Contemporary World Cinema
FATHER by Srdan Golubović (RS/FR/DE/HR/SI/BA, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion)
MERKEL – ANATOMY OF A CRISIS (DIE GETRIEBENEN) by Stephan Wagner (carte blanche international)
SARITA by Sergio Basso (IT/DE, missingFILMs)
SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara (IT/DE/MX, maze pictures)
THERE IS NO EVIL (ES GIBT KEIN BÖSES) by Mohammad Rasoulof (DE/CZ/IR, Cosmopol Film)
UNDINE by Christian Petzold (DE/FR, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber)
YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS by Massoud Bakhshi (FR/DE/CH/LU/LB/IR, NiKo Film)

M/A/D – Music/Art/Design
PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger (DE/FR, zero one film)

VIFF Impact
THE FORUM (DAS FORUM) by Marcus Vetter (DE/AT/CH, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion)
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES (DAS GEHEIME LEBEN DER BÄUME) by Jörg Adolph (Constantin Film)

Modes
A DEMONSTRATION by Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner (DE/NL/GB, caSk Films)