Gerade wurde Mohammad Rasoulofs stürmisch gefeierter „The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in Cannes mit dem Spezialpreis der Jury ausgezeichnet. Jetzt steht bereits fest, dass der außergewöhnliche Film beim Filmfest Hamburg Deutschlandpremiere feiern wird.
Mohammad Rasoulofs „The Seed of the Sacred Fig“ (Credit: Festival de Cannes)
15 Minuten stehende Ovationen: Wer dabei war bei der Weltpremiere von „The Seed of the Sacred Fig“, wird dieses außergewöhnliche Screening so schnell nicht wieder vergessen. Am Tag darauf wurde Regisseur Mohammad Rasoulof, dem erst vor wenigen Wochen die Flucht aus Iran gelungen war und danach in absentis zu acht Jahren Haft und Peitschenhieben verurteilt wurde, von der Jury um Greta Gerwig mit dem Spezialpreis der Jury geehrt – auch da gab es wieder stehende Ovationen für den Filmemacher.
Nun steht fest, dass der von der Moin Filmförderung unterstützte und von der in Hamburg ansässigen Run Way produzierte Ausnahmefilm seine Deutschlandpremiere beim kommenden Filmfest Hamburg feiern wird,...
Mohammad Rasoulofs „The Seed of the Sacred Fig“ (Credit: Festival de Cannes)
15 Minuten stehende Ovationen: Wer dabei war bei der Weltpremiere von „The Seed of the Sacred Fig“, wird dieses außergewöhnliche Screening so schnell nicht wieder vergessen. Am Tag darauf wurde Regisseur Mohammad Rasoulof, dem erst vor wenigen Wochen die Flucht aus Iran gelungen war und danach in absentis zu acht Jahren Haft und Peitschenhieben verurteilt wurde, von der Jury um Greta Gerwig mit dem Spezialpreis der Jury geehrt – auch da gab es wieder stehende Ovationen für den Filmemacher.
Nun steht fest, dass der von der Moin Filmförderung unterstützte und von der in Hamburg ansässigen Run Way produzierte Ausnahmefilm seine Deutschlandpremiere beim kommenden Filmfest Hamburg feiern wird,...
- 5/26/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
The German festival posted its biggest ever audience in 2023.
Filmfest Hamburg came to a close on October 7 with an awards ceremony that saw the Cicae’s arthouse cinema award presented to UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut How To Have Sex which premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in May
The cash prize €5,000 is provided by Hamburg’s local film fund Moin to be spent on the film’s PR campaign by its German distributor capelight pictures which will release the film in German cinemas on December 7.
The €5,000 Ndr young talent award, sponsored by local public broadcaster Ndr,...
Filmfest Hamburg came to a close on October 7 with an awards ceremony that saw the Cicae’s arthouse cinema award presented to UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut How To Have Sex which premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in May
The cash prize €5,000 is provided by Hamburg’s local film fund Moin to be spent on the film’s PR campaign by its German distributor capelight pictures which will release the film in German cinemas on December 7.
The €5,000 Ndr young talent award, sponsored by local public broadcaster Ndr,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The three cash awards honour the 21-year tenure of outgoing festival director Albert Wiederspiel.
Three new awards have been handed out in recognition of Albert Wiederspiel’s popular 21-year tenure as festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
Online platform Palais F*luxx and the initiatives ProQuote Film and Let’s Change the Picture presented the ‘Diversity 67+ - Pitching Award for Contemporary Images of Women’ at the Industry Days.
Writer-director Imogen Kimmel was awarded €1,000 for her story idea entitled Loslassen; and two prizes each of €500 were won by screenwriter Christina Reuter for Final Round and writer-director Katinka Kulens Feistl for Irmas wildes Herz.
Three new awards have been handed out in recognition of Albert Wiederspiel’s popular 21-year tenure as festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
Online platform Palais F*luxx and the initiatives ProQuote Film and Let’s Change the Picture presented the ‘Diversity 67+ - Pitching Award for Contemporary Images of Women’ at the Industry Days.
