GERMAN FILMS AT MELBOURNE 2026
Headliners
ROSE by Markus Schleinzer (DE/AT, Walker+Worm, ROW Pictures)
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER) by Valeska Grisebach (DE/FR/BG/AT, Komplizen Film, New Matter Films)
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions)
Bright Horizons
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (ELEFANTEN IM NEBEL) by Abinash Bikram Shah (NP/DE/FR/BR/NO, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Zischlermann Filmproduktion)
Europe & UK
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner (AT/DE, The Barricades)
MY WIFE CRIES (MEINE FRAU WEINT) by Angela Schanelec (DE/FR, Blue Monticola)
Africa & Middle East
ROYA by Mahnaz Mohammadi (DE/LX/CZ/IR, PakFilm)
Experimenations
DRY LEAF by Alexandre Koberidze (DE/GE, New Matter Films)
Tales of Cinema
HOLOFICTION by Michal Kosakowski (DE/AT, Kosakowski Film)
MIFF Schools
TOMORROW I’LL BE BRAVE (AB MORGEN BIN ICH MUTIG) by Bernd Sahling (Zeitgeist Filmproduktion, Field Recordings Filmproduktion)
Ulrike Ottinger: Radical Travels
DORIAN GRAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YELLOW PRESS (DORIAN GRAY IM SPIEGEL DER BOULEVARDPRESSE) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
FREAK ORLANDO by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
JOHANNA D’ARC OF MONGOLIA by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
MADAME X: AN ABOSLUTE RULER (MADAME X: EINE ABSOLUTE HERRSCHERIN) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
THE ENTCHANTMENT OF THE BLUE SAILORS (DIE BETÖRUNG DER BLAUEN MATROSEN) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
TICKET OF NO RETURN (BILDNIS EINER TRINKERIN) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
USINIMAGE by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)