Big star line-up for the eight Berlinale productions of the MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: With prominent actors such as Saoirse Ronan, Lars Eidinger, Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry, films by Bruno Dumont, Matthias Glasner, Nora Fingscheidt and Julia von Heinz are in the official programme of the Berlinale 2024. The competition film "Sterben" was largely shot in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
Following the Silver Bear for "Systemsprenger", Directors Nora Fingscheidt will also be celebrating her return to the Berlinale stage with The Outrun in the "Panorama" section.
Two MOIN films in the Berlinale competition
Hamburg-born Matthias Glasner returns to the Competition of the Berlinale with his new drama Sterben (Port au Prince Films, Hamburg). The film was shot in the Hanseatic city and Schleswig-Holstein for almost three weeks last winter. Corinna Harfouch, Lars Eidinger, Lilith Stangenberg and Anna Bederke, among others, can be seen in the star-studded film about the intensity of life in the face of the impertinence of death.
The Hamburg-based company Red Balloon Film is the German co-producer of the new science fiction film L'Empire by Bruno Dumont. The film with French superstar Camille Cotin in one of the leading roles is in the running for the Golden Bear alongside "Dying". Part of the post production took place in Hamburg.
Julia von Heinz's new comedy Treasure (Seven Elephants, Berlin) is screening in the "Berlinale Gala Special" section. In the film, American Ruth (played by Lena Dunham) travels to Poland with her father Edek (Stephen Fry) to get to the bottom of her Jewish family's legacy. Part of the post production took place in Hamburg. The literary film adaptation is based on the novel "Too Many Men" by Lily Brett.
The drama The Outrun, produced by Weydemann Bros. and directed by Nora Fingscheidt with Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan in the leading role, can be seen at two major festivals this year: In January with the world premiere at Sundance and immediately afterwards in the Berlinale section Panorama.
In the same section is the Documentary My Stolen Planet (Jyoti Film, Hamburg) by Farahnaz Sharifi, in which the Iranian Farah is forced to flee into her own world; part of the post production took place in Hamburg.
The short film Porzellan by Annika Birgel (Problemkind, Berlin) can be seen in the Generation Kplus section. The film was shot in Lübeck and on the Halligen islands in Schleswig-Holstein in 2023.
Two funded productions have made it into the Forum of the Berlinale: in Reproduktion (fünferfilm, Hamburg), filmmaker and former HFBK professor Katharina Pethke sheds light on the compatibility of motherhood and artistic work. In Spuren von Bewegung vor dem Eis, filmmaker René Frölke travels to a Zurich cellar containing the remains of Pendo Verlag, which was founded in 1971.
Hamburg-based "International Emmy" winner Katrin Gebbe ("The Empress") will also present her new series pitch The Werewolf & Renée (Junafilm, Hamburg) at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from 15 to 25 February 2024.
