Strong presence of the Film North

From 15 to 25 February, the international film industry will meet at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is represented with eight funded productions in the official programme, ten productions are screened in the "LOLA@Berlinale" series.

Official programme

This year's competition features the drama 3 days in Quiberon (Rohfilm Factory, Berlin) about a famous Stern interview between Hamburg journalist Michael Jürgs and international star Romy Schneider. In addition to the original locations in Brittany and Hamburg, Director Emily Atef shot a large part of the film on the island of Fehmarn in Schleswig-Holstein.

In the "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" series, Julian Pörksen's debut film and road movieWhatever Happens Next (The Storybay, Hamburg). As a "Berlinale Special", the productionThe silent classroom (Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion) by multi-award-winning Director and Script Writer Lars Kraume. The Dutch-German co-productionMy friend the giraffe (Hamster Film, Hamburg) by Director Barbara Bredero will make children's hearts beat faster and is screening in the "Generation Kplus" section. The DocumentaryFamily life (Wendländische Filmkooperative) by Rosa Hannah Ziegler is screening in the "Panorama" section. Two productions have been selected for the "Forum" section: Berlinale guests can enjoy Gerd Kroske's documentarySPK Complex (realistfilm) and Casanovagen by Directors Luise Donschen. In the "Forum Expanded", the HfbK graduation filmBefore I forget (Louly Seif) by Hamburg-based Directors Mariam Mekiwi.

LOLA@Berlinale

In its own market series "LOLA@Berlinale", the Berlinale, in cooperation with the German Film Academy and German Films, presents the films pre-selected for the German Film Awards 2018 to an international audience of film professionals. A total of ten funded films are on the programme:

Into the fate by Fatih Akin (bombero int./ Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany)

Once upon a time there was Indian country by İlker Çatak (Riva Film)

Do you sometimes feel burnt out and empty? by Lola Randl (Coin Film GmbH)

Magical Mystery by Arne Feldhusen (Razor Film Produktion)

Nur Gott kann mich richten by Özgür Yildirim (Rat Pack Filmproduktion)

Trather taboo by Ali Soozandeh (Little Dream Entertainment)

Happy by Carolin Genreith (Hupe Film and Television Production)

National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck (Ten Forward Films)

The bunny school by Ute von Münchow-Pohl (Akkord Film Production)

High-flyers - Small birds, big clatter by Reza Memari and Toby Genkel (Ulysses Filmproduktion)

The FFHSH at the Berlinale

Panel: Sustainability on Set Saturday, 17 February 2018, 2:30 pm, at the Representation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federal Government For the fourth time, the FFHSH is organising a Green Panel at the Representation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in Berlin. The panel will be moderated by film journalist Birgit Heidsiek, whose sixth issue of the magazine "Green Film Shooting" is being published in cooperation with the FFHSH to coincide with the Berlinale.

European Film Market Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is represented at the European Film Market in the Martin Gropius Bau at the stand of Focus Germany, the association of the eight major German film funding organisations.

Receptions During the Berlinale, the Hamburg Film Brunch will take place at the Representation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as well as the Baltic Motion Berlinale Reception, hosted by the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Filmwerkstatt Kiel and Nordic Film Days Lübeck.

Photo: Whatever Happens Next (The StoryBay UG / Carol Burandt von Kameke)