Readings, concerts and lectures 2024 In addition to the film program, there will also be special events this year: Film journalist and radioeins presenter Knut Elstermann will read from his books ‘Im Gespräch mit – Knut Elstermann befragt ostdeutsche Stars’ and ‘Kohlhaase’ (Thu, Sept. 12, 6 p.m.). Actor and Neil Young fan Ludwig Blochberger presents […]

A wide range of culinary delights will be on offer throughout the festival and invite you to linger! Food stands at the weekend offer the opportunity to get in the mood for the respective film day with a small festival breakfast at the Eibenhof from 9 a.m. and to end the day with delicious wine […]

Ticket sales for the 12th International FILM ONE GRENZEN Festival have started. More than 20 selected feature and documentary films reflect different perspectives on this year’s festival theme NOW. Filmmakers, scientists and experts have been invited to take part in the panel discussions. The Grand Dame of European Cinema, Hanna Schygulla, will kick off the […]

Eight refugees from different walks of life come together to develop and produce short films on the festival theme “JETZT / NOW”. That was the content of this year’s experimental film workshop DIE INSEL. The idea for DIE INSEL was born in 2016 as part of the Refugee Class at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD […]

The motto of this year’s FILM WITHOUT BORDERS festival brings together its stormy and contrasting attributes. “Now” is the absolute present, it is also a wake-up call, as well as the hour when time reveals its transience. Generations and societies study this breath in strikingly different ways. “Formerly” and “now” always wrestle with the new […]

FILM WITHOUT BORDERS  produced a campaign trailer “MENSCH. DEUTSCHLAND” in cooperationwith LICHTERKETTE e.V. for more tolerance and against xenophobia. We want to set an example against exclusion and discrimination and encourage people to be empathetic and actively stand up for tolerance and diversity. Together with the production company LUPA FILM GmbH, Lichterkette e.V. has realized […]

FILM WITHOUT BORDERS and Women for Women International hosted a film evening at Palais Lichtenau in Potsdam on May 7, 2024. “We dare to dream” by Oscar-nominated director and WfWI ambassador Waad Al-Kateab was shown. The director tells the inspiring and stirring story of refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who fight […]

We are very pleased that the Deutsche Postcode Lotterie has become a sponsor of FILM WITHOUT BORDERS e.V. this year. What exactly makes your company so special? Friederike Behrends: The Deutsche Postcode Lottery is a large non-profit social lottery and its concept is unique: with us, you can win something every day, every week and […]

In cooperation with the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, FILM WITHOUT FRONTIERS presents three short films on the theme CONFIDENCE /ZUVERSICHT (festival opening, August 31). The films were made as part of the format “The Island”, a project of the Filmuni Summer School for the preparation of studies for people with a history of flight, migrants […]

From last year on, the festival area is a car-free area (except for team cars and vehicles of people with a severely disabled pass)! In cooperation with the Rufbus DALLI we have arranged alternative parking facilities for you here: Ernst-Thälmann-Straße (A shuttle service runs between the parking lot and the festival area at regular intervals, […]