Filmfest Plus

�S(ch)nackpunkt� �The daily lunchtime meeting-point at Filmfest Hamburg

From 26th to 29th September, a daily lunchtime snack from 12pm to 1pm in the cinema CinemaxX Dammtor serves as platform for discussions on current issues around the film and television location of Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, featuring guests such as Maria Ketikidou, Markus Kn�fken, Lars B�chel, Anno Saul Jana Bohl, Hark Bohm, Ulrike Grote and Sebastian Schipper. Frank Fingerhuth of NDR 90,3 will moderate. More about the programme

After-Show Party "Berlin Calling" with DJ Paul Kalkbrenner

Eine This year Filmfest Hamburg has a special treat for fans of electronic music in cooperation with the Reeperbahn Festival.  Firstly, the film �Berlin Calling� by Hannes St�hr celebrates its German premiere in the cinema CinemaxX, then the premiere party takes place at the club Uebel & Gef�hrlich within the framework of the Reeperbahn Festival � musically introduced and concluded by Smallville-DJ Julius Steinhoff and Ren� Dachner, head of the electronic section Weald and the evening�s host. Live on location: Paul Kalkbrenner, who plays the lead role in �Berlin Calling�. Tickets for the party are available for a special price of 9 euros at all Filmfest Hamburg ticket agencies; a combined ticket for film and party costs 15 euros. Holders of a Reeperbahn Festival ticket have free access to the party.
Film: Friday 26.09., 10pm, CinemaxX 1
Party: Friday 26.09., 12am, Uebel & Gef�hrlich (Feldstra�e 66) More 

ScareCity - Filmperformance with Peggy Anne Berton and Marc St Aubin

In This year in Toronto we met two extraordinary artists: experimental filmmaker Peggy Anne Berton and multimedia artist Marc St Aubin. They will present their film performance ScareCity on Saturday 27.09. at 10.30pm and on Monday 29.09. at 9pm at Hadley's. An audio-visual experience that you will never come across in this form again. Mehr

Learning from films: Lernort Film

In 2008, Lernort Film (lit: learning space film) once again offers a training unit under the supervision of Eva and Dirk Fritsch for teachers and cinephiles within the framework of Filmfest Hamburg. It centres on explaining the basic elements of the medium film and questions their classroom usage. A selection of films will be presented as a possible means of conveying motivation as to the understanding and creating of films, on Monday, 29.09.08, from 2 to 6pm, in the cinema CinemaxX Dammtor. The event features a screening of the Filmfest contribution �Pazar � The Market� by Ben Hopkins, with an ensuing discussion. Tickets 10 euros, reduced price 6 euros. Mehr

Where to go after the film: the Studio-Hamburg-Lounge at Cinemaxx

Come to the Studio-Hamburg-Lounge in the Cinemaxx Bar for a drink and a chat about the day�s films, every night from 10.30pm. Analyze the results of the Bavarian elections over a couple of beers, discuss the next day�s film programme with the festival director, ponder the day�s sweetest images to the sounds of DJ Sv�nni. Here is where people meet who don�t want the Filmfest to end with the last film�s credits.