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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT WARSAW 2026

Festivals

42th International Film Festival Warsaw (October 9-18, 2026)

Opening Film
GROWTH OF THE SOIL by Hans Petter Moland (NO/DK/DE, Håkon Øverås)

International Competition
FEBRUARY, SEVEN DAYS (SIEBEN TAGE FEBRUAR) by Tatjana Moutchnik (DE/AT/UA/ES, Wood Water Films)

Competition 1–2
THE BOG by Reinis Kalviņš (LV/DE, Junafilm)
FRIEDA by Felix Hassenfratz (kurhaus production)
EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU by Urša Menart (SI/DE/RS, Chromosom Film)

Documentary Competition
MEANWHILE IN NAMIBIA by Jonas Spriestersbach (DE/NA, Jonas Spriestersbach Filmproduktion)
INGEBORG BACHMANN – SOMEONE WHO WAS ONCE ME (INGEBORG BACHMANN – JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR) by Regina Schilling (DE/AT, zero one film)
END OF THE WALL by Laurentia Genske

Centerpiece
THE UPRISING by Paul Greengrass (GB/DE/US, Supernix)

Free Spirit
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (TINIHARU) by Abinash Bikram Shah (NP/FR/DE/BR/NO, Die Gesellschaft, Zischlermann Filmproduktion)

Encounters
HOME STORIES (ETWAS GANZ BESONDERES) by Eva Trobisch (Trimafilm, if... Productions, Komplizen Film)
ROSEBUSH PRUNING by Karim Aïnouz (UK/IT/DE/ES, Match Factory Productions)
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by İlker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if… Productions)
HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai (BE/NL/DE/FR, Leitwolf Filmproduktion)
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner (DE/AT, The Barricades)
MINOTAUR by Andrey Zvyagintsev (FR/LV/DE, Razor Film Produktion)
ALL OF A SUDDEN (SOUDAIN / 急に具合が悪くなる) by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (FR/JP/DE/BE, Heimatfilm)
NO GOOD MEN (KABUL JAN) by Shahrbanoo Sadat (DK/FR/NO/DE/AF, Adomeit Film, Amerikafilm)
FALLING HOUSE by Mohsen Gharaie (IR/US/DE, Basis Berlin Filmproduktion, Zentropa Germany)

Short Films Competition
METEORIT by Elisabeth Werchosin (DE/MD, Blue Monticola Film)
A LETTER TO HOME (BRIEF AN DAS ZUHAUSE) by Sin Aghazadeh (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin)
THE TRUE TYPE by Nicole Humiński, Víctor Muñoz Sanz (Architekturmuseum der TUM)

Cinema in the Clouds
HEN by György Pálfi (GR/DE/HU, Pallas Film)

Boom Generation – Free Screenings for Seniors
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MA/FR/ES/DE/BE, One Two Films)
AMELIE by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (FR/DE, MMC Independent)
MIRRORS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film Koerner & Weber)

Fina Presents: Polish Cinema Beyond Borders
THAT MOST IMPORTANT THING: LOVE by Andrzej Żuławski (FR/IT/DE, T.I.T. Filmproduktion)