
27/08/2025
OPEN CALL
Under the theme GRENZENLOS (BOUNDLESS), we are seeking films that explore moments of crossing boundaries – stories of departure and arrival, of loss, hope and belonging, of movements across countries, languages and lived realities. At the same time, we ask: What can cinema enable that reality (still) cannot. Which images transcend borders, which rewrite history? Which cinematic forms challenge conventions – narrative, formal, institutional? Can cinema help us feel other realities, imagine new futures, dream utopias?
We invite you to apply and join us in exploring these questions!
Submit your documentary, fictional, experimental or hybrid proposals (max. one DIN A4 PDF-page) by October 31, 2025 via email to [email protected]. Selected projects will have the chance to receive funding for film licenses, screening venues and guest programs – as well as the opportunity to bring your own ideas and visions to the big screen.
Your curatorial and organizational contributions will be compensated with a flat fee. All participants commit to a shared Code of Conduct as part of the collaboration.
(view: : https://filmclub-muenster.de/code-of-conduct/)
You will receive feedback on your submission before the end of this year; the selected program will be realized over the course of next year.
We look forward to your ideas – and wish you the best of luck!
A program by Filmwerkstatt Münster, Center for Literature, Münstersche Filmtheater-Betriebe GmbH and Westfälischer Kunstverein.
Made possible by Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.