July
Musikfilmtage Oberaudorf, Germany (July 7th–12th, 2026)
AG Schmierschriften / John Henry Könemann / HFF Short Film Program
It's Always About Species Preservation / Eva Gemmer / HFF Short Film Program
Red Socks / Otto Kronschwitz / HFF Short Film Program
Swan Lake / Stella Deborah Traub / HFF Short Film Program
Walud / Louise Zenker & Daood Alabdulaa / HFF Short Film Program
Moabinale, Berlin, Germany (July 11th, 2026)
But I Never Asked / Nicole Húminski / Open Air
AG Schmierschriften / John Henry Könemann / Open Air
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy (July 17th–25th, 2026)
Two Minutes / Yael van Altena, Natalia Brezwan / Short Film Competition
Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal (July 17th–26th, 2026)
Everything Rests on Her and Is the World / Annie Krause / My Generation Section
June
Kinofest Lünen, Germany (1st–8th June 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Lünia Competition
Dortmunder Tresen Filmfestival, Germany (1st–5th June 2026)
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda
Engine of Love / Mira-Belle Rose Bryld
Gottlos / Martina Chamrad
Igitte Sisters / Marvin Krause
Positive Gymnastik / Anna Shcherbova
Schwanensee / Stella Deborah Traub
Spielhalle / Piet Grünberg
Tandem / Rafael Kousz
Täubchen / Tünde Sautier
TIFFI Innsbruck, Austria (2nd–5th June 2026)
All that we say to each other / Anton Augsten & Lea El Attal / Volksbank Short Film Competition
Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Mo&Friese, Germany (2nd–7th June 2026)
Plastic Flowers / Ella Knorz / Neon / 14+ Competition
Sofia Pride Film Fest, Bulgaria (2nd–12th June 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari
Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany (3rd–10th June 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / New German Films
Tandem / Rafael Kousz / Short Film Award for Films up to 15 Min.
Docudays, Kyiv, Ukraine (5th–12th June 2026)
Voy / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Doc4Teens
Best of Filmstadt München: Kurzfilmprogramm, Germany (5th June 2026)
Haeberli / Moritz Müller-Preißer / presented by DOK.fest
God Is Grey / Jennifer Drake / presented by QFFM
Goldene Spatz, Germany (7th–13th June 2026)
Engine of Love / Mira-Belle Rose Bryld / Youth Film Competition
Bundesfestival Junger Film, St. Ingbert, Germany (11th–14th June 2026)
Magos Punks / Luca Elia Mauritz, Lula Spielmann / Short Film Competition
Engine of Love / Mira-Belle Rose Bryld / Short Film Competition
Shanghai International Film Festival, China (12th–21st June 2026)
The Matchmaker / Sophia Küstenmacher / Short Film Competition
QFest St. Louis, USA (12th–21st June 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Hi Pointe
Cinema Jove Festival, Spain (18th–27th June 2026)
Woodland / Jim Obmann, Emil Pogojski, Vanessa Chu / Cinema Jove Kids
Wendland Shorts, Germany (19th–21st June 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Shorts
Nur Du und Ich / Leo van Kann, Marie Zrenner / Shorts
Vacazione / Marie Wold / Shorts
Aigio International Short Film Festival "Theodoros Angelopoulos", Greece (21st - 28th Juni 2026)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Documentary Competition
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA (23rd–29th June 2026)
Plastic Flowers / Ella Knorz / Live Action Competition
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (23rd–30th June 2026)
Engine of Love / Mira-Belle Rose Bryld / Competition
Filmfest Munich, Germany (26th June–5th July 2026)
Erinnerungen eines Waldes / Katharina Rabl / New German Cinema
Brucker Kulturnacht, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (27th June 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Blibsi und Freund*innen machen ein Festlandabenteuer / Mori Möhwald / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Boubacar / Iveta Urozhaeva / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Engine of Love / Mirabelle Bryld / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
No One's Light / Michael Powers, Christoph Schmidt, Julia Zenk / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Roadkill / Louis Gering / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Schwanensee / Stella Deborah Traub / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
Voy / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Short Film Night with HFF Films at Lichtspielhaus
