07.02.2018 | The FFHSH represented with 18 productions
Germany's most important film festival is entering the next round: from 15 to 25 February, the international film industry will meet for the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is represented in the programme with 18 funded productions. Find out which ones here.
Official programme
In competition at this year's Berlinale is the drama3 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) andCasanovagen 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)
Tehran Taboo by Ali Soozandeh (Little Dream Entertainment)
Happy by Carolin Genreith (CORSO 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)
