Inncontro 2025
In-between spaces in the context of migration
6th – 8th of November 2025 | Leokino Innsbruck
Inncontro – International Film Festival of Plurality invites audiences to engage in dialogue on (post-)migration, displacement, and exile — through international feature and documentary films as well as conversations that center the perspectives and agency of those who have migrated, live between multiple homes, have been forced to flee, experience racism, or are affected by current inhumane migration policies.
This year’s focus is titled “In-Between Spaces” and explores the complex, often contradictory experiences of living in-between.
Migration places people in in-between spaces — geographically, culturally, legally, and emotionally. Between departure and arrival, between languages, affiliations, expectations, and realities. These are not merely spaces of waiting or uncertainty, but also hold potential for reflection and transformation.
Four carefully selected films, one short film evening, a school screening for students aged 9 and above, and a range of wonderful collaborations invite audiences to explore these in-between spaces from diverse perspectives.
They open up visual and discursive spaces where stereotypes are questioned, ambivalent experiences made visible, and new ways of thinking become possible.
An extensive accompanying programme of talks, discussions, and educational formats rounds out the festival. It aims to provide opportunities for deep engagement with anti-racism, to foster critical dialogue, and to support collective learning around migration, displacement, and exile.
un dessert pour constance |FR 1979 | 57 min | Omeu
thursday 6th of november2025 | 7:30 pm
A cookbook on French cuisine, spurned by the Parisian bourgeoisie, ends up in the trash several times after a series of twists and turns—only to be fished out again by two Senegalese street sweepers. Only they, the supposedly uneducated migrants, recognize its true value. When they discover over forty different recipes for preparing rice alone, friends Bokolo and Mamadou are completely enthralled. They memorize the ingredients, study the various dishes of classic French cuisine, and transform themselves into true gourmets on a small scale. Their roommates can only laugh at the tiny hay cheese they bought at the market for a lot of money. But when their friend Bono falls seriously ill and needs money for his (final) journey home to Ivory Coast, their passion becomes an opportunity: participating in a cooking quiz show on television with the prospect of a large prize money gives them hope…
INTERVIEW
Annouchka de Andrade, daughter of Sarah Maldoror, film festival director (video message)
TALK
Lukas Ladner, filmmaker
Dajana Mehadžić, consultant and project manager az ZemiT
Since 2018, the Inncontro Film Festival has opened with a “historical” film that can be used to discuss the continuities and breaks in the cinematic and social examination of the theme.
Clara Stella Hüneke| DE 2025 | 97 min | OV
school screening friday 07th of november 2025 | 09:00 am
friday, 07th of november 2025 | 5 pm
When asked about their career aspirations, 9-year-old Jamila says she would most like to
become a scientist, while her two friends Rachel and Faseeha, who are a few years older, would most like to become a ‘gangster’ and an actress and rapper, respectively. The three girls are participating in the Sisterqueens youth project, which Clara
Stella Hüneke’s documentary film has been following for four years. At the Berlin centre for young girls, MÄDEA, they talk about topics such as feminism, racism, discrimination and queer lifestyles – and vent their displeasure about gender inequality: Why, pray tell, is the boys‘ gym twice as big as theirs, and why should they have to listen to comments about how their ‘girl push-ups’ are worthless? With the help of social workers and rappers, they put their thoughts down on paper in song lyrics – and later on stage. The audience cheers them on, and so do we!
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Sorah
In cooperation with Südwind Tirol
short film evening
friday 7th of november 2025 | 8pm
POELER LUFT I MASSIAMY DIABY I DE 2024 I 23 MIN I OV
Toni returns to the place of her childhood, the Baltic Sea island of Poel, for a holiday. There she is confronted with her past, which was marked by racism.
VILLA MADJO I ELEN SYLLA GROLLIMUND I FR 2023 I 13 MIN I OmeU
Her white father was born in Africa, her black mother in Europe. A complex story about family, colonialism and interracial couples.
LAND DER BERGE I OLGA KOSANOVIĆ I AT 2023 I 28 MIN I OmeU
Olga Kosanović reveals the unjust absurdity of Austrian residency law. Single father Vladimir wants to work so he can stay in the country with his daughter. But he is not allowed to do so if he does not have residency rights. From this paradox, the film filters a humanistic indictment of the cynical domestic politics in a country of insurmountable (paper) mountains.
In cooperation with the Eastern European Centre/Network of Areas at the University of Innsbruck
LE GAP I KEERTHIGAN SIVAKUMAR I CH 2024 I 15 MIN I OmeU
It is evening on a Swiss train. Yalini, a Tamil-Swiss woman, receives a call from her parents. The conversation becomes awkward and tense, and one of the passengers approaches her, annoyed that she is speaking too loudly. Yalini is confronted with two worlds that she does not understand.
POELER LUFT I MASSIAMY DIABY I DE 2024 I 23 MIN I OV
Toni returns to the place of her childhood, the Baltic Sea island of Poel, for a holiday. There she is confronted with her past, which was marked by racism.
VILLA MADJO I ELEN SYLLA GROLLIMUND I FR 2023 I 13 MIN I OmeU
Her white father was born in Africa, her black mother in Europe. A complex story about family, colonialism and interracial couples.
LAND OF MOUNTAINS I OLGA KOSANOVIĆ I AT 2023 I 28 MIN I OV
Olga Kosanović reveals the unjust absurdity of Austrian residency law. Single father Vladimir wants to work so he can stay in the country with his daughter. But he is not allowed to do so if he does not have residency rights. From this paradox, the film filters a humanistic indictment of the cynical domestic politics in a country of insurmountable (paper) mountains.
