Inncontro Filmfestival 2026

Inncontro – International Film Festival of Plurality invites audiences to engage in dialogue about (post-)migration, flight and exile through international fiction films and documentaries, as well as discussions that centre the perspectives and agency of people who have migrated or live between multiple homes, who have been or are forced to flee, who experience racism or are affected by today’s hostile migration regimes.

This year’s edition of the Inncontro Film Festival is titled zusammen.halten (standing together) and focuses on practices of togetherness in times of crisis. Current social developments often seem beyond our individual capacity to act. Taking this observation as a starting point, the festival asks what forms of solidarity, connection and collective action are necessary under such circumstances.

In this context, zusammen.halten is not intended as a clear-cut instruction for action, but rather as an open and multifaceted concept: a call to maintain relationships, a practice of resistance against isolation, and a process of negotiation about who is included and who is left out. This also raises questions about the conditions under which solidarity emerges, where its limits lie and how it can become effective in different contexts, including beyond direct experiences of migration. This year’s programme brings together stories of people who forge connections, stand up for one another and create opportunities for change together.

Molkarin (1981) and Sudesha (1983) by the Yugantar Film Collective tell the stories of working women who organise against exploitation and the destruction of their livelihoods. Über uns von uns (2024) follows seven teenage girls in Eberswalde as they navigate migration, identity and the pressure to assimilate, developing their own stories and visions of the future together. Die Möllner Briefe (2025) revisits the racist arson attacks in Mölln in 1992 and asks what remembrance can look like when the perspectives of those affected take centre stage. Baba, Ne Yapmayı Düşünüyorsun? (2026) tells the story of a father and son, exploring work, illness, belonging and family bonds. 100 Sunset (2025) follows two women from Toronto’s Tibetan community as they navigate friendship and self-determination. Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026) shows how people in Glasgow come together to prevent a deportation. Diverse as these stories may be, they are united by a shared question: what becomes possible when people share their experiences and join forces?