Hamburg: public vote for Kops
There’s been a more than positive out outcome for the Hamburg Filmfestival (September 19-26, 2003): there were 116 films shown at the event, coming from 38 countries, with more than 28,000 people attending the festival. There were also appearances by the stars of German cinema, like Götz Gorge, Corinna Harfouch and Jürgen Vogel. The international guests included Julie Walters, Sophia Loren with Carlo Ponti, Isabelle Huppert (who received the Douglas Sirk Prize as Best European Actress), Agnieska Holland and Peter Greenaway.
The Public Prize was awarded to the Swedish comedy, Kops directed by Josef Fares, while the TV listings magazine “Emil” gave a prize of €2,500 to the Canadian film La mysterieuse mademoiselle C. (“The Mysterious Mrs C.”) by Richard Ciupka. The award for Best Children’s Film was given to another Swedish production, Emma och Daniel - Mötet (“Emma and Daniel”) by the director, Ingela Magner.
(Translated from Italian)
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