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All Hamburg articles
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NewsEquity financiers need data, say speakers at Filmfest Hamburg’s Explorer Konferenz
“Sales estimates are crucial,” said Marie Garrett, svp of sales and acquisitions at XYZ Films.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg 2025 hits record-breaking numbers boosted by extended industry programme
Lloyd Lee Choi’s Lucky Lu won the €5,000 young talent award.
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FeaturesMilan Skrobanek on The Unspoken Language’, about the love affair between a blind man and a deaf woman
Skrobanek explains the challenges he found when casting the feature.
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Reviews‘Hen’ review: Greek life seen from the perspective of a plucky chicken makes for a compelling drama
Hungarian director György Pálfi’s emotive film takes the point of view of a hen escaping an industrial farm to reflect on humanity
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FeaturesMarlene Bischof and Nicolai Zeitler on how they made buzzy Hamburg title ‘I Am The Greatest’
” I throw dialogue in the air and he integrates it into the structure,” says Bischof of how the rising German filmmakers effectively collaborate.
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NewsEuropean Works In Progress presents total prizes worth €140,000
EWIP has moved to take place during Filmfest Hamburg for the first time this year.
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NewsGermany’s Reynard Films wins €25,000 Hamburg co-pro award for ‘It’s A Sad And Beautiful World’
Directed by Cyril Aris, the romantic drama is a Lebanon-Germany coproduction.
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Reviews‘Obhut’ review: A sibling relationship is tested in sensitive German debut
Veronika Hafner confidently handles delicate themes in her Munich-set family drama
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NewsHelge Albers on ramping up MOIN’s support for Filmfest Hamburg and indie cinema
Regional German film fund received a €5m funding increase, taking annual budget to €22m
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Reviews‘Babystar’ review: Chilly German debut explores family life in the influencer age
Maja Bons plays a teenage star questioning her family’s social media celebrity in Joscha Bongard’s timely drama
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FeaturesFabian Massah on why Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days is becoming a key B2B event in Germany
Industry Days runs from September 29 to October 2.
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FeaturesHow Filmfest Hamburg is showcasing emerging filmmakers from Germany and around the world
Festival director Malika Rabahallah and director of programming Kathrin Kohlstedde are also expanding the industry offering.
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Reviews‘Short Summer’ review: Delicate debut depicts a Russian childhood in the shadow of war
Nastia Korkia’s drama, set during the second Chechen war, plays Hamburg after winning Venice’s Lion of the Future award
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveils 2025 line-up
Lovely Day and Rental Family to bookend festival director Malika Rabahallah’s second Filmfest Hamburg
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NewsEuropean Work In Progress unveils projects for first Filmfest Hamburg edition
EXCLUSIVE: 27 filmmaking teams will pitch to an international industry execs and a jury for cash prizes.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveils speakers for Explorer Conference 2025
XYZ Films’ Marie Garrett, French-Senegalese producer Yanis Gaye and UK producer Peter Carlton.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week head, ‘Sound Of Falling’ producer among European Works in Progress jury
The 8th edition of EWIP takes place in Hamburg for the first time.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg to host European Work in Progress and distribution summit
Hamburg has also appointed film producer Fabian Massah as its new head of Industry Days.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg celebrates triumphant record-breaking edition
The German festival donated the vaue of floral bouquet gifts to the charitable Afghan Volunteer Women’s Association.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof to head jury at Kyiv’s Molodist film festival
Exiled Iranian director named as jury president of Ukrainian film festival.