Film sections

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN offers national and international film highlights on the big screen. The film selection is curated by our programmers. From the youngest German cinema and new international discoveries to established world cinema and outstanding TV movies, the film festival sections provide guidance for all tastes!

 

Reyes Del Mundo Online1
Eureka Online5

CineMasters competition

The competition for the best international film

The new works of master directors from all over the world - in this competition they will be presented to the Munich audience long before the official German theatrical release. They compete for the ARRI Award.

Banel E Adama

CineVision competition

The competition for the best international newcomer film

This competition focuses on international directorial talents who break new ground with their film language. Their current works compete for the CineVision Award.

 

Tiger Stripes Online2

Cinerebels Competition

The competition for curious cinema adventurers

Twelve productions, radical or experimental, surprising and against the grain, can win the new CineRebels Award worth 10,000 euros.

Siccità Online1

Spotlight

Current, top-class highlights of international cinema in the spotlight: from documentaries about famous musicians and the new works of the stars to the closing films of the film festival.

Notas Sombre Un Verano Online2

INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENTS

Cinephilic discoveries, indie comedies, political dynamite - discovering the world beyond the mainstream.

Black Box Online1

New german cinema

The latest cinema films from Germany

Exciting world premieres from German production. The up-and-coming talents in this series compete for the German Cinema New Talent Award for acting, directing, screenplay and production.

DNMDW Online5

New German tv productions

TV highlights of tomorrow, already today on the big screen.

Outstanding television feature films, series and serial productions of the coming year can be seen here in advance. The Bernd Burgemeister TV Production Award goes to the most outstanding film and to the most outstanding TV show in this section.

Summer Without You Online4

Kinderfilmfest

Intelligent entertainment not only for children

The best new feature films and shorts from around the world for film fans from 5 to 99 and interesting workshops that provide an insight into the world of cinema.

Sukowa

Hommage

Filmmakers who have changed cinema: In work shows, retrospectives and tributes, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN reviews their careers and places their work in a larger context. The CineMerit Award honours outstanding personalities of international filmmaking for their services to the art of film.