İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters bags the Golden Bear at the 76th Berlinale

İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters bags the Golden Bear at the 76th Berlinale

BERLINALE 2026: This year’s edition also saw the triumph of Emin Alper’s Salvation, Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea and Grant Gee’s Everybody Digs Bill Evans  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Awards

Fernanda Tovar’s Sad Girlz and Allan Deberton’s Gugu’s World scoop Generation’s Crystal Bears at the Berlinale

Fernanda Tovar’s Sad Girlz and Allan Deberton’s Gugu’s World scoop Generation’s Crystal Bears at the Berlinale

BERLINALE 2026: The former movie took home the top prize in the Generation 14plus sidebar, whilst the latter pocketed it in the Generation Kplus strand  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation/Awards

Drama Prosecution and documentary Traces scoop the Berlinale’s Panorama Audience Awards

Drama Prosecution and documentary Traces scoop the Berlinale’s Panorama Audience Awards

BERLINALE 2026: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars has received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Competition Film, whilst Prosecution also picked up two further accolades  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama/Awards

Review: Isabel

Review: Isabel

BERLINALE 2026: Marina Person plays an unfulfilled, yet ambitious, sommelière in Gabe Klinger’s sophisticated, São Paulo-set comedy-drama  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - TikTok’s #FilmTok takes centre stage at the EFM - 15/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/02/2026
TikTok’s #FilmTok takes centre stage at the EFM
BERLINALE 2026: With distribution models in flux, the event looked at TikTok’s growing role in turning participatory fandom into ticket sales and streaming subscriptions

Market Trends
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Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Non-English Originals overtake English ones on Netflix for the first time, Ampere Analysis finds - 20/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/02/2026
Non-English Originals overtake English ones on Netflix for the first time, Ampere Analysis finds
The share of non-English Originals rose to 52% in 2025, up from 49% in 2024, with Spanish and Korean content recording the strongest gains

Europe and the Rest of the World - The EFM’s Bridging Visions forum spotlights new storytelling formats and European-Asian co-production pathways - 20/02/2026

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/02/2026
The EFM’s Bridging Visions forum spotlights new storytelling formats and European-Asian co-production pathways
BERLINALE 2026: Vertical dramas, branded films and multi-platform IP dominated the discussions on future co-production models

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Marketing That Works: How young audiences are reshaping theatrical and streaming strategies - 19/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/02/2026
Marketing That Works: How young audiences are reshaping theatrical and streaming strategies
BERLINALE 2026: Industry experts discussed how attention shifts, social media and AI are transforming film marketing, with lessons to be learnt for both European and US distributors

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Cannes' Marché du Film and Cine Group launch the Cinemas Club to unite French and international exhibition professionals - 19/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/02/2026
Cannes' Marché du Film and Cine Group launch the Cinemas Club to unite French and international exhibition professionals
The new venue is designed to strengthen the exhibition sector by connecting international cinema exhibitors, distributors and key stakeholders

European Policy - “From content to culture”: Europe’s film policy at a crossroads, say Berlinale panellists - 19/02/2026

European Policy – 19/02/2026
“From content to culture”: Europe’s film policy at a crossroads, say Berlinale panellists
BERLINALE 2026: European policymakers and industry leaders at the EFM have called for tougher enforcement of platform rules and renewed investment across the cinema ecosystem

European Policy - Erika Jakab examines Creative Europe’s impact and future priorities at the Berlinale - 18/02/2026

European Policy – 18/02/2026
Erika Jakab examines Creative Europe’s impact and future priorities at the Berlinale
BERLINALE 2026: A decade on, MEDIA’s audit shows circulation and co-production gains, but warns that audience reach, simplification and youth engagement must define the next phase

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

Interview: Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

"I wanted to ask whether who we are and what our identity is can really be so narrow and definite"

BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to talk about identity, visibility, and the fragile construction of what we call home  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise

