The 21st Neisse Film Festival is now history! We had six intense festival days with moving moments in the cinemas and fascinating conversations. We received much positive feedback on our film selection. The three-country-corner on the Neisse River was once again a very special backdrop for personal interactions between audiences and filmmakers, which make a festival what it is. It is our aim and…

On Saturday evening at the ceremony in Görlitz, the Neisse Fish were awarded to the winners at the 21st Neisse Film Festival. The sculptures, created by the Strawalde artist Andreas Kupfer, went to the winners in three competitions and the audience favorites. Here are all the winners at a glance.

At the moment she's still representing her country on the stage in Malmö at the Eurovision Song Contest. On May 18th the Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona will be live at the Neisse Film Festival. Since her breakthrough with the viral hit "Ribki", she has taken the hip-hop world by storm. Her texts, which she raps in her native tongue, portray images of women beyond all clichés, and speak of the…

The "Panorama Weekend" is taking place for the ninth time as part of the Neisse Film Festival. From May 17 to 19, Centrum Panorama in Czech Varnsdorf is showing historical films and cinematic milestones in opulent 70mm technology and in special 35mm and 3D versions. Without a doubt the highlight of the series, however, is "Oppenheimer" by Christopher Nolan.

On May 14, the 21st Neisse Film Festival will begin in Zittau's theater with a film in line with this year's special Focus theme of "Female Perspectives". The drama "Elbow" by Aslı Özarslan, based on Fatma Aydemir's novel of the same name, is an intense portait of a young woman who pays a high price to free herself from the projections of the society around her.