Competition BFFB39
ELON MUSK UNVEILED – THE TESLA EXPERIMENT by Andreas Pichler (beetz brothers film production)
HOME STORIES (ETWAS GANZ BESONDERES) by Eva Trobisch (Trimafilm, Komplizenfilm, if… Productions)
DRY LEAF by Alexandre Koberidze (DE/GE, New Matter Films)
PHANTOMS OF JULY (SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN) by Julian Radlmaier (Blue Monticola Film)

Realenonreale
HEART OF LIGHT – ELEVEN SONGS FOR FIJI by Cynthia Beatt (DE/FR, Heartbeatt Pictures)
AROUND PARADISE (IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES) by Yulia Lokshina (Trimafilm)
SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY (WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT) by Daniela Magnani Hüller (Bildersturm Filmproduktion)

LiLi – Little Lights
CIRCUSBOY (ZIRKUSKIND) by Julia Lemke & Anna Koch (Flare Film)

Local Heroes
TUIFL by Adina Barth (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE CLOUD FACTORY (WOLKENFABRIK) by Hannes Lang (Petrolio Film)

Piccole Lingue DOC
SOM DOMA by Lukas Mutschler & Luca-Els Mauritz (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München)

Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award 2026 Ulrike Oettinger
JOHANNA D’ARC OF MONGOLIA by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger (DE/FR, zero one film)