Writer-director Imogen Kimmel was awarded €1,000 for her story idea entitled Loslassen; and two prizes each of €500 were won by screenwriter Christina Reuter for Final Round and writer-director Katinka Kulens Feistl for Irmas wildes Herz.
- 10/6/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
After 21 years at the helm, festival director Wiederspiel steps down after this year’s edition.
The 31st Filmfest Hamburg opens today (September 28) with Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah A Boy and will close on October 7 with Mika Gustafson’s Paradise Is Burning.
The festival’s accompanying Industry Days from October 2-6 will address issues such as the promotion of young talents in German cinema, diversity and intersectionality, and green producing before rounding off with the fourth edition of the Explorer Conference on October 6.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel and director of programming Kathrin Kohlstedde talk about preparing their final...
The 31st Filmfest Hamburg opens today (September 28) with Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah A Boy and will close on October 7 with Mika Gustafson’s Paradise Is Burning.
The festival’s accompanying Industry Days from October 2-6 will address issues such as the promotion of young talents in German cinema, diversity and intersectionality, and green producing before rounding off with the fourth edition of the Explorer Conference on October 6.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel and director of programming Kathrin Kohlstedde talk about preparing their final...
- 9/28/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
‘Festival within a festival’ opens with Anna Buryachkova’s Venice’s Orizzonti Extra title Forever-Forever
The Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival is returning to the Filmfest Hamburg for the second year running as a “festival within a festival” to present its national competition of Ukrainian feature films.
The competition line-up opens on October 2 with Anna Buryachkova’s Venice’s Orizzonti Extra title Forever-Forever.
The line-up also includes Tonia Noyabrova’s Berlinale’s Panorama film Do You Love Me?, Christina Tynkevych’s How Is Katia, which played in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present last year, Philip Sotnychenko’s Rotterdam and San Sebastian title La Palisiada,...
The Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival is returning to the Filmfest Hamburg for the second year running as a “festival within a festival” to present its national competition of Ukrainian feature films.
The competition line-up opens on October 2 with Anna Buryachkova’s Venice’s Orizzonti Extra title Forever-Forever.
The line-up also includes Tonia Noyabrova’s Berlinale’s Panorama film Do You Love Me?, Christina Tynkevych’s How Is Katia, which played in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present last year, Philip Sotnychenko’s Rotterdam and San Sebastian title La Palisiada,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German festival will take place from September 28 to October 7.
Inshallah A Boy by Jordan’s Amjad Al Rasheed, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, and Paradise Is Burning by the Swedish director Mika Gustafson, a Venice Horirzons debut earlier this month, will bookend this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, taking place from September 28 to October 7) as the opening and closing films.
The programme of 132 feature films includes the German premieres of Venice titles including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Golden Lion winner Poor Things, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, and Sofia Coppola’s biopic Priscilla, and festival favourites from throughout the...
Inshallah A Boy by Jordan’s Amjad Al Rasheed, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, and Paradise Is Burning by the Swedish director Mika Gustafson, a Venice Horirzons debut earlier this month, will bookend this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, taking place from September 28 to October 7) as the opening and closing films.
The programme of 132 feature films includes the German premieres of Venice titles including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Golden Lion winner Poor Things, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, and Sofia Coppola’s biopic Priscilla, and festival favourites from throughout the...
- 9/12/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Moin film fund exec to succeed Albert Wiederspiel.
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
- 5/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Controversial director Ulrich Seidl attended a screening of ‘Sparta’.
Films by Emmanuelle Nicot, Lucas Dhont and Michal Blasko were among the winners at the 30th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which came to a close on Saturday evening with the German premiere screening of Moroccan-born director Maryam Touzan’s The Blue Caftan.
In the awards ceremony before the closing film, the €5,000 Ndr young talent award, sponsored by local public broadcaster Ndr, went to French director Nicot’s debut feature Love According To Dalva which had premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week earlier this year.
The film, about a 12-year-old child who has...
Films by Emmanuelle Nicot, Lucas Dhont and Michal Blasko were among the winners at the 30th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which came to a close on Saturday evening with the German premiere screening of Moroccan-born director Maryam Touzan’s The Blue Caftan.
