Call for Entries 2024

Deadline: June 20, 2024 >>

Award Winners | 40th Kassel Dokfest 2023

We would like to congratulate all award winners! The award winning films will be screened again on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the BALi cinemas! >>

Workshop: Hands on A Wall is a Screen

Would you like to take a look behind the scenes, get to know the a wall is a screen team and help select the films for the special film tour? Then join our workshop and become part of the documentary film and video festival! No previous experience is necessary. >>

Festival catalog and program flyer online as of today!

It's done: As of today, the festival catalog can be downloaded as a PDF on our homepage here. From Friday, October 27, it will be available in the Kassel cinemas Filmladen, Gloria Cinema and BALi Cinemas. We hope you enjoy browsing and discovering it! >>

Ticket pre-sale starts November 6

Tickets for the local cinemas can also be purchased from November 6 on www.filmladen.de or in the festival cinemas Filmladen, Gloria Cinema and BALi Cinema. >>

Looking Back to the Future – Anniversary Program for the 40th Kassel Dokfest

On the occasion of its anniversary, the Kassel Dokfest looks forward on the one hand and speculates on future developments in media and image production. On the other hand, it looks back into festival history. Central to this is a consultation of the extensive archive from 40 years of the Kassel Dokfest. The result is a special anniversary program that invites you to think, discuss and interact. >>

Monitoring: This Image Will Become Important Later - Ausstellung für Medieninstallationen

For 33 years, the media art exhibition Monitoring has been an integral part of the Kassel Dokfest. During this time, 457 installations have been exhibited, expanding the cinematographic space of the festival with works that go beyond the conventional presentation form of the cinema screen. >>

DokfestEducation | Teacher training 10 November 2023

The teacher training of the junges dokfest with Manuel Zahn, Director of the Institute for Aesthetic Film Education at the University of Cologne, offers film literacy on 10 November 2023 from 14:00 to 18:00 at BALi Kinos. >>

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