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The FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE will take place from October 21–28, 2021. Once again, the festival presents the world's most important trends and outstanding works of audiovisual storytelling. The renowned FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE Awards will be presented on October 28 at the E-Werk in Cologne.
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Programme 2021
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Global DayGlobal Day – Stories for Change
Moving images and modern audiovisual media are indispensable when trying to communicate themes…
Macht der BilderThe Power of Images - I’ve Seen the Future and It Will Be!
We all consume moving images in the form of movies, Insta stories, news feeds or as a medium for…
Producers X Change neuProducers XChange – Total Transformation
The German media  and conten industry is in upheaval. It has to react fast and creatively to…
EUROPEAN SERIES DAYEuropean Series Day
At the European Series Day authors, producers and network representatives discuss current trends of…
Netzwerktreffen BeneluxNetwork Meeting Benelux Meets NRW
Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg share a common living and economic area with North…
Steve Mc Queen 4Artist Talk Steve McQueen
This year’s Film Award Cologne, donated by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the City of Cologne…
Gaspar Noé 03Artist Talk Gaspar Noé
There are two kinds of filmmakers: those who spend their whole careers working on one particular…
Albrecht Schuch c Christian HartmannArtist Talk Albrecht Schuch
Can a good actor play everything? With Albrecht Schuch, one is tempted to exclaim: definitely! The…
Artist Talks mit den PreisträgernArtist Talk Phil Grabsky
»I’m curios by nature« Phil Grabsky once said in an interview – surely a necessary condition for…
MASTERCLASS SCHAUSPIELMASTERCLASS SCHAUSPIEL: ULRICH MATTHES
They are the most important connection between fiction and an audience: actors. They offer…
COCOCOCologne Comedy Connector
The Cologne Comedy Connector is an event designed to bring established and aspiring comedy…
European Work in Progress CologneEuropean Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP)
Tuesday, 19 Oct, to Thursday, 21 Oct 2021EWIP is an industry platform that aims to elevate European…
15 Jahre Mediengründerzentrum15 Jahre Mediengründerzentrum
For 15 years now the Mediengründerzentrum NRW has been helping young entrepreneurs transform their…
Warner Late ShowWarner Late Show
Late Night is back! At the very location where German Late Night history had its inception, there’s…
Top Ten TV
DECEITDECEIT
Based on a true story: In 1992 former model Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and brutally…
FAKING HITLER neuFAKING HITLER
It was the greatest German media scandal of the century: In 1983 the Stern magazine published the…
FURIA KeyFURIA
The idyllic scenery is deceptive: Police detective Asgeir is transferred to a small town in one of…
MY CHILDHOOD MY COUNTRYMY CHILDHOOD, MY COUNTRY – 20 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN
Mir Hussein was only eight years old when Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi started to capture his…
NONA UND IHRE TÖCHTER neuNONA UND IHRE TÖCHTER
At age 70, Nona is living an active and fulfilled life right in the middle of Paris: She has a good…
UPRISINGRESISTANCE IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT: UPRISING
On January 18th 1981, 13 British teenagers burned to death during a birthday party – quickly rumor…
SMALL AXE LOVERS ROCKSMALL AXE – LOVERS ROCK
With the multi-award winning five-part series SMALL AXE about real-life stories from the West…
NORTH WATERTHE NORTH WATER
1859, Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell) joins The Volunteer as a ship’s surgeon, hoping to lose…
TOO CLOSETOO CLOSE
Forensic psychiatrist Emma is tasked with the examination of Connie Mortensen, an infamous…
VIRAL DREAMSVIRAL DREAMS
Seven YouTubers from all over the world start on New Year’s Eve with their great plans and dreams…
Best of Cinema International
A HEROA HERO
Is Rahim a hero? A young man can leave his prison cell for two days after being sentenced for…
BENEDETTABENEDETTA
Sex, lies and crucifixes. The nun Benedetta claims to have a direct dialogue with Jesus, but…
BERGMAN ISLANDBERGMAN ISLAND
Fårö is the name of the titular Swedish island, where legendary director Ingmar Bergman lived and…
DER SCHEIN TRÜGTDER SCHEIN TRÜGT
Through dignity, modesty and hard work, Stojan holds his poor family together without complaint.…