Interview: Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise

“I see the concept of ‘paradise’ as escapism, with each character striving to reach a place where they can forget their pain”

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke to the Canadian director, whose feature debut follows two teens in Canada and Ghana confronting post-colonial tensions  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three

Interview: Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three

"There are many different ways to grieve"

BERLINALE 2026: The Austrian director spoke about finding the difficult balance between sorrow and lightness and about respecting the experience of the story’s protagonist  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey) - 18/11/2025

18/11/2025
Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)
The producers of the film by Ufuk Emiroglu are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France) - 06/11/2025

06/11/2025
Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France)
The producers of the film by Virginia Tangvald are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France) - 14/10/2025

14/10/2025
Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France)
The producers of the film by Rúnar Rúnarsson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France) - 09/10/2025

09/10/2025
Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France)
The producers of the upcoming film by Michael R Roskam are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France) - 30/08/2025

30/08/2025
Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France)
The producers of the film by Kristina Dufková are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium) - 12/08/2025

12/08/2025
Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Jonathan Millet are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium) - 22/07/2025

22/07/2025
Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Alessandra Celesia are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town

Interview: Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town

"It’s a movie about the blues, and the blues is always about losing"

BERLINALE 2026: The directing duo spoke about working with a long-time friend, shaping a fiction film rooted in real life and capturing loneliness  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Interview: Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans

"His music is beautiful, precise, delicate… his life is a fucking disaster"

BERLINALE 2026: The British director, known for his music documentaries, brings jazz legend Bill Evans to the screen, capturing the fragile sensibility behind artistic achievement  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Review: A Family

Review: A Family

BERLINALE 2026: Dutch director Mees Peijnenburg delivers a nerve-racking account of a divorce as seen through the eyes of teenagers  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation

Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea

Interview: Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea

"At one point in your life, you lose your previous self and find a new one"

BERLINALE 2026: The Hungarian filmmaker reflects on why his new film moves beyond conventional drama into something more existential  

21/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

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Photogalleries

Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2026

13/02/2026
Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 76th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 12-22 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

Venice 2025 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2025

27/08/2025
Venice 2025 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 27 August-6 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
Venice 2024 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by last year's SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 81st Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 28 August-7 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries - 14/05/2024

14/05/2024
Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 14-25 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries - 15/02/2024

15/02/2024
Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 74th edition, the last under the direction of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, from 15-25 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

Cleo Diára • Actress

Interview: Cleo Diára • Actress

"I see art as a seed that you plant in the world"

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with last year's Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Performance prize winner about awards, career shifts and her bold visual presence  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Tecla Insolia • Actress

Interview: Tecla Insolia • Actress

"What I love most about my work is making people feel represented"

BERLINALE 2026: The actress spoke to us about what it means to be seen as a Gen Z voice in Italy and, of course, the director she hopes will one day make that call  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Joes Brauers • Actor

Interview: Joes Brauers • Actor

"I hope to get a grip on the abstract things in life like love, grief, history"

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the Dutch actor about craft, the strange privilege of being an actor, and the surprisingly tricky task of naming a dream director  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

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Reviews

Yellow Letters - by Ilker Çatak

Yellow Letters
by Ilker Çatak
BERLINALE 2026: Ilker Çatak reconstructs Turkey to dissect the ambivalent facets of art and life, political oppression, education and couples' relationships

Salvation - by Emin Alper

Salvation
by Emin Alper
BERLINALE 2026: A dormant feud between two Kurdish tribes reawakens in Emin Alper’s careful and consistent examination of how hatred, paranoia and tribalism take root

Queen at Sea - by Lance Hammer

Queen at Sea
by Lance Hammer
BERLINALE 2026: US filmmaker Lance Hammer returns after 18 years with a deeply emotional and thought-provoking dementia drama starring Juliette Binoche

Rose - by Markus Schleinzer

Rose
by Markus Schleinzer
BERLINALE 2026: Markus Schleinzer casts Sandra Hüller in the role of a man during the Thirty Years’ War, while probing societally ingrained xenophobia and misogyny

