December
Festival International du Film d’Éducation, Évreux, France (2nd–6th December 2025)
Echoes from Borderland / Lara Milena Brose / Short-and Medium-Length Film Competition
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Munich, Germany (3rd December 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
Athens Short Film Festival, Greece (11th–14th December 2025)
In the End We're All Music / Katharina Schnekenbühl / Best Student Film
Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Lviv, Ukraine (17th–21st December 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Competition
Lichtbrücke Human Rights Film Festival Dachau, Germany (18th–21st December 2025)
Boubacar / Ivetta Urozhaeva / Short Film Competition
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Short Film Competition
Kurzfilmtag 2025, Germany (21st December 2025)
Angelique / Elisabeth Kratzer / Queer Short Film Programme
Kurzfilmtag 2025, Germany (21st December 2025)
Walzer Allein / Felix Friedlein / Werkstattkino Short Film Programme
November
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon (2nd–7th November 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Official Competition
KUKI Young Short Film Festival, Germany (2nd–9th November 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / TeenScreen - Girls Riot!
Norwich Film Festival, UK (3rd–15th November 2025)
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Best Student Nomination
BOO International Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic (3rd–9th November 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / BOO for the Elder and Wiser
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / 15+BOO & Czech-German Programme
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (4th–9th November 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Sparks Competition (Youth 16–20)
Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (4th–9th November 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee / Essay Films
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / German Competition
Tage der Nacht / Adrian von der Borch / Teenage Riot!
Vanished Past / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Green Film Competition
Aesthetica Film Festival, UK (5th–9th November 2025)
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Drama
Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (5th–16th November 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Short Film Program: Past & Present
Cine Bonn Bleu, Germany (6th–10th November 2025)
The Latest Rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competition
Filmz – Festival of German Cinema, Mainz, Germany (6th–16th November 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / Feature Film Competition
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Short Film Competition
Du kannst dir sicher sein / Muriel Breu / Documentary Competition
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Documentary Competition
Gefrorene Jackfruit / Quỳnh Lê Nguyễn / Documentary Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
Stille, staubige Familie / Sophie Mühe / Medium-Length Competition
Walzer Allein / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
European Film Festival Scanorama, Lithuania (6th–23rd November 2025)
Roadkill / Louis Gering / Short Film Competition
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Dresden, Germany (7th November 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke & Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia (7th–23rd November 2025)
But I Never Asked / Nicole Humiński / Shorts New Talents Competition
Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany (10th–16th November 2025)
Walzer Allein / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
Kurz.Film.Spiele, Konstanz, Germany (13th–16th November 2025)
Roadkill / Louis Gering / European Competition
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / European Competition
Bimovie Women’s Film Series, Munich, Germany (14th–16th November 2025)
Spring in Kangiqsualujjuaq / Marie Zrenner / Film Programme
Festival of Future Storytellers (formerly Filmschoolfest Munich), Germany (14th–22nd November 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Competition
Das Zittern der Aale / Maximilian Weigl / DACH Competition
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / International Competition
I See Them Bloom / Mykyta Gibalenko / Warm Up
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / DACH Competition
Tage der Nacht / Adrian von der Borch / DACH Competition
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / DACH Competition
Film Africa, UK (14th–23rd November 2025)
Hoda – Mother on Hold / Rabelle Erian
EnergaCAMERIMAGE, Poland (15th–22nd November 2025)
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Film and Art School Etudes Competition
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Pirna, Germany (15th November 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
Winter-Wanderkino, Dachau, Germany (16th–23rd November 2025)
The Echo Of Loss / Rebecca Issing / Film Programme
