From Ecuador With Love (D/ECU 2025, Jonathan Brunner, 09 Min.)

A rose is a rose is a rose? This documentary shows that a rose is first and foremost a product that travels from a rose farm in Ecuador through many hands and undergoes a complex journey before it reaches us in the Global North. Winner of the ZF Short Film Award 2026

Was bleibt? (D 2025, Marvin Menné, Carla Gumbrecht, 30 Min.)

“We’re driving to Lake Constance” – a short note on the table of Margit “Dosi” Kempker. However, she can’t remember it; she has Alzheimer’s. Her granddaughter Carla takes her on the long journey from Spandau to Nonnenhorn, where Dosi grew up. Always inquisitive and with dry humour, she experiences a journey through her memories: but what will remain of them?

HARIKA (D 2026, Seyit Beran Ergün, 29 Min.)

A summery walk through a small town. Two boys. A water balloon. A chihuahua. A gentle observation of small, everyday moments. Winner of the 2026 MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE for Best Mid-Length Film.

Ghettoreiniger – 79Freiburg (D 2026, Samuel Niccum, 39 Min.)

Dean Kölblin is the rapper Tilidean and at the same time a heroine-hotspot-cleaner. Amid homelessness, drug use, syringes and feces, he fights for a better life – for himself and for his city.