Everybody Digs Bill Evans - by Grant Gee

Everybody Digs Bill Evans
by Grant Gee
BERLINALE 2026: Anders Danielsen Lie gives a well-tuned performance as the titular jazz piano maestro in Grant Gee’s moody and cerebral biopic

Nina Roza - by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles

Nina Roza
by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
BERLINALE 2026: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles crafts a Bulgarian-based story on concealed wounds and the resurfacing of an interred identity

Chronicles from the Siege - by Abdallah Al-Khatib

Chronicles from the Siege
by Abdallah Al-Khatib
BERLINALE 2026: Abdallah Al-Khatib makes his feature-length fiction debut with a film on a series of interconnected stories about ordinary people surviving under fire

If Pigeons Turned to Gold - by Pepa Lubojacki

If Pigeons Turned to Gold
by Pepa Lubojacki
BERLINALE 2026: Pepa Lubojacki’s first documentary feature explores addiction and intergenerational trauma through raw iPhone footage and AI experimentation

Violet Braeckman • Actress

Interview: Violet Braeckman • Actress

"Between 'action' and 'cut' everything is possible"

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Belgian actress to talk about craft, the challenge of playing in Heysel 85, and what drives her as an actress  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Enno Trebs • Actor

Interview: Enno Trebs • Actor

"The movies I want to act in have to feel very true, like a good observation of humanity"

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the German actor to talk about starting young, growing up in the countryside outside Berlin, and shaping his craft through repeated work with Christian Petzold  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Fatlume Bunjaku • Actress

Interview: Fatlume Bunjaku • Actress

"I love film more than theatre"

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Kosovo-Albanian actress to talk about discovering acting, carving her own path, and where that journey has taken her  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2026

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Interviews

Ilker Çatak • Director of Yellow Letters

Ilker Çatak • Director of Yellow Letters
BERLINALE 2026: The German helmer unpicks his second feature, about a couple targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities

Alain Gomis • Director of Dao

Alain Gomis • Director of Dao
BERLINALE 2026: The Franco-Senegalese filmmaker discusses his largely non-narrative film, moving back and forth between Guinea-Bissau and France

Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper

Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper
BERLINALE 2026: The Tunisian filmmaker sheds light on the secrets unveiled in her new work which explores an incredibly personal exploration brought about by a family member’s death

Danielle Arbid • Director of Only Rebels Win

Danielle Arbid • Director of Only Rebels Win
BERLINALE 2026: We spoke to the Lebanese-French filmmaker about anger, resistance, casting and why intimacy today feels radical

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro
Amid a shifting global marketplace, the Berlinale Pro director reflects on innovation, cross-IP strategies and how the EFM supports European producers

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale
The festival director gives a first glimpse of their strategy for this year’s edition and the new approaches adopted to attract the next generation of cinephiles

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories
BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to talk about identity, visibility, and the fragile construction of what we call home

Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise

Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise
BERLINALE 2026: We spoke to the Canadian director, whose feature debut follows two teens in Canada and Ghana confronting post-colonial tensions

Kosara Mitić • Director of 17

Interview: Kosara Mitić • Director of 17

"That’s how violence exists in the lives of young women: without consequences, without language"

BERLINALE 2026: The emerging filmmaker talks about creating a film that directly interrogates the frightening casual nature of sexual violence by drawing directly from accounts of teenage life  

20/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea

Interview: Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea

"I wanted to make a film that reflects the uncertainty I feel myself"

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the director about his film centered on aging and dementia, exploring the fragile architecture of consent and agency  

20/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Review: 17

Review: 17

BERLINALE 2026: Kosara Mitić’s blistering debut feature might stun viewers as she seeks to continue a long-overdue conversation on the quotidian nature of sexual violence  

20/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Yellow Letters - by Ilker Çatak

