76th Berlinale: 44 publications

Daniel Theophanous - 27-02-2026

Bold and uncompromising Greek film reinterprets subversive French poet Arthur Rimbaud by weaving together the stories of more recent queer icons  - from the Forum Expanded Section of the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2026

The latest edition of the largest film festival in the world boasted a very fine film selection and an astounding British drama, but the proceedings were dimmed by an "apolitical" Jury President and a strangely coloured Golden Bear [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 22-02-2026

Paul Risker interviews the Canadian director of Nina Roza, which just won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay; they discuss growing up in the countryside, being an outcast, children bearing their parents' wounds, Fellini, Bertolucci, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2026

Rape drama from the United States offers shallow meditation on child trauma and American law enforcement - Sundance winner is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 20-02-2026

Australian director of acclaimed psychological horror Relic turns her attention to the minefields of the weight loss industry, materialising a medical-school lesbian horror - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2026

American filmmaker registers the final years of her much older artist friend, in an unessential documentary with some very strange omissions - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2026

Recovering alcoholic returns home after six months, but her broken family and collapsing dance business threaten to sink her deeper - Kornél Mundruczó's strange new film is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2026

Tradition and superstition chastise two African women, in this peculiar tale of female oppression and marginalisation - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2026

Japanese government locks horns with employee of a disused fireworks factory, in this aesthetically exuberant however barely comprehensible anime - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2026

Property developers torment old blues singer resisting eviction, in this masterpiece of nostalgia from Austria - in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2026

Aspiring singer grapples with her selfish father and embarrassing family, in this lifeless German drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Lida Bach - 18-02-2026

Lida Bach interviews the Chilean director of Berlinale entry The Red Hangar; they discuss the dirty machinations of the dictatorship, being denied access to military facilities, personal accountability, ghosts of the past, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2026

Mexican woman helps forsaken boy to find his ailing mother, in this tender tale of abandonment and reconnection - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 17-02-2026

Dutch filmmaker Muriel d'Ansembourg conjures a frank portrait of a small-scale porn business - from the Perspectives section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 17-02-2026

Ian De La Rosa's skilful debut details the tender love story of a trans man and a cis woman in Southern Spain - from the Panorama section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2026

Berlin School's most widely recognised woman filmmaker delivers highly conversational and pointless drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 17-02-2026

Paraguayan director of The Heiresses returns with the biopic of a subversive DJ who tried to rock the small South American nation during a dictatorial takeover - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2026

Extraordinarily sensitive British drama about old age and consent blows away viewers, their ethics and morals - from the Official Competition 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2026

Three "half-breed" outcasts fight for their survival in the Australian Outback, in this soporific cowboy drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-02-2026

Russians discuss their hopes and fears to a longing camera, in this artful documentary set during the invasion of Ukraine - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2026

Art dealer returns to his native Bulgaria in order meet with a prodigy painter, in this heartwarming meditation on national identify, family and individuality - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-02-2026

Former clown uses memories of laughter in order to guide her through duress, in Adrian Goiginger's real-life trauma drama - from the Panorama section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2026

Singaporean filmmaker takes viewers on a tragic yet colourful tour of his "booming" nation, in a movie with discernible social realist affinities - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-02-2026

Two corrupt and soon-to-be-exposed businessmen prepare for impending doom, in this quiet snd sombre crime drama from Belgium - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-02-2026

Sandra Hüller passes as male soldier and housemaster during 17th century Germany, in a bizarre tale of female empowerment based on real-life reports - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Lida - 15-02-2026

Lida Bach interviews the director of the contemplative sci-fi animation Light Pillar; they talk about biographic filmmaking, the Chinese film industry, "weird music", and more - live from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-02-2026

Tribal rivalry and superstition drive Turkish villager to the brink of insanity, with terrifying consequences - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 15-02-2026

Octogenarian love story from Brazil boasts a clever supernatural twist - charming and spooky romance shows in the Panorama section of the 86th Berlinale [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 15-02-2026

Family-friendly, vibrant animation explores the nooks and crannies of the Brazilian rainforest through the eyes of a papaya seed - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-02-2026

Finnish director transforms the worst motherhood fears into a blood-soaked and hilarious comedy-horror - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Nairon Santos de Morais - 14-02-2026

While rich people abandon earth , the less fortunate are left to contend with shoddy VR at home - supremely sad sci-fi from China premieres at the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-02-2026

Incestuous American family seduce and fight each other atop the mountains of Catalonia, in Karim Ainouz's weirdest film to date - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-02-2026

Hybrid of doc and fiction peeks into loud and colourful celebrations in two very different countries - inventive tribute to Africa and the African diaspora is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 14-02-2026

The unrealised sexual fantasies of a young woman turn into a killer demon, in this unusually sombre and dry queer horror from the Dominican Republic - from the 76th Berlinale  [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 14-02-2026

Twelve-year-old queer footballer is forced to grow up quickly, in the rural hinterlands of the Brazilian Northeast - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 14-02-2026

Ten-year-old has to rely on his judgement for the first time as he sets off on a small-town adventure, in this deceptively simple and profound Romanian film - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 14-02-2026

Nataliia Sereebriakova interviews the Romanian director or Berlinale entry Atlas of the Universe; they discuss working with children, Kiarostami, the Romanian New Wave, distribution challenges, and much more [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-02-2026

Overbloated, pointless and interminable: İlker Çatak transposes Turkish drama onto German soil for no redeemable reason - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-02-2026

Biopic of legendary, drug-addicted jazz pianist is mostly lethargic and tedious, in contrast to the life of its protagonist - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-02-2026

The ethics of a dignified captain are put the ultimate test during the bloodiest coup in the history of Latin America - sombre and profound political thriller premieres in the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-02-2026

Young Lesbian returns to her native Tunisia for her gay uncle's funeral, and is forced to confront a country where homosexuality is still illegal - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 11-02-2026

Byrdie O’Connor's documentary is a detailed register of Barbara Hammer's career, from her queer pioneer works in the '70s all the way to her death in 2019 - from Sundance and the Berlinale [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 09-02-2026

Raucous and adventurous documentary inquires into the queer community of Mexican rodeos - from Sundance and the Berlinale [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the woman at the helm of largest film festival in the world; they discuss her achievements, recent changes at the Berlinale, the relevance of the Oscars, genre entries, the thorny subject of censorship in Germany, and more - read our exclusive interview (and don't forget the Main Competition titles as announced on January 20th) [Read More...]