Events and festivals in Brandenburg on November 7 and 8: film in Cottbus, a fair in Neuruppin, crafts in Wandlitz. FilmFestival Cottbus shows up to 150 films from Eastern Europe in six days.
The films come from Poland, the Czech Republic, the Baltics and the Balkans. In Cottbus, the largest city in Lower Lusatia, FilmFestival Cottbus is still running on Saturday, November 7, 2026, and on Sunday, November 8. Events and festivals in Brandenburg on November 7 and 8, 2026: FilmFestival Cottbus shows up to 150 films from the Eastern European film world in six days.
Eastern European cinema in Cottbus
FilmFestival Cottbus runs from November 3 to 8, 2026, and shows up to 150 films in six days in the capital of Lower Lusatia. It is the 36th edition, and the festival was founded in 1991.
Three main competitions form the core: feature film, short film and youth film. The prize money totals more than 50,000 euros, of which 34,500 euros go to the three main competitions.
Side sections include U18, Spectrum, Russkiy Den and Heimat | Domownja, the Sorbian-German section with a link to Lusatia. Screenings take place in several cinemas and cultural venues across the city, including the Weltspiegel and the Stadttheater. The accompanying format is connecting cottbus, a co-production market.
On Saturday the festival is still running, and on Sunday, November 8, it ends, and an international jury announces the winners on the final day.
Martinimarkt, crafts, theatre and a palace concert
The Neuruppiner Martinimarkt is in its 370th edition and runs until Sunday, November 8: more than 100 showmen and about one million LED lights fill the Schulplatz and the town centre, and admission is free. Confirmed rides include Magic and Break Dance F1. In Wandlitz, the Wandlitzer Kunstmarkt Indoor opens on Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm at the Kulturbühne “Goldener Löwe”. Craftspeople from Brandenburg show ceramics, painting, jewellery and textile art, and admission is free here too.
In Potsdam, UNIDRAM ends on Saturday, November 7. The festival's 32nd edition brings more than 100 artists from visual, performance and object theatre to the T-Werk and the Schiffbauergasse cultural quarter.
Also in Potsdam, the Horror Nights at Filmpark Babelsberg have their last date on Saturday, November 7. Admission is at 10:40 pm and the show starts at 11 pm, entry is from age 16 with ID, and walk-through areas and scareactors fill the grounds.
Oranienburg Palace hosts the Oranienburg Palace Concerts on Sunday, November 8, with song cycles by Schumann and Russian composers on the programme. A ticket costs 22 euros, or 17 euros reduced, and the box office opens 30 minutes before the concert starts.