26. Juni – 5. Juli 2026 Jedes Jahr Ende Juni/Anfang Juli feiern Menschen in der lockeren Atmosphäre des Münchner Sommers die Vielfalt des Films. Das FILMFEST MÜNCHEN ist Publikumsfestival, Entdeckerfestival, internationales Premierenfestival und die Plattform Nr. 1 für deutsches Filmschaffen zugleich. Zahlreiche internationale und deutsche Filmemacher:innen präsentieren in München mehr als 150 Filme und kommen mit dem Publikum ins Gespräch – bei Q&As nach den Screenings und im Festivalzentrum bei den kostenlosen FilmTalks. Vom 26. Juni bis zum 5. Juli 2026 gibt es vielseitiges Kino aus aller Welt, frische Filmperlen aus Cannes sowie deutsche Film- und Serienhighlights auf der großen Leinwand zu erleben – in den beliebten Festivalkinos sowie im Deutschen Theater und Open Air im Kino, Mond & Sterne. Das komplette Programm wird Mitte Juni veröffentlicht, Tickets gibt es wenige Tage später.
This session offers an introduction to Bavaria’s rapidly growing XR ecosystem and to the second edition of MUNICH Beyond, launched in 2025 as a joint initiative by Festival der Zukunft, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN and XR HUB Bavaria. In collaboration with Residenztheater München and Deutsch…
Part cinema, part spatial experiment: “Dome Stories” is a full day of international FullDome films and immersive artworks between art, immersion and speculation. The dome is not just a screen — it’s a spatial machine. Images drift overhead, perspectives dissolve, gravity starts…
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Bodies become landscapes, data becomes emotion, biology turns cinematic. This session moves through birth, movement, ecology and decay — connecting deeply personal experiences with larger systems and environments. From labor data translated into sound and image to speculative eco…
Find out more about the artists and worksPatterns, particles, topologies, statistics. This session leaves classical storytelling behind and moves into systems that flicker somewhere between science experiment, audiovisual installation and sensory overload. Less narrative, more immersion through structure, rhythm and sca…
Find out more about the artists and worksIn 1974, radio astronomer Frank Drake transmitted the first scientifically designed interstellar message from the Arecibo Observatory. Fifty years later, CONTACT ATTEMPT revisits this historic gesture through generative art, AI and immersive media. This special showcase by the ar…
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The final session slows things down and opens up deeper waters. Memory, perception, ecology and catastrophe drift through immersive landscapes that feel both cinematic and strangely physical. A closing block about scale — from intimate perception to environmental collapse far bel…
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