In cooperation with the Eastern European Centre/Network of Areas at the University of Innsbruck
INTRODUCTION
Elen Sylla Grollimund (video message) [en]
PANEL TALK moderated by Dajana Mehadžić [de]
Sorah, Berlin rapper
Massiamy Diaby, director
Gina Disobey, artist and activist
NENDA, musician from
Ludovica Fales| DE 2024 | 84 min | Omeusaturday 8th of november 2025 | 5 pm
The three young Romani women Lala, Samanta and Zaga belong to the second generation of migrants. Although born in Italy, they are not recognised as citizens there. Often, there are no papers from their parents‘ home country, which they had to flee due to war. Without official documents, they are denied many rights in Italy
– for example, the right to housing and work, not to mention the right to equality: racism and discrimination shape their everyday lives. Lala is a mix of fiction and documentary. In the role of the fictional Lala, amateur actress Samanta embodies the fate of the real Zaga, whom the director met in a camp, a destitute underage mother who is in danger of losing her baby. However, the story pauses several times and the actors, who bring much of their own lives into the film through improvisation, step out of
their roles and exchange their own experiences as Romani women in Italy.
INTRODUCTION
Ludovica Fales, director
(video message) [en]
In cooperation with the Institute of Romance Studies at the University of Innsbruck
Charles-Olivier Michaud| CA 2023 | 116 min | Omeu
saturDAY 8TH OF NOVEMBER 2025 | 8 pm
‘Chàu mung… in Québec’ – this is how Vietnamese boat people were welcomed to the Canadian province in the 1970s, with winter clothing and a festive buffet. Equipped with a small starting allowance, French courses and Canadian sponsorships, their integration into society was to be made easier. Ru is the film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same name by Québec writer Kim Thúy. In the film, we experience the family’s escape story through the eyes of 10-year-old Tinh, who has to leave her best friend and beloved grandparents behind in Saigon to embark on the arduous journey to the West with her family. Like her later self as a celebrated star author, the girl is a keen observer: while the family curiously looks around their new apartment, Tinh’s downcast gaze reveals her pain at losing her homeland – long before she can use the French language as a vehicle for her feelings.
INTRODUCTION
Doris Eibl, UIBK [de]
TALK
Interactive discussion with Romance language students from Julia Pröll’s seminar ‘Voix littéraires vietnamiennes au Canada’ (Vietnamese Literary Voices in Canada), UIBK [de]
In cooperation with the Network of Areas at the University of Innsbruck
side programm
FILMKLATSCH – TALK
THURSDAY, 6th of NOVEMBER 2025, 9:00 PM [de]
Some films stay with us long after we have left the cinema.
They continue to work in our minds and raise questions that demand discussion. Dajana Mehadžić and Lukas Ladner invite you to Filmklatsch.
Immediately after the film, they offer the opportunity to discuss the shared
film experience. An open discussion for anyone who would like to deepen their cinema experience.
PANEL TALK ‘Art & Identity’ [de]
FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2025, 9:45 PM
Following the short film evening, Sorah, Gina Disobey, NENDA and
Massiamy Diaby will engage in conversation. Together, they will share experiences and insights into their artistic work and talk about how art can renegotiate belonging and make multiple affiliations visible.
AUDIO CINEMA Archive at the Bottom of the Sea [de]
SATURDAY, 8 th of NOVEMBER 2025, 6:15 p.m.
In the summer of 2025, a mysterious archive was discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to facts and documents about the Long Summer of Flight in 2015, it also contains previously unpublished, leaked documents. Here and on Radio Freirad (Freies Radio Innsbruck), the sometimes controversial contents of this archive will be made public for the first time.
IL CORVO
Il Corvo is a solidarity-based restaurant in Innsbruck that shows how good food, fair prices
and community go hand in hand. Every day, vegetarian dishes are cooked there using regional and rescued food. Il Corvo will be providing catering at the festival on
Thursday and Saturday – look forward to it!
MUSIC
After the performances by SISTERQUEENS, Sorah will be rapping live on stage. Deedanjii will be playing Amapiano and dancehall on Friday evening, transforming the foyer into a dance floor, while Béla will be providing special moments with violin sounds on
Saturday. Subversiv_nachtaktiv will bring the festival to a close on Saturday with driving breaks, acid and bass music.
Packt eure besten Flows aus!
Am 8.11 im Jugendzentrum Space wird’s laut – beim In-your-face-Rap-Workshop für Mädchen* ab 12 Jahren mit Sorah!
Sorah ist eine Berliner Rapperin mit französisch-englischen und algerischen Wurzeln. In ihren Tracks rappt sie auf Französisch, Englisch und Deutsch – mal hart auf Trap, Drill oder Grime, mal smooth auf R’n’B und Soul. Ihre Texte sind roh und politisch – sie erzählen von Wut, Trauer, Stärke und Hoffnung.
Als Musikerin, Aktivistin und Workshop-Leiterin bringt Sorah euch bei, wie man mit Rhythmus, Flow, Reimen und Songwriting seine eigene Stimme findet.
In einer respektvollen und empowernden Atmosphäre steigen wir gemeinsam in den Rap ein und wecken unseren inneren MC!
Ob Einsteigerinnen oder schon mit Album am Start ist egal – wir lernen voneinander, spitten zusammen und haben Spaß!
