The NEISSE NYSA NISA FILM FESTIVAL received nearly 1,200 films submissions for its 23rd year before the end of December 2025. A new record! The feature films, documentaries and short films which were submitted are competing for slots in three trinational competitions, and for the eleven coveted NFF prize sculptures, the Neisse Fish.

The Neisse Film Festival introduces its new leadership team with Clemens Meyer stepping in as successor to Ola Staszel in the position of festival co-director, effective immediately. With Clemens Meyer the festival gains a film enthusiast, dedicated networker and creative strategist who has been working for years to bring film, talents and audiences together in potent ways.

Saturday evening, at the awards ceremony of the 22nd Neisse Film Festival in the Polish city of Zgorzelec, the Neisse Fish award sculptures -- created by the Strahwalde artist Andreas Kupfer -- will be granted to the winners in the three competitions and to the audience favorite. The main prize, sponsored by Saxony's State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism with €10,00 for the "Neisse Fish:…

On May 20th the Neisse Film Festival is starting on it's 22nd season. Over the course of six days the festivall will be showing over 100 feature, documentary and short films internationally in 19 cinemas and screening sites in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, with three competitions and various thematic film series. In addition there are events such as workshops, an exhibition, concerts, a…

From May 20-25, the Neisse Film Festival is coming around again. The financial situation in the cultural scene almost everywhere in Germany and particularly in Saxony, resulting from the current political situation, presenting some challenges to the festival team, however. "We are all the more thankful that all our sponsors and supporters are behind us and making the festival in 2025 possible,"…