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GERMAN FILMS AT GÖTEBORG 2026

Festivals

49th Göteborg Film Festival (January 23 – February 1, 2026)

International Competition
CALLE MÁLAGA by Maryam Touzani (ES/FR/DE, One Two Films)
HEN by György Pálfi (GR/DE/HU, Pallas Film)
ZEJTUNE by Alex Camilleri (MT/DE/QA, One Two Films)

Ingmar Bergman Competition
KARLA by Christina Tournatzès (Achtung Panda! Media GmbH)

Nordic Competition
BUTTERFLY by Itone Somier Guttormsen (NO/SE/UK/DE, Nordfilm)

Focus: Truth
ELON MUSK UNVEILED – THE TESLA EXPERIMENT by Andreas Pichler (beetz brothers film production)
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE (DAS VERSCHWINDEN DES JOSEF MENGELE) by Kirill Serebrennikov (DE/FR, Lupa Film)
YES by Nadav Lapid (FR/IL/CY/DE, Komplizen Film)

Masters
AMRUM by Fatih Akin (bombero International, Rialto Film, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany)
ROMERÍA by Carla Simón (ES/DE, Ventall Cinema)
ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadžihalilović (FR/DE, Sutor Kolonko) 
SILENT FRIEND by Ildiko Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film) 

Visionaries
EUPHORIA by Julian Rosefeldt
WITH HASAN IN GAZA by Kamal Aljafari (DE/QA/CH/FR, kamal aljafari productions)

Voyage
ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis (DE/CY, Pallas Film, Twenty Twenty Vision
A POET (UN POETA) by Simón Mesa Soto (CO/DE/SE, Ma.ja.de)
A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (TH/FR/SG/DE, Mayana Film)
COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani (DE/FR, Strange Bird)
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS by Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni (IR/DE/US/NL/QA/CL/CA, Inselfilm) 
DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari (IT/FR/DE/TU, Studio Zentral)
DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher (FR/LB/DE/QA, Wood Water Films)
DRY LEAF by Alexandre Koberidze (DE/GE, New Matter Films)
KHARTOUM by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox (SD/UK/DE/QA) 
MADE IN EU by Stephan Komandarev (BUL/DE/CZE, 42film)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab Nasser, Tarzan (FR/PS/DE/PT, Riva Filmproduktion)
RAVE ON by Nikias Chryssos & Viktor Jakovleski (Telos Pictures)
SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (UA/DE, Elemag Pictures)
STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart (ES/DE, Schuldenberg Films)
WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter (AT/DE, ma.ja.de)

Honorary Dragon Award
EUROPA EUROPA (HITLERJUNGE SALOMON) by Agnieszka Holland (DE/FR/PL, CCC Filmkunst GmbH)
FRANZ (FRANZ K.) by Agnieszka Holland (CZ/DE/PL, X-Filme)

Nordic Honorary Dragon Award
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Niels Arden Oplev (SE/DK/NO/DE, ZDF Enterprises)

Swedish Shorts
BOY CRIED WOLF by Max My Ehnlund Göran Sweden, Germany, Finland
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)