GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT THE VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026
All German productions and co-productions in Venice at a glance:
Venezia 83 Competition
DAU by Ilya Khrzhanovsky (DE/FR/UA/SE, Phenomen Berlin, Essential Filmproduktion)
Venezia Open – Out Of Competition - Non Fiction
FROM INSIDE OUT – THE ARCHITECTURE OF PETER ZUMTHOR by Wim Wenders (DE/CH, Road Movie, DCM)
HOLY WOOD DUST by Victor Kossakovsky (IT/ES/DE, Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion)
IMPERIUM by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/IT/FR/LT, Essential Filmproduktion)
LISTY (LETTERS FROM THE SILENCED COUNTRY) by Andrei Kutsila (PL/DE/LT, Inselfilm Production)
Orrizonti
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA by Jacqueline Lentzou (GR/DE/FR, Kelek Film)
MORAGHEB (FALLING HOUSE) by Mohsen Gharaei (IR/US/DE, BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion)
OASIS (OASE) by Jannis Lenz (DE/AT, Zeitgeist Filmproduktion, Third Picture)
THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain (FR/BD/PT/NO/DE, Tandem Production)
LA RAGAZZA CON LA LEICA (THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA) by Alina Marazzi (IT/DE, Komplizen Film)
DO KRAJA DANA (UNTIL THE DAY ENDS) by Jelena Maksimović (SRB/BUL/SLO/MNE/DE, Kelek Film)
Venezia Spotlight
EU CONTEZ (I MATTER) by Alina Șerban (RO/DE/BE, Untold Stories)
Venezia Classics
YESTERDAY GIRL (ABSCHIED VON GESTERN) by Alexander Kluge (Kairos-Film)
Venice Immersive – In Competition
OCTOPOCALYPSE by Max Sacker, Arite Szadkowski (Luma Octo)
RAJ’IN (WE SHALL RETURN) by Faiz Abu Rmeleh, Keren Manor (DE/PS, NowHere Media)
SOLWATA by Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran (US/DE/SB, NowHere Media)
Venice Immersive – Out Of Competition
IN 36.000 WAYS by Karim Ben Khelifa (Atelier Non-Fiction)
THE AMUSEMENT by Marc Barnes (DE/FR, Curvature Games)
Biennale College Cinema – Immersive
LIBRARY OF DREAMS by Zhenya Rzheznikova, Alina Savelyeva (IL/DE)
THE WHITE SABOTEUR by Barthelemy Antoine-Lœff, Hugo Arcier (FR/DE)
Giornate degli Autori
CAMOUFLAGE by Mykyta Gibalenko (Kalekone Film, HFF Munich University of Television and Film)
DEAR AJAYI by Damilola Orimogunje (NG/DE, MAYANA FILMS)
I PLANT MY HAND IN THE GARDEN by Hoda Taheri und Boris Hadžija (DE/RS/US, German Film and Television Academy Berlin)
VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE
Final Cut
MEHAL SEFARI by Abraham Gezahagne (ET/CA/DE/NL/NO/SA, 2Pilots)
Gap Financing Market
A YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER by Flurin Giger (CH/DE, Heimatfilm)
ALL CLEAR by Christina Tynkevych (UA/DE/LU, Fiction Park)
CHOCOLAT AMER by Valentin Merz (CH/DE)
KURINJI by Payal Sethi (IN/FR/DE, 70 Steps)
LA MANCHE by Damian Kocur (PL/DE/FR, Oma Inge Film)
LIONFISH by Thanasis Trouboukis (GR/DE, Studio Zentral)
THE HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE by Lene Berg (NO/SE/DE, ALMA BANG)
TOXIC by Jessica Hausner (AT/DE/FR/SE, Schubert Film)
Immersive Projects
AFTER THE FLOOD by Chloé Lee (Reynard Films)
THE BERLIN WALL by Karim Ben Khelifa and Tina Ahrens (FR/DE, Filmtank)
Biennale College Cinema – Immersive Projects
ISABELLA, MAD WITH LOVE by Giulia Falciani (DE/IT, Studio Fazi)