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  • FFC at the 26th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden

    FFC at the 26th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden

    2026-04-27
    FilmFestival Cottbus at the 26th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden Last Friday, FFC Program Coordinator Merlin Webers attended the 26th edition of the goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden, where he moderated the Q&A for director Giedrė Žickytė’s film A GOODNIGHT KISS. What followed was an intense and engaging conversation that ultimately…
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  • A reunion with TRIUMPH: Bulgarian Film Week in Berlin

    A reunion with TRIUMPH: Bulgarian Film Week in Berlin

    2026-04-20
    A reunion with TRIUMPH… In 2025, TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov screened in the feature film competition of the FFC. Now there is another opportunity to see this grotesque film about the attempts of a special unit of the Bulgarian military in the early 1990s to search—assisted by a clairvoyant—for something…
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  • Film screening & discussion: Das Nomadische Gen

    Film screening & discussion: Das Nomadische Gen

    2026-04-08
    Leichhardts letztes Rätsel & Die verlorene Freiheit Tue, 14 April 2026 | 7.00 pm | Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus In collaboration with the Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus (DKW), the FilmFestival Cottbus presents a special film evening featuring works by director Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt and the artist collective Mangan25. The event is part of a series…
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  • Call for Entries – Submission opens for the 36th FFC

    Call for Entries – Submission opens for the 36th FFC

    2026-04-01
    The submission phase for the 36th edition of the FilmFestival Cottbus is now open. From April 1 to July 15, 2026, filmmakers are invited to submit their feature and short films from Eastern, East-Central, and Southeastern Europe. The festival will take place from November 3 to November 8, 2026. As…
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  • Impressions of the 30th Sofia Film Festival

    Impressions of the 30th Sofia Film Festival

    2026-03-23
    FFC Program Director Bernd Buder attended this year’s Sofia Film Festival to scout new films and projects and to serve as a jury member in the Bulgarian competition. The Sofia Film Festival took place for the 30th time in mid-March. Bulgaria’s largest film festival combines an international competition with competitions…
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Impressions from the 35th FFC

Here you can discover impressions from the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus:
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Throughout the year, the team of the filmfestival cottbus are guests at numerous European film festivals.
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