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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT PALM SPRINGS 2026

Festivals

37th Palm Spings International Film Festival (January 2-12, 2026)

Awards Buzz: Best International Feature Film
ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis (DE/CY, Pallas Film, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
A POET (UN POETA) by Simón Mesa Soto (CO/DE/SE, Ma.ja.de) 
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MO/FR/ES/DE/BE, One Two Films) OPENING FILM
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh (FR/SE/DK/DE, Films Boutique)
LATE SHIFT (HELDIN) by Petra Biondina Volpe (CH/DE, MMC Zodiac)
ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier (NO/DE/DK/FR/SE, Komplizen Film)
SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN) by Mascha Schilinski (Studio Zentral)
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes (FR/DE/CL/ES/BE, Weydemann Bros.)
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR/FR/DE/NL, One Two Films)

Country Focus Germany
A LAND WITHIN (ZWEITLAND) by Michael Kofler (DE/IT/AT, Starhaus Filmproduktion),
AMRUM by Fatih Akin (bombero International, Rialto Film, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany)
BAD PAINTER by Albert Oehlen
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster (Augenschein Filmproduktion)
MIROIRS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film)
SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film)
STARS (STERNE) von Konrad Wolf (DE/BU, DEFA)
THE LAST SPY (DER JAHRHUNDERTSPION) by Katharina Otto-Bernstein (DE/US, Film Manufacturers Inc.)
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (WAS MARIELLE WEISS) by Frédéric Hambalek (Walker+Worm, Frédéric Hambalek Produktion)