Hamburg film brunch 2018

Around 650 guests from the film scene met at the traditional "Hamburg Film Brunch" on Sunday morning at the Hamburg State Representation on the Spree. The occasion was the 68th International Film Festival in Berlin. Among the guests: Golden Globe winner Fatih Akin, the3 days in Quiberon-actress Marie Bäumer and Director Katja Benrath, whose short filmWatu Wote is nominated for an Oscar.

Dr Carsten BrosdaSenator for Culture and Media: "Following the great successes that films from the north have enjoyed over the past year, international attention for the Hamburg film scene has also increased significantly. We owe this very much to the great commitment of Maria Köpf and her team at Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig Holstein and the tremendous creativity of the many film-makers in Hamburg. We want to build on this success. That is why, among other things, we have expanded the Hamburg Producer Award to include the category 'German cinema production' and agreed with NDR to increase the broadcaster's film funding by 200,000 euros to 1.2 million euros. The film has many important stories to tell us. I am glad that the voice from Hamburg is becoming more and more clearly audible with many relevant films."

Maria KöpfCEO of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "With a mixture of great dramas, exciting documentaries and a heart-warming children's film, the North is playing a leading role at the Berlinale. The film talents from Hamburg are very popular at the International Film Festival - even behind the scenes: Emily Atef's competition film3 days in Quiberon Toni Erdmann set designer Silke Fischer is involved - as are film musicians Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas, who also worked on the Berlinale filmThe silent classroom have provided the good sound."

The annual reception, hosted by the Hamburg Senate and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, honours film in and from Hamburg at the Berlinale and makes it visible, offering film funding and Hamburg film institutions the opportunity to enter into dialogue with national guests and international partners.

Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is represented at the Berlinale 2018 with eight funded productions in the official programme, ten productions are screening in the "LOLA@Berlinale" series. This year's competition features 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 Documentary Family 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 by Hamburg-based Directors Mariam Mekiwi.

In its own market series "LOLA@Berlinale", the Berlinale, in cooperation with the German Film Academy and German Films, will present the films pre-selected for the German Film Awards 2018 to an international audience of professionals. A total of ten FFHSH-funded films are on the programme: These includeInto the fate by Fatih Akin,Once upon a time there was Indian country by İlker Çatak, Do you sometimes feel burnt out and empty? by Lola Randl,Magical Mystery by Arne Feldhusen,Nur Gott kann mich richten by Özgür Yildirim,Tehran Taboo by Ali Soozandeh,Happy by Carolin Genreith,National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck,The bunny school by Ute von Münchow-Pohl andHigh-flyers - Small birds, big clatter by Reza Memari and Toby Genkel.

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