The best moments of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN!

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FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2021

Watch great films and vote now!

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buy tickets Audience Award 2021

This summer is going to be great

Filmfest München goes open air

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Festival venues

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A mark for the culture!

July 14 2021

It's done. FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2021 is over. The #ffmuc team says thank you to all helpers, supporters and visitors.

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They came, we saw, they conquered

July 10 2021

After ten days, the festival is coming to an end and all prizes have been awarded. FILMFEST MÜNCHEN congratulates all winners.

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From way up north

July 7 2021

With ’80s music, droll comic-book goblins, and a mom who goes to war, four films from Scandinavia present unusual stories.

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In search of adventure

July 6 2021

Just pack your bags and set off, and you’ll find yourself or bond with someone. Four films at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN each take us on a grand journey.

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The past and other catastrophes

July 5 2021

The Latin American films at the festival this year not only address the (political) history of their respective countries, but also take a metaphorical and at times surreal approach to the everyday lives of young people today.

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High up and far below

July 4 2021

High above the clouds and deep in the basement, six genre films with cult potential explore the human condition.

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Of doors and dancers

June 11 2021

Masterfully walking the line: FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will pay homage to Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska in cooperation with MUBI and will screen her latest feature film, NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN.

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Queer (hi)stories

July 3 2021

Whether in the past, in the all-too-familiar present, or on a surreal parallel plane, the theme of queerness is explored by the films at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN this year in diverse but always contemporary ways.

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Short films, lasting impressions

June 30 2021

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH, the Filmfest is showing ten short student films prior to certain main films this year.

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Magical and masterful

June 21 2021

Ten films from nine countries around the globe guarantee maximum variety and diversity of (narrative) perspective in this year’s CineMasters competition. Queerness and surreal incursions into everyday life are common themes in these uncommon stories, which are not infrequently presented as genre films.

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What was and what will be

June 22 2021

Ten films, ten insights into individual and collective identities. Up-and-coming directors reveal realism, experimentation, and social criticism in this year’s CineVision competition.

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Home(less)

July 4 2021

What does "home" actually mean? Eight films in the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN program explore this question.

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For kids, it’s back to the movies

June 9 2021

KINDERFILMFEST MÜNCHEN, our section for young audiences, invites you to an open-air festival for the whole family. The live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book LAURA’S STAR will open this section of the film festival as its world premiere. With Tobias Krell as its new director, a series for young adults in the line-up, and an online workshop for school classes, the Kinderfilmfest is also breaking new ground.

the best festival moments

Impressions

Award Ceremony & SNOTTY BOY

01 / 15

Meanwhile, the award winners are celebrated once again on the Red Carpet: Susanne Hermanski and Markus Aicher are happy for the winners of the Bayern 2 and SZ Audience Award: Doris Metz and Imogen Kimmel (TRANS - I GOT LIFE).

Hommage Małgorzata Szumowska

02 / 15

Małgorzata Szumowska in front of the Welcome Wall at the Gasteig.

World premiere HEIKO'S WORLD

03 / 15

The team makes itself comfortable in the covered Sugar Mountain before the film: director Dominik Galizia and the actors Martin Rohde, Heike Hanold-Lynch and Leyla Roy.

Filmmakers Live! SAINT-NARCISSE

04 / 15

Genuinely Bavarian: Director Bruce LaBruce has adapted well to the local culture.

World premiere COMMITMENT PHOBIA

05 / 15

Who is incompetent here?! Frederick Lau and Luise Heyer get along famously.

World premiere VIVA FOREVER

06 / 15

They are ready for the world premiere: Janet Rothe, Ina Maria Jaich, director Sinje Köhler, Natalia Rudiewicz and Homa Faghiri.

CineMerit Gala: Senta Berger

07 / 15

The "fast Gerdi" today quite noble.

CineMerit Gala: Senta Berger

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Festival director Diana Iljine with laudator Michael Roll and the woman of the hour, Senta Berger.

World premiere PRECIOUS IVIE

09 / 15

The women from PRECIOUS IVIE and the #ffmuc cut a damn fine figure: Lorna Ishema, director Sarah Blaßkiewitz and Haley Louise Jones.

World premiere THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HANDS

10 / 15

eading actress Corinna Harfouch enjoys the peace and quiet at the Olympiasee before the world premiere begins.

World premiere 3 1/2 HOURS

11 / 15

Look, we are here for the world premiere: The actors Luisa-Celine Gaffron, Susanne Bormann, Martin Feifel and Jan Krauter.

Opening of the 38th edition of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN

12 / 15

Festival Director Diana Iljine welcomes the shareholders City of Munich and Free State of Bavaria in the person of Mayor Katrin Habenschaden, Bavarian state minister of digital affairs Judith Gerlach and State Parliament President Ilse Aigner.

The best audience

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FILMFEST MÜNCHEN welcomes the audience 2021!

Opening of the 38th edition of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN

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Artistic director Christoph Gröner brings the actors Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff and Daniel Christensen dry to the Kino am Olympiasee. But the weather does not harm the mood at all.