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GERMAN FILMS IN VENICE

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: Kalekone Film, HFF Munich - University of Television and Film

Sales: xxx

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 CONTACTS IN VENICE

Simone Baumann, Managing Director

Sylva Häutle, Head of Festival Relations 



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