Program 2025 – Overview of events in English and/or accessible to Non-German visitors

Academy Workshop

The Collaborative Eye: To inspire more value in the visual

10:00–13:30, with lecturer Edmond Laccon

Academy Workshop

Troubleshooting in Montage: Re-imagining Stories, Deepening the Now and Saving Films

14:30–18:00, with lecturer Susan Korda

Reception

Celebrating 25 years of Edimotion

Food and drinks sponsored by TEMPO – Federation of Film Editors Associations

Opening Ceremony / Lifetime Achievement Award

Screening of BEYOND SILENCE

German with English subtitles

In the presence of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Patricia Rommel
Laudatio: Caroline Link

Invitation Only

International Film Editors Forum (IFEF)

Networking event in English from 12:00–16:30, including lunch.
Facilitator: Christine von Fragstein

Note: This is not a public event!

Documentary Competition

Screening of NONKONFORM

German with English subitiles

The film talk afterwards with editor Andrea Schumacher will be in German

Main Topic – Editing Hybrid Formats

When War Shapes Form: Rethinking Khartoum

English language panel with film excerpts

Guests: Yousef Jubeh (editor), Frank Albers (producer)

International Panel

Editing War: Documentary Perspectives on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

English language panel with film excerpts
Guests: Kasia Boniecka, Charlotte Tourrès, Inés Boffi

Guest Country Japan

Reception

with Japansese food and wine

Guest Country Japan

Screening of UNDER THE OPEN SKY

Japanese with English subtitles

With an introduction by Yukiko Kobori, and a film talk with Tomomi Kikuchi

Fiction Competition

Screening of JUPITER

German with English subtitles

The film talk afterwards with editor Valesca Peters will be in German

Fiction Competition

Screening of SEPTEMBER 5

English with German subtitles

The film talk afterwards with editor Hansjörg Weißbrich will be in German

Documentary Competition

Screening of RIVERBOOM

French & English, with German subtitles
The film talk afterwards with editor Kevin Schlosser will be in English

Fiction Competition

Screening of REINAS

Spanish with German subtitles

The film talk afterwards with editor Paola Freddi will be in Italian with German translation