We are very excited to show you excellent music films again this year!

Who are we, what do we do, what motivates us?

More brilliant music films on the silver screen! Since 2006 this is the mission of a group of film and music nerds from Hamburg and Berlin, who are also experts for music films outside the mainstream, across genres, formats and countries of origin.

Our aim always is to look at all the angles of music and its influence on society. Thereby we cover music films of different genres. UNERHÖRT! shows not only music documentaries but also fiction, biopics, concert films, music videos and musical films.

Our declared goal is to show great music films on the big screen that otherwise disappear from view too quickly. The focus lies on national and international films outside the mainstream as well as productions of up and coming film makers.

We will arrange for you to see LEGENDS, i.e. films about big names, which still hardly make it into the cinema.

More recent productions, our SPOTLIGHTS, cover films which we show for the first time, or which have not really been shown a lot since their initial screening.

For all of you who like surprises we created the category BRIC-A-BRAC. A bag of music film goodies that are a mixture of no-budget, niche, bizarre, unknown or sometimes undefinable. However, always with the UNERHÖRT! seal of quality.



Our main platform is the annual music film festival UNERHÖRT! in Hamburg. In the last four years it has become a must-attend event for music and film fanatics, producers, musicians and others from Germany and the globe. Like minded people use this occasion to get together and enjoy our hand picked selection of films and the excellent networking opportunities.

The film selection for the festival is very difficult each year. There are just too many cool films for one festival. This is why UNERHÖRT! is always on the look-out for opportunities to show music film highlights on a big screen. Thus, besides own events like UNERHÖRT! ON TOUR, we regularly organize screenings at like-minded film and music festivals as well as related conferences.

Our Plans for 2010

To kick off our activities this year we will screen selected music films at Berlin Music Week taking place from 6 - 12 September 2010. An ideal forum to present some UNERHÖRT! highlights to music business professionals as well as to our Berlin following, continuing the discussion about the musicfilm as a genre.

Our next cooperation will be with Hamburg's own music festival Reeperbahn Festival, 23 - 25 September 2010. Reeperbahn Festival became very popular in the last years due to an awesome concert schedule and the booming Reeperbahn Campus, a conference for the international music scene. A perfect setting to present some handpicked UNERHÖRT! music film gems!

Highlight of the UNERHÖRT! year will be our main event, the fourth edition of the UNERHÖRT! Music Film Festival, which will take place from 2 - 5 December 2010 in Hamburg. We are very happy about this year's festival location, the renowned and beautiful Metropolis cinema .

Details about films, screenings etc. will follow!



(Photos: Christine Enterlein)

As the only film festival for music films and documentaries held in Germany, UNERHÖRT! screens film productions about musicians, bands and their works, about festivals, movements in music and the relation and mutual influence of high- and subculture. UNERHÖRT! allows film makers and musicians to present their work and impart the diversity of the genres music and film, that are joined together by the festival, to the audience.

The UNERHÖRT! Jury Prize is awarded by an independent jury, consisting of film and music professionals, to the best music film in the competition. Furthermore the NEW TALENTS Award gives the opportunity to submit films exploring the subject of music to the international NEW TALENTS competition. An independent NEW TALENTS Jury will award the winner with the UNERHÖRT! NEW TALENTS Award 2009.

UNERHÖRT! is an event lasting several days and also a venue for film and music makers, for music lovers and fans, for experts and an interested audience. The film festival’s visitor is not merely a member of the audience, he has the possibility to vote for the winner of the AUDIENCE award – and to get in contact with us and other fans through our blog or twitter.

UNERHÖRT! Venues 2009:
zeise kinos, Kino 3001, Abaton and B-Movie.
Events/Parties and accreditation: Haus 73.

The public awards ceremony and party takes place on the last day of the festival on December 6, 2009.

For the line up /program please go to PROGRAM in the main menue.