The programme for the first half of 2026 once again offers a diverse mix of cinematic art and surprising (re)discoveries. Your suggestions from our “Call for Participation“ have again been included.
Our programme sections are the annual theme, the film plea and the open space.
PROGRAMME
- 15 March to 29 March: cinema ost
The film festival Cinema Ost. Eastern Europe in the Mirror of Film is now in its fourth round. They have established themselves as a successful cultural project in Münster. - RENOVATION / Renovacija (OmdtU) | 15 March
During the renovation of their new flat, Ilona and Matas’ ideas about life crumble like the old plaster on the walls… - THE SWAN SONG OF FEDOR OZEROV (OmdtU) & No City, No Village | 16 March
The search for meaning and his lucky jumper turns into a strange odyssey for 25-year-old musician Fedor - UNCLENCHING THE FISTS / Разжимаялаки (OmdtU) | 18 March
In the North Ossetian mining town of Mizur, young Ada struggles against the suffocating confines of her home - WAVES / Vlny (OmdtU) | 23 March
Prague Spring 1968 – While the journalist Tomáš is forced to co-operate with the State Security Service, his younger brother Pavel distributes anti-Soviet leaflets - EVERYTHING NEEDS TO LIVE / Wszystko ma żyć (OmdtU) | 25 March
The story of the passionate Ukrainian animal rights activist Anna Kurkurina, who remains a beacon of hope in the midst of destruction and chaos - THE WISHING TREE / ნატვრის ხე Natwris che (OmdtU) | 29 March
A visually stunning film adaptation of Georgi Leonidze’s story – a poetic panorama of human destinies between tradition and progress - Double Feature: OUTLAW LULLABY & A DANGEROUS NIGHT IN VOLCANO ISLAND | 13 April
Two films that open up a sensitive approach to the phenomenon of boundlessness by collaging supposedly unconnected landscapes to create their very own montages. - BODY IN RESISTANCE | 20 April
Short films by Erfurt artist Gabriele Stötzer and her artists’ collective – curated by Lea Lüneborg - SCHLAPPER WIND AUS SÜD OST | 27 April
In the Freifläche: Dieter Fietzke’s documentary home film from Nienberge – as a supporting film “The White Chinese Woman” - PLACES OF DOCUMENTARY | 3 May
The discussion round to mark the 45th anniversary of the Filmwerkstatt Münster revolves around the author’s documentary film - B FOR BARTLEBY | 3 May
Angela Summereder connects Melville’s historical text with the present – film plea by Alexander Scholz - DIE GETRÄUMTEN | 4 May
Ruth Beckermann’s film is based on the almost 20-year correspondence between the poet Ingeborg Bachmann and the poet Paul Celan. - LE BEAU DANGER | 6 May
René Frölke’s film consists of fragments with vague connections; it does not paint a coherently narrated portrait of the Romanian writer Norman Manea - L’ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD | 18 May
Alain Resnais’ key work of French cinema based on a screenplay by the writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet. - INSIDE THE UFFICI | 1 June
The documentary film by Corinna Belz & Enrique Sánchez Lansch sheds light on the tension between cultural heritage and postmodern society. - I SAW THE TV GLOW | 5 June
Jane Schoenbrun immerses two lonely adolescent characters in the magical world of a television series. - ORFEO | 15 June
Virgilio Villoresi’s modern, visually opulent adaptation of the classic Orpheus and Eurydice myth is based on the graphic novel “Poema a fumetti” by Dino Buzzati.
In November of the anniversary year 2023, the history of the Filmclub Münster was published as a book: „Andere Blicke – 75 Jahre Filmclub Münster“ (Different Perspectives – 75 Years of Filmclub Münster) – 150 pages on film and Münster, published by STRZELECKI-BOOKS and available for €18 in well-stocked bookshops. More information here!