BINNENALSTER FILMFEST
A floating screen directly on the Binnenalster transforms the Jungfernstieg into an atmospheric open-air cinema. Viewers can enjoy the films from the steps of the Jungfernstieg as dusk falls from 8.30pm. The Binnenalster Filmfest, an event organised by City Management Hamburg, Lebendiger Jungfernstieg e.V. and FILMFEST HAMBURG, will be showing the confused, humorous and dramatic sides of romantic relationships in three films and an opera this year from 15 to 18 September. Admission is free.
19 SEPTEMBER 2024, 8.15 PM
An irresistible silent film and a fabulous declaration of love to classic Hollywood: actor George (Jean Dujardin) is at the height of his fame in 1927. But he fails to recognize the signs of the times and misses out on the beginning of the sound film era. His lover, the unknown dancer Peppy (Bérénice Bejo), is a completely different story: While George’s star sinks, she experiences a comentenary rise.
20 SEPTEMBER 2024, 8.15 PM
Shrek, the green monster, actually wants nothing more than to relax in his swamp. But suddenly all kinds of mythical creatures from Pinocchio to Peter Pan are queuing up to ask him for protection from the evil Lord Farquaad. Exhausting! And the starting point for a fast-paced and highly amusing adventure that takes the Disney fairytale world for a ride and has long since become an animation classic.
21 SEPTEMBER 2024, 7.00 PM
Carmina Burana is probably Carl Orff’s most popular work. Together with Trionfo di Afrodite and Catulli Carmina, they make up the Trionfi. Staatsoper Hamburg opens its season with this monumental work.
22 SEPTEMBER 2024, 8.15 PM
Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) lives on a Greek island and wants to be led down the aisle by her father. The problem: there are three potential candidates – which one is the right one? Clear the ring for a paternity test à trois full of complications. And when Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth belt out the greatest ABBA hits in this brightly colored film adaptation of the musical of the same name, there’s not a dancing leg left unturned or a dry eye in the house.
Special Presentation
filmfest hamburg AT hapag-lloyd
Two productions with NDR participation will be shown as “Special Presentations” outside the curated program: the documentaries Boris Herrmann – Segeln am Limit and Total Normal Hape Kerkeling. Tickets for the screenings at Hapag-Lloyd are available from the official advance booking office.
01 OCTOBER 2024, 7.30 PM
Hape Kerkeling from Recklinghausen can look back on a long career: Queen of the Netherlands, deputy editor-in-chief of the Grevenbroicher Tagblatt and performer of the classic world hit »Hurz«, presenter of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, these are just a few of the stations. The film accompanies Kerkeling to important places in his life and shows his transformation from a subversive entertainer to a serious author who campaigns against anti-Semitism and discrimination against homosexuals. Companions and media experts such as Campino, Günther Jauch, Tahnee, Otto Waalkes and Isabell Varell shed light on this unique comedic phenomenon and his journey through at least three decades of German television history.
