21. dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg - präsentiert von Rausgegangen

In the organizer's words:

21st documentary film week hamburg opens discussion rooms

April 23 to 28, 2024 at Metropolis | B-Movie | Lichtmeß | 3001 Kino | Festivalzentrum in der fux eG

# International film program with talks

# Documentary listening

# Portraits of contemporary witnesses by Karin Berger

# Films from the archive

# dokland Hamburg

At the documentary film week hamburg from 23 to 28 April 2024, around 32 events will take place at six locations in Hamburg, which can contribute to gaining new insights into a conflict-ridden, polarizing reality. The exchange at the heart of the festival is of particular importance this year, as different perspectives are invited to enter into a dialog with each other. Filmmakers and guests from all over the world are expected to take part.

The program includes a selected international film spectrum as well as works by Hamburg filmmakers in the "dokland hamburg" section. In a first-time collaboration with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, an exhibition is dedicated to documentary listening.The cinematic examination of archive material is a theme of this year's edition: there will be a position event on the Spanish Civil War and three selected portraits of contemporary witnesses by Karin Berger, which follows on from last year's series on Sinti*zze and Rom*nja in film. Together with the Week of Remembrance, the premiere of the restored version of a portrait of the Hamburg-born activist Fasia Jansen will be shown. The documentary film week will also focus on the filmmakers' view of the present and further into the future: from the video game DayZ to the gynecological ward of a Paris hospital to the Mexican village of El Alberto. The discussion format on decolonization started in 2021 will also be continued and two films will be brought into dialogue in cooperation with the Harun Farocki Institute.

You can find all the individual events here.