WELCOME TO MARWEN

No one expects Mark Hogancamp to recover from a devastating assault that wipes away all of his memories. Putting together pieces from the past and present, Mark meticulously creates a Belgian town and becomes a heroic World War II fighter pilot. His astonishing art installation soon comes to life with breathtakingly realistic dolls – a testament to the most powerful women he knows. Through this fantasy world, Hogancamp finds the strength to triumph in the real world and face his attackers.

Robert Lee Zemeckis (1952) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future film trilogy, as well as the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In the 1990s he then diversified into more dramatic fare, including Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture. Zemeckis' films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage in Back to the Future Part II and Forrest Gump, and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express, Monster House, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol and Welcome to Marwen.