27/09/2025 | Saturday

Moderation:Paula Essam  Panelists:Katharina Huber, Acker Film Jacqueline Jansen, Filmweh Mariana Schneider, Hessen Film & Medien Jennifer Stahl, Produktionsallianz Campus The German film funding landscape is in a state of flux. At the same time, the number of filmmakers who are intensively involved in the art of film is growing. But one central problem remains: There is not enough…

In the masterclass for up-and-coming filmmakers in the region, the managing directors of Cologne-based production company filmfaust GmbH, director and author Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay and producer Claus Herzog-Reichel, will talk openly about their first steps, stumbling blocks and new paths in the film business. They will also discuss how to think differently about films, how…

And what about us? (D 2025) // when i bleed (D 2024) // This is not a character, this is betrayal (D 2024) // About Happy Hippos and Sad Peacocks (D 2024)

In the Kulturrucksack workshop led by Maja Pilati and Jana Nestler, children and young people aged 10 to 14 developed and realised their own film idea during the summer holidays.

Terradread (D 2025) // Female Walk (D 2024) // Mosaic (D 2024) // Petrichor (D 2025) // Father and Jaust (D 2024)

On the penultimate evening of the festival, the winners will be chosen in three competitions and prize money totalling 11,500 euros will be awarded. Following the ceremony, the winning films films of the European Short Film Competition will be screened again after the ceremony.

The new film by Koen Mortier, director of “Ex Drummer”: A dive into the human abyss and the unresolved trauma of a destroyed childhood, merciless, disturbing and played with incredible intensity by Thibaud Dooms. (Flemish with English subtitles)