Films such as MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) made Stephen Frears a leading voice in New British Cinema. He followed up on this with such internationally popular and multiple award-winning films as DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988), THE QUEEN (2006), and PHILOMENA (2013). Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl will talk to the celebrated director about his career and his latest film, THE LOST KING, which will be screened in the Spotlight section at this year’s festival. Moderators: Julia ...

  WOW! What wonderful nine days we just had at the film festival ! Our 40th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is over, but we look back on many great moments in which we celebrated cinema, filmmakers from all over the world and the festival summer together.  A huge thank you for the highlight impressions and the video of our birthday edition goes to Lichtbilder Filmproduktion - Paul Müller-Hahl, Benedikt Schulte and Raffaelo Lupperger - as well as Marc Steck, Joel Heyd...

GERMAN CINEMA NEW TALENT AWARD AT 40th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023 On Friday, talented German newcomers were honored with the coveted German Cinema New Talent Award. The jury — consisting of actress Friedrich Mücke, director and actress Sheri Hagen, and director Sophie Linnenbaum — honored Sylvie Michel as best director for her film “More Than Strangers”. Uschi Feldges grabbed the award in the category of best producer for her drama “Empty Nets”. Merle ...