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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS at AFI FEST LOS ANGELES 2026

Festivals

40th AFI FEST Los Angeles (October 21-25, 2026)

Discovery
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (ELEFANTEN IM NEBEL) by Abinash Bikram Shah (NP/DE/BR/FR/NO, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Zischlermann Filmproduktion)
IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa (ES/DE/BE, Port au Prince Film & Kultur) 
PROSECUTION (STAATSSCHUTZ) by Faraz Shariat (Jünglinge Film) 
TRIAL OF HEIN (DER HEIMATLOSE) by Kai Stänicke (Tamtam Film, Lupa Film)  

Luminaries
ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (FR/JP/DE/BE, Heimatfilm)
GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer (AT/DE/FR, Komplizen Film)

World Cinema
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner (DE/AT, The Barricades) 
ROSE by Markus Schleinzer (DE/AT, Walker+Worm, ROW Pictures) 
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions)

Shorts Program: Animation
DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL by Elizabeth Hobbs (UK/DE, Fabian&Fred) 
GAÏA by Gwenola Heck (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg) 
WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR (IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT) by Kiana Naghshineh (DE/FR, ManicMonday)