FFDD25: Festival Focus "Let's Stick Together!"


From 8 to 13 April 2025, once more the 37 Filmfest Dresden is inviting short film fans to enjoy an inspiring festival week of highly varied programmes and thought-provoking events and occasions in the Saxon state capital of Dresden.

A first taste of the 37th festival edition is being provided by the special programmes, which are devoted to the theme of solidarity and the creating of “Not Impossible” visions. The thematic focus represents the launch of our “Generational Change – A New Justice” Trilogy intended to continue until 2027, with it inviting us this year to ponder the present and future of solidarity – and that also beyond national borders. Doing so, solidarity is being sought out in our daily lives, while also being considered as a tool capable of realising utopias, linking this on a thematic level to last year’s festival focus on utopias. The programme is being compiled by a diverse team of guest curators.

One of these is the Chinese filmmaker Popo Fan, who is currently working on his feature film debut here in Germany. For this year’s festival, he is creating a focal programme on the subject of Language as the Key to New Solidarity in post-migrant Europe. Here, he is revealing how people, regardless of their ethnicities and identities, communicate with each other, as well as to what extent language can serve as a tool for connecting.

A further focal programme is dedicated to Intergenerational Solidarity and presenting a selection of films that highlight the biological, social and cultural networks involved in preserving diversity. The works being screened include the film CUERDAS (2022) from the Spanish director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, who caused a global sensation with her feature-length film 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (2023).

Look forward to exciting programmes at the 37 FILMFEST DRESDEN from 8 to 13 April 2025!

Advance ticket sales start on 18 March.

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