May
Filmkunstfest MV, Germany (5th–10th May 2026)
Walzer Allein / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Night
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Feature Film Competition
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Documentary Film Competition
Fusion Festival, Germany (6th–29th May 2026)
Walzer allein / Felix Friedlein
DOK.fest München, Germany (6th–16th May 2026)
Azulejos anonimos / Dominik Bares, Sarah Beck / Special: Crossing Borders Lisbon & Punto de Vista Mexico
Driving Europe / Felix Länge / DOK.deutsch Competition
Quase como voar / Meret Klenast, Kilian Armando Friedrich / Special: Crossing Borders Lisbon & Punto de Vista Mexico
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Student Award
Sonho distante / Leonie Höck, Lukas Mutschler / Special: Crossing Borders Lisbon & Punto de Vista Mexico
When Pigs Fly / Denise Riedmayr / DOK.deutsch Competition
Festival de Cannes - Semaine de la Critique, France (13th–21st May 2026)
Vaterland oder ein Bulle namens Yanto / Berthold Wahjudi
dokKa - Dokumentarfilmfestival Karlsruhe, Germany (13th–17th May 2026)
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Official Programme
When Pigs Fly / Denise Riedmayr / Official Programme
Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing, Germany (15th–16th May 2026)
About damn boys / Emelie Furthmüller, Duc Huy Luu / Competition
Blonde Haare, blaues Auge / Duc Huy Luu / Competition
Positive Gymnastik / Anna Shcherbova / Competition
Arbeits-Film-Festival Wien, Austria (18th–22nd May 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Official Programme
Open Ohr Festivals, Germany (22nd–25th May 2026)
Walzer allein / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
Neisse Film Festival, Germany (26th–31st May 2026)
Rote Socken / Otto Kronschwitz / Special Programme Regionalia
Mecal Pro Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain (21st–31st May 2026)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / International Competition
Diaspora Film Festival, Incheon, South Korea (22nd–26th May 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Diaspora Shorts
Vienna Shorts, Austria (25th–31st May 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Current Comments – Perspectives from Ukraine
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, USA (27th - 20th Mai 2026)
Vanished Past / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Canadian Short Films for Late at Night
Festival Cinemambiente, Turin, Italien (27th - 6th Juni 2026)
Vanished Past / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Short Film Competition
April
Hong Kong International Film Festival, China (1st–12th April 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Young Cinema Competition
Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage, Germany (4th April 2026)
Roadkill / Louis Gering / "Die langen Kurzen"
TakeOne Filmfestival, Innsbruck, Austria (6th April 2026)
Festlandpiraten / Katharina Irmscher & Sandra Katzlmayr / Short Film Competition
Walzer Allein / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
Go Short Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands (7th–12th April 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhuktenko / International Highlights
Kurzsüchtig Leipzig, Germany (8th–12th April 2026)
Hanteln für Heten / Laura Schinzel / Fiction Competition
Was wir nur einander sagen / Anton Augsten & Lea El Attal / Documentary Competition
Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage, Germany (9th–12th April 2026)
Fragments / Derin Eremoglu / Documentary Film
Brussels Environment, Belgium (10th April 2026)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann, Emil Pogojski / Programme Eco Teens
Riga International Short Film Festival, Latvia (10th–16th April 2026)
But I Never Asked / Nicole Huminski / International Short Film Competition
Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (BFFB), Italy (10th–19th April 2026)
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / RealeNonReale
Som Doma / Luca-Elia Mauritz, Lukas Mutschler / Minor Languages Doc
Filmfest Dresden, Germany (13th–18th April 2026)
Alles liegt auf ihr und ist die Welt / Annie Krause / Central German Competition
Achtung Berlin, Germany (15th–22nd April 2026)
Taste Of Salt / Raad al Kour