In the awards ceremony before the closing film, the €5,000 Ndr young talent award, sponsored by local public broadcaster Ndr, went to French director Nicot’s debut feature Love According To Dalva which had premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week earlier this year.
The film, about a 12-year-old child who has...
- 10/10/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion to focus on mafia activities in 1990s Germany.
The Italian mafia operations in 1990s Germany will be the focus of Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion’s next true crime docuseries, a sequel to Reeperbahn Special Unit 65 which is making its world premiere at the Filmfest Hamburg this week.
The series is set within Hamburg’s Reeperbahn red-light district during the 1980s. The new series - with the working title of Polizeikommando - will cast its net wider to include police operations against organised crime in other German cities such as Munich, Düsseldorf, and Stuttgart as well as the new...
The Italian mafia operations in 1990s Germany will be the focus of Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion’s next true crime docuseries, a sequel to Reeperbahn Special Unit 65 which is making its world premiere at the Filmfest Hamburg this week.
The series is set within Hamburg’s Reeperbahn red-light district during the 1980s. The new series - with the working title of Polizeikommando - will cast its net wider to include police operations against organised crime in other German cities such as Munich, Düsseldorf, and Stuttgart as well as the new...
- 10/3/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
German film festival Filmfest Hamburg has scrapped its plan to give the Douglas Sirk Prize to the Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, following allegations of on-set impropriety and child exploitation against him and his film “Sparta.”
However, the festival has decided to continue with its plan to show “Sparta,” a statement released Tuesday by festival director Albert Wiederspiel and program director Kathrin Kohlstedde explained.
The statement read: “The accusations against the production around the working conditions during the making of the film came up after our [festival program] was already in print.
“We included the film in the program because of its outstanding quality. It is a very sensitive film about a particularly difficult and taboo subject. The accusations against Ulrich Seidl are directed against the conditions during the shooting and explicitly not against his film.
“We have therefore decided to leave the film in the program.”
The statement added: “Regarding the Douglas Sirk Prize,...
However, the festival has decided to continue with its plan to show “Sparta,” a statement released Tuesday by festival director Albert Wiederspiel and program director Kathrin Kohlstedde explained.
The statement read: “The accusations against the production around the working conditions during the making of the film came up after our [festival program] was already in print.
“We included the film in the program because of its outstanding quality. It is a very sensitive film about a particularly difficult and taboo subject. The accusations against Ulrich Seidl are directed against the conditions during the shooting and explicitly not against his film.
“We have therefore decided to leave the film in the program.”
The statement added: “Regarding the Douglas Sirk Prize,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Filmfest Hamburg will no longer present Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl with its prestigious Douglas Sirk Award following a report in German magazine Der Spiegel that raised concerns about the treatment of younger cast members during the production of his latest film Sparta.
The festival will, however, continue to screen Sparta as part of its program.
“Regarding the Douglas Sirk Prize, we have decided not to award the prize as the current allegations against the production would overshadow an award ceremony,” Filmfest Hamburg director Albert Wiederspiel and head of programming Kathrin Kohlstedde said in a statement.
The pair continued to say that the allegations against Seidl were published in Der Spiegel after the festival’s program brochure had been published.
“We included the film in the program because of its outstanding quality. It is a very sensitive film about a particularly difficult and taboo subject. The accusations against Ulrich Seidl are...
The festival will, however, continue to screen Sparta as part of its program.
“Regarding the Douglas Sirk Prize, we have decided not to award the prize as the current allegations against the production would overshadow an award ceremony,” Filmfest Hamburg director Albert Wiederspiel and head of programming Kathrin Kohlstedde said in a statement.
The pair continued to say that the allegations against Seidl were published in Der Spiegel after the festival’s program brochure had been published.
“We included the film in the program because of its outstanding quality. It is a very sensitive film about a particularly difficult and taboo subject. The accusations against Ulrich Seidl are...
- 9/14/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
His controversial film ’Sparta’ will still screen as part of the programme.
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl will no longer be the recipient of the prestigious Douglas Sirk award at the 30th anniversary edition of the upcoming Filmfest Hamburg, although his film Sparta, which is drawing controversy following allegations about working conditions for its child actors during its shoot, will still be shown during the festival.
