GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Competition
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (WAS MARIELLE WEISS) by Frédéric Hambalek (Walker+Worm, Frédéric Hambalek Produktion)
YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin (DE/CA/PS/IT/QA/JO, Red Balloon Film)
MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder (AT/CH/DE, Match Factory Productions)
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadžihalilović (FR/DE, Sutor Kolonko)
Perspectives
PUNCHING THE WORLD (MIT DER FAUST IN DIE WELT SCHLAGEN) by Constanze Klaue (Chromosom Film, Flare Film)
THE SETTLEMENT by Mohamed Rashad (EG/FR/DE/QA/SA)
Berlinale Special Gala
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster (Augenschein Filmproduktion)
KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk (DE/PL/BL, One Two Films)
THE LIGHT (DAS LICHT) by Tom Tykwer (DE/FR, X Filme Creative Pool, Gretchenfilm, B.A. Filmproduktion) – OPENING FILM
LATE SHIFT (HELDIN) by Petra Volpe (CH/DE)
Berlinale Special
ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Jeremiah Moses (FR/LS/DE/SA/QA, Seera Films)
DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK by Marcin Wierzchowski (milk&water, Strandfilm)
NO BEAST. SO FIERCE (KEIN TIER. SO WILD) by Burhan Qurbani (DE/FR/PL, Sommerhaus Filmproduktion)
LEIBNIZ by Edgar Reitz (if…productions, Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Panorama
DELICIOUS by Nele Mueller-Stöfen (Komplizen Film)
HYSTERIA by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (filmfaust)
LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET (LISTY Z WILCZEJ) by Arjun Talwar (PL/DE, inselfilm production)
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (DIE AFFÄRE CUM-EX) by Jan Schomburg, Dustin Loose, Kaspar Munk (DE/DN/AT, X Filme Creative Pool)
PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs (US/DE, One Two Films)
THE GOOD SISTER (SCHWESTERHERZ) by Sarah Miro Fischer (DE/ES, DFFB, Arkanum Pictures)
WELCOME HOME BABY by Andreas Prochaska (AT/DE, Senator Film Produktion)
ZIKADEN by Ina Weisse (DE/FR, Lupa Film)
Panorama Dokumente
BAJOS LAS BANDERAS, EL SOL (UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN) by Juanjo Pereira (PY/AR/US/FR/DE)
KHARTOUM by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox (SD/UK/DE/QA)
THE MOELLN LETTERS (DIE MÖLLNER BRIEFE) by Martina Priessner (inselfilm produktion)
LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET (LISTY Z WILCZEJ) by Arjun Talwar (PL/DE)
MONK IN PIECES by Billy Shebar (US/DE/FR)
ICH WILL ALLES. HILDEGARD KNEF. by Luzia Schmid (zero one film)
Generation Kplus
ZIRKUSKIND by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke (Flare Film)
Generation 14plus
PATERNAL LEAVE by Alissa Jung (DE/IT, MFP)
Berlinale Shorts
IN RETROSPECT (RÜCKBLICKEND BETRACHTET) by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
PREKID VATRE (CEASEFIRE) by Jakob Krese (DE/IT/SI, Majmun Films)
Berlinale Shorts Sonderprogramm
THREE STONES FOR JEAN GENET by Frieder Schlaich (Filmgalerie 451)
Forum
BATIM by Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum (IL/DE, Zwillingfilm)
MINIMALS IN A TITANIC WOLRD by Mbabazi Sharangabo Philbert Aimé (RW/DE/CM, Chromosom Film)
PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT (PALLIATIVSTATION) by Philipp Döring
SIRENS CALL by Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann (DE/NL, filmfaust)
THE KISS OF THE GRASSHOPPER (DER KUSS DES GRASHÜPFERS) by Elmar Imanov (DE/LX/IT, Color of May)
2024 (2023) by Stefan Hayn
JANINE ZIEHT AUFS LAND by Jan Eilhardt (Eilhardt Productions)
WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA by EVA Neymann (DE/UA, Blue Monticola Film)
Forum Special
FRUIT FARM (GUOCHANG) by Nana Xu (DE/CN)
IRACEMA (IRACEMA, UMA TRANSA AMAZÔNICA) by Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna (BR/DE)
THE LIE (DAS FALSCHE WORT) by Katrin Seibold (Karin Seybold Film)
Forum Expanded
ALTERNATIVE MONUMENT FOR GERMANY (ALTERNATIVES DENKMAL FÜR DEUTSCHLAND) by Alternative Monument
J-N-N by Ginan Seidl
MIRACULOUS ACCIDENT by Assaf Gruber (DE/AT, CaSk Films)
RAPTURE by Alisa Berger (FR/DE, FORTIS FEM FILM)
SINKING SUNS by Neda Saeedi (AT/DE)
STARS by STARS Collective (UK/DE)
Retroperspektive
BLOODY FRIDAY (BLUTIGER FREITAG) by Ralf Olsen (DE/IT)
CARNATIONS IN ASPIC (NELKEN IN ASPIK) by Günter Reisch
DEADLOCK by Roland Klick
DON’T CHEAT, DARLING! (NICHT SCHUMMELN, LIEBLING!) by Joachim Hasler
HAT OFF, WHEN YOU KISS! (HUT AB, WENN DU KÜSST!) by Rolf Losansky
JONATHAN by Hans W. Geißendörfer
LADY DRACULA by Franz Josef Gottlieb
ONE OR THE OTHER OF US (EINER VON UNS BEIDEN) by Wolfgang Petersen
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD (ORPHEUS IN DER UNTERWELT) by Horst Bonnet
OUTPUT by Michael Fengler
ROCKER by Klaus Lemke
SPARE PARTS (FLEISCH) by Rainer Erler
STRANGE CITY (FREMDE STADT) by Rudolf Thome
TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES (ZÄRTLICHKEIT DER WÖLFE) by Ulli Lommel
THE GIRLS FROM ATLANTIS (MÄNNER SIND ZUM LIEBEN DA) by Eckhart Schmidt
Berlinale Classics
SOLO SUNNY by Konrad Wolf (DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe „Babelsberg“)