Focus on New German Cinema: Extreme Tension
DEAR FUTURE SELF (ERZÄHL MIR DEIN MORGEN) by Ella Cieslinski, Nina Wesemann (Freundinnen Film)
I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE (ICH VERSTEHE IHREN UNMUT) by Kilian Armando Friedrich (WennDann Film)
PROSECUTION (STAATSSCHUTZ) by Faraz Shariat (Jünglinge Film) 
SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY (WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT) by Daniela Magnani Hüller (Bildersturm Filmproduktion)
THE BALLAD FROM WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY (DIE BALLADE VON MITTWOCH AUF DONNERSTAG) by Christoph Otto (Monte Kalk Film)
TRIAL OF HEIN (DER HEIMATLOSE) by Kai Stänicke (Tamtam Film, Lupa Film) 

Special Presentations
ROSE by Markus Schleinzer (DE/AT, Walker+Worm, ROW Pictures) 

Panorama
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner (DE/AT, The Barricades), German Oscar Submission BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
NO GOOD MEN by Shahrbanoo Sadat (DE/FR/NO/DK/AF, Adomeit Film, Amerikafilm) 
SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina (DE/XK/SI/AL/MK/BE, Schuldenberg Films, Vicky Bane) German Oscar Submission BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Portraits
REBECCA HORN – THE SECRET LIFE OF THINGS (REBECCA HORN – THE SECRET LIFE OF THINGS) by Claudia Müller (Missing Films)

Showcase
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER) by Valeska Grisebach (DE/FR/BG/AT, Komplizen Film, New Matter Films) 
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions) German Oscar Submission BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Spectrum
AFTERLIVES by Kevin B. Lee (pong Film)

Vanguard
I PLANT MY HAND IN THE GARDEN by Hoda Taheri und Boris Hadžija (DE/RS/US, German Film and Television Academy Berlin)

VIFF Short Forum
DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL by Elizabeth Hobbs (GB/DE, Fabian&Fred)
GOING HOME by Kamal Aljafari (DE/PS/FR, Kamal Aljafari Productions)
“VATERLAND” OR A BULE NAMED YANTO („VATERLAND" ODER EIN BULE NAMENS YANTO) by Berthold Wahjudi (DE/ID, madfilms, University of Television and Film Munich)

Modes
DISPLAY NATURE by Nicolas Gebbe
TOGETHER by NEOZOON

VIFF – Industry
Editing as Discovery: Narrative, Instinct, and the Unpredictable, Masterclass: Editor Evelyn Rack (Editor, SOUND OF FALLING by Mascha Schilinski)