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76th Berlin International Film Festival
Official festival poster
Opening filmNo Good Men
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear:
Yellow Letters
Artistic directorTricia Tuttle
Festival date12–22 February 2026
Websitewww.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival
77th

The 76th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place from 12 and 22 February 2026 in Berlin, Germany. German filmmaker Wim Wenders was named the Jury President for the main competition.[1][2]

Yellow Letters by İlker Çatak won the festival's top prize, the Golden Bear. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Salvation by Emin Alper. While the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Sandra Hüller for Rose.[3]

The festival opened with German-Afghan drama film No Good Men by Shahrbanoo Sadat.[4][5] During the opening ceremony, Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.[6][7][8]

Controversies

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During the press conference for the Main Competition jury, Wenders, in response to a question about the festival's government-based funding and its official response to the ongoing Gaza genocide in comparison to its full support to Ukraine and Iranian democratic protests, stated that the jury "has to stay out of politics".[9][10] The statement created controversy in the opening days of the festival,[11] resulting in withdrawal of the films The Dislocation of Amber (1975) by Sudanese filmmaker Hussein Shariffe and Sad Song of Touha (1972) by Egyptian filmmaker Atteyat El Abnoudy,[12] as well as the writer Arundhati Roy, who was scheduled to appear with a restoration of the Indian film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989). Roy said that "To hear them say that art should not be political is jaw-dropping. It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time—when artists, writers and film-makers should be doing everything in their power to stop it".[13]

On 17 February, more than 80 directors, actors and producers including Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Adam McKay and Mike Leigh signed an open letter criticising the festival for “censoring artists who oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the German state’s key role in enabling it”, the letter urges the Festival to condemn the ongoing massacre of civilians in a similar position adopted to the ongoing massacre of civilians in Ukraine and Iran.[14]

Responding to the open letter, Berlinale's artistic director Tricia Tuttle stated that the festival would not change its position on Israel, but added that "people are realizing that maybe staatsräson is holding us back from having important conversations about the government that is currently in power in Israel".[15][16]

Yeoh's refusal to comment on the U.S. government's ongoing mass deportation program was also met with further controversy.[17][18]

During the closing ceremony, numerous winners and jury members from sidebars sections, who were mostly filmmakers from the Middle East, including Emin Alper, Abdallah Al-Khatib, Marie-Rose Osta and Ameer Fakher Eldin, took the stage to criticize the festival's lack of support to Palestinian civilians and condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza.[19][20][21]

Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib won the GWFF Best First Feature Award for Chronicles from the Siege. This film was the only Palestinian feature selected to the festival. During his speech the filmmaker, who lives in Germany, criticized the German and Israeli governments and their involvements in the Gaza War, prompting Germany's Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider (SPD) to leave the ceremony.[22][23][24]

In the aftermath of the closing ceremony, controversy ensued around Germany's Minister of State for Culture led by Wolfram Weimer (CDU), the festival's main funder. An extraordinary meeting over the future of the festival was called by the Minister cabinet, while artist director Tricia Tuttle faces imminent risk of dismissal after posing for pictures alongside a flag of Palestine held by Chronicles from the Siege crew. Tuttle had been hired after the 74th edition, on a 5-year deal, following the dismissal of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek for similar reasons.[25][26] Shortly after, new open letters were created, this time supporting Tuttle and expressing concern with the German government censorship attempts, and were signed by industry members,[27][28] Israeli filmmakers[29] and the Berlinale staff.[30]

Juries

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Main competition jury president Wim Wenders
Main competition jury members
Berlinale Palast red carpet
Berlinale theater

Main Competition

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Perspectives Jury (GWFF Best First Feature Award)

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  • Sofia Alaoui, French-Moroccan filmmaker[31]
  • Frédéric Hambalek, German filmmaker
  • Dorota Lech, Polish director of the New Horizons International Film Festival and programmer at TIFF

Short Film Competition

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  • Ameer Fakher Eldin, Syrian filmmaker[31]
  • Stefan Großmann, Austrian journalist and author
  • Gabriele Stötzer, German visual artist

Generation Jury

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Berlinale Documentary Award Jury

