Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2013
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About Filmfest Hamburg
Filmfest Hamburg is a festival for the audience. In ten permanent and several anually changing sections Filmfest
Hamburg shows about 140 national and international feature and
documentary films as world, European or German premiere. The many facets
of the program range from sophisticated arthouse films to innovative
mainstream cinema.
Filmfest Hamburg presents the first feature films of young German and international directors together with films by internationally established directors. Furthermore special German TV productions find their unique way to the big screen.
Academy Award winners and nominees such as Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Julian Schnabel, Dogma-founder Lars von Trier and German directors such as Wim Wenders, Fatih Akin, Andreas Dresen and Tom Tykwer represent the festival’s entire artistic plentitude.
From September 26th until October 5th the 21st Filmfest Hamburg invites to the following venues: Abaton, CinemaxX Dammtor, Metropolis, Passage, Studio and 3001.
Filmfest Hamburg presents the first feature films of young German and international directors together with films by internationally established directors. Furthermore special German TV productions find their unique way to the big screen.
Academy Award winners and nominees such as Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Julian Schnabel, Dogma-founder Lars von Trier and German directors such as Wim Wenders, Fatih Akin, Andreas Dresen and Tom Tykwer represent the festival’s entire artistic plentitude.
From September 26th until October 5th the 21st Filmfest Hamburg invites to the following venues: Abaton, CinemaxX Dammtor, Metropolis, Passage, Studio and 3001.
Sections at Filmfest Hamburg
Agenda
This section depicts the complete range of the festival program. It includes a vast variety of political, societal and social topics and their individual artistic realization. In short: an exciting voyage through World Cinema.
This section depicts the complete range of the festival program. It includes a vast variety of political, societal and social topics and their individual artistic realization. In short: an exciting voyage through World Cinema.
Three Colors Green
Nuclear phase-out, renewable energies, electric cars – something is on the move in environmental matters. Since 2010 Filmfest Hamburg is dedicating a section to these issues. Selected documentaries give insights into the planet's most pressing issues – and solutions for them.
Nuclear phase-out, renewable energies, electric cars – something is on the move in environmental matters. Since 2010 Filmfest Hamburg is dedicating a section to these issues. Selected documentaries give insights into the planet's most pressing issues – and solutions for them.
Northern Lights
An insight into the film landscape of the north. These fiction and documentary films are either produced or set in Hamburg or Schleswig-Holstein; representing the diversity of local filmmaking.
An insight into the film landscape of the north. These fiction and documentary films are either produced or set in Hamburg or Schleswig-Holstein; representing the diversity of local filmmaking.
Voilà!
An overview of filmproductions affiliated with a francophone background, these films come from a variety of French-speaking countries.
An overview of filmproductions affiliated with a francophone background, these films come from a variety of French-speaking countries.
Vitrina
This showcase of current productions from Spanish- and Portuguese speaking countries offers fiction and documentary films from the Iberian peninsula and Latin America.
This showcase of current productions from Spanish- and Portuguese speaking countries offers fiction and documentary films from the Iberian peninsula and Latin America.
Asia Express
This new section is a fascinating cinematic trip through unusual and young Asian film cultures. Established expectations of Asian film will be enriched by surprising new aspects.
This new section is a fascinating cinematic trip through unusual and young Asian film cultures. Established expectations of Asian film will be enriched by surprising new aspects.
Eurovisuell
Box office hits from other European countries. This section presents the audience’s favorites from all around the European continent.
Box office hits from other European countries. This section presents the audience’s favorites from all around the European continent.
Deluxe
Each year this section is dedicated to classics and discoveries from varying countries. So far this section took us to Turkey, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand, Argentina, Iceland and Canada’s ‘Belle Province’ Québec.
Each year this section is dedicated to classics and discoveries from varying countries. So far this section took us to Turkey, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand, Argentina, Iceland and Canada’s ‘Belle Province’ Québec.
ART! MUSIC! DANCE!...
