76th Berlin International Film Festival

76th Berlin International Film Festival

Official festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Artistic director	Tricia Tuttle
Festival date	Opening: 12 February 2026 (2026-02-12) Closing: 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Website	www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival
77th 75th

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]

Juries

Main Competition

• Wim Wenders, German filmmaker – Jury President

Official Sections

Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section: ^[4]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Country
Allegro Pastell		Anna Roller	Germany
Iván & Hadoum		Ian de la Rosa	Spain, Germany, Belgium
London		Sebastian Brameshuber	Austria
Mouse		Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan	United States
Numb	しびれ	Takuya Uchiyama	Japan
Only Rebels Win		Danielle Arbid	France, Lebanon, Qatar
Prosecution	Staatsschutz	Faraz Shariat	Germany
Panorama Dokumente
A Russian Winter	Un hiver russe	Patric Chiha	France
Bucks Harbor		Pete Muller	United States
Enough is Enough	Trop c'est trop	Elisé Sawasawa	France, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jaripeo		Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig	Mexico, United States, France
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest		Viv Li	Germany, Netherlands

Generation

The following films were selected for the Generation sections: ^[4]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Country
Generation Kplus
The Fabulous Time Machine	A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo	Eliza Capai	Brazil
Bats & Bugs(short film)	Nachtschwärmer	Lena von Döhren	Switzerland
Everyone's Sorry Nowadays	Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry	Frederike Migom	Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
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)	Ni Chui Do Wo Chui Si	Zhuang Rong Zuo	Taiwan
Generation 14plus
Black Burns Fast		Sanduela Asanda	South Africa
The Girl(short film)	Ni'er	Yucheng Tan	China
Memories of a Window		Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar	United States
The Thread(short film)		Fenn O'Meally	United Kingdom

Berlinale Classics

The following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section: ^[5]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Country
Secrets of a Soul (1926)	Geheimnisse einer Seele	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	Weimar Germany

Retrospective - Lost in the 90s

The 2026's Berlinale Retrospective section celebrates a special decade: the 1990s. The following films were selected: ^[6]

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, Germany
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

Official Awards

Honorary Golden Bear

• Michelle Yeoh ^[3]

References

1. "The Prizes of the International Jury". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
2. Shafer, Ellise (2025-12-12). "Wim Wenders to Head Berlin Film Festival Jury". Variety. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
3. "| Berlinale | News & Topics | News". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
4. Goodfellow, Melanie (2025-12-17). "Berlinale Unveils First Titles For 2026 Edition". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
5. "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.
6. "Dec 18, 2025 Film Selection for the Retrospective 2026 and Cooperation with the Goethe-Institut". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2025-12-19.

External links

• Official website