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Ticket sales start today!
The 2023 program is complete & online and from today tickets for all events are available in advance. Accredited visitors […]
Festivalprogramme for kids and young adults
This year we will present again a great selection of films for children and young adults, school classes and KiTa […]
For the first time at the festival location Dortmund: desired! – filmlust and queer
Fom 18.-23. April the section desired! – filmlust and queer with its focus on LGBTQI* topics and characters will be presented […]
Focus: Accomplices
This year’s focus programme invites feminist solidarity across the history of cinema. For ever since films have been made, women […]
Invisible – the films in the Panorama programme
The Panorama’s documentary and experimental films deal with women’s rights and gender-specific issues under the heading »Invisible«. Because absence also […]
International Feature Film competition 2023 – film selection and prominent jury
The selection in the International Feature Film Competition presents eight current feature films from countries such as Indonesia, Spain, Mexico, […]
This is our key visual 2023!
The international success of female filmmakers will also be a central theme at the 40th edition of the festival. Germany’s […]
17. March: Screening as part of Equal Pay Day »No one Pushes us Away«
Women should earn the same as men? In the 1970s, that was unheard of! Until the »Heinze women«, employees of […]
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Green Film-Making Workshop
On the back of the climate crisis, film funding organisations and broadcasters have issued new ecological guidelines and are increasingly demanding more sustainable film and media productions. Reducing CO2 emissions and waste, proactively protecting the environment and using fewer resources form the cornerstones of green film-making.
This workshop...
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
In cooperation with Cinepänz.
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
In cooperation with Cinepänz.
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Provincial France in the mid-1970s, a place where people rise early, crochet accessories adorn windows and brown and orange are the dominant colours. Women have only recently been granted the right to open a bank account without their husband's consent. Annie works in a mattress factory and has two...
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
The film is a collage of images and sounds—direct and sincere. Different layers of life intertwine: activism, longing and intimacy. Uncertainty is a lifelong theme when it comes to queer and trans people. The internet is a haven and provides space for people to find a community they feel...
Three trans women talk about what it means to be a trans woman in Costa Rica. Sarita Bonilla Barahona uses animation to explore the complexity of these experiences. The film images create a protective space for the exploration of painful experiences and moments of shame and enable an emotional...
In keeping with the Islamic ideology that dogs are unclean, keeping pets is not allowed in Iran. Walking dogs in the parks of Tehran is forbidden, and since 2021 has been punishable by up to three months in prison. This film creates a parable for the brutality of the...
A face is projected onto a face. The everyday reflections focused on In Your Face are the projections of other people onto one’s own appearance. These external projections from others mix together, creating a whirling vortex. Someone presses the pause button and reduces everything to the essentials again: eyes,...
Time is out of joint and we are in the middle of the bubble of the greatest joke staging of a brave new world, where every event is staged to attract media attention. The lines are blurred, the clear distinction between truth and fiction melts away. We are called...
Two married men, Toni and his father-in-law Fritz, meet unexpectedly at a party given by their lovers Lea and Lizette. They want to hide their infidelities and agree to keep their secret. But the showdown sees everyone piling in: lovers, husbands and wives who know how to defend themselves...
When Nabou is ditched by her girlfriend, she promptly accepts a cleaning job in her ex’s neighbour’s flat. This leads to her getting closer to career-minded, chain-smoking Kim, and she falls in love with her. Ambitious copywriter Kim is the polar opposite of the impulsive Nabou: successful but unhappy...
Of everything that exists on the Internet, there is also a pornographic variant. Thus the titular Rule 34 of Júlia Murat's third feature film, which won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2022. During the day, 23-year-old law student Simone rigorously discusses the role of women in Brazilian society...
»Trousers today, I think. And pullover. Hood up, down the stairs. Rather be invisible today. No looks today, thanks.« From Wenn du lächeln würdest (If you smiled) by Mirjam Aggeler. Text taken from the anthology Flexen. Flâneusen schreiben Städte (Flexing. Flâneuses write about cities)
Strolling relaxed through streets or drifting...
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com
Was wir filmten - Filme von ostdeutschen Regisseurinnen nach 1990
Our book based on the successful focus topic in 2020 (»After the Reunification 1990|2020«). Women filmmakers from three generations tell us what they filmed.
Further information
Price: 16 € – available in bookshops, or order it from us!
What IFFF the future of film is female?
Donate nowIFFF Dortmund+Köln sees film as an expanded concept that doesn’t restrict the screening of films to classical cinema. The festival advocates showing films in all kinds of formats. And so, on top of the festival’s core programme, it has a film programme specific to each year, and features regular collaborations, holds talks and panel discussions, artistic projects and interventions in public spaces as well as book publications.
World Views
As the name suggests, the World Views series offers a broad selection of films from many different countries and cultures. The themes of the series are openness, understanding, tolerance and forms of dialogue that embrace diversity.
Moreifs-begegnung
The ifs internationale filmschule köln and IFFF Dortmund+Köln have joined forces, tapping their synergies to raise awareness of the work of women directors in the cultural sector and at film schools.
MoreArt on the MOve
Art on the MOve is a collaboration between Museum Ostwall and IFFF Dortmund+Köln. Based on the current collection presentation »Body & Soul« we draw on artworks and films to stimulate discussions on topics like age, body optimisation, black self-empowerment or gender.
MoreIndustry get-together
Since 2013, IFFF Dortmund+Köln has organised panel discussions and network meetings at the Berlinale in Berlin.
MoreCollaborations
IFFF Dortmund+Köln collaborates with various different partners and institutions right throughout the year.
MorePublications
IFFF Dortmund+Köln sees cinema and film in a broader context. Artistic residencies, book publications and art workshops are among the festival’s regular projects happening right throughout the year.
MoreDr. Maxa Zoller
Artistic Director
MoreChristina Essenberger
Festival Administrator
MoreChristian Liemke
Organisation / Print Coordination
MoreStefanie Görtz
Curator: Feature Film Competition
MoreJessica Manstetten
Curator: Panorama
MoreMaxi Braun
Public relations
MoreMarieke Steinhoff
Curator: Panorama
MoreBetty Schiel
Curator: Focus
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