2Rivers Festival

2Rivers - the name says it all! At the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, the festival promotes communication, encounters and dialogue across borders and in a variety of ways: between people of different origins, between filmmakers and those interested in film on a local and international level, between established filmmakers and newcomers , but also between cinema, Science and art.

Since 2016, the Koblenz Documentary Film Festival has been focusing on transcultural, documentary cinema every two years - with a program of film screenings, workshops, retrospectives and discussions. Originally under the name GIEFF @ Koblenz , since 2020 as the Two Rivers Festival. Cross-Cultural Documentary Cinema Koblenz , in short: 2Rivers , first on the historic Florinsmarkt, now in the Koblenzer Kulturfabrik, current films about the 'own' and the 'foreign' are shown on five days during the Corpus Christi week and - whenever possible - Discussed with the makers.

The festival is under the patronage of Ms. PD, Head of the Department of Culture. Dr. Margit Theis-Scholz and is organized by the “Filmfest Koblenz eV” association. Cooperation partners are the Kulturfabrik Koblenz and the Institute for Cultural Studies at the University of Koblenz, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Andreas Ackermann and a team of academic staff and numerous students.