It will screen as part of the Kaleidoskop section, as a diptych with Rimini, Seidl’s first film of 2022, that debuted at the Berlinale in February.
The move comes following a report in German news...
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl will no longer be the recipient of the prestigious Douglas Sirk award at the 30th anniversary edition of the upcoming Filmfest Hamburg, although his film Sparta, which is drawing controversy following allegations about working conditions for its child actors during its shoot, will still be shown during the festival.
It will screen as part of the Kaleidoskop section, as a diptych with Rimini, Seidl’s first film of 2022, that debuted at the Berlinale in February.
The move comes following a report in German news...
- 9/14/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Hans-Christian Schmid’s ’We Are Next of Kin’ to open German festival.
Filmfest Hamburg has lined up world premieres of films by Fatih Akin, Hans-Christian Schmid and Alrun Goette for its 30th anniversary edition, which runs from September 29 to October 8.
Golden Bear-winner Akin’s biopic of the German rapper and label boss Xatar, Rheingold, starring this year’s European Shooting Star Emilio Sakraya, will have its first screening on the director’s home turf in Hamburg.
Schmid’s adaptation of Johann Scheerer’s autobiographical novel We Are Next Of Kin, which chronicles the kidnapping of Scheerer’s literary scholar and...
Filmfest Hamburg has lined up world premieres of films by Fatih Akin, Hans-Christian Schmid and Alrun Goette for its 30th anniversary edition, which runs from September 29 to October 8.
Golden Bear-winner Akin’s biopic of the German rapper and label boss Xatar, Rheingold, starring this year’s European Shooting Star Emilio Sakraya, will have its first screening on the director’s home turf in Hamburg.
Schmid’s adaptation of Johann Scheerer’s autobiographical novel We Are Next Of Kin, which chronicles the kidnapping of Scheerer’s literary scholar and...
- 8/11/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Jury prizes returned this year following a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Prize money totalling €125,000 was handed out to 10 films screening in this year’s Filmfest Hamburg (September 30-October 9), which saw jury prizes return following a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic.
On Friday evening (October 8) at Hamburg’s producer awards, the jury comprising producer Martina Haubrich and directors Julian Pörksen and Arman T. Riahi presented the producers award for German cinema productions, worth €25,000, to Jonas Weydemann of Weydemann Bros for Sabrina Sarabi’s No One’s With The Calves, which had been screened in the Grosse Freiheit section.
Sarabi...
Prize money totalling €125,000 was handed out to 10 films screening in this year’s Filmfest Hamburg (September 30-October 9), which saw jury prizes return following a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic.
On Friday evening (October 8) at Hamburg’s producer awards, the jury comprising producer Martina Haubrich and directors Julian Pörksen and Arman T. Riahi presented the producers award for German cinema productions, worth €25,000, to Jonas Weydemann of Weydemann Bros for Sabrina Sarabi’s No One’s With The Calves, which had been screened in the Grosse Freiheit section.
Sarabi...
- 10/11/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The French filmmaker was in Hamburg for the German premiere of ‘Annette’.
French writer-director Leos Carax was presented with the prestigious Douglas Sirk award ahead of the German premiere of his latest film Annette at the Filmfestt Hamburg on October 2.
He joins the ranks of luminaries including David Cronenberg, Tilda Swinton, Wong Kar-Wai, Jodie Foster, Fatih Akin and Jafar Panahi in receiving the crystal statuette created by the Hamburg designer Georg Plum.
Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel noted “the award has been handed out to filmmakers at very different stages of their careers, some were really young like Francois Ozon, while...
French writer-director Leos Carax was presented with the prestigious Douglas Sirk award ahead of the German premiere of his latest film Annette at the Filmfestt Hamburg on October 2.
He joins the ranks of luminaries including David Cronenberg, Tilda Swinton, Wong Kar-Wai, Jodie Foster, Fatih Akin and Jafar Panahi in receiving the crystal statuette created by the Hamburg designer Georg Plum.
Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel noted “the award has been handed out to filmmakers at very different stages of their careers, some were really young like Francois Ozon, while...
