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13 – 22 November 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Movies belong in the cinema! A permanent partner of cinefest <\/i>is the Metropoliskino in Hamburg, where the festival films - many still as 35mm copies - shine in the light of the screen! <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The 39th International Congress of Film History is an integral part of the\ncinefest<\/i> in Hamburg. It will take place from November 18 (opening) through November 21, 2026. In accordance with its multimedia orientation, the festival offers discussion forums on technical, cultural, economic, legal, archival, and film historical topics in cooperation with professional associations and media representatives.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Two honorary awards will be presented at the festival: the Reinhold Schu\u0308nzel-Preis<\/b> for many years of service in the care, preservation and dissemination of German film heritage to one or more people. \nThe Willy Haas-Preis<\/b>, award for an important international publication on German-language film or film in Germany.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t cinefest <\/i>regularly presents silent films with live musical accompaniment.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Our guests at cinefest<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t As a preview to cinefest<\/i>, the Metropolis at Planet Harburg screened the DEFA classic Die Legende von Paul und Paula <\/b>(GDR 1972\/73, Heiner Carow) on November 8, 2025. As part of the cinefest<\/i> Encore, the Alabama Cinema screened MALINA<\/b> (West Germany\/Austria, 1990, Werner Schroeter) on November 25, 2025. Following the events in Hamburg, parts of the\nfilm program will go on tour to Saarbr\u00fccken, Wiesbaden, Prague, and other cities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The festival will be accompanied by an extensive catalog<\/b> with contemporary reviews of the films, thematic and overview texts and a biographical encyclopedia.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Following the International Film History Conference, the presentations will be published in written form in the CineGraph-Book<\/b> series by edition text+kritik. With this book series, the research results are made accessible to a wide audience. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tThe Festival<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/figure>CINEMA<\/a><\/h2>
<\/a><\/figure>CONFERENCE<\/a><\/h3>
Speakers and participants from Germany and abroad explored the festival\u2019s theme in depth through presentations and discussions (congress languages: German or English). <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/figure>FORUMS<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>AWARDS<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>GUESTS<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>CINEFEST PREVIEW<\/a><\/h3>
The Abaton Cinema screened two films by Wim Wenders and Peter Handke: on November 3, 2025, DIE ANGST DES TORMANNS BEIM ELFMETE<\/b>R (West Germany\/Austria 1971), and on November 11, HIMMEL \u00dcBER BERLIN<\/b> (West Germany\/France 1986\/87).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/figure>CINEFEST ENCORE<\/a><\/h3>
The Lichtmess Cinema screened the film on December 3, 2025. Das Schreiben und das Schweigen. Die Schriftstellerin Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker <\/b> (DE 2008, Carmen Tartarotti). <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/figure>CINEFEST ON TOUR<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>CATALOG<\/a><\/h3>
<\/a><\/figure>CINEGRAPH-BOOK<\/a><\/h3>
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