Tickets now available here    •    April 18 – 23, 2023   •   40th edition of IFFF Dortmund+Köln in Dortmund, Germany    •    Find the full program here    •

Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln takes place annually, alternating between Dortmund and Cologne. MISSION STATEMENT

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18Apr Film Short film programme (age 12 and older) Schauburg Dortmund
Short film programme (age 12 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Tula Bea de Silva
Tula
Bea de Silva
ES
2022
Spielfilm
13’
OF, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Free as a Bird Annelies Kruk
Free as a Bird
Annelies Kruk
NL
2021
Documentary, Short film
15’
OmeU
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Unerhört Emma Bading
Unerhört
Emma Bading
DE
2020
Spielfilm
10’
OF
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

18Apr10:00 Workshop Workshop: Green Filmmaking blend.haus
Workshop: Green Filmmaking

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...

18Apr Film Film programme (age 8 and older) Schauburg Dortmund
Film programme (age 8 and older)

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.

Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo Marya Zarif, André Kadi
Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo
Marya Zarif, André Kadi
CA
2022
Animation film
72’
OmeU, dt. eingespr.
Films for Kids and Young Adults

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.

18Apr Film Short film programme (age 4 and older) Filmforum NRW
Short film programme (age 4 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Don’t Blow It Up Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
Don’t Blow It Up
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
CZ
2022
Animation film, Short film
9’
OW
ECFA Short Film Award

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

The Turnip Piret Sigus, Silja Saarepuu
The Turnip
Piret Sigus, Silja Saarepuu
EE
2022
Animation film, Short film
7’
OW
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

I’m Not Afraid! Marita Mayer
I’m Not Afraid!
Marita Mayer
DE / NO
2022
Animation film, Short film
7’
OF
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Star Catch Pelageya Generalova
Star Catch
Pelageya Generalova
RU
2021
Animation film, Kurzspielfilm
4’
OW
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

18Apr19:00 Angry Annie Blandine Lenoir CineStar
Angry Annie
Blandine Lenoir
FR
2022
Spielfilm
120’
OmeU, dt. UT
International Feature Film Competition

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...

19Apr Film Short film programme (age 10 and older) Schauburg Dortmund
Short film programme (age 10 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

From That Moment On, Everything Changed Eef Hilgers
From That Moment On, Everything Changed
Eef Hilgers
NL
2021
Documentary
15’
OF, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Color-less Estefanía Piñeres Duque
Color-less
Estefanía Piñeres Duque
CO
2022
Animation film
13’
OmeU, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

I am Leo Tajo Hurrle
I am Leo
Tajo Hurrle
DE
2021
Kurzspielfilm, Spielfilm
18’
OF
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

19Apr Film Short film programme (age 12 and older) Filmforum NRW
Short film programme (age 12 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Tula Bea de Silva
Tula
Bea de Silva
ES
2022
Spielfilm
13’
OF, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Free as a Bird Annelies Kruk
Free as a Bird
Annelies Kruk
NL
2021
Documentary, Short film
15’
OmeU
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Unerhört Emma Bading
Unerhört
Emma Bading
DE
2020
Spielfilm
10’
OF
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

19Apr18:00 A Trance Jordan Chanetsa Schauburg Dortmund
A Trance
Jordan Chanetsa
DE
2022
Experimental
4’
OFe
Spot on, NRW!

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...

19Apr18:00 Celeste Rosa Sarita Bonilla Barahona Schauburg Dortmund
Celeste Rosa
Sarita Bonilla Barahona
DE / CR
2022
Animation
13’
OmeU
Spot on, NRW!

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...

19Apr18:00 Gassi Gassi Solmaz Gholami Schauburg Dortmund
Gassi Gassi
Solmaz Gholami
DE / IR
2021
Documentary
11’
OmU
Spot on, NRW!

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...

19Apr18:00 In Your Face Anika Schäfer Schauburg Dortmund
In Your Face
Anika Schäfer
DE
2022
Experimental
3’
OmU
Spot on, NRW!

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,...

19Apr18:00 Infinite Jest Mirella Drosten Schauburg Dortmund
Infinite Jest
Mirella Drosten
DE
2022
Spielfilm
4’
dt. OmeU
Spot on, NRW!

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...

19Apr20:00 A Lively Day Off Roxy Kino
A Lively Day Off
IT
1912
Silent film
9’
OW
Focus

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...

19Apr20:00 Alles wird gut Angelina Maccarone Roxy Kino
Alles wird gut
Angelina Maccarone
DE
1998
Spielfilm
88’
OF
Focus

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...

19Apr20:00 Rule 34 Julia Murat Schauburg Dortmund
Rule 34
Julia Murat
BR / FR
2022
Feature Film
100’
OmeU, dt. UT
International Feature Film Competition

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...

19Apr20:45 Special Kino to go Schauburg Dortmund
Kino to go

»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...

20Apr Film Short film programme (age 10 and older) Filmforum NRW
Short film programme (age 10 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

From That Moment On, Everything Changed Eef Hilgers
From That Moment On, Everything Changed
Eef Hilgers
NL
2021
Documentary
15’
OF, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Color-less Estefanía Piñeres Duque
Color-less
Estefanía Piñeres Duque
CO
2022
Animation film
13’
OmeU, dt. eingespr.
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

I am Leo Tajo Hurrle
I am Leo
Tajo Hurrle
DE
2021
Kurzspielfilm, Spielfilm
18’
OF
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

20Apr Film Short film programme (age 14 and older) Schauburg Dortmund
Short film programme (age 14 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Pink, Black and Blue Claudia Lopez-Lucia
Pink, Black and Blue
Claudia Lopez-Lucia
FR
2021
Documentary
23’
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Collage Gülce Besen Dilek
Collage
Gülce Besen Dilek
DE
2022
Animation film
8’
OmeU
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Sort of Grown Up Marlena Molitor
Sort of Grown Up
Marlena Molitor
DE
2021
Documentary
18’
OmeU
2023

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

20Apr Film Film programme (age 16 and older) Filmforum NRW
Film programme (age 16 and older)

Contact person for advice on individual programs for daycare groups and school classes as well as booking is Thomas Hartmann, Hartmann@frauenfilmfest.com

Sonne Kurdwin Ayub
Sonne
Kurdwin Ayub
AT
2022
Spielfilm
88’
OF
Films for Kids and Young Adults

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.
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What IFFF the future of film is female?

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IFFF 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.

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ifs-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.

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Art 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.

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Industry get-together

Since 2013, IFFF Dortmund+Köln has organised panel discussions and network meetings at the Berlinale in Berlin.

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Collaborations

IFFF Dortmund+Köln collaborates with various different partners and institutions right throughout the year.

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Publications

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.

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