrets and her role in the generation chain, she leads us from the family café at the Bavarian Lake Walchensee via Mexico to San Francisco during the “Summer of Love”, Indian ashrams, a German commune and back again and again to Lake Walchensee.
Questions about identity, roots and self-fulfillment are asked through this search for life, love and death. A personal story about the eternal cycle of life.
- "With its mercurial weather, which has a habit of heightening and harmonising with the stories unfolding on camera, and the shadowy secrets under its glassy surface, the lake serves as both a location and a fitting metaphor for the ancestral history which director Janna Ji Wonders chronicles in this involving... family album."
Awards & Recognition
Winner
Compass-Perspektive Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
Compass-Perspektive Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
Winner
Golden Alexander
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
Golden Alexander
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
Winner
Best Documentary
Bavarian Film Awards
Best Documentary
Bavarian Film Awards
Winner
Audience Award
Taiwan Int'l. Documentary Film Festival
Audience Award
Taiwan Int'l. Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival