"filmreif" Features on a Festival Tour
We are very pleased that four short films from our “filmreif” film project have been selected for two German film festivals: “Geschwister,” “Echt!?” and “Echt Ida” will screen in mid-August 2026 at the Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt. In September, “Trust the Fall” and “Echt Ida” will also be shown at the REC Film Festival in Berlin. The films were made during the Easter and summer breaks in 2024 and 2025. The “filmreif” project is organized by Medienzentrum Wiesbaden e.V. in cooperation with the Office for Social Work: wi&you “Schöne Ferien.”
“The fact that several of our films are being shown at these festivals is a wonderful recognition of the creativity and dedication of the young filmmakers,” says Maria Weyer, deputy executive director and head of the Media Education Department at the Medienzentrum Wiesbaden. The short films, each about five to seven minutes long, were based on ideas from the children and teenagers. With the support of several film professionals, these ideas were developed into a screenplay and then filmed collaboratively. The participants in “filmreif” handle the directing, filming, acting, sound, and editing themselves.
Screening times for the “filmreif” short films at the Weiterstadt Open-Air Film Festival, Braunshardter Tännchen:
“Echt Ida”: Short film program for teens on Friday, August 14, at 3:52 p.m. in the film tent
“Echt!?”: Short film program for children on Saturday, August 15, at 12:09 p.m. in the film tent “Geschwister
”: Short film program for children on Saturday, August 15, at 11:28 a.m. in the film tent
Admission to the Weiterstadt Open-Air Film Festival is free. The festival, organized by volunteers, is funded by donations.
The “filmreif” short films will be screened at the 35th REC Film Festival on September 9 and 10 at the ufaFabrik in Berlin-Tempelhof. Productions from recent years, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, can also be viewed on the Media Center’s YouTube channel.
Premiere of the "Filmreif" Productions in 2026
The short film project “filmreif” took place for the 21st time this year. Now, for the first time, the films created as part of the project—based on this year’s theme, “quirky”—will be shown on the big screen on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. at the Caligari FilmBühne. The “making-of” videos will also be presented there, offering a good insight into the production process. The young filmmakers will be in attendance at the premiere, which will last about one hour.
Admission is free. The event is open to anyone interested.
Registration is required by Wednesday, September 1, 2026
. Recommended for grades 5–10.