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Zwickau, Germany (18th November 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
YOUKI International Youth Festival, Wels, Austria (18th–22nd November 2025)
Positive Gymnastik / Anna Sochorová / Age Category 23–27
Under safe skies / Duc Huy Luu / Age Category 23–27
Kassel Documentary and Video Festival, Germany (18th–22nd November 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Goldener Schlüssel Competition
Igitte Sisters / Marvin Krause / Goldener Schlüssel Competition
KFFK Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany (18th–23rd November 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee / Opening Programme / New Aesthetic
Aralkum / Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi / Spotlight Mila Zhluktenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi
Opera Glasses / Mila Zhluktenko / Spotlight Mila Zhluktenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi
Waking Up in Silence / Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi / Opening Programme
Where We Used To Swim / Daniel Asadi Faezi / Spotlight Mila Zhluktenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi
up-and-coming International Film Festival Hannover, Germany (19th–23rd November 2025)
Apocalíptica / Diego Oliva Tejeda / German Nachwuchsfilmpreis Competition
Like Other People / Luisa Nöllke, Leo Dzhyshyashvili / German Nachwuchsfilmpreis Competition
One of You / Amos Ostermeier / German Nachwuchsfilmpreis Competition
Transit / Anna Maria Ebert / German Nachwuchsfilmpreis Competition
RIDM Montréal, Canada (20th–30th November 2025)
A Sound of My Own / Rebecca Zehr / Special Music Program curated by Bibi Club
Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen, Germany (20th–30th November 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / Neues Deutsches Kino
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Leipzig, Germany (21st November 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, France/Germany (24th–30th November 2025)
Das Gewicht von Steinen / Saskia Kessler / Main Programme
Filmfestival Kitzbühel, Austria (25th–30th November 2025)
Die Zelle / Daniel Bier / DACH Competition
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / International Competition
Lateinamerikanische Filmtage München, Germany (26th–30th November 2025)
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Official Selection (Pre-Film)
International Film Festival “This Human World”, Vienna, Austria (27th November–6th December 2025)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Out of Competition
Poitiers Film Festival, France (28th November–5th December 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Selection
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / International Selection
Niederrhein Film Festival, Germany (29th November 2025)
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / German Competition
Primed Festival Méditerranée, Marseille, France (29th November–6th December 2025)
Echoes From Borderland / Lara Milena Brose / First Films
October
Athens International Film Festival, Greece (1st–12th October 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Greek Short Stories
Bolton International Film Festival, England (1st–5th October 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / International Competition
Husumer Filmtage, Germany (2nd–8th October 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak
War On Screen – International Film Festival of Châlons, France (6th–12th October 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Short Film Competition
DokumentART Neubrandenburg, Germany (7th–11th October 2025)
Think of Something Beautiful / Thi Mai Trang Vo & Nadja Ißler / Short Film Programme
FEINKOŠT Czech-German Short Film Tour, Prague, Czech Republic (8th–14th October 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke & Nina Moog / Short Film Programme
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal, Canada (8th–19th October 2025)
Vanished Past / Anna-Maria Dutoit
Goethe-Institut Mexico, Mexico (9th October 2025)
Magos Punks / Luca-Els Mauritz & Luis Spielmann / Short Film Programme
Wat Neuet im Westen / Daya Lavine Sieber, Anna Herrmann / Short Film Programme
Vacazione / Marie Wald / Short Film Programme
Filmtage Oberschwaben, Germany (9th–12th October 2025)
God's Other Plan / Moritz Müller-Preißer / Documentary Competition
Filmtage Oberschwaben, Germany (9th–12th October 2025)
Roadkill / Louis Gering / Short Film Competition
Schwanensee / Stella Deborah Traub / Short Film Competition
Täubchen / Tünde Sautier / Short Film Competition
Monstrale Short Film Festival, Germany (9th–12th October 2025)
Gefrorene Jackfruit / Quỳnh Lê Nguyễn / Shortdocs Competition
Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland (9th–19th October 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / International Competition for Debut Filmmakers
Corto e Fieno – Rural Film Festival, Italy (10th–12th October 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Short Film Competition
Ankersaal Short Film Night, Burghausen, Germany (10th October 2025)
Das Zittern der Aale / Maximilian Weigl / Short Film Programme