Film O'Clock International Festival, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, South Africa (16th–19th April 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Short Film Competition
SHORTS – Trinationales Filmfestival Hochschule Offenburg, Germany (21st–24th April 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / Short Fiction Film Competition
Engine Of Love / Mira-Belle Bryld / Short Fiction Film Competition
No Pressure Healing / Linus Land / Short Fiction Film Competition
Like Other People / Luisa Nölke, Leo Cshyshvashvili / Short Fiction Film Competition
Roadkill / Louis Gering / Medium-length Film Competition
Was wir nur einander sagen / Anton Augsten, Lea El Attal / Documentary Film Competition
Int. Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam, Germany (22nd–26th April 2026)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Best Documentary Film
Grimm’s Nightmare / Andrea Erja, Sophie Lösch / Best Documentary Film
Magos Punks / Luca-Elia Mauritz, Lula Spielmann / Focus: Social Impact Film
Tandem / Rafael Karim Kousz / Focus: Social Impact Film
Was wir nur einander sagen / Anton Augsten & Lea El Attal / Focus: Social Impact Film
Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund und Köln, Germany (22nd–26th April 2026)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Programme for Children and Youth
FISH Filmfestival Rostock, Germany (23rd–26th April 2026)
Blonde Haare, blaue Augen / Duc Huy Luu / Young Film Competition
Bilbi + Freund:innen machen ein Festlandabenteuer / Mori Möhwald / Young Film Competition
No Pressure Healing / Linus Land / Young Film Competition
Positive Gymnastik / Anna Shcherbova / Young Film Competition
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt, Germany (25th April–3rd May 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Future of German Film
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Future of German Film
Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz, Austria (28th April–3rd May 2026)
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Competition Documentary
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Competition Documentary
Geelong Pride Film Festival, Australia (30th April–10th May 2026)
Selma / Christina Schmid / Official Selection
March
International Independent Film Festival of Athens, Greece (1st–9th March 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhuktenko
International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA, Poland (2nd–8th March 2026)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / Short Documentary Film Competition
Two Short Nights Film Festival, Exeter Phoenix, United Kingdom (5th–6th March 2026)
Spargel tot, Kirschen rot / Elisabeth Wilke & Nina Moog / SHORTS 6: Documentary Presents
Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (7th–23rd March 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhuktenko / International Competition – Shorts
Nonfiktionale – Festival of Documentary Films, Bad Aibling, Germany (12th–15th March 2026)
Hoamweh Lung / Felix Klee
Oro Blanco / Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez
Whale Power / Felix Klee
Where We Used To Swim / Daniel Asadi Faezi
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (5th–15th March 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhuktenko / German Competition
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / German Competition
Grimm's Nightmare / Andrea Erja & Sophie Lösch / Special Programme: DemoCrazy
Igitte Sisters / Marvin Krause / Special Programme: DemoCrazy
Transit / Anna Maria Ebert / Impulse
One of you / Amos Ostermeier / Impulse
White Castle / Sophie Mühe / A Single Life
Aralkum / Mila Zhuktenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi / Retrospective
Approaching Truckdrivers / Daniel Asadi Faezi / Retrospective
I Love My Hairlegs / Camille Tricaud, Charlotte Funke & Mila Zhuktenko / Retrospective
Observation of Hawks in the Sky / Daniel Asadi Faezi / Retrospective
Opera Glasses / Mila Zhuktenko / Retrospective
Waking Up in Silence / Mila Zhuktenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi / Retrospective
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany (11th–16th March 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Documentary Competition & Queer Shorts Special
AG Schmierenschriften / John Henry Könemann / Opening Gala, Documentary Competition & Crime Special
Blonde Haare, blaues Auge / Duc Huy Luu / DaHome Competition
