HAMBURG-MUNICH ISSUE 56 Oct 2006

Welcome to the September 2006 edition of SHOWCASE HAMBURG/MUNICH.

From 5-12 October, the 14th Filmfest Hamburg will include 120 international feature films celebrating their German, European or world premiere, as well as a series of Israeli documentaries and a country retrospective dedicated to Finland.

In Munich, the world famous folk festival "Oktoberfest" is running until 3 October.

For details of selected companies and professionals working in the visual media industry in Hamburg and Munich, visit www.productionparadise.com.

Our photo of the month shows singer Nina Hagen, shot by Gabo, who has just published her book Big Shots - "a collection of her best work over the last two decades, grand stagings, respectful portraits and sensitive shots of human body".