The German director Andreas Dresen and his longtime producer Peter Rommel will be
honoured on October 1st, 2011 during the 19th edition of Filmfest Hamburg with the
Douglas-Sirk-Award. This  award is given each year to a personality who has
rendered outstanding services to film culture.
Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel says,“ This is the first time Filmfest Hamburg has decided to honour filmmakers from Germany. We wanted to emphasize and reward an outstanding and continuous partnership between director Dresen and producer Rommel.  Deep humanity characterizes their films and their creativity shows no fear towards important and existential subjects."

On the occasion of the award ceremony, Filmfest Hamburg will  premier the new film from Dresen and Rommel, “Stopped on Track” which has bagged the first prize at Cannes in the  “Un certain regard” segment.
The film tells the story of Frank (Milan Peschel), 40, who has fallen ill with an incurable form of brain tumour and has very  little time left  to say goodbye to his wife (Steffi Kühnert)and his children.