Sept 27th - Oct 6th


Watching films unites – guessing them does even more!

Hamburg, Okt. 03rd 2011
Today: a special edition of the all around favoured and loved FilmQuiz – Hannelore Hoger, Bella Block is celebrating her anniversary!

Do you know how many episodes there are of Bella Block? Which mysterious virus is getting to the characters of Soderbergh’s Contagion? In which city Marjane Satrapis first film Persepolis took place and where her new feature Chicken with plums is once again located? For which soccer club do the hearts of program and press beat? What film did Gilles Paquet-Brenner show at Filmfest Hamburg, before shooting Sarah’s Key with Kristin Scott-Thomas? Who diligently uploads the newest photos every morning? What original Tennesse Williams novel the Iranian film Here Wihtout Me is based on? What the daily lunch special at the festival center is? Which filmmaker from Iceland fixed a camera on top of his car and sent it out to film Reykjaviks Ring? Where everyone gathers in the evenings for a cold drink? How many directors collaborated for the film 18 Days about the Arab Spring? Who the outstanding actors of the newest adaptation of Jane Eyre by the director of Sin Nombre, Cary Fukunaga are? How Up in Smoke’s protagonist attempts to stop the cutting-and-burning of the rainforest? In which part of Autralia 11-year old Lou is living? What the colour of the scooter is that parks daily in front of the press office? What the name of the Lake at the border between Estonia and Russia, where Marc Brummonds gorgeous documentary Fish&Onion takes place? What the magic of Gstavo Pizzi’s film Riscado is?
Questions upon questions that will NOT be asked at FilmQuiz today. Instead Rex Kramer promises for an afternoon full of fun and a popular surpriseguest. Guessing starts at four pm at the Abaton. Don’t worry, you are free to join in even if this is your first time at the festival. It’s a whole bunch of fun!