In March the farmer harnesses the little oxen. Or was it oxen after all? Whatever the case, it is clear that we are just under a month away from the ninth HARD:LINE Film Festival. The first time in April. The first time in spring. You can only get cheerful, can't you? And when the Bavarian gets cheerful, he throws around agricultural songs. But when the horror fan is rejoicing, he throws out the first four titles of the festival, for example.

When we had to decide in July 2020, at external insistence, whether and when we would do our festival in 2021, we weighed it up and said: it might not be over by then. So we moved to April 2022 and have to state on today's date: It could be that the haunting is not over yet. But it will get better! For example with our Festival Passes!

For months, we in the team sifted through them daily. More than 400 films were submitted and all of them were scrutinised. But now the deadline has been reached and we are sharpening our pencils to get the programme down on paper in the next few weeks. Be curious!

What a strange year it was. After it got really bad, it actually got really good, then nobody cared and then it got even worse. The fact is that we didn't let ourselves be distracted by ups or downs. We just kept going and worked on our presence. We have become chic...

We have already announced nine films. Originally, there were to be ten feature-length films in addition to our short film programme, which has not yet been published. Now it's thirteen. If that doesn't bring us luck in this damnable year? So let's put a lid on it: Here is the last official announcement about the feature-length films at the festival!