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COMPETITION

DAU

by Ilya Khrzhanovsky 

Feature, 195'

Germany, France, Sweden 2026

Production & Sales: Phenomen Berlin, Essential Filmproduktion

VENEZIA OPEN - OUT OF COMPETITION - NON FICTION

FROM INSIDE OUT – THE ARCHITECTURE OF PETER ZUMTHOR

by Wim Wenders 

Documentary Feature, 114'

Germany, Switzerland 2026

Production: Road Movies 

Sales: DCM

IMPERIUM

by Sergei Loznitsa

Documentary Feature, 176'

Germany, Italy, France, Lithuania 2026

Production: Essential Filmproduktion

Sales: Coproduction Office

ORRIZONTI

OASIS

by Jannis Lenz 

Feature, 118'

Germany, Austria 2026

Production: Zeitgeist Filmproduktion, Third Picture

Sales: Totem

VENICE IMMERSIVE – IN COMPETITION

OCTOPOCALYPSE

by Max Sacker, Arite Szadkowski (Luma Octo)

Immersive installation

Germany, 2026

Production & Sales: Luma Octo

RAJ’IN (WE SHALL RETURN)

by Faiz Abu Rmeleh, Keren Manor 

Immersive documentary

Germany, Palestine 2026

Production & Sales: NowHere Media

VENICE IMMERSIVE – OUT OF COMPETITION

IN 36.000 WAYS

by Karim Ben Khelifa

Immersive art project

Germany, 2026

Production & Sales: Atelier Non-Fiction

THE AMUSEMENT

by Marc Barnes 

Narrative VR adventure game

Germany, France 2026

Production & Sales: Curvature Games

GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI

CAMOUFLAGE

by Mykyta Gibalenko 

Feature, 102'

Germany 2026

Production & Sales: Kalekone Film, HFF Munich - University of Television and Film

I PLANT MY HAND IN THE GARDEN

by Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija

Feature, 83'

Germany, Serbia, United States 2026

Production & Sales: DFFB - German Film and Television Academy Berlin

VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE

The Venice Production Bridge (Sep 3 to 9, 2026) is the film market focusing on production, offering international AV and immersive professionals a wide range of services, projects and networking opportunities.

In the section Gap-Financing Market, the project  AFTER THE FLOOD by Chloé Lee (Reynard Films) will be presented.

For the Biennale College Cinema - Immersive Projects section, ISABELLA, MAD WITH LOVE by Giulia Falciani (DE/IT, Studio Fazi), another German project, was selected.

FURTHER GERMAN (CO-)PRODUCTIONS

VENEZIA OPEN – OUT OF COMPETITION - NON FICTION

HOLY WOOD DUST by Victor Kossakovsky (IT/ES/DE, Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion)

LISTY (LETTERS FROM THE SILENCED COUNTRY) by Andrei Kutsila (PL/DE/LT, Inselfilm Production)

 

ORRIZONTI

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA by Jacqueline Lentzou (GR/DE/FR, Kelek Film)

MORAGHEB (FALLING HOUSE) by Mohsen Gharaei (IR/US/DE, BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion)

THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain (FR/BD/PT/NO/DE, Tandem Production)

LA RAGAZZA CON LA LEICA (THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA) by Alina Marazzi (IT/DE, Komplizen Film)

 

VENEZIA SPOTLIGHT

EU CONTEZ (I MATTER) by Alina Șerban (RO/DE/BE, 2Pilots)

 

VENEZIA CLASSICS

YESTERDAY GIRL (ABSCHIED VON GESTERN) by Alexander Kluge (Kairos-Film)

 

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – IMMERSIVE

LIBRARY OF DREAMS by Zhenya Rzheznikova, Alina Savelyeva (IL/DE)

THE WHITE SABOTEUR by Barthelemy Antoine-Lœff, Hugo Arcier (FR/DE)

 

GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI

DEAR AJAYI by Damilola Orimogunje (NG/DE, MAYANA FILMS)

 

VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE

FINAL CUT

MEHAL SEFARI by Abraham Gezahagne (ET/CA/DE/NL/NO/SA, 2Pilots)

 

GAP FINANCING MARKET

A YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER by Flurin Giger (CH/DE, Heimatfilm)

ALL CLEAR by Christina Tynkevych (UA/DE/LU, Fiction Park)

CHOCOLAT AMER by Valentin Merz (CH/DE)

KURINJI by Payal Sethi (IN/FR/DE, 70 Steps)

LA MANCHE by Damian Kocur (PL/DE/FR, Oma Inge Film)

LIONFISH by Thanasis Trouboukis (GR/DE, Studio Zentral)

THE HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE by Lene Berg (NO/SE/DE, ALMA BANG)

TOXIC by Jessica Hausner (AT/DE/FR/SE, Schubert Film)

 

IMMERSIVE PROJECTS

THE BERLIN WALL by Karim Ben Khelifa and Tina Ahrens (FR/DE, Filmtank)

GERMAN FILMS ABROAD – FIRST HALF 2026: KEY FIGURES

From January to June 2026, 410 German films reached cinema audiences in 67 countries, generating over 110,2 million euros in international box office revenue and attracting more than 17,9 million admissions.

The top majority titles included SILENT FRIEND, WOODWALKERS 2, and TAFITI – ACROSS THE DESERT.

With a newly designed layout, the latest German Films Abroad report highlights the key figures, leading titles and most important international markets of the first half of 2026, and is now available online.

For further information, please contact Andrea Schiefer and Anna Heissler.

GERMAN FILMS CONTACTS IN VENICE

Simone Baumann, Managing Director

Sylva Häutle, Head of Festival Relations 



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