36 hand-picked contemporary films capturing today’s world in a short but all the more powerful form. And we can’t wait for you to explore our International Competition films in the cinema with us!
A Train Leaves the Station, Mahmoud Ibrahim, Egypt, 2026
Abortion Party, Julia Mellen, Spain, 2026
Arguments in Favor of Love, Gabriel Abrantes, Portugal, 2025
Cairo Streets, Abdellah Taïa, France, 2026
Chelsea Drive, Claudrena N. Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson, USA, 2026
Computadora (Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me), Alice dos Reis, Portugal, 2026
Dieu est timide (God is Shy), Jocelyn Charles, France, 2026
FLIM FLAM, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Austria, 2026
Forgotten Solidarities, Assaf Gruber, Germany, Poland, 2026
FRONTERIZA, Rosa Caldeira, Nay Mendl, Brazil, Paraguay, 2026
Heaven Will Wait, Silver Tjepkema, Netherlands, Belgium, 2026
Hour of the Flower, Grace Song, Singapore, 2026
Inventar (Inventory), Ivan Marković, Serbia, 2026
Kaikki jäljelle jäävä valo (All The Light That Remains), Moona Pennanen, Finland, 2026
L'mina, Randa Maroufi, France, Italy, Morocco, Qatar, 2026
La hora de irse (Time to Go), Renzo Cozza, Argentina, 2026
Loynes, Dorian Jespers, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, North Macedonia, 2026
Morning Circle, Basma Al-Sharif, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Germany, 2026
O Lago Cinza e Cego (The Gray Blind Lake), Pedro Geraldo, Brazil, France, 2026
O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo (Rio Remains Beautiful), Felipe Casanova, Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil, 2026
On naît on meurt (We come, We go), Sarah Lederman, Belgium, 2026
Open House, Jan Soldat, Austria, 2026
Organized Forgetting, J.M. Martínez, USA, 2026
Rojo Žalia Blau, Viktoria Schmid, Austria, 2026
Stallion y la Bola de Cristal (Stallion and a Crystal Ball), Christian Avilés, Spain, 2026
Taxi Moto, Gaël Kamilindi, France, Switzerland, 2026
The Creature of Darkness, Lisa Marie Malloy, Ray Whitaker, USA, 2026
This Desirable Device, Mina Simendić, Germany, Serbia, 2026
Tq (ily), Lionel Braverman, Argentina, Spain, 2026
Trizas, Luciana Decker, Bolivia, 2026
Whispers of a Burning Scent, Mo Harawe, Austria, Germany, Somalia, 2026
ГЕОМЕТРІЯ ПОВЕРНЕННЯ (Geometry of Return), Nataliya Bek-Gergard, Canada, Ukraine, 2026
Як добре, що ми їх не бачимо (I Do Not See When Shooting), Anastasia Stetsenko, Ukraine, 2026
ذاكرة متقاطعة (Intersecting Memory), Shayma' Awawdeh, France, Palestine, 2026
نامرئی (Romanized: Nāmaree), Sonia Sanjari, Iran, 2026
美好生活 (Paper Life), An Chu, Taiwan, 2026
Film selection: Anna Feistel, Alejo Franzetti, Theresa George, Ghasideh Golmanaki, Sebastian Markt, Marian Freistühler, Moritz Maul, Nora Molitor, Felix Piatkowski, Yulia Serdyukova, Razi Uddin and Sarnt Utamachote.
The selection of films for the International Competition is made by the selection committee under the final responsibility of the festival’s artistic director, Maike Mia Höhne.
Filmstill: Whispers of a Burning Scent, Mo Harawe