West London Film Festival, England (10th–12th October 2025)
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / Competition
Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF), Canada (14th–19th October 2025)
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Best Foreign Short
Punkfilmfest Berlin, Germany (16th–20th October 2025)
Magos Punks / Luca-Els Mauritz, Luis Spielmann
Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen, Germany (18th October 2025)
Abyssness / Jakob Arnu, Larissa Dold, Leonie Hecht, Moritz Hoffmann, Maximilian Otto, Theresa Rehe, Jonas Riedinger
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee
Anxiety Anthem / Diego Oliva Tejeda
Boubacar / Ivetta Urozhaeva
Cupid be with you / Andrea Erja
Das Zittern der Aale / Maximilian Weigl
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit
Ghosts / Edgar Bauer, Franz Stöcker, Felix Zachau
Ich bin nur scheintot / Mira-Belle Bryld
Les lumières de Manhattan – une symphonie / Alexandra Kurt
Little Wieners / Vincent Jost
Mach's Licht aus / Marc Philip Ginolas
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz
Rentner / Luis Sütter
Schwanensee / Stella Deborah Traub
Shadow Play / Mayra Ebensen, Silvia Loose, Paula Wodniok
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth
Transit / Anna Maria Ebert
Roadkill / Louis Gering
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein
The Day After Tomorrow / Annie Krause
The Latest Rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter
Welcome To The Seventies / Gretta Sammalniemi
Vanilla Sky Habibi / Marie Zrenner
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski
Astra Film Festival, Romania (19th–26th October 2025)
God's Other Plan / Moritz Müller-Preißer / Doc School Competition
Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin, Germany (20th–26th October 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Short Film Competition
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany (21st–26th October 2025)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Short Film Competition
Blonde Haare, blaues Auge / Duc Huy Luu / Short Film Competition
Hello... / Ivan Dubrovin / Short Film Competition
Jenny will rennen / Olivia Nigl / Short Film Competition
Queer Exile / Matilda Mookina, Lou von Sohlern / Short Film Competition
The Last Paradise / Derek Rodrigues / Short Film Competition
White Castle / Sophie Mühe / Short Film Competition
Tbilisi International Student Film Festival, Georgia (21st–26th October 2025)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / International Competition
Return International Film & Art Festival, Weimar, Germany (23rd–25th October 2025)
Apocalíptica / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Short Film Competition
House of Cars / Sebastian Eggerbauer, Michael Groß / Short Film Competition
Katze / Michael Ciesielski / Short Film Competition
Som Doma / Luca-Els Mauritz, Lukas Mutschler / Short Film Competition
Queerfilmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (23rd October–5th November 2025)
Som Doma / Luca-Els Mauritz, Lukas Mutschler / Short Film Programme
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (24th October–2nd November 2025)
Taste of Salt / Raaed al Kour / International Competition
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (24th October–2nd November 2025)
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Special Screening
la.meko Landau, Germany (26th October–1st November 2025)
Lucky Day / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competitio
Born anew / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competitio
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany (27th October–2nd November 2025)
Vanished Past / Anna-Maria Dutoit / German Short Film Competition
Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany (29th October–2nd November 2025)
Die Zelle / Daniel Bier / Medium-Length Competition
Katze / Michael Ciesielski / Short Film Competition
Mensch, ärgere dich! / Franziska Brozio / Documentary Competition
Euro Balkan Film Festival, Rome, Italy (30th October–6th November 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / Short Film Competition
September
Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary (2nd–7th September 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Official Competition
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / Official Competition
Filmfest Aachen, Germany (5th–7th September 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak
Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece (8th–14th September 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / International Student Competition
Fünf Seen Film Festival, Germany (9th–16th September 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / Feature Film Perspective
One of You / Amos Ostermeier / Golden Firefly Competition
Som Doma / Luca-Els Mauritz & Lukas Mutschler / Short Plus Award Competition
Tage der Nacht / Adrian von der Borch / Short Plus Award Competition
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Short Plus Award Competition
