With. Hello and welcome to a special festival edition of q no together with my esteemed colleague hants crystal from bach weve left berlin far behind and journeyed to the small provincial town of hoff in bavaria yes and we have come to attend a unique Film Festival with a long and illustrious tradition. For the past fifty years the whole international Film Festival has no joy or reputation as an industry get together for german language filmmakers renowned directors mingle with students and produces this one is undiscovered talent. And hope wouldnt be hope without the festival versus filmmakers football match. Many famous directors from the era of new german cinema have graced halls from fassbender. Vendors to camps org the story chick you know the whole Film Festival is the home of german cinema this is the place where cultural identity in german films has found its place. And this is the man who brought it all to life heights part of its fifty years he was at the helm of the festival providing a showcase for films beyond the mainstream bringing the industry together and discovering talents like tom take a. Part of it sadly passed away last year but the festival lives on. And here we are the fifty first off international Film Festival and new beginning with a new festival director and his name is thomas and charm and we talked to him in a moment but first we are at the opening up the festival. And what cinema fans love most about who. Is that it feels so intimate theres less glamour here but the Festival Office a chance to get up close and personal with the filmmakers themselves for the new head of the festival it was a case of first night nerves but after the fifty First International horse sorry i mean the whole off international Film Festival opened. The drama three weeks got the festival off to a great start the story quietly unfolds on his french girlfriend layer and her eight year old son tristen have taken a holiday to bond together as a family before they move to paris. But a bid for acceptance becomes a dangerous power game against the majestic backdrop of the italian alps. Directing the ensemble and his team came on stage after the film it was pretty clear who the real star of the evening was nine year old ryan montgomery. The whole Film Festival plays host to around one hundred twenty films and if its a party year after theres plenty of that to. The bank parent parents who appear in one of the films entertained film lovers one time tonight. And were joined now by the new artistic director Thorsten Sharma congratulations on the new job so new it imposes can we expect so were going to see a focus on upcoming directors and new filmmakers. Which has always been a tradition in the festival but were going to focus that much more on shore in showing more short movies and were going to have a new Frame Program where we discuss all the topics on film point for you is the essence of hall of what you wish to preserve. Hope is hoff as we used to say so homophones because you simply if you look around its like a living room so its like filmmakers Film Industry people in one room in one living room seeing movies talking drinking together and thats. A place where you cant escape in which you dont have any other festival thank you very much towson showman and of course hoff has its roots in the radical sixtys and seventys politically famed films have often been at the fore. And this is no different at hoff fifty one. Mona is a lebanese informant and on the run. She travels to germany to have Plastic Surgery and assume a new identity Israeli Mossad agent now me is tasked with looking after her well my name is mona but thats not my real name just as yours is not claudia. Here are the rules mona you never leave the apartment and they say tell you to. You never open the door to anyone no matter what middle east means complexity means chaos means intrigue. Means secrets and. So its almost i think this film is the reflection of the scottish world that we live in every where. The two women become pawns in a global power game. Monday morning disappears from the safe house the shelter has suddenly become the abyss the film as a suspense laden thriller set against the backdrop of the middle east conflict. In our second film is also politically charged and highly contemporary with him and so on. It can just go with the business pursuit of a. Subordinate your mate who could provide. Julian offered on just out in the slums missed out on cross not. To do things which was because. Its actually a father son relationship this film about. When after the years without the parents knowing that the father knowing it and. Family parents but mostly a father totally falling into to a whole because not having noticed that he didnt even really know a son. Together with his eldest son the father sets off to find. They bring him back home but the familys problems have just begun. So i have time for little. Islands my husband as you know. This isnt so. Thats an artisan im getting tons better now as well as having to ponder he mentioned knowing im given the. Whole fiza Meeting Place for german filmmakers a place to gather and discuss the issues facing the industry in the wake of the allegations of sexual abuse and misuse of power against hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein the discussion here has turned to sexual abuse in the german film branch. And the matter of these act in my eyes its a monster here and its just fundamentally wrong of him to demonstrate power in this way back to me even you americans and to obstruct an actors career unless they pay for it in some way. Our fights its ploughed with us i think theres always a power game in film always between the director and the actors you cant avoid it. Does the scarlets of and actresses also play with their sexuality theres a huge amounts of intimacy and when people misunderstand that it can lead to assaults something i completely condemn. Absolute for time that way you know why i think every woman enjoys a compliment but as soon as you have to do something for it thats the end of the compliment is that you had just come to an end and now its almost over. In every place where Strong America were strong our games are. We have this kind of problem. And for the latest on that story visit our web pages have become almost the end of our visit to half and weve seen a number of interesting films one that i particularly liked was looks created as licht a superhero film of a different kind with one of my favorite actors Frantz Rogoff ski yes and for me it was the movie breakdown in tokyo it starts like a documentary and it turns into a strange love story. The rock band para pair on tour in japan. The singer father is making a documentary about the band his wife is the producer. Things spiral out of control when last has an affair with a young japanese to manage and life mirrors are. The films lead actor and director really is the singers father. This guy is my father. And partner of the real producer but apparently its mostly fiction so to me play a bit of an idiot you have to say. Someone so naive and crazy stupid to go for such a young girl i wouldnt do that i dont think and in the film im called last but really under the alton as well to. A high octane midlife crisis with just a nod to the tokyo based classic lost in translation. The box after. Box after mine i know its likely to buy a. Few minutes of in the form of one. Shy nobody Thorsten Castle is also the real life superhero knox who spends his time helping the disadvantaged Young Filmmaker discovers locks and decides to make a documentary about his every day fight to make a better world. But the click based on ratings obsessed produces soon demands more action. Where knox is encouraged to fight crime the line between truth and fiction becomes a blend with catastrophic consequences. Especially the one with a Great Central performance and cult potential. And thats just about it for this special festival edition from the home of films hoff everything has an end only the famous horse sausage has to so its goodbye from him and goodbye for me to the next on. Famous. He tells us starring stories so. It makes us laugh thanks and try to claim trimble and smile thanks magical images and emotions that no. Food. No. Go see every weekend on d w. Which of it. Nor link to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions families and visit our website dedicated comes to pick up join us on facebook at g. W. For. Make your smart t. V. Even smarter with the w. So smart. What you want when you want to. Update. Extraordinary