This year’s program at KINDERFILMFEST MÜNCHEN invites you to travel around the world! Starting from a village in rural Bavaria in the opening film THE ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ, the films take their audiences to the United States, into fascinating realms of fantasy, to Hungary, to a small island in the middle of Lake Titicaca, and back to Europe.

At the end of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, the Bayern 2 and SZ Audience Award will be presented again in 2021. You decide on the winning film!

In the series of talks at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, the audience meets the stars up close.

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN and the Pasinger Fabrik are dedicating a tribute to the one-of-a-kind film producer and director Franz Seitz with distinguished guests from the German film industry.

A new format for premieres, “FILMFEST MÜNCHEN at Your Cinema”, debuts with the screening of Helena Hufnagel’s comedy COMMITMENT PHOBIA in numerous cinemas throughout Bavaria and the rest of Germany on July 6 — parallel to the film’s grand premiere in Munich.

Senta Berger will receive the CineMerit Award for her eclectic life’s work.

In this unusual year, the 38th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will screen 70 feature-length films from 29 countries, including 28 German premieres and 33 world premieres — all on the big screen, at eight open-air locations and in seven Filmfest theaters. Many of the films revolve around issues of community and belonging, sexual identity, and journeys into imagined worlds. It’s an issue-oriented yet entertaining line-up, with films that poignantly tell their stories and yet often reveal a certain lightness.

Welcome to FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2021!

And welcome to our new website!

Summer cinema in the city: The festival feeling is alive!