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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS IN VANCOUVER 2025

Festivals

Vancouver International Film Festival (October 2-12, 2025)

Closing Gala
with Live Performance by Chris Gestrin

KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk (DE/PL/BL, One Two Films) 

Galas + Special Presentations
FRANZ (FRANZ K.) by Agnieszka Holland (CZ/DE/PL, X-Filme)
KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk (DE/PL/BL, One Two Films) 
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier (NO/DE/DK/FR/SE, Komplizen Film)
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR/FR/DE/NL, One Two Films)

Altered States
A USEFUL GHOST (PEE CHAI DAI KA) by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (TH/FR/SG/DE, Mayana Film)

Insights
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS by Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni (IR/DE/US/NL/QA/CL/CA, Inselfilm) 
WITH HASAN IN GAZA by Kamal Aljafari (DE/QA/CH/FR, kamal aljafari productions)

Leading Lights
LIGHTS IN THE DUSK by Aki Kaurismäki (FI/DE/FR)

Modes 1
BLIND, INTO THE EYE (BLIND, INS AUGE) by Atefeh Kheirabadi, Mehrad Sepahnia (DE/IR, plotlessfilm)
THE UNIFORMED (DIE UNIFORMIERTEN) by Timon Ott (EINBAUM FILM)

Panorama
A POET (UN POETA) by Simón Mesa Soto (CO/DE/SE, Ma.ja.de)
HYSTERIA by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (filmfaust) 
LATE SHIFT (HELDIN) by Petra Biondina Volpe (CH/DE, MMC Zodiac)
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadžihalilović (FR/DE, Sutor Kolonko) 
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD (LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA) by Francesco Sossai (IT/DE, Maze Pictures)
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes (FR/DE/CL/ES/BE, Weydemann Bros.)

Portraits
I WANT IT ALL. HILDEGARD KNEF (ICH WILL ALLES. HILDEGARD KNEF) by Luzia Schmid (zero one film) 

Showcase
ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MAR/FR/ES/DE/BE, One Two Films)
MIROIRS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film)
ROMERIA by Carla Simón (ES/DE, Ventall Cinema)
SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film)
SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN) by Mascha Schilinski (Studio Zentral) - German Oscar® Entry BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi (FR/DE, Katuh Studio)
TWO PROSECUTORS (ZWEI STAATSANWÄLTE) by Sergei Loznitsa (FR/DE/NL/LV/RO/LT, LOOKSfilm)

Spectrum
ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (LS/FR/DE,
SEERA Films)
KHARTOUM by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox (SD/UK/DE/QA) 

Short Forum: Love and Despair
SKIN ON SKIN by Simon Schneckenburger (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)