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MunichFimUp! filmmakers

EXCLUSIVE: MunichFilmUp!, the international mentoring and residency programme for new filmmakers, has unveiled the participants for its fifth edition.

MunichFilmUp! supports recent film school graduates, ready to take their next professional step as they develop their first feature-length projects. Mentoring is provided by international film professionals.

Founded by the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München) and carried out in collaboration with Tatino Films’ Pop Up Film Residency, the initiative is realised in partnership with the Festival of Future Storytellers in Munich and the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner. The programme is supported by the Kirch Foundation, which also awards a €5,000 cash prize to the winning project.

It is led by co-directors Elena Diesbach and Matthieu Darras, alongside co-managers Ivana Hucíková and Antonia Lindner.

The fifth edition of MunichFilmUp! launches on November 14, with selected filmmakers participating in a four-day kick-off workshop followed by a three-week residency in India, Egypt and Brazil, scheduled for February and March 2026.

The programme concludes in May 2026 at the Cannes Film Festival, where participants will present their film projects to international industry representatives.

The participants of MunichFilmUp! are:

  • Natalia García Agraz (Mexico) (Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica) with her project Tibu And The Animals. Nominated at the Student Oscars, BAFTA, and the Ariel Awards, her short films have screened at festivals such as Tribeca, Palm Springs, and Morelia.
  • Subarna Dash from India (Satyajit Ray Film & TV Institute) with her mixed-media animation project In Heat, On Loop. Dash was a 2025 Berlinale Talent and has screened her work at festivals such as Berlinale, TIFF, SXSW, or Annecy.
  • Oliver McGoldrick from Northern Ireland (New York University) with his project Barnyard. His short Three Keenings premiered at Venice and led to his selection as a Bafta North America Scholar and Lincoln Center Artists Academy fellow.
  • Camille Tricaud from France (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München) with her project The Song Of The Baba. Her short Slow Down the Fall received a nomination from the German Film Critics’ Association, and her collective feature Eleven Tomorrows premiered at Berlinale 2024. She co-runs Benedetta Films.
  • Boni Zanatta from Brazil (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado) with her project The Three Maries Parable. Her work includes Non Spontaneous Combustion, and she mentors young writers at Instituto Criar, while developing projects that amplify Brazilian and LGBT+ perspectives.
  • Muschirf Shekh Zeyn from Syria based in Germany (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München) with his project Patrick. From carpentry workshops in Syria to film sets in Munich, Muschirf Shekh Zeyn’s journey has shaped his shorts Killing Bagheera and Future Is Panorama which focus on human resilience and displacement. 

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