Fantasy Filmfest Hamburg — Edition 2025

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03 Sep 2025 — 10 Sep 2025 Finished

Overview

The 39th edition of the Fantasy Filmfest ran through seven German cities in September 2025. In Hamburg, the screenings took place as usual at the Savoy Filmtheater — a week of genre film from horror to animation. Premieres from Asia, the USA, and Europe, many of them without German distribution.

The 2025 edition continued the tour route of previous years: seven cities, each with a one-week run, each at a central cinema address. In Hamburg, the festival took place at the Savoy Filmtheater on Steindamm — the only big-city cinema where the genre program truly works.

Those who attend the festival know what to expect: several films daily, a dedicated audience, late screenings that run into the early morning hours. Genre cinema thrives here — horror as a serious art form, thriller as emotional realism, science fiction as philosophical speculation. The Fantasy Filmfest remains a unique format in the German festival landscape.

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