Opening Film 2024

On November 7, we will celebrate the official opening of the 73rd IFFMH with the German premiere of 'Sharp Corner', a gripping psychological drama in which a man's midlife crisis takes on unexpected consequences. Canadian director Jason Buxton is expected to attend the Opening Night as our special guest.

With a prominent cast including Ben Foster, Buxton directs a stirring psychological drama about a family man in midlife crisis - with a truckload of black humor and Hitchcock references. The sharp bend in the road that gives the film its title is not just a metaphor, but is located directly in front of the new house of Rachel (Cobie Smulders from 'How I Met Your Mother') and Josh (Ben Foster). The family has barely moved in when a tragic car accident occurs in their front garden. Traumatized by this, Josh does everything he can to prevent further deaths on his property - and ends up in a tailspin himself. Josh's crisis is also the crisis of a man in the middle of his life. And so we experience how the classic conflict of the home invasion story shifts into the subject - with an Oscar-worthy performance by Ben Foster!