Acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders to make first India visit for 18-film retrospective across five cities, featuring Q&As and screenings.

The India Tour will bring the German filmmaker, 79, to the country for the first time for 25 days. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the founder of the Film Heritage Foundation that has organised a retrospective that will feature 18 films of the veteran filmmaker,

A landmark retrospective of one of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time is coming to India, as Wim Wenders, the legendary German director, photographer, and author, embarks on a journey across five major cities.

German filmmaker Wim Wenders, known world over as the auteur behind films such as Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas, Anselm and Perfect Days, is all set to visit India for a career retrospective and hopes new material emerges out of his maiden trip to the country where "cinema is like a religion".