The film submission for the 51st Hof International Film Festival has ended September 1st 2017. Once the selection process is completed, festival director Thorsten Schaumann and his team will present an interesting program consisting of the traditional retrospective, the latest German productions and a variety of international movies.

The 51st Hof International Film Festival will open on 24 October 2017 with the film THREE PEAKS by Jan Zabeil. The French director, screenwriter and composer Tony Gatlif will present eight of his films within the framework of the retrospective as well as his latest film DJAM.

Film also involves discussions of and about films. With HoF PLUS, the 51st Hof International Film Festival is giving a special focus to hot topics within the industry and presenting, in addition to its already well-established Club Talks, quite a few interesting events in this new program.