This year, the Berlinale will take place from February 12 to 22, 2026.
We will be providing a critical review of the event.
In order to follow our impressions of the films live during this new edition, in addition to our Twitter and Facebook social media accounts (and our YouTube channel, where we post our interviews and recordings of press conferences), we will be offering critical reviews.
The rating scale used is as follows:
– very bad film
* average film
** good film
*** very good film
**** excellent film
***** masterpiece
Films in Competition
A New Dawn by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
A film by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
With: Riku Hagiwara, Kotone Furukawa, Miyu Irino, Takashi Okabe
Our rate: ★★
Keitaro lives in a fireworks factory that is about to be shut down. He is…
With: Riku Hagiwara, Kotone Furukawa, Miyu Irino, Takashi Okabe
Our rate: ★★
Keitaro lives in a fireworks factory that is about to be shut down. He is…
At the Sea by Kornél Mundruczó
A film by Kornél Mundruczó
With: Amy Adams, Murray Bartlett, Chloe East, Brett Goldstein, Dan Levy, Jenny Slate, Rainn Wilson, Henry Eikenberry, Naheem Garcia
Our rate: ★★
After a long rehabilitation, Laura returns to her family at their beach…
With: Amy Adams, Murray Bartlett, Chloe East, Brett Goldstein, Dan Levy, Jenny Slate, Rainn Wilson, Henry Eikenberry, Naheem Garcia
Our rate: ★★
After a long rehabilitation, Laura returns to her family at their beach…
Dust by Anke Blondé
A film by Anke Blondé
With: Jan Hammenecker, Arieh Worthalter, Éric Godon, Dima Savyan, Thibaud Dooms, Janne Desmet, Verona Verbakel, Armin Mola, Fania Sorel, Koen Verledens
Our rate: ★★
When Belgian tech visionaries Luc and Geert learn that their fraud will hit…
With: Jan Hammenecker, Arieh Worthalter, Éric Godon, Dima Savyan, Thibaud Dooms, Janne Desmet, Verona Verbakel, Armin Mola, Fania Sorel, Koen Verledens
Our rate: ★★
When Belgian tech visionaries Luc and Geert learn that their fraud will hit…
Home Stories by Eva Trobisch
A film by Eva Trobisch
With: Frida Hornemann, Eva Löbau, Rahel Ohm, Peter René Lüdicke, Max Riemelt, Gina Henkel, Florian Lukas, Ida Fischer, Florian Geißelmann, Thomas Schubert
Our rate: ★
As a contestant in a singing casting show, Lea is asked by the TV team who…
With: Frida Hornemann, Eva Löbau, Rahel Ohm, Peter René Lüdicke, Max Riemelt, Gina Henkel, Florian Lukas, Ida Fischer, Florian Geißelmann, Thomas Schubert
Our rate: ★
As a contestant in a singing casting show, Lea is asked by the TV team who…
In a Whisper by Leyla Bouzid
A film by Leyla Bouzid
With: Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass, Marion Barbeau, Feriel Chamari
Our rate: ★★
Back in Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that…
With: Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass, Marion Barbeau, Feriel Chamari
Our rate: ★★
Back in Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that…
Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
A film by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
With: Galin Stoev, Ekatarina Stanina, Sofia Stanina, Chiara Caselli, Christian Bégin, Michelle Tzontchev, Mart Lachev, Nikolay Mutafchiev, Svetlana Yancheva, Maria-Radena Bozhkova
Our rate: ★★
A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major…
With: Galin Stoev, Ekatarina Stanina, Sofia Stanina, Chiara Caselli, Christian Bégin, Michelle Tzontchev, Mart Lachev, Nikolay Mutafchiev, Svetlana Yancheva, Maria-Radena Bozhkova
Our rate: ★★
A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major…
The Loneliest Man in Town by Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel
A film by Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel
With: Alois Koch, Brigitte Meduna
Our rate: ★★★
Blues musician Al Cook lives in an apartment filled with memories. Outside,…
With: Alois Koch, Brigitte Meduna
Our rate: ★★★
Blues musician Al Cook lives in an apartment filled with memories. Outside,…
Wolfram by Warwick Thornton
A film by Warwick Thornton
With: Deborah Mailman, Eloise Hart, Hazel May Jackson, Pedrea Jackson, Thomas M. Wright, Erroll Shand, Joe Bird, Matt Nable, John Howard, Ferdinand Hoang
Our rate: ★★
