GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT THE VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Competition
SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film)
ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
Out of Competition – Series
ETTY by Hagai Levi (FR/NL/DE, Komplizen Serien)
Orizzonti
FUNERAL CASINO BLUES by Roderick Warich (The Barricades)
STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart (ES/DE, Schuldenberg Films)
DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari (IRN/IT/FR/DE/TUR, Studio Zentral)
LOST LAND by Akio Fujimoto (JPN/FR/MYS/DE, Scarlet Visions)
Orizzonti Short Films – In Competition
YOU JIAN CHUI YAN (A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE) by Viv Li (DE/BE/CN, Angst & Bange Film)
Venice Classics – Documentary on Cinema
HOLOFICTION by Michal Kosakowski (DE/AT, Kosakowski Film)
Venice Spotlight
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MAR/FR/ESP/DE/BEL, One Two Films)
MADE IN EU by Stephan Komandarev (BUL/DE/CZE, 42film)
Giornate degli Autori
SHORT SUMMER (EIN KURZER SOMMER) by Nastia Korkia (DE/FR/RS, Tamtam Film)
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Cyril Aris (LBN/US/DE/SAU/QAT, Reynard Films)
Settimana della Critica
COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani (DE/FR, Strange Bird)
Venice Immersive – In Competition
LA TRISTE HISTOIRE DE LA PETITE SOURIS QUI VOULAIT ABSOLUMENT DEVENIR QUEL QU’UN (THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY) by Nicolas Bourniquel (FR/DE/BE, Reynard Films)
THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP by Singing Chen (TW/DE, Reynard Films)
DARK ROOMS by Mads Damsbo, Anne Sofie Steen Sverdrup (DK/DE/TW, Nowhere Media)
REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT by Chloé Lee (DE/US, Present Futures)
EDDIE AND I by Maya Shekel (IL/DE/FR, Reynard Films)
Biennale College Cinema - Immersive - Out of Competition
OUT OF NOWHERE by Kris Hofmann, Andreas Wuthe (AT/DE, spec.Studio)
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VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE
Gap-Financing Market
ATHOS 264 by David Wnendt (Seven Elephants, Constantin Film Produktion)
CALL ME QUEEN by Emily Atef (DE/FR, Ringel Film)
SAVE OUR SOULS by Jonas Steinacker (DE/FR, Lichtschloss Filmproduktion)
HEIRLOOM by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya (IN/DE, Fabian&Fred)
Biennale College Cinema - Immersive Projects
WHAT THE FOX by Sina Ataeian Dena (JYOTI Film)