Batumi International Art House Film Festival, Georgia (13th–20th September 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko
New York Latino Film Festival, USA (13th–21st September 2025)
Apocalíptica / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Shorts
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (17th–23rd September 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Ukrainian Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Teen Spirit
Brugger Documentary Film Days, Switzerland (18th–21st September 2025)
Spring in Kangiqsualujjuaq / Marie Zrenner / Official Selection
SLASH Film Festival, Innsbruck & Vienna, Austria (18th–28th September 2025)
Woodland / Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski, Vanessa Chu / My First SLASH Opening Film
Film Festival Münster, Germany (19th–28th September 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee / European Short Film Competition
Woodland / Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski, Vanessa Chu / European Short Film Competition
Films of Return Online Festival, Spain (19th September–23rd November 2025)
Kami No Aika / Emilia Haar / Competition
Lucca Film Festival, Italy (21st–29th September 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / LFF for Future
Filmfest Hamburg, Germany (25th September–4th October 2025)
I Am The Greatest / Nicolai Zeitler / Great Freedom
Finále Plzeň, Czech Republic (26th September–1st October 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / German Shorts
Willkommen Zuhause Film Festival Bernau, Germany (26th–28th September 2025)
God's Other Plan / Moritz Müller-Preißer
International Film Festival SCHLINGEL, Gera, Germany (27th September–4th October 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / National Fiction Short Film Competition
Underdox Festival Munich, Germany (30th September–12th October 2025)
Kami No Aika / Emilia Haar / Videodox Funding Award
August
Filmkunstwochen München, Germany (1st August 2025)
Das Zittern der Aale / Max Weigl
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker
Open Air Kino am Elisabethmarkt, München, Germany (2nd August 2025)
Das Zittern der Aale / Max Weigl
Die Gärten der Anderen / Rebecca Issing
House of Cars / Sebastian Eggerbauer, Michael Groß
Paradiso / Alexandra Kurt / Deutschland
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein
The Latest Rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter
Rhode Island International Film Festival; USA (5th–10th August 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Official Competition
Eichsfelder Filmfest, Germany (7th–10th August 2025)
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / Short Film Competition Comedy
Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (14th–18th August 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita & Felix Klee
Baby Race / Katharina Schnekenbühl, Diego Oliva Tejeda, David Thibaut
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia (15th August 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / European Shorts
Harzmovienale, Quedlinburg, Germany (16th August 2025)
Little Star / Elena Rid, Vanessa Ramovic, Sonja Latussek / Short Film Competition
FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia (18th–23rd August 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / BAL Competition
International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany (18th–23rd August 2025)
Boubacar / Ivetta Urozhaeva / Short Film Competition
Blue Sea Film Festival, Finland (20th–24th August 2025)
Hello... / Ivan Dubrovin / Student Competition
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (20th–27th August 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / International Competition
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / International Competition
Montreal International Film Festival, Canada (22nd–24th August 2025)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / Official Selection
Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy (22nd–31st August 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / FFDL Green section
Grimms Nightmare / Andrea Erja & Sophie Lösch / International Competition
OFF - Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (25th–31st August 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / International Fiction Short Films
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France (29th August–6th September 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Sélection Internationale
Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia (30th August–6th September 2025)
Hoda - Mother on Hold / Rabelle Erian / Short Films Competition
July
Moabinale, Berlin, Germany (5th July 2025)
In the End We're All Music / Katharina Schnekenbühl / Open Air
The Silence of 600 Million Results / Sophie Lahusen / Open Air
Musikfilmtage Oberaudorf, Germany (8th – 13th July 2025)
Das Zittern der Aale / Maximilian Weigl / Short Film Program
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Program
The latest rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Program
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / Short Film Program
.mov14 – Kurzfilmfestival für Jugendliche, Cologne, Germany (10th July 2025)
