GERMAN FILMS AT FEST 2026
Special Screenings
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions)
Golden Lynx
A FADING MAN (DER VERLORENE MANN) by Welf Reinhart (Maverick Film)
Silver Lynx - Experimental
MEMORY OF A MYCELIUM (ERINNERUNGEN EINES MYZELS) by Lisa Yang, Ganaël Dumreicher (DE/AT/LU)
OBEY, OBEY by Akira Kawasaki (DFFB)
Silver Lynx - Animation
OLD WHITE TOM (ARMER WEISSER KATER) by Emily Ufken, Alexander Conrads
Silver Lynx - Documentary
IN RETROSPECT (RÜCKBLICKEND BETRACHTET) by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
Nexxt - Academic Competition
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE by Jannik Weiße (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
BLOND HAIR, BLACK EYE (BLONDES HAAR, BLAUES AUGE) by Duc Huy Luu (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
SELFLOVE by Nik Azad
THE SWIMSUIT (DER BADEANZUG) by Amina Krami (DE/AT, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Festinha Sub6
CYCLUS by Maximilian Kaeppler, Monika Luisa Schmitt (ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln)
DREAMING OF FLIGHT - LENA'S FARM (DAS HUHN WILL FLIEGEN - LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
FULL NEST - LENA'S FARM (VOLLES NEST - LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
MASTER PAINTER IIIIIIIIF (MITMALMEISTER IIIIIIIIF) by Uli Seis
THE MOTHERLESS EGG - LENA'S FARM (DAS MUTTERLOSE EI - LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
A PAIN IN THE BUTT - LENA'S FARM (DER STACHEL IM PO - LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
THE SKY WAS CANDY by Anh Tú Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
TIMOSHA by Elena Malenkina
Festinha Sub10
3 CAPTAINS by Julia Ocker (Studio FILM BILDER)
OF THE DRAGON AND HOW TO GET RID OF HIM - KITO & MAJA (VOM DRACHEN UND WIE MAN IHN WIEDER LOSWERDEN KANN - KITO, MAJA UND DIE KUGELKISTE) by Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez (Blaue Pampelmuse)
ON THE MAT OUTSIDE MY DOOR (VOR MEINER TÜR AUF EINER MATTE) by Antje Heyn (Protoplanet)
PUMPHUT THE WIZARD - KITO & MAJA (VOM PUMPHUT UND DER WINDSTILLE - KITO, MAJA UND DIE KUGELKISTE) by Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez (Blaue Pampelmuse)
Festinha Sub16
28 by Erika Chung Yee Kwok (DE/HK)
Festinha Non Competitive
RISE AGE by Tatjana Theuer (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Ecos - Tales of Womanhood
BRACELET (DAS ARMBAND) by Arina Chernova (DFFB)
Ecos - Fast Forward
DROP by Martin Monk
Ż by Rachel Micallef Somerville (DE/MT)
School in Focus: DFFB
A BULL CALLS (UN TORO LLAMA) by Nelson Algomeda (DFFB)
DOG by Marieke de Zwaan (DFFB)
EYES WIDE, EYES SHUT by Leonie Minor (DFFB)
LAST CALL BLUE by Tillmann Betz (DFFB)