ArteKino Fes­ti­val 2025: Anniver­sary edi­tion with two pro­duc­tions from the DFFB

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From 1 to 31 Decem­ber 2025, twelve new fea­ture films and doc­u­men­taries from eight coun­tries will be avail­able to watch for free at arte​.tv/​a​r​t​e​k​i​n​o​f​e​s​t​i​val in 32 coun­tries and six lan­guages. The DFFB is rep­re­sent­ed by two Ger­man con­tri­bu­tions:

ARTHUR & DIANA tells the sto­ry of a chaot­ic road trip deal­ing with fam­i­ly role mod­els and fears of social decline. This aut­ofic­tion­al exper­i­ment is a trans-Euro­pean road movie in which doc­u­men­tary film and con­struct­ed real­i­ty merge.

WHO IF NOT US doc­u­ments the lives of young Ukrain­ian artists in wartime, show­cas­ing their cre­ativ­i­ty and self-asser­tion. Despite dis­place­ment and uncer­tain­ty, they focus on com­mu­ni­ty and hope, and embody the unshake­able spir­it of their gen­er­a­tion.

Two prizes will be award­ed dur­ing the fes­ti­val: the Euro­pean Audi­ence Award (€20,000) and the Youth Jury Prize (€10,000). Fif­teen young Euro­peans aged 18–25 will deter­mine the win­ners of these prizes.

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