Rauswachsen / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Short Film Program
Strong Hair / Kokutekeleza Musebeni / Short Film Program
Brucker Kulturnacht, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (12th July 2025)
Abyssness / Jakob Arnu, Larissa Dold, Leonie Hecht, Moritz Hoffmann, Maximilian Otto, Theresa Rehe, Jonas Riedinger / HFF Short Film Program
A War I've Never Seen / Fariba Buchheim / HFF Short Film Program
Don't Let Go / Antonia Lindner / HFF Short Film Program
Little Star / Sonja Latussek, Vanessa Ramovic, Elena Rid / HFF Short Film Program
One of you / Amos Ostermeier / HFF Short Film Program
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / HFF Short Film Program
The latest rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / HFF Short Film Program
Waking Up in Silence / Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi / HFF Short Film Program
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / HFF Short Film Program
LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA (16th – 28th July 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker
Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal (17th – 26th July 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Competition
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / My Generation
Durban International Film Festival, Durban, South Africa (17th – 27th July 2025)
Hoda – Mother on hold / Rabelle Erian / Student Competition
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Student Competition
Moosburger Kurzfilmnacht, Germany (19th July – 2nd August 2025)
Abyssness / Jakob Arnu, Larissa Dold, Leonie Hecht, Moritz Hoffmann, Maximilian Otto, Theresa Rehe, Jonas Riedinger / Short Film Competition
Gold Rush / Justina Jürgensen / Short Film Competition
Ipek und Gabi / Anton Augsten / Short Film Competition
Paradiso / Alexandra Kurt / Short Film Competition
Shadow play / Mayra Ebensen, Silvia Loose, Paula Wodniok / Short Film Competition
The Last Path / Dino Birindzic / Short Film Competition
The Latest Rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competition
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / Short Film Competition
Open Eyes Marburg, Germany (24th – 27th July 2025)
Heim weg / Stella Deborah Traub / Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Competition
Cracks / Agnes Pauer / Competition
Upgrade / Lea El Attal / Competition
June
Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany (2nd – 7th June 2025)
A War I've Never Seen / Fariba Buchheim / Short Film Competition
Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg – Mo&Friese, Germany (3rd – 8th June 2025)
Neun Tage im August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition 14+
CinemAmbiente, Turin, Italy (5th – 10th June 2025)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Competition
DeadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, USA (11th – 15th June 2025)
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / It's a Mad, Mad World
Bundesfestival Junger Film, St. Ingbert, Germany (12th – 15th June 2025)
Anxiety Anthem / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Short Film Competition
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Short Film Competition
God Is Grey / Jennifer Drake / Guest Program – Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
How does the Watermelone taste / Zhongzixia Yao / Short Film Competition
Hyperlink Rabbithole / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Junge Piloten – The Most Creative Commercials
Nina Buena / Sophie Lahusen, Trang Vo / Short Film Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
Staub / Sophie Mühe / Short Film Competition
The last rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competition
The Silence of 600 Mio Results / Sophie Lahusen / Short Film Competition
Transit / Anna Maria Ebert / Short Film Competition
Voy / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Short Film Competition
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Short Film Competition
Bundes.Festival.Film Duisburg, Germany (13th – 15th June 2025)
Nine days in August / Ella Knorz / Nomination for the German Youth Film Award
Bergwelten Filmfestival Stans, Switzerland (18th – 22nd June 2025)
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Official Program
Animation Film Festival Munich, Germany (19th – 22nd June 2025)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / Official Program
Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove Valencia, Spain (19th – 28th June 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Short Film Competition
Wendland Shorts, Germany (20th – 22nd June 2025)
Anxiety Anthem / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Competition
God Is Grey / Jennifer Drake / Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Competition
IFF Art Film, Košice, Slovakia (20th – 27th June 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / International Competition of Short Films
FEST – New Directors / New Films, Espinho, Portugal (21st – 29th June 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker / Academic Short Films
