| Übergang | Peter Badel, Chris Wright | documentary film | Germany |
| Biermann | Jens Meurer | documentary film | Germany |
| Lapland War | Aku Louhimies | drama film, war film | Germany, Finland |
| Who truly knows what a Life is? | Annelie Boros, Vera Brückner | docudrama, documentary film | Germany |
| Chronos – Fluss der Zeit | Volker Koepp | documentary film | Germany |
| Eyes won't see | Yann Rehberg | — | Germany |
| Strange River | Jaume Claret Muxart | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, road movie | Germany, Spain |
| The Calendar Killer | Adolfo Kolmerer | fiction film, thriller film | Germany |
| Under the Volcano | Damian Kocur | drama film | Poland |
| Stella. A Life. | Kilian Riedhof | drama film, war film, biographical film | Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
| The Murky World of Online Gambling | Detlev Konnerth | documentary film | Germany |
| Black Box | Aslı Özge | drama film, thriller film | Germany, Belgium |
| Blood & Gold | Peter Thorwarth | drama film, action film, war film | Germany |
| Anselm | Wim Wenders | biographical film, documentary film | Germany |
| Hass gegen Queer | Tristan Ferland Milewski | documentary film | — |
| Tamara | Jonas Ludwig Walter | drama film | Germany |
| The Tale of the Frog and the Golden Orb | The Chau Ngo | cinematic fairy tale | Germany, Czech Republic |
| Love Machine 2 | Andreas Schmied | comedy film | Austria |
| Lucy ist jetzt Gangster | Till Endemann | family film, comedy film, children's film | Germany, Netherlands |
| Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard | James Erskine | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| The Forest Maker | Idriss Diabate, Laurene Manaa Abdallah, Alassane Diago, Volker Schlöndorff | documentary film | Germany |
| Drug Nation | — | documentary film | Germany |
| Contra | Sönke Wortmann | comedy film | Germany |
| Youth Topia | Dennis Stormer | drama film, comedy film | Germany, Switzerland |
| The Royal Game | Philipp Stölzl | — | Germany, Austria |
| Monte Verità | Stefan Jäger | drama film, historical film | Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
| Side Effects and Risks | Michael Kreihsl | comedy film | Austria |
| Precious Ivie | Sarah Blaßkiewitz | drama film | Germany |
| Bloodsuckers | Julian Radlmaier | comedy film | Germany |
| Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen | Marc Dietschreit, Nadine Heinze | drama film, comedy film | Germany |
| Faking Bullshit | Alexander Schubert | comedy film | Germany |
| The Homecoming | Tim Oliver Boehme | documentary film | Germany |
| Paris Calligrammes | Ulrike Ottinger | film portrait, documentary film | France, Germany |
| The Most Beautiful Country in the World | Želimir Žilnik | drama film, documentary film | Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Serbia |
| Happiness Sucks | Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | drama film, comedy film | Germany |
| Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House | Ali Samadi Ahadi | children's film, live-action/animated film | Germany |
| Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan | Harald Sicheritz | comedy film | Germany, Austria |
| Safari – Match me if you can | Rudi Gaul | comedy film | Germany |
| How to Be Really Bad | Marco Petry | comedy film | Germany |
| Vacuum | Christine Repond | drama film | Germany, Switzerland |
| After the Future | André Krummel | documentary film | Germany |
| Unter deutschen Betten | Jan Fehse | comedy film | Germany |
| Grießnockerlaffäre | Ed Herzog | crime comedy film | Germany |
| Welcome to Switzerland | Sabine Gisiger | documentary film | Switzerland |
| Sommerfest | Sönke Wortmann | comedy drama | Germany |
| They called him Bulldozer | Karl-Martin Pold | documentary film | Germany, Austria |
| Pepperminta | Pipilotti Rist | drama film, comedy film | Switzerland, Austria |
| Animals | Greg Zglinski | thriller film | Poland, Switzerland, Austria |