The Filmfestival Münster changes its residence. After ten years at the Cineplex, the festival with tradition returns to where it was hosted in the 90s already: to the Schloßtheater. From October 4th to 8th more than a hundred filmmakers will present their new works at the 17th edition of the Filmfestival in the building at the Kanonierplatz in Münster. The move aims at the strengthening of the Schloßtheater as a festival cinema. “We want to further enhance the Schlo&...

The Filmfestival Münster 2011 awards the Turkish director Seren Yüce for his film „Çogunluk“ (Majority) with the jury award for best director in the European Feature Film Competition, endowed with Euro 7,500. The raw and authentic „family film“ and desperate „love story“, written and directed by Fatih Akin’s former assistant director premiered at the film festival in Venice in 2010 and was honored there with the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for the best debut feature film. The in...

20-year-old Marisa is a member of a group of right-wing extremists in a small East German town. Her life is aimless and governed by small-minded prejudices. Marisa begins to question her convictions after violence and attacks against innocent people increasingly escalate. “Kriegerin” (Combat Girls), the feature-film debut of writer-director David Wnendt, is part of the European Feature Film Competition at the 14th Filmfestival Münster (12-16 October 2011). The film, precisely observed and ...