Established in 2010, this section has become a stable pillar of Filmfest Hamburg’s program. Featuring films, which focus on the symbioses of different forms of art. Following the section MUSIK! (MUSIC!) in 2011, 2012’s section TANZ! (DANCE!) concentrated on the fusion of film art and dance performance. And this year?
Established in 2010, this section has become a stable pillar of Filmfest Hamburg’s program. Featuring films, which focus on the symbioses of different forms of art. Following the section MUSIK! (MUSIC!) in 2011, 2012’s section TANZ! (DANCE!) concentrated on the fusion of film art and dance performance. And this year?
16:9
Television meets cinema. “16:9” features first-class German TV-productions as world premieres on the big screen.
Television meets cinema. “16:9” features first-class German TV-productions as world premieres on the big screen.
Michel Kinder und Jugend Filmfest
The children and youth section of Filmfest presents international fiction films and animations in cooperation with LUCAS Children Filmfestival from Frankfurt.
The children and youth section of Filmfest presents international fiction films and animations in cooperation with LUCAS Children Filmfestival from Frankfurt.
Festival Director Albert Wiederspiel
Albert Wiederspiel, born on the 5th of November in 1960 in Warsaw, Poland has been the director of Filmfest Hamburg since 2003.
Wiederspiel, who grew up in Copenhagen eventually moved to Paris for his degree in film studies. After graduating he started off his career as a trainee at 20th Century Fox Intl., in 1985, where he held the position as Head of PR and Marketing and ultimately switched to 20th Century Fox of Germany. In 1995 he managed CineMarketing (Deyhle-Bär Media Holding), as of 1996 he worked as Head of Marketing and eventually General Manager at PolyGram Film Entertainment and Universal Pictures Germany. From April 2000 until June 2001 he worked as General Manager-Theatrical at Tobis StudioCanal.
Wiederspiel, who grew up in Copenhagen eventually moved to Paris for his degree in film studies. After graduating he started off his career as a trainee at 20th Century Fox Intl., in 1985, where he held the position as Head of PR and Marketing and ultimately switched to 20th Century Fox of Germany. In 1995 he managed CineMarketing (Deyhle-Bär Media Holding), as of 1996 he worked as Head of Marketing and eventually General Manager at PolyGram Film Entertainment and Universal Pictures Germany. From April 2000 until June 2001 he worked as General Manager-Theatrical at Tobis StudioCanal.
Chronicle
The 50s
The Hamburg "Filmtage" ("film days"), "Filmwochen" ("film weeks") and "Kinotage" ("cinema days") already existed in the Nineteen Fifties. They were organized and arranged by Hamburg's film economy - Real-Film, above all - together with German distribution companies.
1968
Young filmmakers got together and organized the "1. Hamburger Filmschau" ("1st Hamburg film show"), a weekend that has entered the history books of the young German film as a 'film-happening'.
The 70s
A few years later, various repertory theatres from all over the republic founded the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino" ("cinema association"), whose headquarters have since remained in Hamburg, where they have been organizing the annual "Hamburger Kinotage" since 1974.
1979
In the "Hamburger Erklärung" ("Hamburg declaration"), filmmakers Hark Bohm, Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff and Wim Wenders, a.o., opposed heteronomy of the German film by "committees, institutions and interest groups" and initiated the "Filmfest der Filmemacher" ("filmmakers' filmfestival").
1986
On 29.10.1979 the "Hamburger Filmbüro e.V." ("Hamburg film office - reg. assoc.") was founded by filmmakers from Hamburg, which brought the internationally significant "Europäische Low Budget Film Forum" into existence (since 1986); a film show and film discussion with participating directors and producers who were still unknown at the time, such as Derek Jarman, Stephen Frears and Lars von Trier.
1991
In order to bundle energies and put dwindling public funds to more effective use, the Low Budget Film Forum and the Kinotage joined forces in 1991 to coexist in the future as "Filmfest Hamburg". Founding partners were the AG Kino e.V. and the Hamburger Filmbüro e.V. .
