Following its World Premiere in Cannes, the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart »The Chronology of Water« will be presented as the Closing Night Gala film at the 32nd Edition of the Oldenburg International Film Festival. "We are excited to give her bold and auspicious directorial debut a special platform as I believe Kristen has proven to be a new and visionary voice in cinema", says Festival Director, Torsten Neumann. The film will get a theatrical release by the boutique distribution Eksystent Film Distribution in Germany during Awards Season.

Other debut features and World Premieres include Annapurna Sriram’s festival darling of the year »Fucktoys«, Slamdance Audience Award winner »Under the Burning Sun« by Yun Xie, and Germán Tejada’s adaptation of Oswaldo Reynoso's 1961 coming-of-age classic »Los Inocentes«. Within the Festival Gala on September 12, Stella Marie Markert’s debut film »Thanks for Nothing« will be presented.

The following films complete the 2025 Edition, and all international filmmakers will be in attendance:

$Positions

Brandon Daley | USA 2025 | 97 min | European Premiere

Beef Squad

All that’s Due

Franz Müller | GER 2025 | 104 min

Cologne Cine Collective

Crocodiles

Xavier Velasco | MEX 2025 | 103 min | European Premiere

Wrapped by IDA

Finding Planet Porno: The Wild Journey of American Cinema's First Outlaw

Christian Genzel | AUT 2024 | 102 min

Ghost Light Productions

Fucktoys

Annapurna Sriram | USA 2025 | 106 min | German Premiere

Trashtown Pictures

Ghost Bastard

Erkan Acar | GER/SUI 2025 | 95 min | World Premiere

Wrapped by Hadlaub Pictures GmbH

Letzte Ernte

 Johannes Naber | GER 2025 | 90 min | World Premiere

Norddeutscher Rundfunk

Rains over Babel

Gala del Sol | USA/COL 2025 | 111 min | German Premiere

Distributed by Cinemien

Situations

Greg Vrotsos | USA 2025 | 102 min | World Premiere

Everything Is Fine

Thanks for Nothing

Stella Marie Markert | GER 2025 | 105 min

Distributed by Four Guys Film Distirbution

The Chronolgy of Water

Kristen Stewart | USA 2025 | 128 min | German Premiere

Distributed by eksystent Film

The Innoncents

Germán Tejada | PER/MEX 2025 | 90min | German Premiere

Señor Z

Uncovering Wolfen

Stewart Buck | UK 2025 | 90 min | World Premiere

Bucks Green Ltd.

Under the Burning Sun

Yun Xie | USA 2025 | 75 min | International Premiere

Narval Films

Wolfen

Michael Wadleigh | USA 1981/2025 | 115 min | German Premiere

Distributed by Plaion