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Teddy Award

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Official Sections

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Main Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear on 20 January 2026:[33]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
At the Sea Kornél Mundruczó United States, Hungary
Dao Alain Gomis France, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Dust Anke Blondé Belgium, Greece, Poland, United Kingdom
Everybody Digs Bill Evans Grant Gee Ireland, United Kingdom
Home Stories Etwas ganz Besonderes Eva Trobisch Germany
In a Whisper À voix basse Leyla Bouzid France, Tunisia
Josephine Beth de Araújo United States
The Loneliest Man in Town Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel Austria
Flies Moscas Fernando Eimbcke Mexico
My Wife Cries Meine Frau weint Angela Schanelec Germany, France
A New Dawn 花緑青が明ける日に Yoshitoshi Shinomiya France, Japan
Nightborn Yön Lapsi Hanna Bergholm Finland, France, Lithuania, United Kingdom
Nina Roza Geneviève Dulude-De Celles Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Italy
Queen at Sea Lance Hammer United Kingdom, United States
Rose Markus Schleinzer Austria, Germany
Rosebush Pruning Karim Aïnouz Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars Soumsoum, la nuit des astres Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad, France
Salvation Kurtuluş Emin Alper France, Greece, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey
Yellow Letters Gelbe Briefe İlker Çatak Germany, France, Turkey
We Are All Strangers 我们不是陌生人 Anthony Chen Singapore
Wolfram Warwick Thornton Australia
Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) Anna Fitch and Banker White United States

Berlinale Special — Out of Competition

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The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special screening:[7][34]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Special Gala
The Blood Countess Die Blutgräfin Ulrike Ottinger Austria, Luxembourg, Germany
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Gore Verbinski United States, Germany, South Africa
Heysel 85 Teodora Ana Mihai Belgium, Romania, Netherlands, Germany
No Good Men (opening film) Shahrbanoo Sadat Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Afghanistan
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York Noah Segan United States
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold United Kingdom, United States
The Weight Padraic McKinley United States
Honorary Golden Bear
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert United States
Sandiwara (short) Sean Baker United States, Malaysia
Special Midnight
The Ballad of Judas Priest Sam Dunn and Tom Morello United States
Saccharine Natalie Erika James Australia
Sleep No More Monster Pabrik Rambut Edwin Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, France
Special Presentations
A Child of My Own Un hijo propio Maite Alberdi Mexico
Tutu Sam Pollard United Kingdom
Wax & Gold Ruth Beckermann Austria
Who Killed Alex Odeh? Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans United States
Special Series
The House of the Spirits [es] La casa de los espíritus Francisca Alegría [es] and Andrés Wood Chile
House of Yang Mia Spengler Germany
Lord of the Flies Marc Munden United Kingdom
Mint Charlotte Regan
Ravalear: Not For Sale Ravalear Pol Rodríguez [es] and Isaki Lacuesta Spain
The Story of Documentary Film Mark Cousins United Kingdom

Perspectives

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14 films will be competing for the Best First Feature Award. The following films were selected for the second edition of the Perspectives section:[35][36]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
17 Kosara Mitić North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
Animol Ashley Walters United Kingdom
A Prayer for the Dying Dara Van Dusen Norway, Greece, United Kingdom, Sweden
Chronicles from the Siege وقائع زمن الحصار Abdallah Al-Khatib Algeria, France, Palestine
Filipiñana Rafael Manuel Singapore, United Kingdom, Philippines, France, Netherlands
Forest High Forêt Ivre Manon Coubia Belgium, France
Light Pillar 寒夜灯柱 Zao Xu China
Our Secret Nosso Segredo Grace Passô Brazil, Portugal
The Red Hangar Hangar rojo Juan Pablo Sallato Chile, Argentina, Italy
The River Train El Tren Fluvial Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale Argentina
Take Me Home Liz Sargent United States
Trial of Hein Der Heimatlose Kai Stänicke Germany
Truly Naked Muriel d'Ansembourg Netherlands, Belgium, France
Where To? Assaf Machnes Israel, Germany

