17.01.2025 | Max Ophüls Preis 2025
A total of five MOIN-funded films have made it into this year's programme of the 46th edition of the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, two of them into the competition: "Rote Sterne überm Feld" by Laura Laabs will have its world premiere in the feature film competition, "Inkubus" by Hamburg filmmaker and HMS graduate Reza Sam Mosadegh will be shown in the medium-length film competition.
156 films will be shown at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival from 20 to 26 January in Saarbrücken. Festival visitors can look forward to 57 productions in the feature film, documentary, medium-length film and short film competition categories. This year's jury in the feature film competition also includes Hamburg actress Sibel Kekilli ("Gegen die Wand") and Hamburg Executive Producer Nurhan Şekerci-Porst ("Into the Fate", "Rheingold").
The following MOIN-funded productions are taking part this year:
Rote Sterne überm Feld (feature film competition)
The thriller by filmmaker Laura Laabs had a total of five days of filming in Schleswig-Holstein, and part of the crew also comes from the funding region. What is it about? Tine has to go into hiding because the last action of her political group threatens to be categorised as an act of terrorism. She takes refuge on her father Uwe's dilapidated farm in Bad Kleinen. But the peace and quiet in the East German province comes to an abrupt end when a skeleton is pulled out of the moor.
Inkubus (competition medium-length film)
In his graduation film "Inkubus", Hamburg Media School alumnus Reza Sam Mosadegh follows young Hildegard, who gets caught in a web of patriarchal violence and ecclesiastical oppression when she marries into a peasant family in 17th century Germany.
Grüße vom Mars (children's and youth film series)
Last year, "Greetings from Mars" celebrated its premiere at the MICHEL Kinder & Jugend Filmfest in Hamburg. Directors Sarah Winkenstette tells the story of 10-year-old Tom, a boy with Asperger's syndrome, who is sent to live with his grandparents in the country for the holidays. This strange world for Tom was filmed in Appen in Schleswig-Holstein. Script Writer Sebastian Grusnick and Thomas Möller from Hamburg wrote the script and novel.
Der Wind nimmt die mit (discourse)
The new short film by Schleswig-Holstein filmmaker Ann Carolin Renninger is set on a rural farm near the Baltic Sea: Rovin explores his environment at his very own pace - mosses, fire and an insatiable curiosity for planets, stars and unknown creatures. Maria is busy with the stones on the beach very close to her house, while Christopher manoeuvres large chunks of stone onto a nearby hill. They are all searching for something.
Schwarze Früchte (MOP series)
There's a lot of Hamburg in here: In June 2024, the series "Black Fruits" celebrated its world premiere at the renowned Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The series was filmed entirely in the Hanseatic city. Creator, showrunner, head writer and lead actor Lamin Leroy Gibba also grew up in Hamburg - and takes a look at the realities of life for black and queer people in "Black Fruits".
In addition, Su-Jin Song from Hamburg has been nominated for the Max Ophüls Award "Treatment Development" with her treatment Cacao, Death and I .
