Tonight, Dominik Graf’s new TV movie SHADOWS OF THE PAST premieres at the Gloria Palast. It’s an artfully layered puzzle straddling different timelines, in which the question of true identity leads to surprising answers. Additionally, PERFORMER by Oliver Grüttner will be screened today for the first time. In this film, a teenager toys with the idea of going on a killing spree — but does he really want to do that? And who exactly is Rose in SECRET NAME?

HUNTING SEASON has started: Aron Lehmann’s comedy about three women friends who are at odds with each other celebrates its world premiere today. That’s reason enough to look at this film and a few others at the festival in which friendships are put to the test.

Some of the films at this year’s edition of the Filmfest incorporate elements of science fiction and fantasy. This time it’s not spaceships or superheroes, but clones, cyborgs, and parallel planes of existence that the filmmakers have worked into seemingly everyday scenarios.

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is once again evoking bittersweet nostalgia: with three films that take us back to the ’70s and ’80s and settle some important questions!

Crises, conflicts, catastrophes: when cultures collide, it’s common for confrontations to occur. Culture clash in cinema can be controversial, but it can also be keenly comical and conducive to cooperation, as is conspicuous in the cornucopia of films at the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.

The program of the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN places a distinct emphasis on diversity. An integral part of this are works that can be categorized as “queer cinema” — from historical cinema, directed by Terence Davies, to a dance-filled love story from Portugal, to a docudrama by Rosa von Praunheim.