More than 140 international feature and documentary films are celebrating their German, European or world premiere in altogether eight sections at the 16th Filmfest Hamburg. The many facets of the program range from cinematically highbrow arthouse films to innovative mainstream cinema, from road movies to melodrama, from comedies and westerns to thrillers and children’s films.
Filmfest Hamburg presents the debut films of young German and international filmmakers alongside films by famous and infamous directing giants of international cinema.
Academy Award winners such as Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster and Michael Moore, arthouse filmmakers such as Aki Kaurismäki, Jim Jarmusch, Peter Greenaway and Wim Wenders, Dogma-founder Lars von Trier and German directors such as Fatih Akin, Ayse Polat and Oliver Hirschbiegel represent the festival’s entire – and often controversial – artistic plenitude.
In 2008 Filmfest Hamburg features the following sections:
Agenda 08
This section encompasses the whole range of the festival programme. It presents a multifaceted spectrum of political, societal and social topics in the broadest sense, and their respective artistic cinematic realisation.
Nordlichter (Northern Lights)
The “Northern Lights” section is a display window for feature and documentary films from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. It presents films that are set in the North, were shot in the North and star “northern lights”.
Vitrina
The display window for current film productions from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Voilà!
‘Voilà!’ presents feature films from France or from countries associated with French culture in the widest sense.
TV Spielfilme im Kino (Made-For-TV Movies)
The section “Made-For-TV Movies” features current German TV productions, most of which are celebrating their world premiere at Filmfest Hamburg.
eurovisuell
This section presents the greatest audience successes from different European countries: what do the French parley about? What cracks up the Greeks? What sends chills down the Swedes’ spines – and makes them love it?
Deluxe
In this series, Filmfest Hamburg shows film classics from an annually varying country. Deluxe presents six film classics and newcomer from the sixties up to today. The most recent guest countries were Belgium, Turkey, Austria and Finland.
KinderFilmfest (Children's Filmfest)
The Children’sFilmfest Hamburg goes into the fifth round! It presents German and international feature and animation films from 26th September to 2th October."
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This famous award is presented annually to a personality or a company that has made outstanding achievements around film culture and film industry.
Recipient 2007: David Cronenberg
Montblanc Scriptwriting Award
Together with the renowned Hamburg company Montblanc, Filmfest Hamburg presents the Montblanc scriptwriting award which is endowed with 10,000 Euros. The award is granted as part of the NORDLICHTER (NORTHERN LIGHTS) section. Nominated are all feature films of the NORDLICHTER (NORTHERN LIGHTS) section. It presents films that are set in the North, were shot in the North and star “northern lights”.
Recipient 2007: Jan Hinrik Drevs for his screenplay of the film "Underdogs"
Jury members 2007:
Ursula Keller (Author and former head of the Literaturhaus Hamburg), Sigrid Behrens (Author) and Nikolaus Hansen (Publisher of the Mare Buchverlag GmbH)
Hamburg Film Critic Award:
For the fourth time Filmfest Hamburg is presenting the ‘Hamburg Film Critic Award’. The German news magazines ‘Der Spiegel’, ‘Stern’, Hamburg’s daily newspaper ‘Hamburger Abendblatt’ and the radio station ‘NDR 90,3’ run this joint initiative to honor a production that offers an original view of present issues. Out of Filmfest Hamburg’s main programme, twelve different movies, ranging from international big-budget productions to German low-budget movies will be nominated. A jury consisting of four journalists of the presenting media will chose the production to be awarded with the non-material ‘Hamburg Film Critic Award’.
Recipient 2007: Anton Corbijn (Director) for his film "Control"
Jury members 2007: Lars-Olav Beier (Der Spiegel), Bernd Teichmann (Stern), Volker Behrens (Hamburger Abendblatt) and Frank Fingerhuth (NDR 90,3)
TV Producer Award:
This award is endowed with Euro 30,000. It goes back to a joint initiative with Hamburg’s Department of Economy and Labor that provides the prize money of 30,000 Euro. The award will be presented to TV producers and is solely available for orders at Hamburg post-production companies. The prize money must be called within 24 months.
Recipient 2007: magnolia Filmproduktion for "Kuckuckszeit"
Jury members 2007: Claudia Schröder (Producer), Karoline Eichhorn (Actress) and Peter Luley (Journalist)
TV Movie Audience Award:
TV Movie wants to find out: which one of this year’s European box office hits is the best? As partner of Filmfest Hamburg, TV Movie – “Europe’s most rigorous TV guide” – features the Audience Award 2005. The audience gets to decide by public vote which of the eight competing films in the “eurovisual” section is their favorite.
The TV Movie Audience Award is endowed with 5,000 Euros.
Recipient 2007: Jan Sverák (Director) for his film "Empties"
micromovie award:
For the second time DAS VIERTE presents in cooperation with Filmfest Hamburg and the co-partner TV Movie the competition “micromovie – a 100 seconds film”. 2000 ideas for short-films were sent in, the 10 best ideas were made into short-films and the best one gets chosen at Filmfest Hamburg. The winner receives € 4.444,- and the possibility to take part in a script-writing seminar.
Recipient 2007: Florian Siegrist who had the idea to "Unser Kind"
Universal Pictures Germany 'Michel' award at the KinderFilmfest:
A jury of children takes a decision on which of all the screened international films of the children's film programme is their favourite. The 'Michel' award is endowed with 2,500 Euro
Recipient 2007: Cristiano Bortone (Director) for his film "Rot wie der Himmel"
RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems audience award
Together with our new partner RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems the KinderFilmfest will for the first time award a non-material audience award for the most popular children's film.
Recipient 2007: Hayo Freitag (Director) for his film "Die drei Räuber"