1930s Australia, the colonial frontier. Two swaggering outlaws roll into a…
With: Deborah Mailman, Eloise Hart, Hazel May Jackson, Pedrea Jackson, Thomas M. Wright, Erroll Shand, Joe Bird, Matt Nable, John Howard, Ferdinand Hoang
Our rate: ★★
1930s Australia, the colonial frontier. Two swaggering outlaws roll into a…
Yellow Letters by İlker Çatak
A film by İlker Çatak
With: Özgü Namal, Tansu Biçer, Leyla Smyrna Cabas, İpek Bilgin, Şiir Eloğlu, Eray Egilmez, Marco Kühn, Yusuf Akgün, Kerem Can, Aziz Çapkurt
Our rate: ★★
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey,…
With: Özgü Namal, Tansu Biçer, Leyla Smyrna Cabas, İpek Bilgin, Şiir Eloğlu, Eray Egilmez, Marco Kühn, Yusuf Akgün, Kerem Can, Aziz Çapkurt
Our rate: ★★
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey,…
Films in Other Sections
A Prayer for the Dying de Dara Van Dusen
Un film de Dara Van Dusen
Avec: Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Hilton Pelser, Andrew Whipp, Daniel Weyman, David Ganly, Peter Adame, Radka Caldová
Notre avis : ★
Avec: Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Hilton Pelser, Andrew Whipp, Daniel Weyman, David Ganly, Peter Adame, Radka Caldová
Notre avis : ★
Der Heimatlose de Kai Stänicke
Un film de Kai Stänicke
Avec: Paul Boche, Stephanie Amarell, Philip Froissant, Emilia Schüle, Jeanette Hain, Zhenja Isaak, Aaron Hilmer, Andreas Nickl, Maju Margrit Sartorius, Philip Günsch
Notre avis : ★★
Avec: Paul Boche, Stephanie Amarell, Philip Froissant, Emilia Schüle, Jeanette Hain, Zhenja Isaak, Aaron Hilmer, Andreas Nickl, Maju Margrit Sartorius, Philip Günsch
Notre avis : ★★
Die Blutgräfin d’Ulrike Ottinger
Un film d’Ulrike Ottinger
Avec: Isabelle Huppert, Birgit Minichmayr, Thomas Schubert, Lars Eidinger, André Jung, Sophie Rois, Maria Fliri, Marco Lorenzini, Maresi Riegner, Karl Markovics
Notre avis: à venir
Avec: Isabelle Huppert, Birgit Minichmayr, Thomas Schubert, Lars Eidinger, André Jung, Sophie Rois, Maria Fliri, Marco Lorenzini, Maresi Riegner, Karl Markovics
Notre avis: à venir
Everybody Digs Bill Evans de Grant Gee
Un film de Grant Gee
Avec: Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Isabelle Harriet, Barry Ward, Valene Kane, Katie McGrath
Notre avis: ★★★
Avec: Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Isabelle Harriet, Barry Ward, Valene Kane, Katie McGrath
Notre avis: ★★★
Forêt Ivre de Manon Coubia
Un film de Manon Coubia
Avec: Anne Coesens, Salomé Richard, Aurélia Petit
Notre avis : ★★★
Les trajectoires croisées de trois femmes se relaient dans un refuge de…
Avec: Anne Coesens, Salomé Richard, Aurélia Petit
Notre avis : ★★★
Les trajectoires croisées de trois femmes se relaient dans un refuge de…
Heysel 85 de Teodora Ana Mihai
Un film de Teodora Ana Mihai
Avec: Matteo Simoni, Violet Braeckman, Josse De Pauw, Ben Segers, Fabrizio Rongione, Bobby Schofield, Jeroen Van der Ven, Dominique Dauwe, Jonathan Sawdon, Emanuela Ponzano
Notre avis: à venir
Avec: Matteo Simoni, Violet Braeckman, Josse De Pauw, Ben Segers, Fabrizio Rongione, Bobby Schofield, Jeroen Van der Ven, Dominique Dauwe, Jonathan Sawdon, Emanuela Ponzano
Notre avis: à venir
Kabul Jan (No Good Men) de Shahrbanoo Sadat
Un film de Shahrbanoo Sadat
Avec: Ghawgha Taban, Mohammed Anwar Hashimi
Notre avis: ★★★
Avec: Ghawgha Taban, Mohammed Anwar Hashimi
Notre avis: ★★★
Seuls les rebelles de Danielle Arbid
Un film de Danielle Arbid
Avec: Hiam Abbass, Mahamat Amine Benrachid, Shaden Fakih, Charbel Kamel, Alexandre Paulikevitch, Sami Dekhissi, Rubis Ramadan
Notre avis : ★★
Suzanne, veuve d’une soixantaine d’années, fait la connaissance d’Osmane, un …
Avec: Hiam Abbass, Mahamat Amine Benrachid, Shaden Fakih, Charbel Kamel, Alexandre Paulikevitch, Sami Dekhissi, Rubis Ramadan
Notre avis : ★★
Suzanne, veuve d’une soixantaine d’années, fait la connaissance d’Osmane, un …
The Testament of Ann Lee de Mona Fastvold
Un film de Mona Fastvold
Avec: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn
Notre avis: ★★★★
An epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the…
Avec: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn
Notre avis: ★★★★
An epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the…