04 – 06 DEC2026Fri 04 · Neues RottmannSat + Sun 05–06 · KiM Kino im EinsteinGet your ticket now →Submit your film for 2027 →

Munich Open Film Festival 2026 · the independent Munich film festival, 4–6 December

Films from everywhere, for everyone. Three days in Munich

Get your ticket now → Submit your film for 2027 →
Get your ticket now → Submit your film for 2027 →
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01 / The Idea The short version: everyone gets in

Cinema belongs to everyone.

Three days of films from around the world and around the corner, at two independent cinemas in Munich. Come as a filmmaker, come as a film lover, or just come in out of the rain. When the lights go down, we’re all the same audience.

A projector beam cutting through haze in the dark
02 / Program Official Selection 2026

Seventeen films. Three days.

FRI 04.12 Day One · Opening Night
Neues Rottmann France · 1:45:00 Muganga Dir. Marie-Hélène Roux With Isaach de Bankolé & Vincent Macaigne About the film →
SAT 05.12 Day Two
KiM Kino im Einstein
  1. 01 Hanacaraka — A Tale of JavaGermany 14:28
  2. 02 CatsbarkGermany 24:47
  3. 03 Syntax ErrorMunich 30:00
  4. 04 For EliseGermany 16:27
  5. 05 The Tale of the PeonyHong Kong · AI 7:57
  6. 06 War on ArtEstonia · Documentary 1:30:00
  7. — Panel TalkFilmmakers & Jury in Conversation 60:00
  8. 07 Close EncounterUnited States 10:43
  9. 08 PilgrimMunich 34:16
  10. 09 A Hundred and Fifteen Times Yes!United Kingdom 6:34
  11. 10 We Need To TalkGermany 18:37
  12. 11 RoadkillMunich 27:50
SUN 06.12 Day Three
KiM Kino im Einstein
  1. 01 Mainland PiratesMunich 22:58
  2. 02 CircologyFinland 15:54
  3. 03 MalikaIreland 1:34:00
  4. — Panel TalkFilmmakers & Jury in Conversation 60:00
  5. 04 EchosGermany 5:20
  6. 05 Spectacular by ComparisonUnited States · Documentary 1:33:45
  7. — Award CeremonyPrizes and closing 30:00
Seventeen films · nine countries · curated from 240 submissions Neues Rottmann + KiM Kino im Einstein · Munich
Made possible by First edition · 2026
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03 / The Cinema The room is filling
04 / The Ticket Seats are limited

Get your ticket.

Early bird: 20 % off, applied automatically. One ticket per person per day: €10 instead of €12.50. The festival pass for all three days is €25 instead of €31.25. Prices include VAT. Your ticket arrives as a QR code by email.

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05 / Open Call Edition 2027 · via FilmFreeway

Made a film? Submit it for 2027.

First film or fiftieth, shot on a phone or on 35mm: the call for 2027 is open. If it mattered when you made it, we want to see it.

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06 / Logline Roulette The machine believes in you

Don’t have a film to submit? Make one now.

Write your name and spin: the machine writes the logline, the poster prints itself. Fine-tune it, send it in, and we’ll show the best ones at the festival.

07 / Instagram Everything lands there first

Follow us on Instagram.

Program drops, ticket news, and the posters you print: it all shows up on Instagram first.

📣 @munichfilmfestival
08 / Work with us Volunteers · now until December

Work with us. Build the festival.

We’re a small team building Munich’s new independent film festival, and we’re looking for volunteers to join us from now until December. Pick a role, or join the core team. No experience needed, just a love of film.

  1. 01 Partnerships & Sponsoring Find and look after the brands and businesses that make the festival possible. View role →
  2. 02 Social Media & Content Posts, reels and stories: tell the festival’s story before, during and after. View role →
  3. 03 Press & Community Get the word out to Munich’s press, film schools, cafés and communities. View role →
  4. 04 Guests & Filmmakers Welcome the filmmakers and the jury, and look after them during the festival. View role →
  5. 05 Photo & Video Capture the screenings, panels and people, for the archive and for next year. View role →
  6. 06 Festival Crew On the night and the weekend: welcome, tickets, seating, merch and setup. View role →
→ Join the core team
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