Movies With A Cause: The Great Theme of the CALL Film Festival
In selecting our films, we have tried to draw a great central arc: we want to show films that have a message, a cause. Films that show how to overcome difficulties in life. Films that motivate. But also films that open our eyes – and that perhaps bring us closer to a truth we have not seen before.
You can book tickets for the following films of the CALL Film Festival.
We look forward to welcoming you to our festival.
The programme at a glance
The Films of the CALL Film Festival
Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 1.30 pm, Kursaal. The grand opening of the CALL Film Festival. Opening film and masterclass with Reinhold Messner.
Everest – Der letzte Schritt
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 4.30 pm. Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass with Reinhold Messner and special guests.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Simon Messner, Philipp Brugger, Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner
Still Alive – The Drama on Mount Kenya
Friday, 29 May 2026, 10:00, Kursaal.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Hansjörg Auer, Vitus Auer, Gert Judmaier, Oswald Ölz
This Crazy Heart.
Friday, 29 May 2026, 12:00, Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass by Lars Amend.
Directed by: Marc Rothemund Starring: Elyas M’Barek, Philip Schwarz and others
Köln 75
Friday, 29 May 2026, 3.00 pm, Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass by Vera Brandes.
Directed by: Ido Fluk Starring: Mala Emde, John Magaro, Alexander Scheer, Ulrich Tukur, Jördis Triebel, Susanne Wolff
Meet Monica Velour
Friday, 29 May 2026, 6.15 pm, Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass with Kim Cattrall.
Directed by: Keith Bearden Starring: Kim Cattrall, Dustin Ingram, Brian Dennehy, Keith David, Brian Dennehy
Five Minutes of Heaven.
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 10:00, Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel Starring: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Niamh Cusack CALL for Peace Selection
K2 – Der große Streit
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 10:00, Conference Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Reinhold Messner
Ama Dablam – Der heilige Berg
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 11.45 am, Congress Centre. With Reinhold’s masterclass
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Reinhold Messner
Nuremberg
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 1.00 pm, Kursaal.
Directed by: James Vanderbilt Starring: Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Richard E. Grant CALL for Peace Selection
Mythos Cerro Torre – Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 1.45 pm, Conference Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Reinhold Messner, David Lama, Cesare Maestri
Artifact
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 4.00 pm. Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass by Parov Stelar.
Directed by Marcus Füreder, aka Parov Stelar Music film
Messner’s Himalayas (3 episodes)
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 4.00 pm, Conference Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Reinhold Messner, local residents of the Himalayas
Michael
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 9.00 pm, Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Larenz Tate, Mike Myers CALL for Nature Selection
Parov Stelar: Artifact
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 11.15 pm, Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein
Directed by: Marcus Füreder (aka Parov Stelar) Starring: Parov Stelar
Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 10:00, Congress Centre. Matinee featuring two films: Gasherbrum – The Shining Mountain. Storm on Manaslu.
Directed by: Werner Herzog Starring: Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander, Werner Herzog
Storm on Manaslu
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 10:00, Congress Centre. Matinee screening of two films: Gasherbrum – The Glowing Mountain. Storm on Manaslu.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner Starring: Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander
Four Minus Three
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 10:00, Kursaal. Featuring a masterclass.
Directed by: Adrian Goiginger Starring: Valerie Pachner, Robert Stadlober, Hanno Koffler, Stefanie Reinsperger, Ronald Zehrfeld CALL for (Inner) Peace Selection
Palestine 36
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 1.00 pm, Conference Centre.
Directed by: Annemarie Jacir Starring: Jeremy Irons, Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Robert Aramayo, Saleh Bakri CALL for Peace Selection
Yanuni – The Amazon is a Woman
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 3.30 pm, Kursaal. The grand festival finale featuring the stars.
Directed by: Richard Ladkani Starring: Juma Xipaia, Hugo Xipaia (documentary) CALL for Nature Selection
The Grand Reinhold Messner Retrospective
The CALL Film Festival is delighted to present the world’s first cinematic retrospective of, with, and about the most significant mountaineer, boundary-pusher, and adventurer of our time: Reinhold Messner. At the festival, you can also experience Reinhold Messner in person at a masterclass, a lecture, Q&A sessions, and an autograph session.
Public Screening at the Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein
We want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in our CALL Film Festival. That is why we invite you to the Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein on Friday, 29 May 2026 and Saturday, 30 May 2026 for talks with prominent guests of the CALL Film Festival – followed, after sunset from 9 p.m., by selected films with free admission, screened on a monumental, 15-metre-wide screen.
Michael
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 9 p.m. | Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Larenz Tate, Mike Myers
CALL for Nature Selection
It had the most successful film opening of any biopic in history: „Michael“, the film about the life of pop superstar Michael Jackson, depicting his meteoric rise up to 1988, took an astonishing 217 million dollars at the worldwide box office on its opening weekend. Sharply criticised by the media for leaving out controversial themes of his life, the film nevertheless became a global audience hit. We are showing the film above all for one reason: Michael Jackson was the first pop megastar to campaign throughout his life for the preservation of our environment and our planet. Songs such as „Earth Song“ remain a manifesto and a sign of how art can package a complex subject musically in order to make people think. That is why „Michael“ is screening as part of our „CALL for Nature Selection“.
We invite everyone to come and form their own opinion and watch the film with free admission at the Alpenarena Bad Hofgastein.
