From rousing hip-hop performances to immortal rock anthems to classical compositions, many different kinds of music are featured in our festival films, in everything from historical dramas to documentaries to road movies. 

Looking back at a hopeful past: this year’s documentaries at the Munich International Film Festival 

From Brazil to Fuerteventura: Queerness against the backdrop of societal conventions

Michael Althen’s VHS Collection at Pavillon 333

From July 2, the CineMerit Award winner's photographic works can be admired at the Deutsches Theatermuseum

Sohrab Shahid Saless: from Iranian auteur filmmaker to the great unknown of New German Cinema

A text by Behrang Samsami