Nouvelles Vagues, Biarritz Film Festival, France (24th – 29th June 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Short Film Showcase
NaturVision, Ludwigsburg, Germany (25th – 29th June 2025)
Where We Used To Sleep / Matthäus Wörle / Competition
Film Series “Vergesslich und Versöhnlich” – Films on Dementia Awareness, Dießen, Germany (25th June 2025)
Opi / Eva Gemmer
Filmfest Munich, Germany (25th – 29th June 2025)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / New German Cinema
Show Me the Pain of the World / Marc Steck / CineRebels Competition
Unterwegs im Namen der Kaiserin / Jovana Reisinger / New German Cinema
Rüsselsheimer Filmtage, Germany (27th – 28th June 2025)
Baby-Rennen / David Thibaut, Katharina Schnekenbühl, Diego Oliva Tejeda / Competition
May
Biennale Bavaria - festival of new regional film, Germany (5th - 11th Mai 2025)
Dead Girls Dancing / Anna Roller / Feature Competition
The last rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Newcomer Day
Filmkunstfest Mecklenbrug-Vorpommern, Germany (6th - 11th Mai 2025)
Ipek and Gabi / Anton Augsten / Short Film Competition
DOK.fest Munich, Germany (7th - 18th Mai 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita & Felix Klee / Student Award
Crossing Borders Paris / Emilia Haar, Natalia Mamaj, Elisabeth Plattner, Michael Groß, Carina Bethmann, Nadja Ißler / DOK.special
Mexico, Montreal and more... / Luca-Els Mauritz, Luis Spielmann, Alfredo Rouco, Arturo De Ita, Anna-Maria Dutoit, Louis Dickhaut / DOK.special
Ping Pong Paradise / Jonas Egert / German Comeptition
Spring in Kangiqsualujjuaq / Marie Zrenner / Student Award
The Thought of our Ancestors / Kokutekelekza Musebeni / Student Award
Wegiel Film Festival, Katowice, Poland (7th – 10th May 2025)
Sturm & Drang / Wouter Wirth / Short Film Competition Fiktion
DOK.forum Munich, Germany (9th – 10th May 2025)
Der Rekrut / Hilarija Laura Locmele / DOK.forum Marketplace, Focus Region: The Baltics
ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austria (9th – 15th May 2025)
Under Safe Skies / Duc Huy Luu / ESSA – Ethnocineca Student Shorts Award
Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing, Germany (9th – 10th May 2025)
Lucky Day / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competition
The day after tomorrow / Annie Krause / Short Film Competition
Various Others, Munich, Germany (10th – 11th May 2025)
Kami No Aika / Emilia Haar / Art Exhibition
SHORTS – Trinational Film Festival Hochschule Offenburg, Germany (May 13-16, 2025)
A War I’ve Never Seen / Fariba Buchheim / Documentary
Accidental Animals / Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee / Documentary
Don't Let Go / Antonia Lindner / Short Fiction Film
Homesick / Stella Traub / Documentary
It Would Be a Different Sea / Justina Jürgensen / Documentary
Next Door / Lukas März / Short Fiction Film
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Fiction Film
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / Short Fiction Film
Wat Neuet im Westen / Anna Herrmann, Daya Sieber / Documentary
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski / Animated Film
Under Safe Skies / Duc Huy Luu / Documentary
Int. Filmfestspiele Cannes, France (13th – 24th May 2025)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Semaine de la Critique - Short Film Competition
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Next Generation Short Tiger
America On Screen der Atlantischen Akademie e.V., Kaiserslautern, Germany (18th May 2025)
God's Other Plan / Moritz Müller-Preißer / Competition
Neisse Film Festival, Zittau, Germany (20th – 25th May 2025)
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Short Film Competition
Romford Film Festival, UK (22nd – 27th May 2025)
Sturm & Drang / Wouter Wirth / Short Film Competition
Euroshorts Filmfestival, Germany (27th – 31st May 2025)
Abyssness / Jakob Arnu, Larissa Dold, Leonie Hecht, Moritz Hoffmann, Maximilian Otto, Theresa Rehe, Jonas Riedinger / European Responsibility – Together for a Better Future
Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, Hungary (27th – 31st May 2025)
Echoes from Borderland / Lara Milena Brose / In Competition / Documentaries
Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic (28th May – 3rd June 2025)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Ohmann, Emil Pogolski / International Competition of Student Films Zlín Dog
Friss Hús Budapest ISFF 2025, Hungary (29th May – 4th June 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / German Focus
ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan (29th May – 10th June 2025)
Walud / Daood Alabdula & Louise Zenker / War and the Power to Live
Animation Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania (30th May – 1st June 2025)
Little Star / Elena Rid, Vanessa Ramovic, Sonja Latussek / Children's International Short Film Competition
April
Go Short – Int. Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands (1st - 6th April 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilovic / European Short Film Audience Award 2024/25 (ESFAA)
Endless Day / Anna Frances Ewert / Special Program Reflections: Sleepless Nights
