Our Film Programme 2026:

Festival tickets are available via the SCHAUBURG Karlsruhe ticketing system. Look for a direct ticket link below the header of each programme section.

You would like to stay for more than just one programme section? Consider getting a festival accreditation or a book of 5 tickets at a discounted rate.

During the festival, these will also be available at the festival in the SCHAUBURG foyer.

Some films may contain content of a sensitive nature. We have flagged these films with 'CW' for 'content warning' in the description texts of the individual films.

10:00 - 18:00  IDIF-XR-Area

14:30  FEATURE Incinerate / Calcinación
16:45  INDEPENDENT DAYS OPENING SHORTS
19:00  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 1: Von Fischen, Swimming Pools und Polarlichtern
21:15  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 2: Ausgegrenzt

11:00  Masterclass Filmmaking

13:00  FEATURE The Color of Exile

14:00  CASTING The Film Casting by Felix Meinhardt
14:00  XR-HUB Immersive Narrative zwischen Technologie, Ethik und  Gesellschaft
14:30  INDIERAMA Sad and Dark
16:45  FEATURE Toter Mann mit Hut

19:00  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 3: A closer Look to Reality
21:15  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 4: Sünde, Sex & Sühne

11:00  INDIERAMA Shorts for Teens
13:00  FEATURE Dream Theatre

14:00  NETWORKING Speed Dating for Filmmakers
14:30  INDIERAMA New Cinematic KI-Worlds
15:00  NETWORKING CineMeet

16:45  INDIERAMA Beyond Borders

17:00  VORTRAG KI & Film: Workflows, Prompting und die Zukunft des Filmemachens
19:00  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 5: Achtung, jetzt kommt ein Cartoon!
21:15  PUBLIKUMSPREIS 6: Some Kind of Weird

13:00  INDIERAMA Shorts for Kids (6-12 Jahre)
14:30  INDIERAMA Ghetto-Jungs
16:45  FEATURE Big Pizza City
19:00  PUBLIKUMSPREIS: Das große Finale
21:15  AWARD GALA
23:00  Filmmaker's Party | Club DIE STADTMITTE

13:00  INDIERAMA Dancing Moves

13:00  INSIDE Arts in Résistance

14:30  INDIERAMA Karlsruhe&Friends
16:30  Oli's Tea Party

16:45  FEATURE Einhornjagd
19:00  Short Shortfilm Award
21:15  INDIERAMA Trash Revolution