Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, is a prestigious competitive film festival established in 1951. Held annually in early February in Berlin, it features high-quality parallel competitions such as Panorama, Encounters, and Forum alongside its main program.
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Berlinale 2026: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (dir. Grant Gee) | Review
Premiering in Berlinale Competition, Grant Gee’s "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" is a ravishing black-and-white elegy that turns the pianist’s creative…
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Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn (dir. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya) | Review
"A New Dawn" is a visually breathtaking meditation on legacy and environmental loss whose painterly beauty and thematic ambition ultimately…
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Berlinale 2026: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (dir. Noah Segan) | Review
Noah Segan’s "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" is a charming, 70s-tinged love letter to a changing city, elevated…
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Berlinale 2026: Cesarean Weekend (dir. Mohammad Shirvani) | Review
Mohammad Shirvani’s "Caesarean Weekend" is a politically charged, formally experimental portrait of generational tension in contemporary Iran that, despite its…
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Berlinale 2026: Barbara Forever (dir. Brydie O’Connor) | Review
Brydie O’Connor’s "Barbara Forever" is an affectionate and elegantly edited tribute to queer cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer, yet stops short…
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Berlinale 2026: Isabel (dir. Gabe Klinger) | Review
Gabe Klinger’s "Isabel" is a sensorially lush, gorgeously shot portrait of São Paulo whose grain and style ultimately cannot compensate…
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Berlinale 2026: River Dreams | Interview with Kristina Mikhailova, Dana Sabitova and the main cast
"No Good Men" offers a rare and engaging glimpse into the lives of Afghan women working in media, blending romance…
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Berlinale 2026: Gorilla Bathes at Noon (dir. Dušan Makavejev) | Review
In Berlinale’s Retrospective, Dušan Makavejev’s "Gorilla Bathes at Noon" proves once again to be an unmissable, grainy and darkly comic…
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Berlinale 2026: The Loneliest Man in Town (dirs. Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel) | Review
Fiction and reality are intertwined in Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s beautiful and moving portrait of Viennese blue’s musician Al…
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Berlinale 2026: Salvation (dir. Emin Alper) | Review
Set against a stark mountain village in Turkey, "Salvation" follows two brothers as faith, power and rivalry slowly entangle, pulling…
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