First Feature Competition
NO DOGS ALLOWED by Steve Bache (Schiwago Film)

Rebels with a Cause Competition
THE PROTECTED MEN (DIE GESCHÜTZTEN MÄNNER) von Irene von Alberti (Filmgalerie 451)
YELLOW (GEEL) by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downey Ink. Now)

Critic’s Picks – Out of Competition
QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas (GR/SE/FR/EE/DE/FI, Senator Film Produktion)

Rebels with their Shorts Competition
OCCHIO by Giulia Falciani (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

Doc@PÖFF Competition
ICE AGED by Alexandra Sell (It Works Medien)
WITH MY OPEN LUNGS by Yana Sad (SAD MOVIE PRODUCTION)

Baltic Film Competition
LIONESS by Liina-Triškina Vanhatalo (EE/DE/LV, Heimathafen Film)
NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö (FI/EE/AT/DE/SE, Penned Pictures)

German Focus
LONG STORY SHORT (FESTE & FREUNDE) by David Dietl (Wiedemann & Berg, Leonine) - OPENING FILM
SAD JOKES by Fabian Stumm (Postofilm)
TURNING TABLES (KLANDESTIN) by Angelina Maccarone (CALA Filmproduktion)
LA MORT VIENDRA (DER TOD WIRD KOMMEN) by Christoph Hochhäusler (DE/LU/BE, Heimatfilm)
DYING (STERBEN) by Matthias Glasner (Port au Prince, Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion, Senator Film Produktion)
FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE (IN LIEBE, EURE HILDE) by Andreas Dresen (Pandora Film)
SEPTEMBER 5 by Tim Fehlbaum (BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Constantin Film, ERF Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
RIEFENSTAHL by Andres Veiel (Vincent Productions)
ELAHA by Milena Aboyan (KINESCOPE FILM, Essence Film)

Best of Festivals 
ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (NO/NL/DE/SE, One Two Films)
THE ANTIQUE by Rusudan Glurjidze (GE/CH/FI/DE, BASIS BERLIN)
THE EDITORIAL OFFICE by Roman Bondarchuk (UA/DE/SK/CZ, Elemag Pictures)
MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Saneeha (IR/FR/SE/DE, Watchmen Productions)

Old Gold
YESTERDAY GIRL by Alexander Kluge (Independent Film, Kairos-Film)
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (DIE EHE DER MARIA BRAUN) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Albatros Filmproduktion, Fengler Films, Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film, Trio Film)
SOLO SUNNY by Konrad Wolf (DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe „Babelsberg“)
GERMANY YEAR ZERO by Roberto Rossellini (IT/FR/DE, Deutsche Film (DEFA))

Best of Docs
SILENT TREES by Agnieszka Zwiefka (PL/DE, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion)

Midnight Shivers
CUCKOO by Tilman Singer (DE/US, Fiction Park)

Screen International Critics' Choice
CROCODILE TEARS by Tumpal Tampubolon (ID/FR/SG/DE, 2Pilots Filmproduction)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti (DE/PS/FR/IT, Red Balloon Film)

Flowers are not Silent. Resistance Films of Belarus
UNWANTED KINSHIP (UNGEWOLLTE VERWANDTSCHAFT) by Pavel Mozhar (Mozhar & Volkmar Film)

JUST FILM
Juniors Competition
NIKO – BEYOND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS by Kari Juusonen, Jørgen Lerdam (FI/DE/DK/IE, Ulysses Filmproduktion)

Dok@Just
2UNBREAKABLE by Maike Conway (Moviepool)

Youth Programme
SKATERGIRLS - GET UP by Lea Becker (Westside Filmproduktion, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Constantin Film)
TOMORROW SOMEWHERE AT THE SEA (MORGEN IRGENDWO AM MEER) by Patrick Büchtig (Fachhochschule Dortmund)
WINNERS (SIEGER SEIN) by Soleen Yusef (BojeBuck Produktion, DCM Pictures)

Children’s Programme
GREETINGS FROM MARS by Sarah Winkenstette (Leitwolf Filmproduktion, Kinescope Film)

Children’s Right Programme
SKILL ISSUE (DER FLECK) by Willy Hans (DE/CH, Fünferfilm)

PÖFF Shorts
Shorts Live-Action Competition
GLIMMER OF HOPE (LICHTBLICK) by Sophia Tamaro

Shorts Animation Competition
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS by Sasha Svirsky (Wait a Second!)
IT SHOULDN’T RAIN TOMORROW by Maria Trigo Teixeira (PT/DE, Wait a Second!)
JOKO by Izabela Plucinska (PL/DE/CZ, Claytraces)
O/S by Max Hattler (DE/HK)
TAKO TSUBO by Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo (DE/AT)

Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-Action
BABY BROTHER (SENSIBELCHEN) by Berthold Wahjudi (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
BETWEEN THE LINES by Niklas Pollmann (AT/DE)

Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation
CARROTICA by Daniel Sterlin-Altman (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
I AM A FLOWER by Ariel Victor Arthanto (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
MOVING MOUNTAINS by Jessica Poon (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)

Shorts Kids Animation Competition
MÛ by Malin Neumann (HAW Hamburg)

Shorts National Competition
BEAUTIFUL SMILE by Sophia Albrecht (DE/EE, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences)
LET THE LIGHT RISE UPON THE FOREST by Hanna-Mirtel Paas (DE/EE, Catalyst School of Film & Visual Media Company Berlin)

Doc@Shorts
FORGIVENESS by Felix Julian Koch (Abelone Films)
TIME GIVER (ZEITSCHENKERIN) by Lars Smekal
TUNNELS by Simon Ostermann, Seraina Nyikos

Shorts Panorama
BUTTERFLY KISS by Zohar Dvir (DE/IL, Fabian&Fred)
S/N:05 by Hans Jakob Harms

Shorts Alternatives
THE MALE GAZE RECIPE by Joey Arand

Night Cinema
DEMONS IN THE CLOSET by James Smith
MAMBO NO. 2 (MÜSSEN MÜSSEN) by Anne Feldmeier (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)