International COMPETITION
Jim Queen
France, 2026, 85 min, Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané, French
Nunkui
Ecuador, 2026, 91 min, Verenice Benítez, Spanish
WHispers in May
Hong Kong, 2025, 104 min, Chen Dongnan, Nuosu, NRW Premiere
Zusammen ist man weniger getrennt
Germany, 2025, 94 min, Alexander Conrads, German
The Uncertainty principle
India, 2026, 121 min, Don Palathara, Malayalam, World Premiere
They come out of margo
Greece, 2025, 113 min, Alexandros Voulgaris, Greek, Germany Premiere
better go mad in the wild
Czech Republic, 2025, 84 min, Miro Remo, Czech, NRW Premiere
London
Austria, 2026, 122 min, Sebastian Brameshuber, German, NRW Premiere
I grew an inch when my father died
Philippines, 2026, 72 min, P. R. Monencillo Patindol, Cebuano, Germany Premiere
Nichts Bleibt und Nichts Verschwindet
Germany, 2026, 79 min, Paul Sonntag, German, Aachen Premiere
FOCUS: (Im)Mortal
On THE SILVER GLOBe
Poland, 1988, 165 min, Andrzej Żuławski, Polish
Ancestral Visions of Future
Lesotho, 2026, 82 min, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, English, NRW Premiere
Uchronia
Greece, 2026, min, Fil Ieropoulos, English, NRW Premiere
Begotten
USA, 1989, 72 min., E. Elias Merhige, No Spoken Language, Germany Premiere
Sermon to the Void
Azerbaijan, 2025, 112 min., Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijani, Germany Premiere
Habibi Hussein
Palestine, 2025, 93 min, Alex Bakri, Arabic, NRW Premiere
Those who do not drown
India, 2021, 64 min., Naeem Mohaiemen, Bengali/Bangla, NRW Premiere
Faceless
Austria, 2007, 50 min., Manu Luksch, English
The Loneliest Man in Town
Austria, 2026, 86 min., Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, German, NRW Premiere
ABSEITS: Expiring…
Light Pillar
China, 2026, 90 min, Zao Xu, Mandarin, NRW Premiere
I lost sight of the landscape
Canada, 2025, 85 min, Sophie Bédard Marcotte, French + Short film Schwanensee (Stella Traub)
Filmfarsi (+ Cuts Live Podcast)
Iran, 2019, 84 min, Ehsan Khoshbakht, several languages
Human Resource
Thailand, 2025, 121 min, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thai, NRW Premiere
Der tote winkel der wahrnehmung
Austria, 2025, 79 min, Michael Gülzow, German, NRW Premiere
toxic
Lithuania, 2024, 99 min, Saulė Bliuvaitė, Lithuanian
ANDY WARHOLS: flesh For Frankenstein (in 3d)
USA, 1973, 95 min, Paul Morrissey, English, 3D
Expiring: THINGS THAT LOST MEANING
Special Exhibition at Bunker Of Art
PEAT IN CONCERT
24.09. doors 20:00, Apollo 4
SHORTS
Restricted movement shorts
Curated Shorts program from all around the world
ÖCHER COMPETITION
Öcher competition I
I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR (5 Shorts)
Öcher competition II
OPTISCHE SCHREIE – Lovorka Peric-Hassler
Öcher competition III
(RE)THINKING HOME (3 Shorts)
Öcher competition IV
DIRTY TALKS – Markus Scherm
diy shorts
DIY SHORTS: MOVING PICTURES // MOVING BODIES
Super-Short Film Program
WErkschau: Weggefährten
Schau mich nicht so böse an
Germany, 1997, 66 min, Michael Chauvistré, German
Unter einem Dach
Germany, 1995, 53 min, Gabriele Kotte, German
Mal sehen was draus wird
Germany, 1999, 67 min, Michael Chauvistré, German + Stars (1963), Jürgen Böttcher
Der traum des vaters
Germany, 2006, 56 min, Michael Chauvistré, German + Amore (1990), Michael Chauvistré
eine zufällige begegnung + Barbara und Fenja
1993 und 1989, 36 Min. und 25 Min, Michael Chauvistré, German
Glück allein macht auch nicht wahn-sinnig Weise
Germany, 2026, 68 min, Michael Chauvistré, German + Stichpunkt Herz (1993), 10 min, by Christoph Schuch
MIDNIGHT
Ghost In The Cell
Indonesia, 2026, 106 min, Joko Anwar, Indonesian
Kinki
Japan, 2025, 103 min, Koji Shiraishi, Japanese
Let’s Scare Jessica to death
USA, 1971, 89 min, John D. Hancock, English
HOTSPRING Sharkattack II
Japan, 2026, 88 min, Morito Inoue, Japanese, Germany Premiere
SPECIALS
Eine Krankheit wie ein gedicht
Germany, 2026, 81 min, Jelena Illic, German
noah
Germany, 2025, 80min, Ali Tamim, German
Ninja motherf*cking destruction
Germany, 2025, 79 min, Lotta Schwerk, German
German 
English