- 10/4/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German festival opens today and will host in-person guests including Kenneth Branagh and Andrea Arnold
The German film industry is poised to come together at the 29th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which opens today, Thursday September 30, with Sebastian Meise’s Un Certain Regard winner Great Freedom. It will close on October 9 with Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District.
The accompanying industry programme will be addressing issues as diverse as German cinema’s international standing and measures to foster greater inclusion and diversity before rounding off with the second edition of the Explorer Conference which will focus on producing for cinema,...
The German film industry is poised to come together at the 29th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which opens today, Thursday September 30, with Sebastian Meise’s Un Certain Regard winner Great Freedom. It will close on October 9 with Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District.
The accompanying industry programme will be addressing issues as diverse as German cinema’s international standing and measures to foster greater inclusion and diversity before rounding off with the second edition of the Explorer Conference which will focus on producing for cinema,...
- 9/30/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German festival opens today and will host ini-person guests including Kenneth Branagh and Andrea Arnold
The German film industry is poised to come together at the 29th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which opens today, Thursday September 30, with Sebastian Meise’s Un Certain Regard winner Great Freedom,. It will close on October 9 with Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District.
The accompanying industry programme will be addressing issues as diverse as German cinema’s international standing and measures to foster greater inclusion and diversity before rounding off with the second edition of the Explorer Conference which will focus on producing for cinema,...
The German film industry is poised to come together at the 29th edition of Filmfest Hamburg which opens today, Thursday September 30, with Sebastian Meise’s Un Certain Regard winner Great Freedom,. It will close on October 9 with Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District.
The accompanying industry programme will be addressing issues as diverse as German cinema’s international standing and measures to foster greater inclusion and diversity before rounding off with the second edition of the Explorer Conference which will focus on producing for cinema,...
- 9/30/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German gathering has proven that the audience still has a longing to attend cinema and festival screenings. The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg (24 September-3 October) was the first big film festival in Germany to take place physically after the Covid-19 lockdown. On this occasion, Filmfest Hamburg director Albert Wiederspiel presented a selection of 76 films. “We had to reduce the programme by half because we could only use 30% of the seating capacity in the cinemas,” said Wiederspiel. The number of tickets sold amounted to 13,690 visitors, which is about one-third of the number from last year. “For me, as a cineaste, this is delightful because it proves that the audience still has a longing to attend cinema and festival screenings, and that they are cautiously coming back to the theatres.” Furthermore, about 3,000 online tickets were sold for the digital version of the festival, Streamfest Hamburg. One...
Some 14,000 cinema-goers attended physical screenings across hybrid 10-day event.
Nearly 14,000 cinema-goers attended screenings during the 10 days of this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, which came to a close with the German premiere of Chloé Zhao’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland on Sunday October 4.
A total of 13,690 admissions were posted across the Filmfest’s five cinema venues, which corresponds to almost a third of the previous year’s attendance. Festival director Albert Wiederspiel declared himself “very pleased” with this result, since each cinema could only have a maximum seating capacity of 30% and the festival programme had been reduced by almost half of...
Nearly 14,000 cinema-goers attended screenings during the 10 days of this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, which came to a close with the German premiere of Chloé Zhao’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland on Sunday October 4.
A total of 13,690 admissions were posted across the Filmfest’s five cinema venues, which corresponds to almost a third of the previous year’s attendance. Festival director Albert Wiederspiel declared himself “very pleased” with this result, since each cinema could only have a maximum seating capacity of 30% and the festival programme had been reduced by almost half of...
- 10/5/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German festival opens tonight with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s Enfant Terrible.
The international premiere of Enfant Terrible, Oskar Roehler’s tribute to the legendary New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicks off the mostly physical edition of the Filmfest Hamburg in Germany today, September 24.
Enfant Terrible was the only German film to be selected for this year’s Cannes 2020 label and Hamburg is the first time the film will screen in front of a live audience. Weltkino is releasing in German cinemas from October 1.
Roehler will be in town for the opening night of the mostly physical festival.
The international premiere of Enfant Terrible, Oskar Roehler’s tribute to the legendary New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicks off the mostly physical edition of the Filmfest Hamburg in Germany today, September 24.
