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 to Lake Walchensee. Questions about identity, roots and self-fulfillment as asked through this search for life, love and death. A personal story about the eternal cycle of life.

2020 Berlin IFF (Germany) – World Premiere, Kompass-Perspektive Award, Made in Germany Award Thessaloniki IDFF (Greece) – Golden Alexander Newcomers Award Biografilm IFF (Italy) – Best Film Unipol Award Docaviv IFF (Israel) – Panorama DOK.fest Munich (Germany)