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GERMAN FILMS AT NEW ZEALAND 2026

Festivals

54th Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival (July 29 – September 9, 2026)

Fresh Competition
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (ELEFANTEN IM NEBEL) by Abinash Bikram Shah (NP/DE/FR/BR/NO, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Zischlermann Filmproduktion)
TRIAL OF HAIN (DER HEIMATLOSE) by Kai Stänicke (Tamtam Film, Lupa Film)

Visions
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner (AT/DE, The Barricades)
LEIBNIZ - CHRONICLE OF A LOST PAINTING LEIBNIZ (LEIBNIZ – CHRONIK EINES VERSCHOLLENEN BILDES) by Edgar Reitz (if…productions, Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film)
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER) by Valeska Grisebach (DE/FR/BG/AT, Komplizen Film, New Matter Films)

Frames Competition
WITH HASAN IN GAZA by Kamal Aljafari (DE/QA/CH/FR, kamal aljafari productions)

Widescreen
NO GOOD MEN by Shahrbanoo Sadat (DE/FR/NO/DK/AF, Adomeit Film, Amerikafilm)
PROSECUTION (STAATSSCHUTZ) by Faraz Shariat (Jünglinge Film)
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions)