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Hamburg Film Festival flamboyant for the finale: Brendan Fraser enchants the audience!
The 33rd Hamburg Film Festival offered nine days full of stars, premieres and 118 films. The highlight was the performance of “The Life of Wishes”.
Hamburg Film Festival flamboyant for the finale: Brendan Fraser enchants the audience!
The Hamburg Film Festival celebrated its glamorous conclusion with a colorful bouquet of topics of discussion and entertainment. After nine days full of films, celebrities and exciting events, the festival ended on October 4, 2025 at Cinemaxx am Dammtor. The event provided a platform for almost 120 films from 55 countries and was a real magnet for film fans.
The German premiere of the film “The Life of Wishes”, in which the well-known actors Matthias Schweighöfer and Ruby O. Fee played the leading roles, was particularly in the spotlight. With this work, which has already been enthusiastically received at the ZFF, director Erik Schmitt has created another highlight of the festival. The prominent guests also included Diane Kruger, Ulrich Tukur and Anke Engelke, who walked the red carpet along with numerous film crews. the-spot-media film highlights that the red carpet was heavily frequented by stars and film crews.
A look at the winners
The film festival honored its best contributions with a total of four prizes, including the audience award, thereby sweetening the hearts of the participating filmmakers. A total of 145,000 euros in prize money was awarded, making the festival not only a cultural highlight, but also a lucrative platform for creative minds. October 3rd, celebrated as “Free Entry Day,” attracted a particularly large number of visitors who were able to watch one of the numerous films for free.
Another cinematic treat was the presentation of the film “Rental Family” with Brendan Fraser, which tells the story of an American actor in Tokyo who dedicates his profession to an unconventional job at an agency that arranges “Rental Families”. The audience was enthusiastic about this mixture of drama and humor, which underlines the high quality of the films shown. sat1regional reports that this film was the culmination of the festival.
With a concentrated program and an array of stars, the Hamburg Film Festival has once again shown that it is an integral part of the film scene. Viewers can look forward to the next edition while the filmmakers prepare for the next appearance with fresh ideas and new productions.