Bremen has been shaped by open trade and the activities of the Hanseatic merchants for centuries.
The port at Bremerhaven is one of the largest and most important in Europe, and is Germany’s largest transhipment centre for further goods traffic on inland waterways and rail transport.
In the 21st century, we live in a globalised and digitalised world, where not only the transfer of goods increasingly determines our exchange, but also the people behind it.
Together with bremenports, we are therefore organising a new competition this year, which is dedicated to ports and the transfer of people and goods.
The focus will be on harbours and their people, and on the ships and goods of this world associated with them.
This category is dedicated to films that illuminate the topic of ports in all its facets. Harbours are far more than mere landing stages – they are places of departure, encounters and change. Whether as a symbolic setting or a central location, they stand for connections between people, cultures and stories.
In the ‘Harbours’ category, you can look forward to films that show these meaningful places in a new light – as metaphors for transitions, longings and challenges. From documentary portraits to dramatic narratives and visual poems, here the harbour becomes the starting point for captivating cinematic art.
Discover stories that begin at the gates of the world.
