The 58th Hof International Film Festival opens on October 22, 2024 under the motto “Good things happen in cinema”. The journey begins in the darkness of the movie theater, you start to dream or you let yourself be whisked away to faraway places. This year's spectrum of films shows a variety of topics that directors and filmmakers are dealing with. The confrontation with reality often plays a role: life stories in the private sphere or the examination of current social issues. It is about solidarity and respect in times of global and social challenges, about toxic relationships, about the search for identity and finding love, closeness and humanity. It often plays with different genres, from romantic movies to comedies, from thrillers to mysteries, which again provide inspiration for new thoughts and ideas.
We would like to give you an initial preview of over 45 feature-length films, including national productions and films from countries such as Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.
30 JAHRE AN DER PEITSCHE, Director: Rosa von Praunheim, Germany 2024
The latest work by scandal-ridden master director Rosa von Praunheim is about a dominatrix who has practiced in the apartment building where he lives for thirty years.
ALTERLOVE, Director: Jonathan Taieb, France 2024
Jade and Leo are in love. As they explore Paris together, they discover a connection that transcends norms and social expectations and questions the meaning of love and relationships in the modern world.
BABA KUSH, Director: Leon Kluth, Germany 2024
Two teenagers are discovering a phone booth and want to end their evening there with hotboxes.
BARK, Director: Marc Schölermann, Germany 2023
Nolan wakes up tied to a tree with no memory of how he got there. A psychological tour de force begins in which he must confront his past.
DIE EINE TANZT, DIE ANDERE NICHT, Director: Emilie Griardin, Germany, Spain, Switzerland 2024
The deeply friendship between two women is put to the test when one of them becomes unintentionally pregnant.
DIE FEIGE SCHÖNHEIT, Director: Moritz Krämer, Germany 2024
Kesse is in love with May. But accidentally he pushes May's little brother off a wall to his death. He becomes plagued by feelings of guilt, as he is afraid of being excluded from the skate crew.
EX VOTO, Director: Jozefien Van der Aelst, Germany 2023
A shattering stroke of fate forces young Isa to get on a journey that takes her into a world where wishing creates realities.
FARIO, Director: Lucie Prost, France 2024
Léo has to return to his home village to sell his deceased father's farmland to a company that drills for rare metals. Léo begins to investigate the drilling and makes unexpected discoveries.
FOR NIGHT WILL COME, Director: Céline Rouzet, France, Belgium 2023
The Féreals moved to a small town. They appear to be a normal family. When the son meets Camila, it becomes obvious that he is “different” and his addiction to blood can no longer be denied; with Mathias Legoût Hammond, Céleste Brunnquell, Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Charles Clichet
FORMEN MODERNER ERSCHÖPFUNG, Director: Sascha Hilpert, Germany 2024
Nina and Henri, burnt out and from different backgrounds, meet in a secluded sanatorium.
HOCHSTAPLER UND PONIES, Director: Timo Jacobs, Germany, Island, USA 2024
Casper goes on a journey to Iceland with his best friend Max in search of the truth, and despite some adversity, the two decide not to let them go down.
HÔTEL SILENCE, Diretcor: Léa Pool, Canada, Switzerland 2024
Jan is traveling to a country devastated by war. Faced with the fate of the people, his life unexpectedly takes on meaning again. The film is an ode to resilience, an ode to life.
JENSEITS DES RECHTS, Director: Dominik Graf, Germany 2024
Inspector Cris Blohm and her colleague Dennis Eden investigate the amateur porn scene. She is on the edge of legality when she decides to follow up on a piece of information that has been leaked to her; with Johanna Wokalek, Stefan Zinner, Jule Gartzke, Martin Rapold, Michael Roll.
JUPITER, Director: Benjamin Pfohl, Germany 2023
Lea's family believe in a better life on Jupiter. So, she is faced with the dilemma of leaving Earth with her family or going her own way; with Laura Tonke, Andreas Döhler, Ulrich Matthes, Mariella Aumann.
KARTENHAUS, Director: Jurij Neumann, Germany 2024
Two and a half couples are meeting on the isle of Mallorca. The ugly truth that nobody wants is revealed. But it happens, the house of cards collapses.
#LOVE, Director: Ludwig Wüst, Austria 2024
The film consists of documentary, fictional and “found footage” material and tells of people's unbroken longing for closeness and love in fleeting encounters in a contemporary city. A cinematographic kaleidoscope.
MARTIN LIEST DEN KORAN, Director: Jurijs Saule, Germany 2024
A family man with Iranian roots asks a professor of Islamic studies to explain the commandments of the Koran to him. The seemingly harmless conversation turns into a test of strength between the two protagonists, with Ulrich Tukur as the professor.
