Three Hamburg productions competed at the Cannes Film Festival. According to Helge Albers, Head of Moin Film Funding, there was already a lot of positive feedback during the festival.
von Patricia Batlle
The last films in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival were screened on Friday. The last to be screened was Kelly Reichardt’s film “Showing Up”. Now the jury around the French actor Vincent Lindon has decided who will receive the Golden and the other Palms of the festival.
At the Gala of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, Ruben Östlund received the Palme d’Or for his social satire – in which there is a lot of Hamburg. more
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The winner is the Swede Ruben Östlund, who wins the second Golden Palm in a row with “Triangle of Sadness” after 2017, where he won with “The Square”. In the 75-year history of the festival, only the Austrian Michael Haneke has managed to do this.
AUDIO: Cannes 2022 – The favorites in the competition (5 min)
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“Pacifition” – story about ghostly submarine by Albert Serra
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Andrea Schütte and Dirk Decker from the Hamburg production company Tamtam Film co-produced “Pacifiction” by Albert Serra. It premiered on Thursday.
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On Thursday, the Hamburg company Tamtam co-produced and celebrated funded by the Moin Film Fund Film “Pacifiction” by Albert Serra world premiere. In it, a French high commissioner on Tahiti (Benoît Magimel) constantly feels the pulse of the local population, from which anger can flare up at any time. This is all the more true as a rumor persists: A submarine has allegedly been sighted, its ghostly presence announcing a resumption of French nuclear tests.
The co-production between France, Spain, Germany and Portugal impresses with strong images and is praised by the British “Guardian” as an “apocalyptic mystery film” from Tahiti.
“‘Holy Spider’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ are extremely strong films”
According to media reports, Ali Abbasi’s film “Holy Spider”, which was promoted in North Germany, was given a good chance of winning the Palme d’Or until Saturday. “Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness’ and Ali Abbasis’ ‘Holy Spider’ are both extremely strong films,” says Helge Albers, Managing Director of Moin Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. “I was able to experience two wonderful cinema screenings with standing ovations. I didn’t measure it, but it was seven to ten minutes easily.” Being in competition with three films funded by the Moin Film Fund is strong, says Albers.
The world premiere of Östlund’s satire “Triangle of Sadness” had the most laughs of any film in the competition. A film with “many wonderful ideas,” according to Albers. The quotes battle and the idea of prostituting oneself as a man for pretzel sticks are remarkable. “The twisting of roles, this exaggeration, is extremely contemporary, funny, intelligent and big. It’s a great film. I’m sure it will work well.”
AUDIO: Cannes favorite Holy Spider by Iranian director Ali Abbasi (4 min)
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His Cannes winning film “Triangle of Sadness”, which contains a lot of Hamburg, is intellectual – and very crazy, says the Swede. more
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“Burning Days”: Strong film by Emin Alper
Outside of the competition, the film “Burning Days” by Emin Alper was screened in the “Un Certain Regard” series. “That’s also one of our darlings,” says Albers. “We supported the film in the German-Turkish co-development fund. We supported it together with the Berlin-Brandenburg Film Fund and the Istanbul Festival.” The development fund deals with Turkish films that otherwise would not be possible. “It has to be said that the political situation in Turkey is still very, very explosive and that initiatives are urgently needed to help films be made.”
The film “flashed” him in the premiere, says Albers: “It is visually and narratively strong, courageous, so critical of the regime, but not in the face, but subtly. He also has great actors.” It’s a great film that covers the entire cinematic spectrum: crime thriller, courtroom drama, some film noir and action.
75th Cannes Film Festival: “Festival of Normalization”
Overall be this 75th edition of the International Film Festival a “festival of normalization.” Albers: “The North Americans are well represented, but not everyone from Asia is there. China in particular is completely absent.” Buyers are still cautious about the huge film market in Cannes: “We still need to understand a little better how the market and visitor numbers are developing after Corona.”
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The managing director of the Moin Film Funding, Helge Albers, accompanied the world premieres of the six funded films. Three of them are in competition.
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A positive aspect can be seen in the distribution of the Hamburg titles in Cannes: “The films ‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘Holy Spider’ are selling like hot cakes! Both have sold worldwide, to very good distributors, they will be evaluated extremely well .” All the other films supported by Moin are also so good that they definitely sell well.
Another film from Schleswig-Holstein celebrated its world premiere on Friday: The short film “Beben” by director and screenwriter Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard, which was created together with the film workshop in Kiel. It is a great pleasure and honor for the filmmakers involved to be in Cannes.
Ultimately, it all comes down to one moment in Cannes, according to Albers: “The full cinema hall, the dark screen, the projector turns on and the film starts running. That’s what it all boils down to, no matter what happens. All the sales and the parties here are accessories.”
