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Fancy a very special experience at the 72nd IFFMH?15 05 23read moreIFFMH goes BUGA
We prepared something very special for you!28 02 23read moreA shower of awards at the Césars 2023
Our films also scoop the Césars27 02 23read moreThe IFFMH at the German Film Critics' Award
Congratulations to the winners20 02 23read moreBeauties for the Beasts
We rejoice with the Goya runner-up ›The Beasts‹20 02 23read moreWithout film festivals no cinema culture
We demand: More support for the festival scene13 02 23read moreHappy holidays and all the best for 2023
... we wish you from the bottom of our hearts23 12 22read moreHappy and grateful
We look back with you on the 71st IFFMH29 11 22read moreOur winning films have been chosen
We proudly present this year's award winners24 11 22read moreExtra Screening ›Pacifiction‹
We offer you an extra screening!24 11 22read moreVote now for your favourite film!
Take your chance and with a little luck win a prize23 11 22read moreWe are happy about a great interim balance
22 11 22read moreSpectacular start to the festival at the weekend
Setting the mood for another week of highlights21 11 22read moreGrand Festival opening
with ›Diary of a Fleeting Affair‹ and guests from the film makers18 11 22read moreIranian Revolution
IFFMH stands by the Iranian protestors17 11 22read moreOur guests 2022
Presented by us and our partners15 11 22read moreCuidando al sol
Special offer for you at the start of the festival15 11 22read moreKickoff of the Cutting Edge Talent Camp
... with famous experts and fantastic talents11 11 22read morePresale Start 2022
Get ready for the festival03 11 22read moreThe complete programme for 2022
Get ready for this year's selection!28 10 22read moreOur guests of honour have been confirmed
Grand IFFMH Award for Alice Winocour and Homage for Benoît Debie17 10 22read more›The First Fallen‹ at QZM
Watch our audience's favourite film of 202110 10 22read more»IFFMH presents« goes into the next round
Three exciting events will sweeten your waiting time28 09 22read moreJoin our Student Jury!
Fancy a very special experience at the 71st IFFMH?14 09 22read moreCinema of Splendour - Fashion in Film
Introducing our retrospective for this year!07 09 22read moreFilm Tip: ›Future is a Lonely Place‹
Dark, immersive and without compromise18 08 22read moreExcellent atmosphere in our team!
IFFMH honoured as "Fair Festival"05 06 22read moreStreaming tips for the weekend
›The Tsugua Diaries‹ and ›Dustin‹ now available at MUBI27 05 22read moreIn cinemas: ›One of These Days‹
Bastian Günther's American Nightmare with ›Peaky Blinders‹ star Joe Cole19 05 22read moreIn cinemas: ›Memoria‹ with Tilda Swinton
Experience the breathtaking visual and sound worlds of master director Weerasethakul05 05 22read moreAuction for the benefit of children in Ukraine
We auction off artworks by Ingo Siegner and Mehrdad Zaeri29 04 22read moreCall for Entries 2022
We are looking for the most ambitious debuts of the season03 05 22read moreNew curator of FACING NEW CHALLENGES
Jan-Philipp Possmann takes over as head of the section28 04 22read moreIn cinemas: Gaspar Noé's ›Vortex‹
On dignity and autonomy in an everyday life full of medication28 04 22read moreWhat do we see when we go to the cinema?
... For example Alexandre Koberidze's IFFMH contribution from 202106 04 22read moreTechnical know-how wanted
We are on the lookout for a Technical Director25 03 22read moreIFFMH Film Recommendation
Who hasn't yet, who wants to again?16 03 22read moreDoubling down
Cathrin Ehrlich and Anselm Scherer contribute their expertise to the festival16 03 22read morePortrait of a Dairy Cow in Chains
Stream Andrea Arnold's ›Cow‹ now on MUBI12 02 22read moreOscar nomination for ›Lunana‹
We are rooting for the beloved film from the Children's Film Festival 202008 02 22read moreSave the Date
The 71th IFFMH will be held from November 17th - 27th!17 01 22read moreSo long, and thanks for all the fish
Das IFFMH dankt den Filmemachern und dem Publikum22 11 21read moreClick, click, boom!