Yellow Letters
by Ilker Çatak
Berlinale 2026 - Competition
Golden Bear for Best Film

Salvation - by Emin Alper

Salvation
by Emin Alper
Berlinale 2026 - Competition
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

Queen at Sea - by Lance Hammer

Queen at Sea
by Lance Hammer
Berlinale 2026 - Competition
Silver Bear Jury Prize and Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance

Rose - by Markus Schleinzer

Rose
by Markus Schleinzer
Berlinale 2026 - Competition
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance

Nina Roza - by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles

Nina Roza
by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Berlinale 2026 - Competition
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Narciso - by Marcelo Martinessi

Narciso
by Marcelo Martinessi
Berlinale 2026 - Panorama FIPRESCI Award

Dao - by Alain Gomis

Dao
by Alain Gomis
Berlinale 2026 - Competition

Home Stories - by Eva Trobisch

Home Stories
by Eva Trobisch
Berlinale 2026 - Competition

LIM² unveils its 2026 project selection

LIM² unveils its 2026 project selection

Sixteen projects will enter the main mentorship programme, with an expanded online initiative bringing together 61 authors and 56 projects, reflecting a global commitment to innovative storytelling  

20/02 | LIM² 2026

Non-English Originals overtake English ones on Netflix for the first time, Ampere Analysis finds

Non-English Originals overtake English ones on Netflix for the first time, Ampere Analysis finds

The share of non-English Originals rose to 52% in 2025, up from 49% in 2024, with Spanish and Korean content recording the strongest gains  

20/02 | Industry | Market | Europe

Faraz Shariat • Director of Prosecution

Interview: Faraz Shariat • Director of Prosecution

“The austerity and inhumanity of these spaces needed to be reflected in the film’s imagery”

BERLINALE 2026: The German director talks about his research into the German legal system and its blind spots, and his film's aesthetical approach and main character  

20/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

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Reviews

Forest High - by Manon Coubia

Forest High
by Manon Coubia
BERLINALE 2026: Manon Coubia presents her first feature film, a portrait of a place in three stories, or three portraits of women in search of solitude

Prosecution - by Faraz Shariat

Prosecution
by Faraz Shariat
BERLINALE 2026: Faraz Shariat returns with a searing indictment of the so-called objectivity of the state, set within a thriller centring on the festival’s most badass protagonist

Sad Girlz - by Fernanda Tovar

Sad Girlz
by Fernanda Tovar
BERLINALE 2026: Mexican director Fernanda Tovar bets everything on female friendship, and wins

Traces - by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk

Traces
by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk
BERLINALE 2026: Ukrainian filmmakers Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk address wartime sexual violence against women in their country

Four Minus Three - by Adrian Goiginger

Four Minus Three
by Adrian Goiginger
BERLINALE 2026: Austrian director Adrian Goiginger and writer Senad Halilbašić adapt Barbara Pachl-Eberhart’s tragic autobiographical novel into a devastating drama on loss, grief and letting go

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/02/2026

Non-English Originals overtake English ones on Netflix for the first time, Ampere Analysis finds

The share of non-English Originals rose to 52% in 2025, up from 49% in 2024, with Spanish and Korean content recording the strongest gains

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/02/2026

The EFM’s Bridging Visions forum spotlights new storytelling formats and European-Asian co-production pathways

BERLINALE 2026: Vertical dramas, branded films and multi-platform IP dominated the discussions on future co-production models

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/02/2026

Marketing That Works: How young audiences are reshaping theatrical and streaming strategies

BERLINALE 2026: Industry experts discussed how attention shifts, social media and AI are transforming film marketing, with lessons to be learnt for both European and US distributors

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/02/2026

Cannes' Marché du Film and Cine Group launch the Cinemas Club to unite French and international exhibition professionals

The new venue is designed to strengthen the exhibition sector by connecting international cinema exhibitors, distributors and key stakeholders

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