All Germany articles
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Reviews‘The Other Side’ review: Nina Hoss gives a committed performance in pacy German survival thriller
Mariko Minoguchi’s follow-up to ‘Relativity’ is set in a dystopian post-pandemic world
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FeaturesFatih Akin reveals why two versions of ‘Ghost Song’ are screening at festivals
The love story had a well-received world premiere as the opening film of San Sebastian.
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Reviews‘Children Of The Sun’ review: Four German youngsters attempt to create a sexual utopia in poetic, puzzling Greece-set drama
Writer/director Leonie Krippendorff reunites with her ‘Cocoon’ strars Lena Urzendowsky and Jella Haase
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Features“Severe FOMO is an occupational pre-condition”: German buyers reveal the films for which they would bust the slate
Buyers from Pandora Film, DCM, X Verleih and Weltkino share insights on what is working at the German box office.
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FeaturesWhy the international performance of German films more than doubled in 2025
Majority German productions grossed €95m in 2025 compared to €54m in 2024.
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News‘The Sea’ scores key European deals a year after sweeping Israeli awards
EXCLUSIVE: Deals mark a significant turnaround for Israeli-Palestinian drama that initially encountered difficulties in the international marketplace despite its success at home.
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NewsFilmFest Hamburg heads talk showcasing German diversity, Spanish cinema and female directors
”We certainly weren’t short on powerful films by women this year,” said festival director Malika Rabahallah.
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Reviews‘Ghost Song’ review: Fatih Akin’s San Sebastián opener is emotionally satisfying supernatural romance
A strong perormance from newcomer Mariam Dawoud anchors Akin’s tender Hamburg-set love story
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Reviews‘Dau’ review: Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s sprawling new installment in his conceptual project is an affecting study of Soviet tyranny
The Venice competition title follows previous features and a 2019 art installation
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NewsEmily Atef’s ‘Call Me Queen’ joins Filmfest Hamburg’s full 2026 lineup
Helen Mirren will receive the 2026 Douglas Sirk award.
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Reviews‘Imperium’ review: Sergei Loznitsa surveys the 1970s Soviet empire in revealing archive epic
Italian archive footage forms the basis of an expansive documentary with clear contemporary resonance
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Reviews‘The Idiot(s)’ review: Aimee Lou Wood and Johnny Flynn spar in an audacious portrait of the Dostoevskys
An irreverent, eccentric take on the turbulent marriage behind one of literature’s great names
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NewsFive world premieres by emerging German talents to be showcased at Filmfest Hamburg
The Große Freiheit sidebar showcases contemporary German cinema.
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NewsSandra Huller to play Wolfgang Herrndorf in Maria Schrader’s ‘Work And Structure’
Film is adapted from Herrndorf’s blog, published after his 2013 suicide.
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NewsThe Match Factory acquires key rights to four restored films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sales company has rights to 4K restorations of Palme d’Or filmmaker outside North America, the UK, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland and Thailand.
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NewsGermany selects Sandra Wollner’s ‘Everytime’ as Oscar submission
Drama won the Un Certain Regard prize after its Cannes world premiere in May.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveils opening and closing films
Films by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert and Josef Kubota Wladyka to bookend the festival.
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NewsVisionär Films picks up two films for sales including Venice Critics’ Week title
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based company also takes on Italian documentary.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveils speakers for Explorer Conference 2026
Line-up includes The Intouchables directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, as well as the producers of Sentimental Value and Rose.
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NewsSan Sebastian selects opening film for 2026 festival
Film will play in competition, and completes the section with 17 titles.