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GERMAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILMS AT GIFFONI 2026

Festivals

56th Giffoni Film Festival (July 17-25, 2026)

 

Elements +10 Competition - Features
BARRY & ME (MEIN FREUND BARRY) by Markus Welter (CH/DE, MMC Zodiac)
JUST CALL ME FRIDA (SAMMY UND FRIDA – CHAOS MIT SENSE!) by Katja Benrath (NEOS Film, Tellux Film, Gretchenfilm)

Generator +13 Competition - Features
EVERYONE’S SORRY NOWADAYS by Frederike Migom (BE/DE/NL, Cala Film)

Generator +15 Competition - Features
22 LENGTHS (22 BAHNEN) by Mia Maariel Meyer (BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Constantin Film)

Generator +18 Competition - Features
RAIN FELL ON THE NOTHING NEW (REGEN FIEL AUF NICHTS NEUES) by Steffen Goldkamp (Tamtam Film)
YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS, MR. DROWAK? (SIE GLAUBEN AN ENGEL, HERR DROWAK?) by Nicolas Steiner (DE/CH, Ziegler Film)

Elements +3 Competition – Short Films
DANCING FRIEND – LENA’S FARM (TANZPARTNER – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
DERRING-DO – LENA’S FARM (MUTPROBEN – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
JAM AND WOOD – LENA’S FARM (MARMELADE UND HOLZ – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
SNORRI, CATCH ME IF YOU CANDY! by Thierry Marchand (Mack Magic)
A VERY SPECIAL MEAL – LENA’S FARM (DAS BESONDERE FUTTER – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)

Elements +10 Competition – Short Films
9 MILLION COLOURS by Bára Ana (CZ/DE/NO, Reynard Films)
RABBIT HEART (HASENFUSS) by Stella Fachinger (Hamburg Media School)

Parental Experience Competition – Short Films
A SPARROW’S SONG by Tobias Eckerlin (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)