Programme 2026
Some films can also be watched online.
To do this, you need to log in and then go to GIEFF programmes by day. The respective films are accessible there.
Wednesday 13-5-2026
| 10:00 | Registration |
________________________________________________________________________Student Film Competition |
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More Than Human |
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| 13:00 |
The Fishers of Mainmahla (45') |
| 13:55 |
Intertidal (20') |
| 14:25 |
Ea - Home on Givær (36') |
| 15:10 |
Milking (30') |
| 15:50 |
Layers of Confidence (28') |
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Doing Memory |
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| 16:45 |
Caution Colonialism (29') |
| 17:25 |
Dragging Chains (30') |
| 18:05 |
As I Witness (8,5') |
| 18:20 |
Then...Now...Forever (15') |
| 18:45 |
My Lens, My Land (23,5') |
________________________________________________________________________Break
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Un/certain Relationships |
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| 20:00 |
A Happy Place (22') |
| 20:25 |
We Might Be Alike (17,5') |
| 20:45 |
Unveiling Voices (37') |
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| 22:15 |
Almost in Russia (33') |
| 23:00 |
Dating in the Dark (51') |
Thursday 14-5-2026
________________________________________________________________________Student Film Competition Continued
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Doing Memory |
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| 09:00 |
Learning to Fly (49') |
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Care and Aging |
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| 10:00 |
Tokiwadaira Danchi (33') |
| 10:45 |
Distant Intimacy (20') |
| 11:30 |
A Decent Person (35') |
| 12:10 |
Work Between Us (29') |
| 13:00 |
________________________________________________________________________Break - Presentation of the Website: Living Room (i-doc)
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________________________________________________________________________Main Festival
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Path of Resilience |
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| 14:00 |
Highway Nomads (84') |
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| 15:35 |
Throne Of Wood (30') |
| 16:25 |
Safoora (18,5') |
| 16:45 |
Souls (79') |
________________________________________________________________________Break - Postcolonial City Tour of Göttingen
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Elemental Relations |
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| 20:00 |
Clay Woman (17,5') |
| 20:30 |
Kathmandu Monsoon (18,5') |
| 21:00 |
Mukunã Apprentice of Shaman (25') |
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| 21:50 |
Angry Spirits (104') |
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Friday 15-5-2026
Collective Actions |
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| 09:00 |
Marimari (98') |
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| 11:05 |
City on the Back (76') |
| 12:50 |
________________________________________________________________________Break - Presentation of the Installation: Legacy of Silence(s)
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| 14:00 |
Help Me Help You (36') |
| [14:50 |
Wind's Heritage (30') |
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Queering Lives |
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| 15:45 |
A Letter to Chinatown (48') |
| 16:35 |
Bride of Aravan (48') |
| 17:25 |
Drags in da´ House (67') |
________________________________________________________________________Break
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Path of Resilience |
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| 20:00 |
Rhythms of Sodade (109') |
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| 22:15 |
Waterline (68') |
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Saturday 16-5-2026
Loss and Be/Longing |
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| 09:00 |
Macula (25') |
| 09:30 |
Making Space (13,5') |
| 09:45 |
You In This City, This City Inside You (28,5') |
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| 11:00 |
Shape of Absence (21,5') |
| 11:35 |
Death in Palermo (65') |
________________________________________________________________________Break
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| 14:00 |
Only if the Baby Cries... (15') |
| 14:25 |
Make it Look Real (67') |
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What Returns |
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| 16:00 |
Ichi: Marks in Time (71') |
| 17:20 |
Oceanbone (9,5') |
| 17:35 |
Shiva Linga: A Visual Quest (27') |
| 18:05 |
Have You Seen My Gods? (60') |
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________________________________________________________________________Break
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________________________________________________________________________Award Ceremony
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Sunday 17-5-2026
| 10:00 |
8 Seconds (79') |
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| 11:50 |
The Sacrifice (81') |
________________________________________________________________________End of Festival
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Only online screening 2026
GIEFF received many impressive films which were very long.
The selection committee and the film festival directors decided to offer the filmmakers to make their selected films available online.
________________________________________________________________________The following films you can watch only online.
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The Mbako Trial: Myth and Reality (90') |
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Maree's Backyard (29') |
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Spring in Kangiqsualujjuaq (80') |
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Wind Has No Tail (60') |
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Kotlovan (80') |
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We Had Fun Yesterday (35') |
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Recording to Notice (36') |
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Sunrise - At the Frontiers of Feasibility (94') |
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What about the F-Word? (67') |
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Mantènnere - Holding the Sacred Sound (52') |
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God in a Military Uniform (107') |
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Ökul Näs - Around us (38') |
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60 Years of Singing Ballads in Hakka : Hsu Mu-chen (54') |
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Once Upon a Time in Dongmen (61') |