Rotlicht Festival 2025

Can species survive? More importantly, can renewal take place? And if so, how?

The 2025 edition of the Rotlicht Festival for Analog Photography explores the (im)possibility of life after extinction.

Whether through the downfall of the planet due to climate change, death caused by ongoing armed conflicts, or personal tragedies – awareness of life’s finiteness is growing. Instead of presenting dramatic images of disasters and chaos, which have become all too familiar through the media and social networks, the Rotlicht Festival invites artists to submit projects that explore how we can reconnect with ourselves, with one another, and with all living beings on this planet after the world as we know it has perished.