Female Landscape is a joint project that started in 2022 in it’s first edition between the UNESCO Cities of Film Łódź (Poland) and Potsdam (Germany). This project aims to highlight female filmmakers and their contemporary films. Within the UNESCO Cities of Film Network lays a great value to empower each other and to contribute to SDG 5 Gender Equality.
The percentage of women varies in different film departments, we therefore place a different emphasis in each edition: In 2026 the Female Landscape focusses on Women in Costume Design. In this years edition the following UNESCO Cities of Film are participating: Busan (South Korea), Cannes (France), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Valladolid (Spain). The events in the cities will be held between November 2026 and February 2027.
The UNESCO CITY OF FILM POTSDAM invites to screenings and talks free of charge in Berlin and Potsdam:
Wednesday 18.11.2026
17:30 Screening and Talk THE ORIDINARIES (2022, Germany, D: Sophie Linnenbaum) at Delphi LUX in Berlin
For the conversation afterwards, the costume designer Sophie Peters (THE ORDINARIES) and Managing Director Andrea Peters (Theaterkunst – Europe’s leading costume house in Berlin) will be present. The conversation will be moderated by Brenda Akele Jorde (Filmmaker).
Tickets must be reserved under: https://www.yorck.de/en/specials/special-screening-female-landscape-the-ordinaries
Thursday 19.11.2026
18:00 Screening and Talk FATHERLAND (2026, Poland/Germany, D: Pawel Pawlikowski)
The polish Costume Designer Ola Staszko (FATHERLAND) and head of Kostümfundus Babelsberg Franziska Linke will be there for the talk moderated by Lisa Nawrocki (Head of UNESCO CITY OF FILM POTSDAM). This event is in cooperation with the Women in Film and Television e.V. (WIFT).
Tickets need to be reserved under: https://www.thalia-potsdam.de/filme/female-landscape-vaterland-53367/
Exclusive Guided Tour through Kostümfundus Babelsberg
As part of this years FEMALE LANDSCAPE we are also offering a exclusive tour on 19.11. at 14:00 through Kostümfundus Babelsberg for people working in costume design. If you would like to participate, please write an email to creativecityoffilm@potsdam.de with your profession/experience to secure a spot.