Grimm's nightmare / Andrea Erja, Sophie Lösch / New Arrivals Competition
Mitteldeutsches Kurzsüchtig Short FIlm Festival Leipzig, Germany (2nd - 6th April 2025)
My Father, His Son / Moritz Hoffmann / Competition Fiktion
The day after tomorrow/ Annie Krause / Competition Fiktion
International Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland (2nd - 6th April 2025)
Hoda - Mother on hold / Rabelle Erian / Official Selection
Achtung Berlin, Germany (2nd - 9th April 2025)
Think of Soemthing Beautiful / Thi Mai Trang Vo & Nadja Ißler / Comeptition Made in Berlin-Brandenburg
Positively Different Short Film Festival Athen, Greece (3rd - 6th April 2025)
Fahnenflucht / Emil Ahlhelm & Konradin Schichter
Ipek & Gabi / Anton Augsten
Chicago Latino Film Festival, USA (3rd - 14th April 2025)
Apocalíptica / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Offical Selection
Tutzinger Kulturnacht, Germany (4th April 2025)
Don't Let Go / Antonia Lindner / Short Film Programm
Killing Bagheera / Muschrif Shekh Zeyn / Short Film Programm
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Short Film Programm
Visions du Réel, Switzerland (4th - 13th April 2025)
ELYSIAN FIELDS / Anna Dutoit / Short Film
Filmfest Dresden, Germany (8th - 13th April 2025)
Altering Ego / Caspar Wallrabe / Mitteldeutscher Wettbewerb
Social Club / Sophie Mühe / Mitteldeutscher Wettbewerb
The Thoughts of Our Ancestors / Kokutekeleza Musebeni / Short Film
Under safe skies / Duc Huy Luu / Special Progarm Section
Independent Days / 14th International Film Festival Karlsruhe, Germany (9th - 13th April 2025)
The Thoughts of Our Ancestors / Kokutekeleza Musebeni / Short Film
Hollywood Arab Filmfestival, USA (9th - 13th April 2025)
Hoda - Mother on hold / Rabelle Erian / Short Film Comeptition
Im Kasten Short Film Festival Lüneburg, Germany (9th - 13th April 2025)
The latest rumor / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / University Competition
San Francisco International Film Festival, USA (17th - 27th April 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Shorts Under Precarious Circumstances
Int. Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte Postdam, Germany (23th - 27th April 2025)
Future is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Next Generation Short TIger
Voy / Kilian Amrando Friedrich / Main Programm - Competition
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / Main Programm - Competition
Where we used to sleep / Mathhäus Wörle / Main Programm - Competition
Grenzland Filmtage Selb/Aš, Germany (24th - 27th April 2025)
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Competition
Ipek and Gabi / Anton Augsten / Competition
Raum / Felicia Sippach / Competition
Shadow play / Mayra Ebensen, Silvia Loose, Paula Wodniok / Competition
Storm & Stress / Wouter Wirth / Competition
FiSH Filmfestival Rostock, Germany (24th. - 27th April 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Competition Young Part
International Football Film Festival Berlin | 11mm, Germany (24th - 28th April 2025)
Vanilla Sky Habibi / Marie Zrenner
Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (24th April - 3rd Mai 2025)
Future is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Next Generation Competition
International Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt (27th April 2025)
Walud / Lousie Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / International Comeptition
Crossing Europe, Austria (29th April - 4th Mai Mai 2025)
Echoes from Boderland / Lara Milena Brose / Competition Documentary
March
Tampere Film Festival, Finnland (5th - 9th March 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / European Short FIlm Audience Award 2024/25
Athena Film Festival, USA (6th - 9th March 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Shorts
Filmtage Freidrichshafen, Germany (6th - 10th March 2025)
Echoes from Broderland / Lara Milena Brose / Competition Now or Never
Lass nicht los / Antonia Linder / Competition Now or Never
Big Shoulders Student Film Festival Chicago, USA (7th - 8th March 2025)
Woodland / Vanessa Church, Jim Obmann & Emil Pogolski / Animation Competition
kontrast Filmfest, Germany (7th - 9th March 2025)
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein / Competition
Filmfestival Türkei, Germany (7h - 16th March 2026)
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Short film competition
Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy (08th - 16th March 2025)
Waking Up In Silence, Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Europe; Now! - The Best of CILECT Prize
Biberacher Filmfestspiele - Long Film Night, Germany (12th March 2025)
Little Wieners / Vincent Jost / Long Film Night
Zawya Shorts, Egypt (12th - 26th March 2025)
Hoda - mother on hold / Rabelle Ramez / Competition Screenings
Flimmern und Rauschen Youth Film Festival, Germany (13th - 15th March 2025)
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda
Little Wieners / Vincent Jost / Short Film Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
The beginner / Ivan Dubrovin
The latest rumour/ Bernhard Wohlfahrter / Short Film Competition
