Strong festival summer for female filmmakers from Hamburg

25.07.2019 | "Pelican Blood" in Venice and Toronto

The successful team behind "Tore tanzt" is back: with their new drama "Pelikanblut", which is being shown at the renowned Venice and Toronto film festivals, the Hamburg team led by Director Katrin Gebbe and Executive Producer Verena Gräfe-Höft (Junafilm) have made a successful start to the festival summer. An HFBK film has also made it to Venice.

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Gruppenfoto der NEST Space Teilnehmenden auf einer Wiese. Der Hintergrund ist eine weite Wiese, blauer leicht bewölkter Himmel und zwei kahle Bäume.

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Dr. Daniel Possler steht auf dem Dach des Grünen Bunkers

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