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June 2027 1
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Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival🇩🇪 Mannheim, Germany
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DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 1
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Berliner Theatertreffen🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
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Schwetzingen Festival🇩🇪 Schwetzingen, Germany
Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 2
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Bad Hersfelder Festspiele🇩🇪 Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Munich Opera Festival🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 2
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Bregenz Festival🇦🇹 Austria and 4 more countries
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White Ravens Festival🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 3
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Arts and filmShared with much of the world
Celebrated in Germany and in many other countries.
November 2026 1
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Arts and filmPhoto credits on this page
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- Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival: Iff-MH, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zurich Film Festival: Otto Normalverbraucher, CC BY-SA 2.0 at, source
- DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: Friedrich Gahlbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou: Sputniktilt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hamburg International Film Festival: Filmfest Hamburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Venice Biennale: Naturpuur, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bregenz Festival: Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Festival of Lights: Matthias Trautsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bad Hersfelder Festspiele: 2micha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Munich Opera Festival: Bbb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Berliner Theatertreffen: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- World Architecture Festival: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Schwetzingen Festival: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, source
- Berlin International Film Festival: Maharepa, CC BY 2.0, source
- Moscow International Film Festival: Sergey Rodovnichenko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Mary Kar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Munich International Film Festival: Florinel2, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Original uploader was LauraO a, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- White Ravens Festival: Presseabteilung der Stiftung Internationale Jugendbibltiothek, CC BY-SA 4.0, source