Enfant Terrible was the only German film to be selected for this year’s Cannes 2020 label and Hamburg is the first time the film will screen in front of a live audience. Weltkino is releasing in German cinemas from October 1.
Roehler will be in town for the opening night of the mostly physical festival.
- 9/24/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The German festival opens tonight with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s Enfant Terrible.
The international premiere of Enfant Terrible, Oskar Roehler’s tribute to the legendary New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicks off the mostly physical edition of the Hamburg Filmfest in Germany today, September 24.
Enfant Terrible was the only German film to be selected for this year’s Cannes 2020 label and Hamburg is the first time the film will screen in front of a live audience. Weltkino is releasing in German cinemas from October 1.
Roehler will be in town for the opening night of the mostly physical festival.
The international premiere of Enfant Terrible, Oskar Roehler’s tribute to the legendary New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicks off the mostly physical edition of the Hamburg Filmfest in Germany today, September 24.
Enfant Terrible was the only German film to be selected for this year’s Cannes 2020 label and Hamburg is the first time the film will screen in front of a live audience. Weltkino is releasing in German cinemas from October 1.
Roehler will be in town for the opening night of the mostly physical festival.
- 9/24/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
”I wonder if this has something to do with countries going through a crisis.” he said.
Albert Wiederspiel has become synonymous with Germany’s FilmFest Hamburg during his 16 years at the helm as festival director. He recently extended his contract for a further three years until 2023. The festival opens tonight (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
It will close with the German premiere of Ken Loach’s socio-political drama Sorry We Missed You on October 5.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across 10 days of screenings,...
Albert Wiederspiel has become synonymous with Germany’s FilmFest Hamburg during his 16 years at the helm as festival director. He recently extended his contract for a further three years until 2023. The festival opens tonight (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
It will close with the German premiere of Ken Loach’s socio-political drama Sorry We Missed You on October 5.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across 10 days of screenings,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Festival director also discusses selecting films by women directors.
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Festival director also discusses selecting films by women directors.
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Industry also reacts to Elisa Y Marcela controversy.
Netflix has ended years of legal wrangling with the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) by finally agreeing to make financial contributions to the national film fund from this September.
While Amazon, which has German headquarters based in Munich, had already been paying into the Ffa, Netflix had contested the application of the levy obligation specified in the German Film Law (Ffg) of 2014. It argued it is not technically a German company as its European headquarters is in the Netherlands.
However, last year, the European Court of Justice dismissed Netflix’s suit as...
Netflix has ended years of legal wrangling with the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) by finally agreeing to make financial contributions to the national film fund from this September.
While Amazon, which has German headquarters based in Munich, had already been paying into the Ffa, Netflix had contested the application of the levy obligation specified in the German Film Law (Ffg) of 2014. It argued it is not technically a German company as its European headquarters is in the Netherlands.
However, last year, the European Court of Justice dismissed Netflix’s suit as...
- 2/15/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include Guillaume Senez and Jafar Panahi.
Belgium’s Guillaume Senez, Iceland’s Benedikt Erlingsson and Iran’s Jafar Panahi were among the award-winners at this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, which ended yesterday (6 October).
The Art Cinema Award went to Benedikt Erlingsson’s political comedy Woman At War which opened the Filmfest on 26 September and will be released in German cinemas by Pandora Filmverleih.
Senez’s second feature Our Battles (his debut was Keeper) won the Critics’ Choice Award which was presented for the first time in collaboration with the Association of German Film Critics (Vdfk).
The family drama...
Belgium’s Guillaume Senez, Iceland’s Benedikt Erlingsson and Iran’s Jafar Panahi were among the award-winners at this year’s Filmfest Hamburg, which ended yesterday (6 October).
The Art Cinema Award went to Benedikt Erlingsson’s political comedy Woman At War which opened the Filmfest on 26 September and will be released in German cinemas by Pandora Filmverleih.
Senez’s second feature Our Battles (his debut was Keeper) won the Critics’ Choice Award which was presented for the first time in collaboration with the Association of German Film Critics (Vdfk).
The family drama...
- 10/8/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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