“a debut feature film of unusual appeal”
“the film radiates the magic of a story from ‘A Thousand and One Nights’!
“Fantastic! An experience!”
Berliner Kurier 22.06.00

“positively bursting with imagination”
“a stroke of genius”
“a dreamlike film about dreaming”
Berlin Live 22.06.00

“premiere of the week”
“a wonderful love story”
Bild 22.06.00

“magical leading actors”
“tells a fairytale in the most beautiful hues about endearing people, in a fantastic andpicturesque setting.
“Unusual, courageous and extremely inspirational”
B.Z. 22.06.00

“remarkable”
“an astonishing debut”
Die Welt 22.06.00

“whoever opens themselves to this style of film won’t be bored for a minute”
“every scene of this hissing, steaming, foaming wave of a film makes for fun”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 23.06.00

“a wonderful, cinematic, fairytale voyage”
“one of the most unusual films in recent times”
Frankfurter Neue Presse 21.06.00

“Film of the Week”
“one of the most beautiful films this summer”
“If you want to see cinema that goes straight to the heart, and you long for a sensual experience that goes well beyond the well-trodden genre cliché, do not miss this film under any circumstances.”
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.06.00

“he [Veit Helmer] creates a surreal, fairytale dream world with poetic images that call to mind the films of Kusturica.”
“A fantastic journey to Absurdistan. Warmly recommended for everybody who still has the capacity to dream.”
Hamburger Morgenpost 22.06.00

“‘Tuvalu’ is a courageous, risk-taking exception in current German cinema ”
“a great love of detail”
“an out-of-the-ordinary cinematic adventure”
Handelsblatt 23.06.00

“In ‘Tuvalu’ moods are painted and ambiences are conjured up that are simply gor-geous.”
“A film that is an feast for the eye and ear. In other words, a rarity.”
Leipziger Volkszeitung 22.06.00

“finally, here is another work that breaks out of the usual confines, that has a vision and yet never seems distracted or unfocused.”
Magdeburger Volksstimme 22.06.00

“So they do exist after all, German directors with imagination and an instinct for play”
“a captivatingly playful fairytale, almost bursting at the seams with hilarious slapstick, original characters and breathtakingly beautiful backdrops”
“the most original and endearing film of the year”
Neue Ruhr Zeitung 21.06.00

“a fantasy-laden, family swimming pool drama”
Tagesspiegel 22.06.00

“Film of the Week”
“fairytale story”
“fantastically interwoven”
Ticket 22.06.00

“a refreshing elegy”
“wonderful actors and breathtaking images”
Westfälischer Anzeiger 20.06.00

“ …a lively, bright tour de force.”
TIP

“ … there has never been a film like it in this country … of unwavering verve...and extravagantly endowed with fantasy...”
“...a sort of expressionistic grotesquerie that belongs somewhere between Tati, “Deli-catessen” and Slapstick, but aesthetically utterly original ...got a well-deserved standing ovation from the audience.”
AZ

“ Veit Helmer’s 'Tuvalu' is a fantastic piece of clowning...”
“ The young Chulpan Hamatowa is a feast for the eyes...”
“The film is brought alive by a unique combination of comedic characters”
Berliner Morgenpost

“With wit, irony and slapstick this international ensemble romps through a word of odd sounds and bizarre images”
“And only at the end do you realise that this kind of atmospheric density is normally the province of short films. You are left speechless.”
“...cheeky, off-beat swimming pool fun.”
Berliner Zeitung

“You have to admire this kind of courage...”
Rolling Stone

“Helmer’s incredibly poetic film is almost without dialogue and yet is never boring. A fantastic experiment about truth and love”
Freundin

“... a remarkable, delightful and effortless German language feature film debut, the kind one doesn’t see everyday.
Lift Stuttgart

“Every minute of ‘Tuvalu’ is astoundingly cheerful and cryptically beautiful.”
“a mercurial, people-friendly film.”
“Even the first few images bewitch.”
Szene Hamburg

“‘Tuvalu’ is everything that German productions often lack: it is humorous, demanding, stylistically confident and full of poetry. A cinematic ode to the power of illusion and images....”
S-Trip, Stuttgart

“A stylistically confident, visually original big screen fairytale that in fact has no precedent in this country.”
“This love film’s tastefulness proves a contrary standpoint to dehumanisation at every level...”
CinemAZ

“With this film Veit Helmer has succeeded in making a poetic master work. His film world conjures up that of a cheerful Franz Kafka and heavy-hearted Charlie Chaplin.”
Marabo

“In each and every scene one senses the director has devoted heart and soul to this film”
...Helmer is bubbling with ideas...”
“...a visual treat...”
Player

“Veit Helmer’s first feature film is a magical cinematic fairytale that seeks the gap between Jacques Tati and “Delicatessen” and fills it with its own distinctive style.”
“Helmer’s chirpy wonderland captivates with images, sounds and two enchanting leading actors...”
“Cinematic poetry that will astound.”
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