The 58th Hof International Film Festival 2024 ends today, Sunday, after six eventful and exciting days. Even at this early stage, the first extremely positive conclusions can be drawn:
With approximately 16,000 tickets sold just before the end, the target set for 2023 has already been reached. This continues the upward trend since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a 20% reduction in the number of seats. The program featured 145 films, including 57 world premieres, 10 European premieres and 66 German premieres from a wide variety of genres and from more than 20 countries. The program was shown in 10 cinemas. With a total of 850 guests - filmmakers, producers, distributors, industry experts and journalists - this was also a new record.
Among the numerous guests we could welcome a lot of actors, directors and producers as Emma Bading, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Andreas Döhler, Peter Gödel (Award of the City of Hof 2024), Dominik Graf, Philipp Hochmair, Timo Jacobs, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Rosa von Praunheim, Carin C. Tietze, Lisa Vicari, Johanna Wokalek, and Stephan Zinner, as well as composer Annette Focks, who was awarded the Hans Vogt Award 2024. We were delighted to welcome many other guests and filmmakers from Germany and abroad.
On Saturday evening, the audience rocked to Patrick Wagner's band “Gewalt” (music to Paul Poet's film SOLDIER MONIKA) and DJs “Die Pop Kids” aka Friedrich Mücke and Fabian Wolfart at the newly opened HofTex Hall until the early hours.
The HoFXR format returned for its second year in 2024, featuring immersive film experiences that were widely enjoyed by the audience. Highlights included the Virtual Reality (VR) installation DUCHAMPIANA by Lilian Hess, the interactive VR experience EMPEROR, the 3D avatar scan MEETFILMPEOPLE, and the HoF History project by Kollektiv17.
This evening, around 10:30 pm, the festival will conclude its in-person screenings. However, the 58th Hof International Film Festival 2024 will continue digitally, with many films available via Video On Demand until 3 November 2024.
Yours Hof Festival Team
Follow us on Instagram