MOIN Midsummer at Kampnagel

On 23 June the MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein hosted its Midsummer party at Kampnagel. An evening about good conversations, northern German humour and what happens when the right people come together.

Photography: Johannes Fielers June 24, 2026 Industry

Danilo Kamperidis, Jakob Hermann Hähner and Aaron Hilmer (l. to r.)

I. Midsummer at Kampnagel

Yesterday it was that time again. The MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein hosted its Midsummer party at Kampnagel, and we were there. MOIN flags hung everywhere, from the yard up to the ceiling of the hall. Palm trees stood under the fairy lights outside, and a seahorse floated above everyone’s heads inside. The kind of evening you make the trip for.

MOIN flags in red and blue on a string of lights in front of the Kampnagel factory facade, a palm tree below — MOIN, all the way to the palm tree

MOIN flags under the hall ceiling, photographed slightly out of focus through a reflection — Under the ceiling

II. The stage, the reunion

For a moment it turned official. The crowd gathered in front of the stage, Helge Albers, managing director of the MOIN Filmförderung, picked up the microphone, the Midsummer lettering glowing behind him. After that it went on as before, with the familiar back and forth of old acquaintances and new faces.

Helge Albers with a microphone on stage, the audience in front, a glowing seahorse from the Midsummer decoration above their heads — Helge Albers, managing director of the MOIN Filmförderung

Jakob, Johannes and Lino of [k]eine produktion laughing in front of the MOIN photo wall with logos of NDR, ZAV and other partners — Jakob, Johannes and Lino, [k]eine produktion

III. What it is really about

This is exactly what you make the trip for. The conversations with people from the industry, and that northern German humour that moves somewhere between honest and dry. Evenings like this remind you what it is really about. The exchange, the networking, and the space that opens up when the right people come together.

Three young men talking outdoors in the evening light, one holding a Fritz-Kola, fairy lights in the background — As it got dark

Thank you to the MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein for the invitation and the evening. See you at the next Midsummer.

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