Arte is pleased to be represented with a total of 19 nominations at the 42nd Filmfest Munich, including a total of 10 in the competition categories of Cinemaster, CinecoPro and Cinevision.
Six films from these sections already celebrated in Cannes world premiere and received numerous prizes: The Grand Prix of the “Sentimental Value” by Joachim Trier (CinecoPro), prize for the best direction to “Un Poeta” by Simón Mesa Soto (Cinecorpo), Prize of the Jury Ex-Aequo for “Sirât” (Cinemasters) and the SAC “City without sleep. “(Cinevision).
The film “Miroirs N ° 3” by Christian Petzold had in the series “Quinzaine of the Cinéastes” world premiere and decides in the Spotlight series, which stands for Starkino, Geneperle and the special film event, the 42nd Filmfest Munich.
In the series New German Cinema, four works with numerous nominations are represented for the new German cinema for the funding award.
The international Independents category shows the documentary “Cuba & Alaska” by Yegor Troyanovsky. The film as well as “militantropos”, which runs in the Cinemaster competition, was created as part of the ARTE project #generationucraine, with which the broadcaster supported twelve-fukrainian film teams through co-productions and advance purchases
Competition Cinemasters
Aïcha
Feature film by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Tunisia/France/Italy/Saudi Arabia/Qatar 2024, 123 min.
ZDF/Arte, Cinétéléfilms, Dolce Vita Films, Dorje Film, 13 PRODS
Militantropos
Dokumentation von Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova und Simon Mozgovyi
SWR/Arte, Tabor, Les Valseurs, Mischief Films
Ukraine, France, Austria 2025, 110 min.
SIRÂT
Spielfilm von oliver laxe
Spain/Germany/Morocco/France 2025, 115 min.
ZDF/ART, Films deserters, Telefonica Audiovisuel Digital, Filmes da Ermida, El Deseo, Uri Films & 4A4 Productions
MIT: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Jade Oukid, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda, Joshua L. Henderson, Tonin Janvier UA
YES (KEN)
Feature film by Nadav Lapid
France/Israel/Cyprus/Germany 2025
ZDF/Arte France Cinéma, Bustan Films, Amp Filmworks, Les Films du Bal, Chi-Fou-Mi, accomplice film
MIT: Arel Bronz, Efrat Dor, Naama Preis, Alexey Serebryakov, Sharma Alexander
Competition Cinecro
Leonora in the morning light
Feature film by Thor Klein, Lena Vurma
Germany/Mexico/Great Britain/Romania 2025, 103 min
ZDF/Arte, Dragonfly Films, MELI MELO CULTURE, RANDAN, FRAMEBREED, OSTLICHT FILMProduks
MIT: Olivia Vinll, Alexander Scheer, Cassandra Giangherotti, Ryan Gage, Luis Gerardo Méndez
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Feature film by Joachim Trier
Norway/Germany/Sweden/Denmark/France 2025, 135 min.
ZDF/ARTE, COMPLIZEN MOVIE, MER FILM, EYE EYE PICTURES, LUMEN, COMPLIZEN FILM, Zentropa
MIT: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas, Anders Danielsen Lie
STILLER
Feature film by Stefan Haupt
Germany 2024, 100 min.
Br/Arte, C-Films, Walker+Worm Film, SRF, SRG SSR, Studiocanal Film with: Albrecht Schuch, Paula Beer, Max Simonischek, Marie Leuenberger, Sven Schelker, Stefan Kurt, Marius Ahrendt, Martin Vischer
A poet
Feature film by Simón Mesa Soto
Germany/Colombia/Sweden 2024, 120 min.
ZDF/ART, DAS KLEIN
MIT: Ubeimar Ríos, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona, Humberto Restrepo, Alisson Correa
Secondaryland
Feature film by Michael Kofler
Austria/Germany 2024, 100 min.
BR/ORF/Arte, Starhaus Filmproduction, Helios Sustainable Films, KGP Film Production
MIT: Thomas Prenn, Anene Schwarz, Laurence Rup, Francesco Acquaroli, Andrea Fuorto, Niclas Carli, Fabian Mair Mitterer, Roland Selva, Caterina Gabanella
Competition Cinevision
City without sleep
Feature film by Guillermo Galoe
France/Spain 2025, 97 min.
Artekino Productions*, Bteam Prods, Sintagma Films, Buen Pinta Media, Encanta Films, Les Valseurs, Tournellision
Mit: Gabarre Fernández, Sedraoui Bilal, Silva Fernández
SPOTLIGHT
Mirrors n ° 3
Feature film by Christian Petzold
Germany 2025, 86 min.
ZDF/Arte, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber Kaiser
With: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs
INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENTS
CUBA & ALASKA
DokUntarfilm von Yegor Troyanovsky
Belgium/France/Ukraine 2025, 90 min.
Arte France/VRT/RTBF Belgian television Documentary unit/Suspilne Ukraine/Oeseská Televize, Tag Film, 2brave Productions, Clinique Films
MIT: Olexandra Alaska “Alaska”, Yulia Sidorova “Cuba”.
New German cinema
The happiness of the efficient
Feature film by Franz Müller
Deutschland 2025
WDR/Arte, Mizzi Stock Entertainment, 2Pilots Filproduction
Mit: Katharina Derr, àlex Brendemühl, Leonidas Emre Pakkan, Lana Cooper
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 Productian performance (Eva-Maria Weerts)
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 acting performance
(Rona R., Leonidas Emre Pakkan)
KARLA
Feature film by Christina Tournatzés
Deutschland 2024
Br/Arte, Attention Panda! Media, studio.tv.film
With: Elise Krieps, Rainer Bock, Imogen Kogge, Torben Liebrecht, Katharina Schüttler
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 Director (Christina Tournatzés)
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 screenplay (Yvonne Görlach)
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 acting performance
(Elise Crèps)
MISSING*LINK
Feature film by Michael Baumann
Deutschland 2024
WDR/SWR/Arte, Neufilm
With: Luca Brüggemann, Susanne Wolff, Wolfram Koch, Martin Butzke, Guido Renner, Lou Strenger, Margarita Breitkreiz, Lennox Halm, Janosch Andreas
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 Director (Michael Baumann)
Nominated for the Promotion Award New German Cinema 2025 screenplay (Sabine Westermaier, Michael Baumann)
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 acting performance
(Luca Brüggemann)
RAVE ON
Feature film by Nikias Chryssos, Viktor Jakovlevski
Deutschland 2025
HR/Art, Pictures
With: Aaron Altaras, Clemens Schick, June Ellys Power, Isak Dentler, Benny Clausess
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 screenplay (Niklas Chryssos, Viktor Jakovleski)
Nominated for the Promotion Prize New German Cinema 2025 acting performance
(June Ellys Mach)
New German television
Until it bleeds
TV film by Daniel Sager
Deutschland 2025
ZDF/Arte, The Small TV Game, U5 Film Production
With: Elisa Schlott, Franz Pätzold, Thomas Loibl, Francisco Akudike, Matthias Matschke
Special program
Special screening 100 years of fipresci
LARA
Feature film by Jan-Ole Gerster
Germany 2019, 90 min.
RBB/BR/ARTE, fluorescent, Schiwago Film, Studiocanal
With: Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schiling, André Jung, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock and
Museum Brandhorst | 5 friends
Fass
Documentary by Annekatrin Hendel
Germany 2015, 90 min.
SWR/BR/RBB/WDR/Arte, IT Works! media
The documentary film is in the Spotlight series The century spy (OT: The Last Spy) by Katharina Otto-Bernstein, USA 2025, to be seen, which will be shown by ZDF on ARTE.