DRIVE MY CARDRIVE MY CAR
»Men Without Women« is the name of the Haruki Murakami collection from which this short story was…
FEATHERSFEATHERS
When a magic trick on a children’s birthday party goes wrong, the father of the house is…
FRANCEFRANCE
France de Meurs is France’s most successful TV journalist. Whether interviewing president Macron or…
LAMBLAMB
Strange things are happening on a sheep breeding farm in the scraggy wilderness of Iceland. A very…
LINGUILINGUI – HEILIGE BANDE
A film about female solidarity against the backdrop of a deeply patriarchal society: Mahamat-Saleh…
ONODAONODA – 10.000 NÄCHTE IM DSCHUNGEL
In 1974 Japanese officer Hirō Onoda surrendered on the Philippine island of Lubang – almost thirty…
VORTEXVORTEX
With VORTEX, Gaspar Noé has produced a surprisingly calm movie, without any sex, violence or drugs…
WO IN PARIS DIE SONNE AUFGEHTWO IN PARIS DIE SONNE AUFGEHT
Libertine Emilie sleeps with her new flatmate Camille, who has serious interest in his sexually…
Hommage Steve McQueen
HUNGERHUNGER
Within 66 days IRA member Bobby Sands starved himself to death in the Northern Irish Maze Prison in…
SHAMESHAME
Brandon’s whole life revolves around finding the next sexual kick. But his existence-defining…
12 YEARS A SLAVE12 YEARS A SLAVE
The true story of Solomon Northup, an Afro-American man who lives his first 30 years as a free man…
WIDOWSWIDOWS – TÖDLICHE WITWEN
Keyvisual die macht der Bilder klein
Urban GIF Parcour
Festival Sommer
Festival Summer
Best of Cinema Documentary
ASCENSIONASCENSION
China in the 21st century: a factory cranks out Trump merchandise by the second; a worker in a sex…
ATLANTIDEATLANTIDE
You’ve never seen Venice like this. Instead of filming channels and gondolas, video artist Yuri…
BESOMING COUSTEAUBECOMING COUSTEAU
The oceanographer Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson’s LIFE AQUATIC was modeled after him. And with three…
COWCOW
A life reduced to a single purpose: Luma leads her existence as a dairy cow on an English farm. Her…
RETURNING TO REIMS neuRETURNING TO REIMS (FRAGMENTS)
An ingenious cinematic adaptation of Didier Eribon's autobiographical best seller. Director …
SABAYASABAYA
The title is describing Yazidi women being held by the Islamic State as sex slaves. There are…
TAMING THE GARDEN neuTAMING THE GARDEN
A majestic tree on a transportation boat floats over the Black Sea. Soon it will join dozens of…
THE KIDS neuTHE KIDS
Whatever happened to the kids from KIDS? 25 years after Larry Clark’s and Harmony Korine’s…
THE LOST LEONARDOTHE LOST LEONARDO
Actually, that title should end in a question mark: Is “Salvator Mundi” really a lost Leonardo da…
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BERLIN IZZA BITCHBERLIN IZZA BITCH!
FREISPIELFREISPIEL
In November 1993 the Cologne Stadtgarten was the venue of a unique musical project: forty musicians…
LOOK SHORT FILMSLOOK SHORT FILMS
These short films take on unusual perspectives and shine a light on details that usually aren’t the…
PANKOW 95 neuPANKOW 95
Who would have thought that Diedrich Diederichsen, this famed theoretician of subculture, once…
ROARING 20sROARING 20'S
One summer day, 24 characters, one shot. For her sophomore film writer-director Elisabeth Vogler…
SWAN SONGSWAN SONG
Long ago Pat Pitsenbarger was a master hairdresser and a gay icon in his small Ohio town. Now broke…
THIS IS NOT A GAMETHIS IS NOT A GAME
Why was the Qanon conspiracy so successful? Arne Vogelgesang’s video essay traces the history and…
Made in NRW
ALLES IN BESTER ORDNUNGALLES IN BESTER ORDNUNG
ANNETTEANNETTE
It’s a trans-Atlantic meeting of the eccentric geniuses. French director Leos Carax (HOLY MOTORS)…
AUF ANFANG neuAUF ANFANG
Michael Scholly is released 28 years after being sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He had…
DIE ZUKUNFT IST EIN EINSAMER ORT neuDIE ZUKUNFT IST EIN EINSAMER ORT
A respectable citizen robs a money transport and immediately gives himself up to the police. In…
ENDLICH UNENEDLICH neuENDLICH UNENDLICH
Transhumanism is the concept of prolonging life, mitigating the effects of aging and even cheating…
GEBORGTES WEISSGEBORGTES WEISS
Gynecologist Marta and her son Nathan are living peacefully with rich journalist and critical…
IN DEN UFFIZIEN neuIN DEN UFFIZIEN
A look behind the scenes of one of the world’s most important museums. Since 2015 the German Eike…
LIEBER THOMASLIEBER THOMAS
Thomas Brasch lived many lives: he was a writer and a worker; a rebel, protesting the oppression in…
MONTE VERITÁMONTE VERITÀ – DER RAUSCH DER FREIHEIT
When the sick and unhappy Hanna arrives at a picturesque sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, she finds…
