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Filmfest Hamburg has unveiled the full programme for its 32nd edition, which is set to open with Louise Courvoisier’s Cannes prize-winner Holy Cow and close with Pedro Almodovar’s Golden Lion-winner The Room Next Door.

French filmmaker Courvoisier will be accompanied by lead actors Clément Faveau and Malwéne Barthelemy at the opening gala on September 26 for the German premiere of her debut feature, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes where it won the Youth Prize. The coming-of-age film will be released by Pandora Film in German cinemas on January 2.

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Future Frames, a program for up-and-coming European filmmakers, is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Karlovy Vary Film Festival next week. So far, 104 filmmakers from 29 European countries have taken part. Its alumni have gone on to direct features that have appeared at major festivals worldwide.

The initiative, which is organized by European Film Promotion and Karlovy Vary, gives filmmakers the opportunity to present their short films at this prestigious A-list festival, and helps them build an international network.

Four years after his participation in the Future Frames program, Adam Martinec from the Czech Republic returns to Karlovy Vary with his first full-length film “Our Lovely Pig Slaughter,” which is screening in the Crystal Globe competition.

Other directors have been successful too with their first or second feature-length films, such as Halfdan Olav Ullman Tøndel from the first Future Frames group, whose debut film “Armand” was presented with the Camera d’Or at this year’s Cannes.

Now in its fifth year, European Film Promotion’s Future Frames is a next-generation showcase comprising short works by students and recent graduates of European film schools, curated by the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival in cooperation with the Efp.

The program has already established itself as an important platform for discovering European talent; this year’s program, which includes two student Academy Award winners, promises to be especially exciting. Participants will take part in a master class led by Greek helmer Syllas Tzoumerkas (“The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea”) and meet with industry experts from various fields in order to build up their international networks.

The selected directors and their films will be introduced to the public, press and industry at the festival over June 30-July 3. The program is supported by the Creative Europe — Media Program of the European Union and the respective Efp member organizations. AMC Networks and...