Across Borders – International Film Festival Series Hannover 2026

Across Borders – International Film Festival Series Hannover 2026.

You are invited!
🗓 25 February – 18 March
🔗 Link to the full programme below

In a world shaped by conflict, war, and destruction, Across Borders highlights how people and communities across the globe are resisting violence, injustice, and exclusion. Through carefully curated feature films and documentaries, the series crosses geographical, political, and emotional borders to envision peace, reconciliation, and justice in a fragmented world.

The selected films open new perspectives on global realities and move beyond sensationalism, focusing instead on human dignity, coexistence, resilience, and ethical choices in times of crisis.

Audiences are invited on cinematic journeys to Brazil, Sudan, Venezuela, Palestine, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Chile, and Mexico. The programme brings together voices from the Global South and beyond, fostering intercultural understanding.

There will be networking sessions, and movie discussions with directors and participants.

All events are open to the public and free of charge.

Access the full programme here

Organisers & Facilitators
The Across Borders International Film Series is organised and facilitated by a strong coalition of civil society, faith-based, and development organisations:

Südamerika-Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Ev.-luth. Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
German-African Association for Knowledge and Technology Transfer e.V. (GAAKT)
Umodzi wa a Malawi in Germany e.V.
Land der zwei Nile – Bildung und Projekte für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Niedersachsen.GLOBAL
Palästina Initiative
Verein Niedersächsischer Bildungsinitiativen e.V.
ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL (with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ)
Niedersächsische Bingo-Umweltstiftung
Niedersachsen entwickeln – für eine Welt