The Filmnorden as a guest in Lübeck

This year's Film Forum section will once again focus on films from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Directors and Script Writer Sandra Nettelbeck, who hails from Hamburg, will take us on a journey of discovery inWhat does not kill us (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Berlin) takes us into the turbulent life of psychotherapist Max, who has his hands full with two teenage daughters, an ex-wife who is also his best friend and lots of weird patients. The captivating story of emancipationSibel is now coming to Lübeck after festival visits to Locarno and Toronto. The drama by filmmakers Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti was co-produced by the Hamburg-based production company Riva Film, which is working with1918. uprising of the sailors has a second film in its programme. The docu-drama by Jens Becker tells the story of the Kiel sailors' uprising at the end of the First World War and was filmed entirely in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. Fans of animated films should be particularly looking forward to the film that has already been celebrated in Cannes.Another Day of Life (Wüste Film/Animationsfabrik, Hamburg) by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow. The film is the gripping story of a three-month journey by the famous Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuściński through war-torn Angola. In the feature film debutGoliath96 (Skalarfilm, Hamburg) by HFBK graduate Marcus Richardt, Katja Riemann plays a woman desperately trying to connect with her 21-year-old son, who has not left his room for two years and lives only in his online world. In the "Special" section, all Jussi Adler Olson fans can look forward to the fourth film adaptation of the novel calledContempt (Zentropa Hamburg), which had 30 days of filming in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. In the DocumentaryHolsteinHeart (Joker Pictures GmbH), Jess Hansen and Johanna Jannsen explore the 120-year-old history of the traditional club Holstein Kiel. An amusing journey through time - not just for football fans.

Further films with Fundings from FFHSH and Filmwerkstatt Kiel:

• In Love and War von Regisseur Kasper Torsting (Tamtam Film Hamburg, NordFilm Kiel)

• Tatort: Borowski und das Glück der Anderen von Andreas Kleinert (Nordfilm GmbH für NDR)

• Wo kein Schatten fällt von Esther Bialas (Das Kind mit der goldenen Jacke, Hamburg)

• Auch Leben ist eine Kunst – Der Fall Max Emden von Eva Gerberding und André Schäfer (Florianfilm, Köln)

• An den Rändern der Welt von Thomas Tielsch und Markus Mauthe (Filmtank, Hamburg)

• Blaue Stunde von Pia Lamster (HFBK Hamburg)

• Der Fall Cap Arcona von Karl Hermann-Leukert und Günter Klaucke

• Gelato – Die sieben Sommer der Eisliebe von Daniela Opp

• Hans Blumenberg – Der unsichtbare Philosoph von Christoph Rüter (Kinescope Film, Hamburg)

• Im Land meiner Kinder von Darío Aguirre (Büchner Filmproduktion, Köln)

• Sankt Paulis starke Frauen – Reeperbahner*innen von Rasmus Gerlach (Kinoki, Hamburg)

• Steine von Jörn Staeger (Staeger Filmproduktion, Hamburg)

• Von Bienen und Blumen von Lola Randl (Detailfilm, Hamburg)

• Chinesische Radikale von Maria Hemmleb und Arthur Dieckhoff (Die Thede e.V., Hamburg)

• Es ist Zeit – Der Maler Klaus Fußmann von Wilfried Hauke (DMFilm und TV Produktion, Hamburg)

• Forsthaus von Paul-Vincent Mayr

• Khello Brüder von Hille Norden

• Nach dem letzten Schuss ist der Krieg noch nicht vorbei von Jess Hansen und Kay Gerdes

Events as part of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck:

Discussion: Cinema becomes a festival - festivalisation and eventisation as a perspective for film distribution? An event in cooperation with Creative Europe Desk Hamburg Fri, 2 Nov, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., Diele, Mengstr. 41-43, Lübeck Registration at laurin.dietrich@filmtage.luebeck.de

Boat tour with a change of perspective: Lübeck seen from the water - Location Tour Sat. 3 November, 2.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m., Wallhalbinsel jetty (bus park), 23554 Lübeck Registration by Thursday, 1 November, by email to preuss@ffhsh.de

Film breakfast Sat, 3 Nov, 11.00 a.m., Art Café St, Annen Museum Without registration

Further information about our events can be found here

Photo: "What doesn't kill us" - Alamode Film/Marion von der Mehden