1992
The Filmfest Hamburg took place for the first time in 1992, under the direction of Rosemarie Schatter.
1994
The film producer Gerhard von Halem took over as festival director. Despite deliberate references to its predecessor-events, this "new" Hamburg festival was something entirely different to the Kinotage or the Low Budget Film Forum. While "young cinema" and "independent film" still took up central positions, the atmosphere of Filmfest Hamburg has been increasingly characterized by stars and glamour since 1994.
1995 - 2002
Josef Wutz was director of the festival from 1995 to 2002. Under his direction, the festival was continually elaborated and was established within the industry and the audience as a festival for independent films. Furthermore, the festival now supplied film productions from Hamburg with their own display window. Also, the new media and their businesses received a platform for presentation and discussion at the Filmfest Hamburg.
2003 - today
Early January 2003, Albert Wiederspiel takes over the direction of Filmfest Hamburg. Since then the variety of national and international films is constantly expanding. For its 20th anniversary in 2012 Filmfest Hamburg showed 148 movies coming from 44 countries. 2013 Filmfest Hamburg is celebrating its 21st edition.
The Hamburg "Filmtage" ("film days"), "Filmwochen" ("film weeks") and "Kinotage" ("cinema days") already existed in the Nineteen Fifties. They were organized and arranged by Hamburg's film economy - Real-Film, above all - together with German distribution companies.
1968
Young filmmakers got together and organized the "1. Hamburger Filmschau" ("1st Hamburg film show"), a weekend that has entered the history books of the young German film as a 'film-happening'.
The 70s
A few years later, various repertory theatres from all over the republic founded the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino" ("cinema association"), whose headquarters have since remained in Hamburg, where they have been organizing the annual "Hamburger Kinotage" since 1974.
1979
In the "Hamburger Erklärung" ("Hamburg declaration"), filmmakers Hark Bohm, Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff and Wim Wenders, a.o., opposed heteronomy of the German film by "committees, institutions and interest groups" and initiated the "Filmfest der Filmemacher" ("filmmakers' filmfestival").
1986
On 29.10.1979 the "Hamburger Filmbüro e.V." ("Hamburg film office - reg. assoc.") was founded by filmmakers from Hamburg, which brought the internationally significant "Europäische Low Budget Film Forum" into existence (since 1986); a film show and film discussion with participating directors and producers who were still unknown at the time, such as Derek Jarman, Stephen Frears and Lars von Trier.
1991
In order to bundle energies and put dwindling public funds to more effective use, the Low Budget Film Forum and the Kinotage joined forces in 1991 to coexist in the future as "Filmfest Hamburg". Founding partners were the AG Kino e.V. and the Hamburger Filmbüro e.V. .
1992
The Filmfest Hamburg took place for the first time in 1992, under the direction of Rosemarie Schatter.
1994
The film producer Gerhard von Halem took over as festival director. Despite deliberate references to its predecessor-events, this "new" Hamburg festival was something entirely different to the Kinotage or the Low Budget Film Forum. While "young cinema" and "independent film" still took up central positions, the atmosphere of Filmfest Hamburg has been increasingly characterized by stars and glamour since 1994.
1995 - 2002
Josef Wutz was director of the festival from 1995 to 2002. Under his direction, the festival was continually elaborated and was established within the industry and the audience as a festival for independent films. Furthermore, the festival now supplied film productions from Hamburg with their own display window. Also, the new media and their businesses received a platform for presentation and discussion at the Filmfest Hamburg.
2003 - today
Early January 2003, Albert Wiederspiel takes over the direction of Filmfest Hamburg. Since then the variety of national and international films is constantly expanding. For its 20th anniversary in 2012 Filmfest Hamburg showed 148 movies coming from 44 countries. 2013 Filmfest Hamburg is celebrating its 21st edition.