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GERMAN FILMS IN ROTTERDAM 2025

TIGER COMPETITION

© Elemag Pictures

IM HAUS MEINER ELTERN

by Tim Ellrich 

Fiction Feature, 95'

2025, Germany

Production: Elemag Pictures, Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion, Coronado Film

Sales: Coronado Film

BIG SCREEN COMPETITION

© Albert Oehlen, Nestor Celaya

BAD PAINTER

by Albert Oehlen 

Fiction Feature, 80'

2025, Germany/ USA

Production & Sales: BAD PAINTER Inc.

BRIGHT FUTURE

© Amerikafilm

RED STARS UPON THE FIELD

by Laura Laabs 

Fiction Feature, 133'

2025, Germany

Production: Amerikafilm

Sales: The Playmaker Munich

© Neue Filmzeit

THE SHIPWRECKED TRIPTYCH

by Deniz Eroglu

Fiction Feature, 90'

2025, Germany/ Netherlands/ Denmark

Production & Sales: neuzeit Filmagentur

HARBOUR

© Victoria Media Kft.

THE INVESTIGATION

by RP Kahl

Fiction Feature, 240'

2024, Germany 

Production: Film & Mischwaren

Sales: Victoria Media Kft.

© Indie Sales

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

by Scandar Copti

Fiction Feature, 121’

2024, Germany/ Palestine/ France/ Italy 

Production: Red Balloon Film

Sales: Indie Sales

© Kairos Film

PRIMITIVE DIVERSITY

by Alexander Kluge 

Fiction Feature, 80'

2025, Germany

Production: Kairos Film

Sales: Rapid Eye Movies 

© Fünferfilm

STRANDZHA

by Pepa Hristova

Documentary, 95'

2025, Germany/ Bulgaria

Prodcution & Sales: Fünferfilm

© The Glass Prince Productions

THE NEW JEWS

by Amir Steklov

Documentary, 80'

2025, Germany

Production & Sales: The Glass Prince Productions

© Madonnenwerk

THE NIGHT IS DARK AND COLDER THAN THE DAY 

by Christina Friedrich

Fiction Feature, 83'

2025, Germany

Production & Sales: Madonnenwerk

© Films Boutique

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

by Mohammad Rasoulof

Fiction Feature, 167’

2024, Germany/ France/ Iran

Production: Run Way Pictures

Sales: Films Boutique

LIMELIGHT

© UCM.One

ROCK ’N’ ROLL RINGO

by Dominik Galizia 

Fiction Feature, 100'

2024, Germany

Production: Mutter & Vater Productions

Sales: UCM.One

© FilmNation Entertainment

MARIA

by Pablo Larraín 

Fiction Feature, 123'

2024, Germany/ Italy/ USA

Production: Komplizen Film

Sales: FilmNation Entertainment

© BerghausWöbke

SEPTEMBER 5

by Tim Fehlbaum

Fiction Feature, 90'

2024, Germany

Production: BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Constantin Film, Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion

Sales: Paramount Pictures

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

© Rosen Pictures

LES RITES DE PASSAGE

by Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell

Short, 14'

2025, Germany

Production & Sales: Rosen Pictures

FURTHER GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS


BRIGHT FUTURE

THE FLYING MEATBALL MAKER by Rezan Yeşilbaş (TR/BG/DE, Bredok Film Production) 

THE VISUAL FEMINIST MANIFESTO by Farida Baqi (SY/LB/DE/SE/NL, Amard Bird Films)

HARBOUR

AN UNFINISHED FILM by Lou Ye (SG/DE, Essential Filmproduktion)

BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu (IT/DE, Tama Filmproduktion)

ENDLESS by Wojciech Pus (PL/DE)

GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet (FR/BL/DE, NiKo Film)

LUNA ROSA: THE SEVENTH ASCENSION OF ATABEY (LUNA ROSA: LA 7A ASCENSIÓN DE ATABEY by Omar Rodríguez-López (PR/MX/DE)