NIEMAND IST BEI DEN KÄLBERNNIEMAND IST BEI DEN KÄLBERN
Christin works on her boyfriend's farm in Northern Germany, but secretly yearns to break free – and…
THE MIDDLE MANTHE MIDDLE MAN
The small US town of Karmack seems cursed with accidents and lethal mishaps. So the town's…
ZUHURS TÖCHTERZUHURS TÖCHTER
Having recently moved to Germany trans* sisters Lohan and Samar are looking for their identity and…
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DAS WEISSE HAUS AM RHEIN neuDAS WEISSE HAUS AM RHEIN
Returning from the hell that was World War One, Emil finds his family’s luxury hotel in the rural…
DIE WESPE neuDIE WESPE
Professional dart player Eddie is in crisis. Fame gone, money gone, wife gone and physical fitness…
FARBEN IM SCHNEEFARBEN IM SCHNEE – BELARUSISCHE FRAUEN IM WIDERSTAND
Belarus in December 2020. It has become quiet on the streets of Minsk, where just a few months ago…
IFS SHOWCASEifs-Showcase
The ifs internationale filmschule köln presents current works from its study programs at the FILM…
A PURE PLACEA PURE PLACE
The siblings Paul (Claude Albert Heinrich) and Irina (Greta Bohacek) grow up on a remote Greek…
HyperlandHYPERLAND
In the near future everybody's good reputation can be measured and checked via a “Carma Count” –…
KEINE BESONDEREN VORKOMMNISSEKEINE BESONDEREN VORKOMMNISSE
Police inspectors Gilles and Samuel are stuck with a major case: Hamburg’s most famous business…
ICH BIN DEIN MENSCHManfred Stelzer Preis: ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH
In this year’s winner of the Manfred Stelzer Preis it’s less “boy meets girl” and more like “girl…
MONA MARIEMONA & MARIE – EINE ETWAS ANDERE WEIHNACHTSGESCHICHTE
Two sisters, who have been quarreling for years and whose design for living could not be any more…
MORD IN DER FAMILIE neuMORD IN DER FAMILIE – DER ZAUBERWÜRFEL
The son of a prosperous construction company dynasty is found dead on New Year’s morning. He was…
SEM DUHL DIE WIEDERKEHRSEM DHUL – DIE WIEDERKEHR
Tonio travels to India to convince his old friend Ralf to take on the fight against the…
START THE FCK UPSTART THE FCK UP
Jana invents a revolutionary new app with her boyfriend – who promptly betrays and fires her. With…
WATERWATER
WATER traces the journey of a man driven by the pulse that sustains our natural world. The city…
WDR macht Serie NEUWDR macht Serie
Broadcaster WDR keeps banking on the innovation powers of serial formats. The short form series…
WESTWALLWESTWALL
When young police cadet Julia hooks up with the enigmatic Nick, she becomes implicated in a massive…
ZERO neuZERO
In the near future old-school print journalist Cynthia is investigating a mysterious digital…
Benelux meets NRW
THE RESTLESS neuLES INTRANQUILLES
Painter Damien tries his best to keep up his work and his relationship with his wife Leila and his…
LA CIVIL neuLA CIVIL
It's the Mexican nightmare: when Cielo’s daughter Laura is kidnapped, she has to beg her ex-husband…
A MAN AND A CAMERA neuA MAN AND A CAMERA
Filmmaker Guido Hendriks has knocked on several hundred doors in the Netherlands, his camera always…
UN MONDE neuUN MONDE
The original title “A World” points towards a special feature in Laura Wandel’s debut film: it…
DO NOT HESITATEDO NOT HESITATE
Somewhere in the mountainous no man’s land of a middle eastern country an armored vehicle of the…
Urban GIF Parcour
Berlin Friedrichstrasse Central Hotel Wintergarten Hermann Rueckwardt 1881 WEBDie verGIFtete Gesellschaft
Am Anfang war das GIF – nach uns die Bilderflut. Als die Bilder laufen lernten, erblickte nebenbei…
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3 Milhouse Rattling ohne WasserzeichenSCORPIONDAGGER - Karate Chopping
8 11 Andy KassierSholim
URBANGIF ParcourUrban GIF Parcour
Wednsesday,to Thursday, 20-28 October 2021 • Belgisches ViertelThis year, FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE…
21 3 hasselhoffsurfing»Unsatisfying«
Anne horel lossy 16Anne Horel - Beyonce
1 1 Julia FarkasJulia Farkas – Beautiful Creatures
Was Wundervolles in uns steckt
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Stopp Chemtrails heller
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Watch Out: Die große Verschwörung
Die Ideen von QAnon und der Querdenker sind in Deutschland weit verbreitet. Welche Rolle spielen…
ConspiracyFast Forward Original
Wie Netflix Corona erfunden hat
ConspiracyForwarded
This Is Not a Game
FGM 2
FestivalConspiracy
FEELS GOOD MAN
Text FEELS GOOD MAN läuft auch auf…
ConspiracyInterview
blablabla - Arne Vogelgesang kurz
ConspiracyHow To
Wie baut man eine Verschwörung?
