Press Release 1 – 20.01.2026

New Queer Radicals

Present:

Cinema of Disobedience

WTF is CoD

Cinema of Disobedience Presenting at IFF Rotterdam, Berlinale, and Moviemento Kino in February 2026.


What is Cinema of Disobedience?

An international movement & collective of filmmakers towards risk and critical thinking, in opposition to market-first logic.

“We refuse to follow the rules of modern film markets. We accuse them of becoming so conservative, that they’re undermining cinema’s artistic innovation down to the point of a harrowing crisis. We bear witness to how filmmakers seeking funding must disfigure their work in order to conform to pre-approved formulas, shaping narratives to fit artificial market demands rather than authentic expression.” (Fragment of CoD’s Manifesto)

Members in alphabetic order:

Goyo Anchou (Argentina) J. Jackie Baier (Germany) Jürgen Brüning (Germany) Pina Brutal (Hungary) Maruja Bustamante (Argentina) Etsen Chen (Taiwan) Jan Eilhardt (Germany) Fil Ieropoulos (Greece) Malga Kubiak (Poland) Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand) Wojciech Puś (Poland) Amir Ovadia Steklov (Israel-Palestine) Todd Verow (USA) Gustavo Vinagre (Brazil)


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Soon we will reveal our program for IFFR and Berlinale + our special program at Moviemento Berlin February 12 – February 17


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www.cinemaofdisobedience.com