PAST IS PRESENT by Shaheen Dill-Riaz (BD/DE, MATCH FRAME)

SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS by Quay Brothers (UK/PL/DE, MFP)

SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed (IR/UK/DE, MFP)

LIMELIGHT

FABULA by Michiel ten Horn (NL/BE/DE, 2Pilots)

ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, Simon Jaquemet (CH/DE/NL/PH, unafilm)

SPECIALS

RUMOURS by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson (CA/DE, Maze Pictures)

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

BABY BLUE BENZO by Sara Cwynar (US/DE)

I WAN’NA BE LIKE YOU by Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen (NL/FR/BEL/UK/DE)

SHORT & MID-LENGTH

A THOUSAND WAVES AWAY by Helena Wittmann

GERHARD by Ulu Braun

BAHAR BISS by Franziska von Stenglin (MT/DE)

MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER by Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar (EG/DE/FR, Milkman Films)

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG by Zhou Hao (DE/US, Mala Productions)

MARSHAL ALLEN, 99, ASTRONAUT by Ari Benjamin Meyers (IT/US/DE, Fluentum)

CINEMA REGAINED

ORANGEMOND by Gabriele Denecke (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

OYOYO by Chetna Vora (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

REMINISCENE OF A MOVIEGOER (ERZÄHLUNGEN EINES KINOGEHERS) by Christiane Büchner (Büchner Filmproduktion)

UNTITLED (DOCUMENT NO. 1)(HELMUT WALDEMAR / WINCHESTER BANZ) (O.T. (DOKUMENT NR. 1) (HELMUT WALDEMAR / WINCHESTER BANZ)) by Jürgen Heiter

FOCUS: KATJA RAGANELLI

ALICE GUY BLACHÉ – HOMMAGE AN DIE ERSTE FILMEMACHERIN DER WELT by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

ANNOT – PORTRAIT EINER MALERIN UND PAZIFISTIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

DAS GEHEIMNIS DER MARQUISE by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DAS ORNAMENT DES VERLIEBTEN HERZENS by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DIE FRAUEN SIND AUF NATÜRLICHE WEISE SCHÖPFERISCH by Agnès Varda (Diorama Film)

DIE JAGD NACH DEM GLÜCK by Lotte Reiniger (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

DIE LIEBE IST EIN MYTHOS by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

GROTESKEN IM SCHNEE by Lotte Reiniger, Alex Strasser (Agentur für Primrose Film Productions)

JOAN TEWKESBURY by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

LOTTE REINIGER – HOMMAGE AN DIE ERFINDERIN DES SILHOUETTEN FILMS by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

MARGERY WILSON – VOM STUMMFILMSTAR HOLLYWOODS ZUR FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

MÁRTA MÉSZÁROS – PORTRAIT EINER UNGARISCHEN FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

NICHT MANN, NICHT FRAU, NUR RABE by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

VALIE EXPORT – PORTRAIT EINER FILMREGISSEURIN by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

VIELLEICHT BIN ICH WIRKLICH EINE ZAUBERIN – FILMREGISSEURIN MAI ZETTERLING UND IHRE FILME by Katja Raganelli (Diorama Film)

FOCUS: HOLD VIDEO IN YOUR HANDS

FRAUEN IN BERLIN by Chetna Vora (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam Konrad Wolf)

VIDEO NASTY by Christopher Smith, Megan K. Fox (UK/IR/DE)

FOCUS: SERGII MASLOBOISHCHYKOV

INVASION by Sergii Masloboishchykov (UA/DE, DW Academie)

JOSEPHINE THE SINGER AND THE MICE PEOPLE by Sergii Masloboishchykov (UA/DE, Innova Film)

EDUCATION

ZEBRA by Julia Ocker (studio film bilder)

GERMAN FILMS CONTACTS IN ROTTERDAM

Simone Baumann, Managing Director

Sylva Häutle, Head of Festival Relations & Producers Liaison



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