8 | 16 | 35 HoF Classics on film

The HoF Classics on Film series invites you to a very special journey: back to the origins of cinema—lively, radiant, analog. In a unique cinema setting, we will show you film treasures that once premiered at the Hof International Film Festival—on 8, 16, or 35 mm, exactly as they were conceived and made: completely original, completely authentic.

This year, we celebrate HoF Classics on Film with works by Nana Djordjadze, Clara Law, Sam Fuller, David Lynch, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder—five visionaries who have shaped cinema in their own unique ways.

27 MISSING KISSES by Nana Djordjaze – 34.th HIFF 2000

A playful yet melancholic coming-of-age fairy tale. Nana Djordjadze is among the most influential voices in Georgian cinema. Her gaze is feminine, unconventional, and profound—and continually moves between reality and fantasy.

THE GODDESS OF 1967 by Clara Law – 34.th HIFF 2000

An atmospheric road movie full of pain, beauty, and mystery. The filmmaker and producer Clara Law, hailing from Hong Kong, combines in her cinematic language poetry, visual force, and emotional depth—often infused with political and personal undertones. Her films revolve around memory, identity, inner turmoil, and the search for home.

WHITE DOG by Sam Fuller – 17.th HIFF 1983

White Dog was long censored in the USA and only later appreciated. “You’ll call it un-American, socialist, communist, liberal crap, all to render a film that is aimed at a man-made illness mute.” (Sam Fuller) Even Fuller’s quote alone, which could have come from today, makes White Dog a must-see. In 1983, Sam Fuller was the honored guest of the HIFF.

ERASERHEAD by David Lynch – 12th HIFF 1978
In 1978, the 12th Hof International Film Festival presented the first feature film by a young American director as a Germany premiere: “ERASERHEAD will make David Lynch known as a master technician and dreamer,” the catalog proclaimed—and that’s exactly how it turned out. David Lynch became an icon of cinema: a master of the subconscious, whose works oscillate between dream, nightmare, and reality.

GÖTTER DER PEST by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – 4th HIFF 1970
Rainer Werner Fassbinder would have turned 80 this year. He premiered GÖTTER DER PEST, his radical, stylistic homage to the French and American gangster film, in 1970 at the 4th Hof Film Days.