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Safe Exit

Posted by Max Borg | Feb 17, 2026 | Berlin 2026, Festivals |

Generational trauma forms the basis for Mohammed Hammad’s psychological thriller ‘Safe Exit’, a riveting Berlinale Panorama entry.

Austrian documentarian Ruth Beckermann delves into Ethiopian history by looking into a specific building in the engrossing ‘Wax & Gold’.

Posted by Max Borg | Feb 14, 2026 | Berlin 2026, Festivals |

Hanna Bergholm delivers thrills in the midst of Finnish nature in her confident second feature film ‘Nightborn’, screened in Berlin’s Competition.

The lineup of Berlin 2026 boasts some major US titles, but are they really what the festival needs?

This year’s Rotterdam took a free-wheeling approach to genre pieces, particularly global horror.