11. March 2025
quantum leap for the industry part
FILMFEST HAMBURG is expanding: Starting with the next festival edition from September 25 to October 4, 2025, the renowned industry platform European Work in Progress (EWIP) and the International Film Distribution Summit (IFDS) will be held in the Hanseatic city for the first time. With producer Fabian Massah as the new head of INDUSTRY DAYS, the festival in Hamburg will become one of the most important industry meeting points in the North.
8. December 2024
European FIlm Awards 2024
The big winner at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne on 7 December was Jacques Audiard’s opulent cinema show Emilia Pérez.
6. December 2024
EUFA 2024
Students from across Europe chose Three Kilometres to The End of the World by Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu to win the European University Film Award (EUFA) 2024. Introduced in 2016, the award, a joint initiative of the European Film Academy and FILMFEST HAMBURG, is presented by university students from across Europe.
23. October 2024
European University Film Award
The European Film Academy and FILMFEST HAMBURG are pleased to announce the nominees for this year’s European University Film Award (EUFA). Five films have been nominated and will be in the running for the prize, which was introduced in 2016 and is awarded by students from Europe. The five nominated films are based on the feature and documentary film selection of the European Film Awards 2024.
4. October 2024
MICHEL Award MAJA 2024
The MICHEL Film Award MAJA, endowed with 10,000 euros, has been presented to the Norwegian film Lars is LOL, directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl. The decision was made by the MICHEL jury, consisting of seven children and young people aged between 12 and 16. In addition, the South Korean film It’s Okay! received an honorable mention.
1. October 2024
Women’s Power and Warmth
After five days of the festival, FILMFEST HAMBURG draws a positive mid-term conclusion with national and international guests, full cinemas, impressive numbers, the first Douglas Sirk Award winner, and the presentation of the Hamburg Production Awards.
30. September 2024
Presentation of the Hamburg Production Awards 2024
At the award ceremony on September 30, 2024, in Halle D, the three Hamburg Production Awards were presented by Hamburg’s State Secretary for Culture, Jana Schiedek. Established in 2014, the award recognizes the outstanding achievements of German producers and film and television production companies. It is awarded in the categories “International Cinema Co-Productions”, “German Cinema Productions” and “German TV Productions”, each with prize money of 25,000 euros. The special award for serial formats is endowed with 10,000 euros.
17. September 2024
Explorer Konferenz: Programm 2024
This year’s INDUSTRY DAYS of FILMFEST HAMBURG will kick off with the EXPLORER CONFERENCE on September 30 in the Hanseatic city under the motto “Risk & Reward”. The conference program has now been announced. The 15 speakers include astronaut Dr. Insa Thiele-Eich, who will provide insights into dealing with risks on her journey to the ISS, BAFTA winner Tobi Kyeremateng, who will talk about experimental production structures, and Johanna Koljonen, who will present the current Nostradamus Report 2024.
10. September 2024
The Full Power of Cinema
FILMFEST HAMBURG brings the most important and successful productions of this year’s film season to Hamburg for the first time, even before their official German cinema release, including the Palme d’Or winner Anora (Director: Sean Baker) and the film The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar, which was awarded the Golden Lion this past weekend. The 124 films from 55 countries explore the state of the world, reflect on internal and external conflicts and envision future scenarios.
6. September 2024
Platform for dialog and exchange
This year’s four-day FILMFEST HAMBURG INDUSTRY DAYS will kick off with the EXPLORER CONFERENCE on September 30. Current industry topics will be discussed in keynotes, panels, workshops and closed formats.
3. September 2024
Honorary awards for Arnold and Audiard
Two outstanding voices of world cinema will be honored with the Douglas Sirk Award at FILMFEST HAMBURG this year: The festival’s honorary awards go to British director Andrea Arnold and French director Jacques Audiard. The award ceremonies will take place on the occasion of the German premieres of their current films Emilia Pérez (September 28) and Bird (October 2).
29. August 2024
about Friendship and Freedom
On 26 September the French debut film Holy Cow will open this year’s FILMFEST HAMBURG in the presence of director Louise Courvoisier and leading actors Clément Faveau and Maïwène Barthelemy. The closing film is the German premiere of Pedro Almódovar’s recent film The Room Next Door, which is being shot in English for the first time and will celebrate its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 2 September. The films are exemplary for the range of this year’s programme, from the first or second feature films of promising young filmmakers to works by renowned directors from all over the world.
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