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552 articles available in total starting from 08/06/2012. Last article published on 09/10/2025.

James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

Interview: James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

“It’s important for me as a storyteller to entertain people and make them laugh before I make them cry”

The Scotsman breaks down his directorial debut, a comedy based on the true story of a Scottish rapping duo who pretended to be American  

09/10 | Zurich 2025

Milan Skrobanek  • Director of The Unspoken Language

Interview: Milan Skrobanek • Director of The Unspoken Language

“I wanted to show how two people who cannot easily communicate with each other can still fall in love”

The German director discusses what inspired him to tell a story about the relationship between a deaf woman and a visually impaired man  

08/10 | Hamburg 2025

Do You Love Me and Love Letters among the winners at Filmfest Hamburg

Do You Love Me and Love Letters among the winners at Filmfest Hamburg

The 33rd edition of the German festival has presented the Douglas Sirk Award, its honorary prize, to Belgium’s Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne  

07/10 | Hamburg 2025 | Awards

Filmfest Hamburg eyes “A New Path for European Film Distribution in the Post-social-media Era”

Filmfest Hamburg eyes “A New Path for European Film Distribution in the Post-social-media Era”

The opening panel of EWIP/IFDS delved into the challenges posed by declining reach, rising advertising costs and the dominance of a select few global platforms  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025 | Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days

The Explorer Konferenz examines how to cope with complex challenges and shifting boundaries

The Explorer Konferenz examines how to cope with complex challenges and shifting boundaries

The platform for probing production, regulatory and other issues has brought together international experts from the creative industries as well as from the fields of finance and innovation  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025 | Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days

Review: The Unspoken Language

Review: The Unspoken Language

Milan Skrobanek’s fiction feature debut leads us into the world of two young lovers whose relationship seems to be impossible, as she is deaf and he is visually impaired  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025

Review: I Am the Greatest

Review: I Am the Greatest

The feature debut by German writer-director duo Nicolai Zeitler and Marlene Bischof places the focus on various protagonists who are feeling overwhelmed by life  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025

Review: Easy Girl

Review: Easy Girl

Hille Norden’s drama film delves deep into the emotional inner life of a young woman who tries to repress the memories of her past through a life of excess  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025

Filmfest Hamburg hands out €85,000 worth of Producers Awards

Filmfest Hamburg hands out €85,000 worth of Producers Awards

Since 2014, the prizes have honoured the outstanding achievements of German producers as well as film and television production companies  

02/10 | Hamburg 2025 | Awards

Malika Rabahallah • Director, Filmfest Hamburg

Interview: Malika Rabahallah • Director, Filmfest Hamburg

“It’s important to present films that give us hope and show that it makes sense to keep fighting for community, solidarity and democracy”

The festival director outlines her approach to making the gathering more vibrant and international, with a strong focus on networking opportunities  

25/09 | Hamburg 2025

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