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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT TOKYO 2026

Festivals

39th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 26 – November 4, 2026)

Competition
DOUBLE FREEDOM by Lisandro Alonso (CL/AR/LU/DE/GB, The Match Factory)
HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai (BE/NL/DE, Leitwolf Filmproduktion)
THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain (FR/BD/PT/NO/DE, Tandem Production)
UNTIL THE DAY ENDS by Jelena Maksimović (RS/BG/SI/ME/HR/DE, Kelek Film)

World Focus Section
MY WIFE CRIES (MEINE FRAU WEINT) by Angela Schanelec (DE/FR, Blue Monticola)
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER) by Valeska Grisebach (DE/FR/BG/AT, Komplizen Film, New Matter Films)
DAU by Ilya Khrzhanovsky (DE/FR/SE, Phenomen Berlin, Essential Filmproduktion)
SIXTEEN MOMENTS OF MY LIFE by Albert Serra (FR/ES/DE, Weltfilm)
SLEEP NO MORE by Edwin (ID/SG/JP/DE/FR, In Good Company)

World Focus Section - Retrospective Ulrike Ottinger
THE BLOOD COUNTESS (DIE BLUTGRÄFIN) by Ulrike Ottinger (AT/LU/DE, Heimatfilm, Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion)
UNDER SNOW (UNTER SCHNEE) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion)
TICKET OF NO RETURN (BILDNIS EINER TRINKERIN) by Ulrike Ottinger (Autorenfilm-Produktionsgenossenschaft, Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion)

Women’s Empowerment Section
I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMING (SELTEN WACHE ICH TRÄUMEND AUF) by Isabelle Stever (DE/UA, X-Filme Creative Pool)

Displacement Film Fund
SENSE OF WATER by Mohammad Rasoulof (IR/DE, Run Way Pictures)
SUPER AFGHAN GYM by Shahrbanoo Sadat (Adomeit Film)
WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENT by Mo Harawe (SO/AT/DE, Lost Frames Films)

Youth
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA by Jacqueline Lentzou (GR/DE/FR, Kelek Film)