Festival planner 2018: time for film festivals!

Sheri Hagen's third feature film "Billie" celebrates its world premiere at Filmfest Hamburg on 26 September. The ensemble film, produced by Equality Film, was made entirely in Hamburg - read on to find out why Nettelnburg became the key location and how the film combines pain and humour.

He celebrated the premiere of his first feature film, ‘The Stranger,’ in Venice – his second work, ‘Yunan,’ made it straight into the competition at the 2025 Berlinale and can now be seen at the Hamburg Film Festival. Ameer Fakher Eldin is one of the up-and-coming young filmmakers and currently lives in Hamburg. He shot most of his drama on a Hallig island in Schleswig-Holstein. Here we reveal what all this has to do with ‘Land unter’ (Land Under) and how you can get stars like Hanna Schygulla and Sibel Kekilli excited about your second feature film.

After celebrating its world premiere in Cannes earlier this year, the movie ‘Amrum’, based on Hark Bohm's childhood memories, is now coming to the Hamburg Film Festival for its German premiere. In an interview, Fatih Akin explains why the subject matter is so relevant today, why he considers Amrum to be a healthy island, and why he didn't actually want to make the film.