Short Film Competition

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The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition and nominated for the Short Film Golden Bear:[37]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
An Accident Ein Unfall Angelika Spangel Austria
A Woman's Place is Everywhere Fanny Texier United States
Chuuraa Evgenia Arbugaeva United Kingdom
Cosmonauts Leo Černic Slovenia, Italy
Flim Flam Siegfried A. Fruhauf Austria
Graft Versus Host Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze Germany, Georgia
Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep Marthe Peters Belgium
Incident on the Mountain Oupatevak het tam phnom Savunthara Seng Cambodia
Les juifs riches Yolande Zauberman France
Kleptomania 地三鲜 Jingkai Qu China
Kontrewers Zuza Banasińska Netherlands, Poland, France
Miriam Karla Condado Mexico
Shot Reverse Shot Plan contraplan Radu Jude and Adrian Cioflâncă Romania
Someday a Child Yawman ma walad Marie-Rose Osta France, Romania, Lebanon
Souls of Fouta Les âmes du Fouta Alpha Diallo France, Senegal
Stallion and a Crystal Ball Stallion y la bola de cristal Christian Avilés Spain
Taxi Moto Gaël Kamilindi Switzerland, France
Time to Go La hora de irse Renzo Cozza Argentina
Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO) Unidentifizierte Unflugobjekte (UUO) Sasha Svirsky Germany
With a Kind Regard Mit einem freundlichen Gruss Pavel Mozhar
Yuragim Varia Garib and Kirill Komar Austria, Uzbekistan

Panorama

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The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7][38][39]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Allegro Pastell Anna Roller Germany
Árru Elle Sofe Sara Norway, Sweden, Finland
The Day She Returns 그녀가 돌아온 날 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
The Education of Jane Cumming Sophie Heldman Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Enjoy Your Stay Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio Switzerland, France, Philippines
Four Minus Three Vier minus drei Adrian Goiginger Austria, Germany
The Garden We Dreamed El jardín que soñamos Joaquín del Paso Mexico
If I Were Alive Se eu fosse vivo... vivia André Novais Oliveira Brazil
Isabel Gabe Klinger Brazil, France
I Understand Your Displeasure Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut Kilian Armando Friedrich Germany
Iván & Hadoum Ian de la Rosa Spain, Germany, Belgium
Lali Sarmad Khoosat Pakistan
London Sebastian Brameshuber Austria
The Moment Aidan Zamiri United States
Mouse Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Narciso Marcelo Martinessi Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France
Numb しびれ Takuya Uchiyama Japan
Only Rebels Win Danielle Arbid France, Lebanon, Qatar
Paradise Jérémy Comte Canada, France, Ghana
Prosecution Staatsschutz Faraz Shariat Germany
Raging Rumaragasa Ryan Machado Philippines
Roya Mahnaz Mohammadi Germany, Luxembourg, Czechia, Iran
Safe Exit Mohammed Hammad Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Qatar, Germany
Shanghai Daughter 上海女儿 Agnis Shen Zhongmin China
Panorama Dokumente
Around Paradise Im Umkreis des Paradieses Yulia Lokshina Germany
A Russian Winter Un hiver russe Patric Chiha France
Bucks Harbor Pete Muller United States
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon Finlay Pretsell United Kingdom, France
Enough is Enough Trop c'est trop Elisé Sawasawa France, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Hidden Face of the Earth La Face cachée de la Terre Arnaud Alain France
Jaripeo Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig Mexico, United States, France
The Other Side of the Sun Tawfik Sabouni Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self Sabine Lidl Germany, Switzerland
Traces Сліди Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk Ukraine, Poland
Tristan Forever Tobias Nölle and Loran Bonnardot Switzerland
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest 东山飘雨西山晴 Viv Li Germany, Netherlands