Critical Condition / Mila Zhuktenko / International Competition
Daphne / Agnes Pauer / DACH Competition
Das Gewicht von Steinen / Saskia Kessler / Documentary Competition
Fine / Sarah Daisy Ellersdörfer / DACH Competition
Godless / Martina Chamrad / DACH Competition
Grimm's Nightmare / Andrea Erja & Sophie Lösch / Documentary Competition
Im Grünen / Leonie Höck / Local Competition
No Pressure Healing / Linua Land / DACH Competition & Queer Shorts Special
Nur Du und Ich / Leo van Kann & Marie Zenner / DACH Competition
Roadkill / Louis Gering / DACH Competition
Tandem / Rafael Kousz / Local Competition
Täubchen / Tünde Sautier / Local Competition
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann & Emil Pogolski / Shorts for Kids
Zu groß für später / Vincent Jost / Shorts for Kids
Jetzt oder nie – Filmtage Friedrichshafen, Germany (12th–16th March 2026)
Grimm's Nightmare / Andrea Erja & Sophie Lösch / Special Programme
KINO Athens, Greece (12th-22nd March 2026)
Critical Condition / Mila Zhluktenko / International Competition
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / National Competition
Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (17th–21st March 2026)
Bubbles / Sebastian Husak / Medium-Length Film Competition (Out of Competition)
Positively Different Short Film Festival, Greece (18th–22nd March 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Documentary Film
Let's Doc, Warsaw, Poland (22nd–29th March 2026)
Bro gotta go / Stella Deborah Traub / International Competition
Flimmern und Rauschen Youth Film Festival, Germany (26th–28th March 2026)
Walz Alone / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Competition
February
Kurzfilmnacht Ilmenau, Germany (6th–7th February 2026)
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Programme
TakeOne Filmfestival, Innsbruck, Austria (6th February 2026)
Festlandpiraten / Katharina Irmscher & Sandra Maria Irmscher / Short Film Programme
Walz Alone / Felix Friedlein / Short Film Programme
Kurzfilmabend Tutzing, Germany (7th February 2026)
Ademi / Zhamilya Sakhari / Short Film Programme
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany (12th–22nd February 2026)
I Understand Your Displeasure / Kilian Armando Friedrich / Panorama
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party / Daniela Magnani Hüller / Forum
Anima – The Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium (20th February–1st March 2026)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann & Emil Pogolski
January
Allgäuer Filmfestival, Heimenkirch, Germany (17th–18th January 2026)
Storm & Drang / Wouter Wirth / Climbing Film Programme
Premiers Plans Film Festival, Angers, France (18th–26th January 2026)
Woodland / Vanessa Chu, Jim Obmann & Emil Pogolski / Student Film Competition
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany (19th–25th January 2026)
Don Juicy / Diego Oliva Tejeda / Guest Programme – German Federal Festival of Young Film
Everytime I Look at You / Antonia Lindner / Short Film Competition
Hanteln für Heten / Laura Schinzel / Short Film Competition
Run Me Wild / Catharina Lott / Feature Film Competition
Schwanensee / Stella Deborah Traub / Discourse Programme
Walud / Daood Alabdula & Louise Zenker / Guest Programme – German Federal Festival of Young Film
FIPADOC – New Talent, Biarritz, France (23rd January–1st February 2026)
Elysian Fields / Anna-Maria Dutoit / New Talent Competition
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (26th January–8th February 2026)
Blonde Haare, blaues Auge / Duc Huy Luu / Late Night Programme
Catsitter / Lukas Becker / Cat Content
Das Gewicht von Steinen / Saskia Kessler / Franconian Film Award
Nine Days in August / Ella Knorz / Short Film Competition
One of you / Amos Ostermeier / Short Film Competition
Roadkill / Louis Gering / Short Film Competition
Spargel tot, Kirschen rot / Nina Moog & Elisabeth Wilke / Documentary Film Competition
Überwindung / Sabrina Marzell / Documentary Film Competition
Zazie Kino Halle – Wiederblick Film Club, Germany (28th January 2026)
A War I've Never Seen / Fariba Buchheim
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany (29th January–1st February 2026)
Blonde Haare, blaues Auge / Duc Huy Luu / Short Film Competition
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (30th January–7th February 2026)
Balkan, Baby / Boris Gavrilović / European Short Film Audience Awards