MEET THE BABARIANS, Director: Julie Delpy, Frankreich 2024
In a Breton village there is harmony until the town decides to give shelter to Ukrainian refugees who turn out to be Syrians; with Julie Delpy, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte, Ziad Bakri.
MELS BLOCK, Director: Mark Sternkiker, Germany 2024
As a self-made millionaire, Mel is standing on the winning side. When she buys the apartment block of her childhood, the past turns out to be a stubborn beast.
MEXICO 86, Director: César Diaz, Belgium, France 2024
1976: Guatemalan rebel activist Maria is fighting against the corrupt military dictatorship, when death threats force her to flee to Mexico and leave her son behind; with Bérénice Bejo.
THE MILKY WAY, Director: Maya Kenig, Israel, France 2023
Tala has become a mother. As a single mother, she has to raise her baby. She takes a job at 'Milky Way', where she has to pump her milk for rich customers.
THE SONG OF THE PYLONS, Director: Léo Byale, Téano Gütay, France, Germany 2024
Catherine is left behind at a highway service station by the bus near Marseille. She makes her way to her destination on foot, but her journey gradually turns into a mystical odyssey through the industrial areas of southern France.
MY PLACE IS HERE, Director: Daniela Porto, Cristiano Bortone, Italy, Germany 2024
After Second World War, the single mother Marta tries to emancipate herself in southern Italian society in the countryside; with Ludovica Martino, Marco Leonardi
RAUMTEILER, Director: Florian Schmitz, Germany 2024
After Karsten's apartment is terminated, he improvises his new home in a borrowed moving van, where Sophie and Miray also move in. How long will the close-knit community last?
VEXIER, Director: Matthias Wissmann, Germany 2024
Lea is in a toxic relationship with Sven. Her attempt to break away fails and she is faced with a momentous decision.
WAS DU VON MIR SEHEN KANNST, Director: Isabelle Caps-Kuhn, Germany 2024
After their stay abroad, Gwen and Adam return to Germany. In order not to lose Adam, Gwen agrees to an open relationship, but the practice turns out to be more complicated than expected.
WHEN THE WALNUT LEAVES TURN YELLOW, Director: Mehmet Ali Konar, Turky 2024
A moving drama about a father-son relationship set in the war-ravaged Kurdish region of Turkey.
SILENT TROLOGY, Director: Juho Kuosmanen, Finland 2023
The film consists of three short films and is a tribute to silent movies, its playfulness and vivid experience. The film is about the end of everything and the extraordinary attempts to survive it.
TEN MONTHS, Director: Idan Hubel, Israel 2023
After 10 years, Merav finally gets pregnant. But it turns out to be a false pregnancy, which she doesn't want to admit and carry to term. She needs the help of her family.
THE BALCONETTES, Director: Noémie Merlant, France 2024
Hot summer in Marseille. Three women mingle happily in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony until a night-time drink turns into a bloody affair. A cheeky genre film.
THE MAN FROM ROME, Director: Jap van Heusden, Netherlands, Germany 2022
Filippo, a priest, is sent by the Vatican to a village to investigate the weeping Madonna. In the mysterious young Térèse, he encounters an adversary who makes him doubt his vocation and his humanity; with Emma Bading, Michele Riondino
THIS LIFE OF MINE, Director: Sophie Fillières, Agathe and Adam Bonitzer, France 2024
Barbie may once has been beautiful, loved, a good mother to her children, a great lover - yes, maybe she was. But that was before she inevitably turned 55. How should she deal with herself, with others - in short, with her life - now that she is old?; with Agnès Jaoui, Èdouard Suplice.
ÜBERALL GIBT ES EIN HAUSEN, Director: wtp-collective, Germany 2024
“Alone in Hausen” is the motto of seven women who want to experience in a cozy farmhouse. The film is the first production by the wtp team to be made after the death of underground director Roland Reber.
VEREINZELT SONNE, Director: Lucas Dülligen, Germany 2024
After several failed withdrawals David experiences another major disappointment. After an attempted murder, he plunges into a spiral of addiction, homelessness and crime while fleeing the consequences.
VIEL NEBEL IM NOVEMBER, Director: Anna Lena Höhne, 2023
In search of secureness 17-year-old Paula fights for the home she once took for granted - her father's farm, who is in a coma.
Further informations on the films and the program are available on our website.
The 58th Hof International Film Festival will take place from October 22 to 27, 2024 (plus7streamdays to November 03, 2024). The accreditation is open for trade visitors and press. You also may sign up as well as for the newsletter.
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