Forum

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The following films were selected for the Forum section:[40][41][42]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
AnyMart チルド Yusuke Iwasaki Japan
Black Lions – Roman Wolves Haile Gerima Ethiopia, United States
Cesarean Weekend Mohammad Shirvani Iran
Chronos – Flow of Time Chronos – Fluss der Zeit Volker Koepp Germany
Collapse Effondrement Anat Even France
Crocodile The Critics and Pietra Brettkelly New Zealand, Nigeria
The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli Rania Rafei Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Doggerland Kim Ekberg Sweden
Eight Bridges James Benning United States
Einar Schleef – No Germany Did I Find Einar Schleef – Ich habe kein Deutschland gefunden Sandra Prechtel Germany
Everything Else Is Noise Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Germany, Canada
Flying Tigers Madhusree Dutta Germany, India
Foreign Travel Auslandsreise Ted Fendt Germany
Forest up in the Mountain Sofia Bordenave Argentina
Gemstones Piedras preciosas Simón Vélez Colombia, Portugal
Ghost in the Cell Joko Anwar Indonesia
Given Names Prénoms Nurith Aviv France
Hear the Yellow Banu Sıvacı Turkey
I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival Eu Construi um Foguete Imaginando sua Chegada Janaína Marques Brazil
If Pigeons Turned to Gold Pepa Lubojacki Czechia, Slovakia
Joy Boy: A Tribute to Julius Eastman Mawena Yehouessi, Fallon Mayanja, Rob Jacobs, Victoire Karera Kampire, Paul Shemisi and Anne Reijniers Belgium
Lust Ralitza Petrova Bulgaria, Denmark, Sweden
Masayume まさゆめ Nao Yoshigai Japan
Members of the Problematic Family R Gowtham India
The Moths & the Flame Kevin Contento United States
My Name 내 이름은 Chung Ji-young South Korea
On Our Own De capul nostru Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Romania, Italy
Panda 伤寒杂病论 Xinyang Zhang Singapore, Hong Kong, China
Scenario Szenario Marie Wilke Germany
Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt Daniela Magnani Hüller
We Are the Fruits of the Forest Nous sommes les fruits de la forêt Rithy Panh Cambodia, France
Women as Lovers Liebhaberinnen Koxi Germany, Luxembourg
Forum Special
A Lot Talk Beaucoup parler Pascale Bodet France
Barbara Forever Brydie O'Connor United States
Frauen in Berlin (1981) Chetna Vora East Germany
My Brother's Wedding (1983) Charles Burnett United States
On the Field of God in 1972–73 / A Hungarian Village (1974) Istenmezején 1972-73-ban Judit Elek Hungary
River Dreams Kristina Mikhailova Kazakhstan, Switzerland, United Kingdom
When You Listen to This Song Quand tu ecouteras cette chanson Mona Achache France
Forum Special – Short Films
AI Realism – Qantar 2022 Almagul Menlibayeva Kazakhstan
Encounter (1963) Találkozás Judit Elek Hungary
Love Your Nails! Narges Kalhor Germany
MegatrashwannabebigstarXD Ava Leandra Kleber and Elisa Deutloff
The Most Beautiful Man in the World L'uomo più bello del mondo Paolo Baiguera Italy
The Valley Where Loab Lives Georg Tiller Austria

Forum Expanded

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The following short films and exhibitions works were selected for the Forum Expanded section:[40][41]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
A Circle as the Center of the Whole Utkarsh United States, india
Born of the Yam Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen Singapore
The Dislocation of Amber (1975) انتزاع الكهرمان Hussein Shariffe Sudan
El León Diana Bustamante Colombia
Exprmntl 4 Knokke (1967) Claudia von Alemann and Reinold E. Thiel West Germany
Filme Pin María Rojas Arias and Andrés Jurado Colombia, Portugal
Film No. 4 (Bottoms) (1966) Yoko Ono and Anthony Cox United States
Forest of the End of the World Floresta do fim do mundo Felipe M. Bragança and Denilson Baniwa Brazil
Forever…Forever Johann Lurf Austria, France
Fruits of Despair Nima Nassaj Iran
In Sum Phi Pattana Komtouch Napattaloong Thailand
Katabasis Martin Moolhuijsen Germany, Italy
Let There Be Whistleblowers (2005) Ken Jacobs and Flo Jacobs United States
Metanoia Bigum + Björge Germany, Finland
Muscle Karimah Ashadu Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Nigeria
Narrative Anocha Suwichakornpong Thailand, South Korea, Japan
Nursery Rhymes. (Holy) Water Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński Austria, Italy
Pink Schlemmer Oliver Husain Canada
The Recce Daniel Mann United Kingdom, Germany
Sad Song of Touha (1972) Oghneyet Touha Al Hazina Atteyat Al Abnoudy Egypt
This Desirable Device Mina Simendić Serbia, Germany
This Suffocating Now Vika Kirchenbauer Germany
Uchronia Fil Ieropoulos Greece, Netherlands
Warnings to the Distant Future Warnungen an die ferne Zukunft Juliane Jaschnow and Stefanie Schroeder Germany
The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants İki Laborantın Yorgun Saatleri Burak Çevik Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom, Croatia
Yurugu – Invisible Lines Petna Ndaliko Katondolo and Laurent Van Lancker Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, United States
Forum Expanded Exhibitions
Butterfly Stories: Malaise II Laurence Favre Switzerland, Germany
Casting for a Film, Ihsan’s Diary Lamia Joreige Lebanon
Fanfictie: Volcanology Riar Rizaldi Indonesia, Italy
Industries of Denial, Stage 10: From Musa Dagh to Port Saïd Angela Melitopoulos and Kerstin Schroedinger Germany, Greece, Finland
Land Invaders Cassandra Gardiner and Juan Mateo Menendez United States
The sun that fell into the water Lena Kocutar Germany, Slovenia
We Deh Here Maybelle Peters United Kingdom