You can still stream on IFFMH until midnight!21 11 21read moreSuperheroines without a mask
Together against the rest of the world20 11 21read moreMerch! Merch! Merch!
Our shopping experience in the N120 11 21read morePolitics and paranoia
Films about escape and corruption20 11 21read more50 times humanity
IFFMH honours Claude Lelouch with a tribute20 11 21read moreYour evaluation
›The First Fallen‹ wins the Audience Award of the Festival19 11 21read moreBig, bigger, smallest?
Open doors for formal and narrative cinema experiments19 11 21read moreA man we like
Claude Lelouch celebrates the basic forms of human togetherness19 11 21read moreThe Donkey's New Groove
›Il Buco‹ by Michelangelo Frammartino takes the International Newcomer Award18 11 21read moreCinema of the mind and dream journeys
Road movies lead into inner worlds and real landscapes18 11 21read moreGlitz and glamour
Today at 8 pm at the Luxor: The Award Ceremony of the 70th IFFMH18 11 21read moreRage against the machine
Emancipatory and anti-authoritarian cinema somewhere between hope and hopelessness18 11 21read moreHouse of IFFMH
Films that are also worth watching at home17 11 21read moreTalk, talk, talk!
Talking and narrating without full stops and commas17 11 21read moreBetween cohesion and self-destruction
Between cohesion and self-destruction17 11 21read moreShort and sweet
Shorts, umbrellas and sunsets in our short film programmes16 11 21read moreFrom Wednesday: Admission only with compliance with 2G
IFFMH implements recommendation of the state16 11 21read moreAnything but a donkey ride
Michelangelo Frammartino pays tribute to his namesake16 11 21read moreGrand IFFMH Award for Guillaume Nicloux
Bleeding, twitching, dying bodies in homoerotic aesthetics15 11 21read moreCinema on the brink of convention collapse
Self-reflexive films question the conditions of their own making - metaphysically, socially and aesthetically15 11 21read moreCinema is not a lonely place
When lost persons and lost souls intertwine15 11 21read moreDelusion and reality
›El Fulgor‹ challenges the limits of what is possible14 11 21read moreIn a social headlock
Genre films focus on class struggle at the margins of society14 11 21read moreOpen fire: Kokosnuss can handle it!
The little dragon Kokosnuss gets 10 stars in the exam14 11 21read moreGreetings from Andrea Arnold
A message to the audience in Mannheim and Heidelberg on the occasion of IFFMH 7013 11 21read moreGrand IFFMH Award for Andrea Arnold
Empathic and straightforwardly poetic: ›Cow‹ and ›Fish Tank‹ in the Double Feature13 11 21read moreOn the shoulders of giants
Women stand up against social constraints, expectations - and against monsters13 11 21read moreWorld premiere in an intimate atmosphere
›The First Fallen‹ infects cinephile audiences with cinematic poetry13 11 21read moreThe radical and the in-between
Follow us to Heidelberg for Bettina Brokemper's tribute and an intense double feature including a world premiere!12 11 21read moreSystem crashers for your home
The Wild West, the patriarchy of Bangladesh or simply modern society: it's boiling in these films!12 11 21read moreA cinema full of life
Impressions from the anniversary kick-off of the 70th IFFMH12 11 21read moreWith guests and in cinemas
The 70th IFFMH is in the starting blocks11 11 21read moreStreaming from 10 pm: Our opening film ›You Resemble Me‹
... and experience the first film highlights at home from 8 pm!11 11 21read more›Facing New Challenges: Cities‹
Opening Ceremony at the Heidelberger Kunstverein11 11 21read moreGuests of honour in Mannheim and Heidelberg
Honours for Andrea Arnold, Bettina Brokemper, Claude Lelouch and Guillaume Nicloux at the 70th IFFMH18 10 21read moreApply now for your accreditation for the 70th IFFMH!
As of now, interested trade visitors, film and media students and media representatives can register for the IFFMH.14 10 21read moreThe first highlights of the 70th edition
Opening film, Centre Piece and first film highlights12 10 21read moreRETROSPECTIVE: Breaks and Turning Points
Rediscoveries from 70 Years of IFFMH27 09 21read moreMINDBOMBS at Kunsthalle Mannheim
Our partners are opening their new exhibition10 09 21read moreIFFMH presents - live in Mannheim and Heidelberg
We are bridging the wait for IFFMH 70 with film screenings in our partner theaters26 07 21read moreBe part of IFFMH 70!
