2024 Public Award Film Programme

Image of the film Im Land der Wölfe
Image of the film Im Land der Wölfe
Image of the film Im Land der Wölfe

Im Land der Wölfe

Followed by a Q&A with Dr. Micha Herdtfelder, Head of Lynx & Wolf department of FVA-Wildtierinstitut

Thursday 07.11.2024 | 15:00

Ralf Bücheler (Germany | 2024 | 102min)

Language: German

Subtitles : none

Moderation Language: German

KoKi CINEMA ROOM


100 years after their extinction, wolves are returning to Germany, an industrialised country full of people. They are coming back because we let them. We have decided this democratically. Their return is an expression of the change in our approach to nature. We are ready to share dominion over the earth again, partly because we realise that we are going under: As sole rulers, we will perish. “In the Land of Wolves” tells of the lives of our new neighbours. The animals do not live in an enchanted wilderness in nature reserves, but in our midst. They find niches in the cultural landscape. They retreat into the wastelands of old open-cast mines, use our paths, cross motorways and run through villages. Their pups play with our rubbish and drink from the furrows left in the forest floor by machines. Sometimes wolves eat farm animals. And many people have a deep-seated fear of them. The wolves’ land grab challenges us – actors from administration, science, agriculture, politics, nature conservation and the population discuss the world of wolves in Germany.

Content warning: The film contains images of the autopsy of dead wolves.


Note: Although no entrance fee is required, it is recommended to book in advance. Choose the film session you are interested in on our Filmfreeway platform (tickets are organised per film name and follow the chronological order of our festival). There are no assigned seats.  Please come half an hour before the session. We will give away the tickets that haven’t been collected 15 minutes before the session starts.







wheelchair access / RollstuhlbefahrbarThe cinema is accessible via a ramp.
need for assistance for toilets / hilfestellungThere are also toilets accessible with a wheelchair. However assistance might be required since there are a few (heavy) doors to open to arrive to it.
hoeranlage PiktogrammThe cinema room is equipped with an inductive sound system. We use two microphones for the discussion afterwards (one for the moderator and/ or speaker, one for the public).
Information about languages is provided above. We tend to provide live interpretation towards English or German when needed (it might be whispered). However live interpretation is harder to put into place when some speakers are taking part online.

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No entrance fee is required. We invite our public to support the festival through a donation at the end of the sessions. You decide how much you want to give.