Berlin 2026: The Verdict
Ilker Catak’s drama ‘Yellow Letters’ wins the Golden Bear for Best Film amid a firestorm of unrelated political debate.
Berlin 2026
Berlin 2026: The Awards
Two films about Turkey won the Golden Bear for Best Film and Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 76th Berlin Film Festival.
Cesarean Weekend
A boozy party at a seaside villa descends into a delirious explosion of suppressed angst for two slackers and their angst-ridden middle-aged fathers in “Cesarean Weekend”, Iranian indie cinema instigator Mohammad Shirvani’s first feature in 13 years.
Trial of Hein
Home is definitely not where the heart is in young German writer-director Kai Stänicke’s ‘Trial of Hein’, a ponderous but mostly impressive drama about exile, identity and repressed desire.
The Loneliest Man in Town
A droll delight from Austria, whose wry performance by aging blues player Al Cook made it one of the most popular films in Berlin competition, ‘The Loneliest Man in Town’ once again pushes the documentary envelope in unexpected ways devised by filmmakers Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.
Queen at Sea
The issues of living with a relative with cognitive decline are at the core of Lance Hammer’s quietly devastating ‘Queen at Sea’.
Moscas
Las moscas y su irritante zumbido son la pesadilla de un día de verano, y dan a la primera escena de Moscas una sensación de comedia muda perfectamente sincronizada. Esta es la historia de un hombre y su hijo de 9 años que se alojan precariamente con una casera reticente y de mirada fría mientras...
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Saccharine
A young medical student creates a sinister diet drug to fight her own eating disorders in ‘Saccharine’, a deliciously disgusting feminist body-horror shocker from writer-director Natalie Erika James.
Prosecution
Director Faraz Shariat’s second feature ‘Prosecution’ is a stylish, fast-paced, politically charged crime thriller about a young German-Korean state prosecutor targeted by neo-Nazi racists.
Wax & Gold
Austrian documentarian Ruth Beckermann delves into Ethiopian history by looking into a specific building in the engrossing ‘Wax & Gold’.
The Ballad of Judas Priest
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello co-directs ‘The Ballad of Judas Priest’. a polite but warm-hearted rockucumentary about one of heavy metal’s foundational bands, aided by Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl and other famous fans.
Yellow Letters
An acclaimed Turkish actress and her theater director husband lose their livelihoods over a petty dispute with the authorities in power in ‘Yellow Letters’, a deeply disturbing tale that struggles to stay on topic.
Rosebush Pruning
Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz satirises the lurid psycho-sexual absurdities of a deeply dysfunctional dynasty in his shallow but stylish Euro-comedy reboot, ‘Rosebush Pruning’.
Hangar rojo
¿Hasta dónde debe llegar un oficial militar que ha jurado lealtad a la constitución de su país al obedecer las órdenes de sus superiores? En 81 tensos minutos de crisis democrática, filmados en un implacable blanco y negro, Hangar Rojo sitúa al espectador dentro de la mente del capitán Jorge Silva, el rígidamente disciplinado comandante...
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Documentary director Grant Gee’s debut dramatic feature ‘Everybody Dogs Bill Evans’ offers a lyrical, fragmentary portrait of a troubled jazz icon at a crucial career crossroads.
The Red Hangar
Based on a true story pregnant with contemporary moral questions, ‘The Red Hangar’ is the gripping portrait of a courageous Air Force captain forced to draw the line, during Chile’s military coup in 1973 that overturned the Salvador Allende government and democracy.
No Good Men
In ‘No Good Men’, the ever-surprising Shahrbanoo Sadat opens up the world of Afghan life for women before and during the American pullout in 2021 in a riotous feminist romance that opened the Berlin Film Festival with a bang – even without stars.
Berlin 2026: The American Question
The lineup of Berlin 2026 boasts some major US titles, but are they really what the festival needs?