Generation

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The following films were selected for the Generation sections:[7][38][43]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Generation Kplus
The Atlas of the Universe Atlasul universului Paul Negoescu Romania, Bulgaria
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time 映画 えんとつ町のプペル 〜約束の時計台〜 Yusuke Hirota Japan
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! En, ten, týky! Andrea Szelesová Czechia
Everyone's Sorry Nowadays Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry Frederike Migom Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
The Fabulous Time Machine A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo Eliza Capai Brazil
Ghost School Seemab Gul Pakistan, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Gugu's World Feito Pipa Allan Deberton Brazil
Not a Hero Kein Held Rima Das India, Singapore
Papaya Priscilla Kellen Brazil
Generation Kplus – Short Films
Abracadabra Amay Mehrishi United Kingdom, India
Bats & Bugs Nachtschwärmer Lena von Döhren Switzerland
Fire in My Pocket Lángbogár a zsebemben Janka Feiner Hungary
Gravity Yercekimi Dalya Keleş Turkey
Imaginary Numbers Imaginarni brojevi Jelica Jerinić Serbia, Croatia
Riding Time Roopa Gogineni and Farhaan Mumtaz United Kingdom, France
A Serious Thought ÖÖmõtted Jonas Taul Estonia
Speedy! 쓰삐디! Oh Jiin South Korea
Tutti 你吹Do我吹Si Zhuang Rong Zuo Taiwan
Under The Wave off Little Dragon Jian Luo United Kingdom
Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale Daniel Neiden United States
White Spî Navroz Shaban Iraq
Generation 14plus
A Family Mees Peijnenburg Netherlands, Belgium
Black Burns Fast Sanduela Asanda South Africa
Don't Come Out No Salgas Victoria Linares Villegas Dominican Republic
Four Girls Quatro Meninas Karen Suzane Brazil, Netherlands
Hotel Oblique Merlin Flügel Germany
The Lights, They Fall Saša Vajda
Matapanki Diego Mapache Fuentes Chile
Sad Girlz Chicas tristes Fernanda Tovar Mexico, Spain, France
Sunny Dancer George Jaques United Kingdom
What Will I Become? Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos United States
Generation 14plus – Short Films
The Dream of Dancing Jülapüin Yonna Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio Colombia
En Route To 지우러 가는 길 Yoo Jae-in South Korea
The Girl 妮儿 Yucheng Tan China
Mambo Kids Emanuele Tresca Italy
Memories of a Window Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar United States
Nobody Knows the World Allá en el cielo Roddy Dextre Peru
Scorching 诞辰日 Wang Beidi China
That’s My Sister C’est ma soeur Zoé Pelchat Canada
The Thread Fenn O'Meally United Kingdom
When I Get Home Cuando llegue a casa Edgar Adrián Mexico

Berlinale Classics

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Featuring restored prints of classic productions or underseen gems, the following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section:[7][44][45]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Carnival in Flanders (1935) La kermesse héroïque Jacques Feyder France, Germany
Crystal Palace (1934) Кришталевий палац Hryhori Hrycher Soviet Union
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) Hukkunud Alpinisti Grigori Kromanov
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) Pradip Krishen India
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Mike Figgis United States, France, United Kingdom
The Mirage (1979) السراب Ahmed Bouanani Morocco
Ninja Scroll (1993) 獣兵衛忍風帖 Yoshiaki Kawajiri Japan
The Pornographers (1966) エロ事師たち”より 人類学入門 Shōhei Imamura
Prefab Story (1979) Panelstory, aneb jak se rodí sídliště Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia
Secrets of a Soul (1926) Geheimnisse einer Seele Georg Wilhelm Pabst Germany

Retrospective — Lost in the 90s

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The 2026's Berlinale Retrospective section celebrates a special decade: the 1990s. The following films were selected:[46]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Bamboozled (2000) Spike Lee United States
Bells from the Deep (1993) Glocken aus der Tiefe. Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland Werner Herzog Germany, United States
Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße 1990 (1991) Konstanze Binder, Lilly Grote, Ulrike Herdin and Julia Kunert Germany
The Border Guard (1995) Der Kontrolleur Stefan Trampe Germany
Boyz n the Hood (1991) John Singleton United States
The Double Life of Veronique (1991) Podwójne życie Weroniki Krzysztof Kieślowski France, Poland, Norway
From the East (1993) D'Est Chantal Akerman Belgium, France, Portugal
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991) Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro Jean-Luc Godard France
Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993) Gorila se kupa u podne Dušan Makavejev Yugoslavia, Germany
In the Splendour of Happiness (1990) Im Glanze dieses Glückes Johann Feindt, Jeanine Meerapfel, Helga Reidemeister, Dieter Schumann and Tamara Trampe Germany
Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989) Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia Ulrike Ottinger West Germany
Juice (1992) Ernest Dickerson United States
Lola and Billy the Kid (1999) Lola und Bilidikid Kutluğ Ataman Germany, Turkey
Orange Vests (1993) Оранжевые жилеты Yury Khashevatsky Belarus, Germany
Run Lola Run (1998) Lola rennt Tom Tykwer Germany

