Her drama "Alcarràs" won the Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlinale - now Directors Carla Simón is back in competition at Cannes with her new film "Romería". Find out what the film has to do with her own childhood and Hamburg in the following article.

Hamburg filmmaker Fatih Akin is something of a permanent guest at the Cannes Film Festival. He has already sat on the jury and in 2017, "Into the Fate" competed for the Palme d'Or. Now "Amrum", about Hark Bohm's childhood memories, will celebrate its world premiere at the festival. In the interview, Fatih Akin explains why the subject matter is so topical, why he thinks Amrum is a healthy island and that he didn't actually want to make the film.