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GERMAN FILMS IN ROTTERDAM 2026

TIGER COMPETITION

A FADING MAN

by Welf Reinhardt

Fiction Feature, 100'

2026, Germany

Production & Sales: Maverick Film

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

DISSONANCE

by Jordan Strafer

Fiction Feature, 12'

2026, Germany

Production & Sales: Jordan Strafer

BRIGHT FUTURE

WHY HASN'T EVERYTHING DISAPPEARED YET

by Stefan Koutzev

Fiction Feature, 98'

2026, Germany

Production: Academy of Media Arts Cologne

HARBOUR

HEART OF LIGHT - ELEVEN SONGS FOR FIJI

by Cynthia Beatt

Fiction Feature, 166'

2026, Germany/France

Production & Sales: Heartbeatt Pictures GmbH

 

LIMELIGHT

© Fünferfilm

STRANDZHA

by Pepa Hristova

Documentary, 95'

2025, Germany/ Bulgaria

Prodcution & Sales: Fünferfilm

© The Glass Prince Productions

THE NEW JEWS

by Amir Steklov

Documentary, 80'

2025, Germany

Production & Sales: The Glass Prince Productions

© Madonnenwerk

THE NIGHT IS DARK AND COLDER THAN THE DAY 

by Christina Friedrich

Fiction Feature, 83'

2025, Germany

Production & Sales: Madonnenwerk

© Films Boutique

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

by Mohammad Rasoulof

Fiction Feature, 167’

2024, Germany/ France/ Iran

Production: Run Way Pictures

Sales: Films Boutique

FURTHER GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS


BRIGHT FUTURE

THE FLYING MEATBALL MAKER by Rezan Yeşilbaş (TR/BG/DE, Bredok Film Production) 

THE VISUAL FEMINIST MANIFESTO by Farida Baqi (SY/LB/DE/SE/NL, Amard Bird Films)

HARBOUR

AN UNFINISHED FILM by Lou Ye (SG/DE, Essential Filmproduktion)

BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu (IT/DE, Tama Filmproduktion)

ENDLESS by Wojciech Pus (PL/DE)

GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet (FR/BL/DE, NiKo Film)

LUNA ROSA: THE SEVENTH ASCENSION OF ATABEY (LUNA ROSA: LA 7A ASCENSIÓN DE ATABEY by Omar Rodríguez-López (PR/MX/DE)

PAST IS PRESENT by Shaheen Dill-Riaz (BD/DE, MATCH FRAME)

SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS by Quay Brothers (UK/PL/DE, MFP)

SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed (IR/UK/DE, MFP)

LIMELIGHT

FABULA by Michiel ten Horn (NL/BE/DE, 2Pilots)

ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, Simon Jaquemet (CH/DE/NL/PH, unafilm)

SPECIALS

RUMOURS by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson (CA/DE, Maze Pictures)

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

BABY BLUE BENZO by Sara Cwynar (US/DE)

I WAN’NA BE LIKE YOU by Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen (NL/FR/BEL/UK/DE)

SHORT & MID-LENGTH

A THOUSAND WAVES AWAY by Helena Wittmann

GERHARD by Ulu Braun

BAHAR BISS by Franziska von Stenglin (MT/DE)

MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER by Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar (EG/DE/FR, Milkman Films)

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG by Zhou Hao (DE/US, Mala Productions)

MARSHAL ALLEN, 99, ASTRONAUT by Ari Benjamin Meyers (IT/US/DE, Fluentum)

CINEMA REGAINED

ORANGEMOND by Gabriele Denecke (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

OYOYO by Chetna Vora (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

REMINISCENE OF A MOVIEGOER (ERZÄHLUNGEN EINES KINOGEHERS) by Christiane Büchner (Büchner Filmproduktion)

UNTITLED (DOCUMENT NO. 1)(HELMUT WALDEMAR / WINCHESTER BANZ) (O.T. (DOKUMENT NR. 1) (HELMUT WALDEMAR / WINCHESTER BANZ)) by Jürgen Heiter

FOCUS: KATJA RAGANELLI

ALICE GUY BLACHÉ – HOMMAGE AN DIE ERSTE FILMEMACHERIN DER WELT by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

ANNOT – PORTRAIT EINER MALERIN UND PAZIFISTIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

DAS GEHEIMNIS DER MARQUISE by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DAS ORNAMENT DES VERLIEBTEN HERZENS by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DIE FRAUEN SIND AUF NATÜRLICHE WEISE SCHÖPFERISCH by Agnès Varda (Diorama Film)

DIE JAGD NACH DEM GLÜCK by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DIE LIEBE IST EIN MYTHOS by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

GROTESKEN IM SCHNEE by Lotte Reiniger, Alex Strasser (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

JOAN TEWKESBURY by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

LOTTE REINIGER – HOMMAGE AN DIE ERFINDERIN DES SILHOUETTEN FILMS by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

MARGERY WILSON – VOM STUMMFILMSTAR HOLLYWOODS ZUR FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

MÁRTA MÉSZÁROS – PORTRAIT EINER UNGARISCHEN FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

NICHT MANN, NICHT FRAU, NUR RABE by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

VALIE EXPORT – PORTRAIT EINER FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

VIELLEICHT BIN ICH WIRKLICH EINE ZAUBERIN – FILMREGISSEURIN MAI ZETTERLING UND IHRE FILME by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

FOCUS: HOLD VIDEO IN YOUR HANDS

FRAUEN IN BERLIN by Chetna Vora (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam Konrad Wolf)

VIDEO NASTY by Christopher Smith, Megan K. Fox (UK/IR/DE)

FOCUS: SERGII MASLOBOISHCHYKOV

INVASION by Sergii Masloboishchykov (UA/DE, DW Academie)

JOSEPHINE THE SINGER AND THE MICE PEOPLE by Sergii Masloboishchykov (UA/DE, Innova Film)

EDUCATION

ZEBRA by Julia Ocker (studio film bilder)

GERMAN FILMS CONTACTS IN ROTTERDAM

Simone Baumann, Managing Director

Sylva Häutle, Head of Festival Relations & Producers Liaison



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