Send us your digital film footage from the past seven decades that you have shot in the region.26 06 21read moreCOME TAKE A RIDE WITH US
SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW!01 05 21read moreAnother Round of Awards for Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg wins Academy Award for ANOTHER ROUND26 04 21read moreThese are the winners of the 69th IFFMH!
The prizes of the 69th IFFMH have been awarded. Find out here which films were honoured with which awards.22 11 20read moreThe Award Ceremony: Now here!
The best comes last: Finally we can announce which films will win the sought-after competition awards at the IFFMH this year.22 11 20read moreAward Ceremony
Sunday, November 22, 11 AM21 11 20read more"Well, how would you have behaved?
You can watch AGAIN/NOCH EINMAL by Mario Pfeifer online starting today and until the end of the festival.20 11 20read moreIFFMH-GATHERing #4
Saturday, November 21, 5 - 7 PM on Gather20 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: Critic's Talk
Friday, November 20, 7 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live20 11 20read moreLOVE AFFAIR(S) is online!
Starting today, 6 PM, you can stream Emmanuel Mouret's film, which is part of the official selection of Cannes 2020, on EXPANDED.20 11 20read moreTHE WOMAN WHO RAN is online!
Starting today you can stream the latest film by IFFMH veteran Hong Sangsoo on EXPANDED.19 11 20read moreIFFMH-GATHERing #3
Thursday, November 19, 6 - 7 PM on Gather19 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: Feministisches Kino heute und morgen
Am 19. November um 19 Uhr auf Zoom und Facebook Live18 11 20read moreInterview with Lav Diaz
The director of Genus, Pan talks about his film, his home — the Philippines — and the meditative quality of duration with Head of Programme Frédéric Jaeger.18 11 20read moreIFFMH-GATHERing #2
Tuesday, November 17, 6 - 7 PM via Gather17 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: Director's Talk #1
Tuesday, November 17, 7PM on Zoom and Facebook Live16 11 20read moreAt the same time as the IFFMH, the short film festival GIRLS GO MOVIE took place for the 16th time.
And just like us in an online edition.16 11 20read moreBeginning is online!
Now the competition is (almost) completely online! Until November 22 you can stream Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili and vote for the Audience Award.15 11 20read moreDigital Q&As
Are you interested in what the filmmakers have to say about their films and the festival?14 11 20read moreYou decide which film will win the Audience Award this year!
14 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: Cinema on the streets of Mannheim and Heidelberg
Saturday, November 14, 7 PM on Zoom14 11 20read moreFACING NEW CHALLENGES
Wenn wir nicht ins Museum können, kommt das Museum zu uns!13 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: Programmer's Talk + IFFMH-GATHERing #1
Friday, November 13, 7 PM via Zoom and afterwards on Gather13 11 20read moreLet’s come to Gather
Visit and meet us in the virtual festival space of Gather Town. Share your film tips and viewing experiences with festival guests and friends.12 11 20read more“Smile, but not for long, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriarchy.” (Nelly Kaplan)
We mourn the loss of writer and director Nelly Kaplan, who died today at the age of 89 from a Covid-19 infection.12 11 20read moreWe're online!
Colourful opening of the digital festival12 11 20read moreWorld premiere: Die Hungrigen aber wandern aus
Watch the world premiere for free: The 10-minute short film by director duo Sophia Groening and Jan Bonny.12 11 20read moreIFFMH Live: The retrospective Le Deuxième Souffle - The second generation
Thursday, November 12, 6 PM via Zoom12 11 20read more30 days free trial!
Exclusive offer from our media partner MUBI30 10 20read moreTeaser trailers of the IFFMH in cinemas now
Have you already seen them? Since last week seven teaser trailers for the IFFMH have been running in our partner cinemas!27 10 20read moreSchool screenings of the Children's Film Festival are cancelled
Extended streaming offer for school classes for only 60 euros per class26 10 20read more