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Berlinale 2026 Review: TRACES Follows Survivor Networks Documenting Wartime Sexual Violence

Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko, working with co-director Marysia Nikitiuk, examines the documentation of conflict-related sexual violence during Russia's war against Ukraine through the work of survivor and activist Iryna Dovhan.

Berlinale 2026 Review: Porn and Gen Z Intimacy Clashes in Sweet Coming-of-Age TRULY NAKED

Muriel d'Ansembourg's feature debut Truly Naked examines adolescence and sexual education through the unlikely setting of a small family-run pornography business, framing a Gen Z coming-of-age story around competing ideas of intimacy, masculinity, and agency.