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The 1995 poster for Munich's Film Festival in June-July.

There are more than 1,000 film festivals each year. Listed below are film festivals in the German-speaking countries of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, plus German-related events in the U.S. and elsewhere. (We have also included French and Italian-speaking Swiss locales just because we felt like it.) For additional film festivals around the world, see our alphabetical Film Festival Links below.

Last updated: February 2008

Berlin & Beyond Film Festival | San Francisco, California
The B&B festival is held each January at the Castro Theatre in association with the Goethe Institute San Francisco, the Consulates General of Germany and Switzerland, and the Austrian Cultural Institute, New York. The January 2008 B&B was the 13th annual event. The 9th annual "Berlin & Beyond" film festival ran January 8-14, 2004 at the Castro. Since 2002, the "Berlin & Beyond" festival has featured additional screenings outside San Francisco—at Point Arena near Mendocino. Other past "B&B" highlights have included a special showing of a newly restored version of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1919 silent classic "Madame Dubarry" (in 2001), along with a live appearance by German director Doris Dörrie, whose films were honored in San Francisco, including "Erleuchtung garantiert" (1999), "Bin ich schön?" and "Mitten ins Herz". - For more information about this year’s "Berlin & Beyond" see the Berlin & Beyond Web site.

Solothurn Film Festival | Solothurn, Switzerland
In late January.

Max Ophuüls Prize Film Festival | Saarbrücken, Germany
In late January. The 29th Filmfestival Max Ophuüls Preis took place January 14-20, 2008.

Internationales Filmwochenende | Würzburg, Germany
The International Film Weekend is held in late January.

Berlinale | Berlin, Germany
The Berlin International Film Festival takes place in early February (58th Berlinale: Feb. 7-17, 2008). Generally ranked number two in the world after Cannes, Berlin features some 250 films playing in 15 theaters. For more about the Berlinale, see our Berlinale page.

European Film Market | Berlin, Germany
As part of the Berlinale in February. See above.

International Forum of New Cinema | Berlin, Germany
As part of the Berlinale in February. See above.

The Berlinale Palast on Marlene-Dietrich-Platz has been the main venue for the Berlinale since 2000. For the 58th Berlinale fans and photographers await the 2008 stars.
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Fribourg Film Festival | Fribourg, Switzerland
In early March.

Days of Independent Film | Augsburg, Germany
In March.

Grenzland Film Days | Wunsiedel, Germany
Early April

Visions de Reel (Nyon International Documentary Film Festival) | Nyon, Switzerland
Late April.

Golden Rose of Montreux, Geneva. Late April

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | Oberhausen, Germany
Late April, early May. The 2008 festival runs from May 1-6.

Munich International Documentary Film Festival | Munich, Germany
Late April.

Seh-Süchte/Visual Addictions | Babelsberg (Potsdam), Germany
International Student Film Festival. April-May.

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Augsburg Short Film Festival | Augsburg, Germany
Early May.

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | Oberhausen, Germany
Late April, early May. The 2008 festival runs from May 1-6.

CineVegas International Film Festival | Las Vegas, Nevada
In June. June 12-21, 2008.

Emden Film Festival | Emden, Germany
Early June.

Hamburg International Short Film Festival | Hamburg, Germany
Mid-June.

International Film Festival Innsbruck | Innsbruck, Austria
Early June. The 2007 festival presented almost 70 films from many countries. 17th IFFI: June 3-8, 2008.

Munich Film Festival | Munich, Germany
In late June. For 2008: June 20-28.

French Film Days | Tübingen, Germany
Mid-June.

Fantasy Filmfest (International Film Festival for Science Fiction, Horror & Thrillers), traveling to Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne and Hamburg, Germany. July-Sept.

Vevey International Comedy Film Festival | Vevey, Switzerland.
July.

Locarno International Film Festival | Locarno, Switzerland
In early August.

Potsdamer Filmsommer | Potsdam, Germany
In August.

International Festival of Films for Children and Young People | Frankfurt am Main
Late September, early October.

Hamburg Film Festival | Hamburg, Germany
Sept.-Oct.

Oldenburg International Film Festival | Oldenburg, Germany
September

Aachen HotSpots | Aachen, Germany
Very short films (in digital format): maximum of 180 seconds! In October.

Feminale | Cologne (Köln)
Mid-October.

International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film | Leipzig, Germany
Oct.-Nov.

The Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival
October.

Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival | Vienna, Austria
October.

Austrian Film Days | Wels, Austria
October

AFI Fest | Los Angeles, California, USA
November 2008. More...

CineFest | Hamburg, Germany
Annually in November. WEB > www.cinegraph.de

Duisburger Filmwoche (Duisburg Film Week) | Duisburg, Germany
November.

Augsburg Children's Film Festival | Augsburg, Germany
November

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Film Festival Links

• Berlin & Beyond - sponsored by the Goethe Institute San Francisco. January.
• Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). February.
• CineFest by CineGraph in Hamburg, Germany. November.
• Emden Film Festival, Emden, Germany. June.
• Feminale in Cologne (Köln)
• The Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany.
• Nordische Filmtage Lübeck - Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany
• Filmfest München, Munich, Germany
• Max Ophüls Filmfestival, Saarbrücken
• Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Kurzfilmtage), Oberhausen, Germany
• Potsdamer Filmsommer, Potsdam, Germany (Website is 2003)
• Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, October.

• Film Festivals.com lists film festivals around the world.
• Cannes - The Cannes Film Festival takes place in May. It's not in Germany, but it IS a biggy!

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