Five months after its intended opening the 11th ALFILM festival returns to the Berlin cinemas in September under the terms of an ongoing pandemic. As condensed „Nomad Edition“ ALFILM travels light from venue to venue with essential content. Its OFFICIAL SELECTION presents contemporary fiction and documentary films telling stories about surviving, the magic of cinema, and the importance of reclaiming your own story. The filmmakers will accompany the screenings virtually through streamed talks and online panels. The SPOTLIGHT program „Resistance is Female“ shares powerful female perspectives on war, conflicts and other states of emergency with films from Syria, Iraq, and Algeria, among others. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, in cooperation with Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung