| Sebastian Brameshuber
| Sebastian Brameshuber
| Austria
| Austria
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| colspan=”2″ | ”[[The Moment (2026 film)|The Moment]]”
|[[Aidan Zamiri]]
|United States
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| colspan=”2″ | ”[[Mouse (2026 film)|Mouse]]”
| colspan=”2″ | ”[[Mouse (2026 film)|Mouse]]”
2026 film festival edition
Official festival poster |
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| Location | Berlin, Germany |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Artistic director | Tricia Tuttle |
| Festival date | Opening: 12 February 2026 Closing: 22 February 2026 |
| Website | www |
The 76th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, will take place between 12 and 22 February 2026 in Berlin, Germany. German filmmaker Wim Wenders was named the Jury President for the main competition.[1][2]
During the opening ceremony, Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh will be awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.[3][4]
World premieres of Hong Sang-soo‘s At The Middle of Life, Alain Gomis‘ Dao, Carlos Reygadas‘ Wake of Umbra, Lisandro Alonso‘s La Liberdad Doble, Markus Schleinzer’s Rose, Anton Corbijn‘s Switzerland, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun‘s Soumsoum, Emily Atef‘s Call Me Queen, Angela Schanelec‘s Thomas le Fort, Werner Herzog‘s Bucking Fastard, Bertrand Mandico‘s Roma elastica, Kamila Andini‘s Four Seasons in Java, Abu Bakr Shawky‘s The Stories, Emin Alper‘s Salvation, Leyla Bouzid‘s A Voix Basse, Amanda Kernell‘s Brace Your Heart, Qiu Jiongjiong‘s Fuxi: Joy in Four Chapters, Wei Shujun‘s Mr. Crane is Back and Mees Peijnenburg’s A Family, are expected in the main competition or parallel section.
Perspectives Jury (GWFF Best First Feature Award)
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Short Film Competition
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Berlinale Documentary Award Jury
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The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special screening:
| 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, Netherlands, Germany | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | La casa de los espíritus | Francisca Alegría 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 and Isaki Lacuesta | Spain |
| The Story of Documentary Film | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
Short Film Competition
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The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition:[5]
| 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 | Di san xian | 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 | Germany |
| Yuragim | Varia Garib and Kirill Komar | Austria, Uzbekistan | |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[6]
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forum Special | |||
| AI Realism – Qantar 2022 (short film) | Almagul Menlibayeva | Kazakhstan | |
| A Lot Talk | Beaucoup parler | Pascale Bodet | France |
| Barbara Forever | Brydie O’Connor | United States | |
| Encounter (1963) (short film) | Találkozás | Judit Elek | Hungary |
| Frauen in Berlin (1981) | Chetna Vora | East Germany | |
| Love Your Nails! (short film) | Narges Kalhor | Germany | |
| MegatrashwannabebigstarXD (short film) | Ava Leandra Kleber and Elisa Deutloff | Germany | |
| The Most Beautiful Man in the World (short film) | L’uomo più bello del mondo | Paolo Baiguera | Italy |
| 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 | |
| The Valley Where Loab Lives (short film) | Georg Tiller | Austria | |
| When You Listen to This Song | Quand tu ecouteras cette chanson | Mona Achache | France |
The following films were selected for the Generation sections:[6]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation Kplus | |||
| Bats & Bugs (short film) | Nachtschwärmer | Lena von Döhren | Switzerland |
| 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 | |
| Papaya | Priscilla Kellen | Brazil | |
| Riding Time (short film) | Roopa Gogineni and Farhaan Mumtaz | United Kingdom, France | |
| A Serious Thought (short film) | ÖÖmõtted | Jonas Taul | Estonia |
| Tutti (short film) | 你吹Do我吹Si | Zhuang Rong Zuo | Taiwan |
| Generation 14plus | |||
| Black Burns Fast | Sanduela Asanda | South Africa | |
| The Girl (short film) | 妮儿 | Yucheng Tan | China |
| Memories of a Window (short film) | Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar | United States | |
| The Thread (short film) | Fenn O’Meally | United Kingdom | |
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section:[8]
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:[9]
| 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 | West 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) | Oranzhevye zhilety | Yury Khashevatsky | Belarus, Germany |
| Run Lola Run (1998) | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
- ^ “The Prizes of the International Jury”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (2025-12-12). “Wim Wenders to Head Berlin Film Festival Jury”. Variety. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ a b “| Berlinale | News & Topics | News”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (14 January 2026). “Charli xcx’s ‘The Moment’ Added to Berlinale’s Panorama Lineup, Isabelle Huppert Vampire Film ‘The Blood Countess’ to Premiere as Special Gala”. Variety. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ “Magic and defiance animate Berlinale Shorts”. Cineuropa – the best of european cinema. 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ a b Goodfellow, Melanie (December 17, 2025). “Berlinale Unveils First Titles For 2026 Edition”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ “Jan 12, 2026 “Be Human Only, Dish Out the Truth”: The 2026 Forum Special”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ “Dec 18, 2025 World Premiere of the 4K Digital Restoration of Geheimnisse einer Seele (Secrets of a Soul) with Innovative Interactive Musical Accompaniment”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ “Dec 18, 2025 Film Selection for the Retrospective 2026 and Cooperation with the Goethe-Institut”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ “Jan 12, 2026 Berlinale Camera 2026: Award for Contemporary Composer and Artist Max Richter”. www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
