Specials

Specials

A focus on the technical disciplines: cinematography, sound and – watch out: new! – curation. Alongside this, an international carte blanche. Panels. And, of course, networking events once again. Despite challenging financial conditions, this year’s special events will have their place in the festival week – and will focus on networking. More than ever, we are promoting the social power of a festival, because only together can we get through these difficult times.

IFFF there is a future, it will be feminist!

This year, the female film friends are once again part of the IFFF Dortmund+Köln! The programme offers FLINTA* the opportunity […]

Let’s put the fest back into festival! Whether it’s wild dancing or a relaxed chat with friends – come along, […]

Welcome to the Herat International Women’s Film Festival, Afghanistan’s first international women’s film festival! After a decade of success, the […]

No Good Men

Shahrbanoo Sadat

DE / FR / NO / DK / AF
2026
Spielfilm
103’
OmeU, dt. UT

Camera operator Naru (played by Sadat herself) has given up on the men of Afghanistan. An incompetent husband, physical abuse […]

Sirens Call

Miri Ian Gossing & Lina Sieckmann

DE / NL
2025
Documentary
121’
OmU

A film women can enter like clear water: at its centre is Gina Rønning, a psychologist from Portland, Oregon, whose […]

Filmtonfrauen e. V. and toruspost invite you to a joyful sound experience. Dolby Atmos has become the new cinema standard. […]

An intensive networking event for all festival guests and industry professionals looking to make as many contacts as possible in […]

It all began with a flash of light: Sophie Maintigneux gained recognition in the 1980s for her sensitive cinematography in […]