ForwardedConspiracy
Böhmermanns Verschwörung Royale
South Park
ConspiracyForwarded
Die besten South Park Verschwörungen
Pigeons arent real web
ConspiracyForwarded
Pigeons Aren't Real
https://pigeonsarentreal.co.uk
Giphy
ConspiracyQuiz
Conspiracy Quiz - Welcher Verschwörertyp bist du?
Wann starb Prinzessin Diana?a. 1997b. NieWem vertraust du mehr?a. Attila Hildmannb. Karl…
Stophate
ForwardedConspiracy
Stop Funding Hate
ForwardedConspiracy
John Olivers Creme Egg Verschwörung
Spongebob
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Die besten Spongebob Verschwörungen
Disinformation nation
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Disinformation Nation
https://giphy.com/IntoAction/social-issues/disinformation-nation
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Judith Beheading Holofernes Caravaggio WEB
True CrimeEssay
Die Lust am Vebrechen
True Crime Fact Check
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True Crime Fact Check
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True Crime Trailer
Black dahlia
True CrimeBest of
Die besten True Crime Filme und Serien
True Crime Podcasts
True CrimeBest of
Die besten True Crime Podcasts
Beste true crime serien
True CrimeForwarded
Die besten True Crime Serien
RZ Kannibalismus WEB
True CrimeQuiz
Detective, lösen sie den Fall! - Wie gut kennst du True Crime?
True CrimeForwarded
Anatomy of a Headshot
Soviet police identification chart 1
True CrimeForwarded
TikTok Trend – #sovietpolicefilter
Tribute to Life
Mads in Motion
Tribute to LifeEssay
Legal – illegal – optimal – scheißegal
Der Zeitgeist wirkt am besten in kleinen Portionen. Microdosing heißt der Trend zur…
Tribute to LifeFast Forward Original
Kurz vorm Filmriss - Der Promille-Check
Trinkszenen in Filmen sind ein Fass ohne Boden. Wir gehen mit E.T. und Co bis ans Limit. Wer…
Worlds First Cyborg wide
Tribute to LifeForwarded
Neil Harbisson – Listening to color
https://www.cyborgfoundation.com/https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color
Joey Schweitzer
Tribute to LifeForwarded
Better Ideas
https://www.youtube.com/c/BetterIdeas/featured
Bundestag
Tribute to LifeEssay
Vom Fest zum Rausch
Mads Mikkelsen hat es letztes Jahr beim Film Festival Cologne so ausgedrückt: DER RAUSCH ist eine…
How to motivate your best self 1200x627
Tribute to LifeForwarded
»How to motivate your best self«
https://www.ted.com/playlists/788/how_to_motivate_your_best_self
Tanz Einzeln8 header
Tribute to LifeBest of
Top 8: Tanzszenen
Tribute to LifeForwarded
A BRIED HISTORY OF DOGME 95
Graeber
Tribute to LifeFestival
ENDLICH, UNENDLICH
Handpicked
ConspiracyFast Forward Original
Wie Netflix Corona erfunden hat
Tribute to LifeFast Forward Original
Kurz vorm Filmriss - Der Promille-Check
Trinkszenen in Filmen sind ein Fass ohne Boden. Wir gehen mit E.T. und Co bis ans Limit. Wer…
Mads in Motion
Tribute to LifeEssay
Legal – illegal – optimal – scheißegal
Der Zeitgeist wirkt am besten in kleinen Portionen. Microdosing heißt der Trend zur…
ConspiracyForwarded
This Is Not a Game
True CrimeFast Forward Original
True Crime Trailer
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