Short Waves Festival, Poland (14th - 15th March 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / European Short FIlm Audience Award 2024/25
Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (18th - 24th March 2025)
Abyssness / Jakob Arnu, Larissa Dold, Leonie Hecht, Moritz Hoffmann, Maximilian Otto, Theresa Rehe, Jonas Riedinger / D-A-CH Competition
Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red / Elisabeth Wilke, Nina Moog / DOC Blocks
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / D-A-CH Competition
Gold Rush / Justina Jürgensen / DaHome Competition
Home Sick / Stella Deborah Traub / DOC Blocks
House of Cars / Michael Groß, Sebastian Eggerbauer / DOC Blocks
My Father’s Son/ Moritz Hoffmann / D-A-CH Competition
Shadow play / Paula Wodniok, Mayra Ebensen, Silvia Loose / Shorts for Kids
The latest rumour / Bernhard Wohlfahrter / D-A-CH Competition
Upgrade / Lea El Attal / DOC Blocks
Rencontres du cinéma européen, France (19th - 25th March 2025)
Future Is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Court Métrag
Nonfiktionale - Festival des dokumentarischen Films Bad Aibling, Germany (20th - 26th March 2025)
Miteinander Reden / Indira Geisel / Competition
Nacht Grenze Morgen / Tuna Kaptan & Felicitas Sonvilla / Competition
Nadelstiche / Jonas Neumann / Competition
Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany (20th - 30th March 2025)
A War I've Never Seen / Fariba Buchheim / German Competition
Accidental Animals / Leila Keita, Felix Klee / German Competition
Vanilla Sky Habibi / Marie Zrenner / German Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Abortion Special
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker / German Competition
Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille, France (20th - 30th March 2025)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
Bunter Hund Interantional Short Film Festival Munich, Germany (27th - 30th March 2025)
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein / Short film Competition
TakeOne Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria (27th - 30th March 2025)
The Cat Couldn't Care Less / Felix Friedlein
Festival Européan du Court Métrage de Bordeaux, France (27th -28th March 2025)
Future is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn
February
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (31st Jan - 7th February 2025)
Accidental Animals / Leila Keita, Felix Klee / Soirée Allemande
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / International Competition | Soirée Allemande
Walud / Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker / International Competition
Annual Pan African Film + Arts Festival, USA (4th - 7th February 2025)
The Thoughts of our Ancestors / Kokutekeleza Musebeni / Short Film Section, Ja’Net Dubois Festival Award
The Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival, India (6th - 9th February 2025)
Where We Used To Sleep / Matthäus Wörle / Documentary Competition, Fipresci Award
TaxiFilmFest Berlin, Germany (13th - 22nd February 2025)
Ruins / Daya Lavine Sieber & Anna Herrmann / Bester Documentary
ENCOURAGE Film Talents, Germany (17th - 18th Feburary 2025)
One of You / Amos Ostermeier
Furture is Panorama / Muschirf Shekh Zeyn
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz
Under safe skies / Duc Huy Luu
Pendance Film Festival, Canada (27th February- 3rd March 2025)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / Short Film Competition
January
Ökofilmtour Brandenburg, Germany (10th - 09. January 2025)
Arthrocalypse / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Competition
Premiers Plans Film Festival, Angers, France (18th - 26th January 2025)
I See Them Bloom / Mykyta Gibalenko / Student Film Competition
Accidential Animals / Leila Keita, Felix Klee / Diagonales Competition
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany (20th - 26th January 2025)
Anxiety Anthem / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Short Film Competition
God Is Grey / Jennifer Drake / BEST SHORT FILM
God's Other Plan / Moritz Müller-Preißer / Documentary Film Competition
Gold Rush / Justina Jürgensen / Short Film Competition
Mensch ärgere dich / Franziska Brozio / Documentary Film Competition
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
Scham / Lukas Röder / PRIZE OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Vanilla Sky Habibi / Marie Zrenner / Discourses
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (20th - 26th January 2025)
Do you see what i see? / Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker / Franconian Film Award
The Last Path / Dino Birindzic / Short Film Competition
FIPADOC – New Talent, Biarritz, France (24th January - 2nd February 2025)
Echoes From Borderland / Lara Milena Brose
The Silence of 600 Million Results / Sophie Lahusen / New Talent Competition
Voy / Kilian Armando Friedrich / New Talent Competition
Snowdance Independent Film Festival Essen, Germany (29th January - 2nd February 2025)
Death Code X / Alexander Löwen
International Film Weekend Würzburg, Germany (30th January - 2nd February 2025)
Don't let go / Antonia Lindner / Short Film Competition