Teddy 40

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A special section as part of the 40 years celebration of the Teddy Award, featuring critically acclaimed queer productions. The following films were selected:[47]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
A Fantastic Woman (2017) Una mujer fantástica Sebastián Lelio Chile, United States, Germany, Spain
A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003) Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor Julián Hernández Mexico
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005) Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros Auraeus Solito Philippines
Kokomo City (2023) D. Smith United States
Queens Don't Cry (2002) Tunten lügen nicht Rosa von Praunheim Germany
Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1985) Verführung: Die grausame Frau Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut West Germany
Tomboy (2011) Céline Sciamma France
The Watermelon Woman (1996) Cheryl Dunye United States
Short Films
575 Castro St. (2008) Jenni Olson United States
Entropia (2018) Flóra Anna Buda Hungary
Love, Jealousy and Revenge (1991) Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache Michael Brynntrup Germany
Mondial 2010 (2014) Roy Dib Lebanon
Playback (2019) Playback. Ensayo de una despedida Agustina Comedi Argentina
To Write From Memory (2023) 默 Emory Chao Johnson United States

Official Awards

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Golden Bear winner: İlker Çatak
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner: Emin Alper
Silver Bear Jury Prize winner: Lance Hammer
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance winner: Sandra Hüller
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance winners: Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay winner: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution winner: Anna Fitch
GWFF Best First Feature Award winner: Abdallah Al-Khatib
Golden Bear for Best Short Film winner: Marie-Rose Osta
Silver Bear for Best Short Film winner: Fanny Texier
Berlinale Best Documentary Award winner: Pepa Lubojacki
Michelle Yeoh, Honorary Golden Bear winner
Haile Gerima, Berlinale Camera winner

Main Competition

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Honorary Golden Bear

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Berlinale Camera

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GWFF Best First Feature Award

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Berlinale Documentary Award

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  • If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki[19]
    • Special Mention:
      • Tutu by Sam Pollard
      • Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party by Daniela Magnani Hüller

Berlinale Short Films Competition

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Generation – Youth Jury

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  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: Gugu's World by Allan Deberton[51]
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale by Daniel Neiden
    • Special Mention: Under The Wave off Little Dragon by Jian Luo
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: Sad Girlz by Fernanda Tovar
    • Special Mention: A Family by Mees Peijnenburg
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: Memories of a Window by Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
    • Special Mention: Nobody Knows the World by Roddy Dextre

Generation – International Jury

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  • Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: Gugu's World by Allan Deberton[51]
    • Special Mention: The Atlas of the Universe by Paul Negoescu
  • Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: White by Navroz Shaban
    • Special Mention: Under The Wave off Little Dragon by Jian Luo
  • Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: Sad Girlz by Fernanda Tovar
    • Special Mention: Matapanki by Diego Mapache Fuentes
  • Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: The Thread by Fenn O'Meally
    • Special Mention: Memories of a Window by Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar

Independent Awards

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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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FIPRESCI Prizes

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Panorama Audience Award

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Teddy Award

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Label Europa Cinemas

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  • Four Minus Three by Adrian Goiginger (Panorama)[52]

Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse cinemas

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Readers' Juries

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  • Berliner Morgenpost Readers': Flies by Fernando Eimbcke (Competition)[52]
  • Tagesspiegel Readers': I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival by Janaína Marques (Forum)

Caligari Film Prize

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  • If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki[52]

Peace Film Prize

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Amnesty International Film Award

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  • What Will I Become? by Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos[52]

Heiner Carow Prize

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  • Prosecution by Faraz Shariat[52]

Prize AG Kino – Gilde – Cinema Vision 14plus

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  • What Will I Become? by Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos[52]

C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award

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  • Prosecution by Faraz Shariat (Panorama)[52]
  • On Our Own by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Forum)

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