Tag: berlinfilmfestival2026

Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova's sophomore feature continues her examination of individuals shaped by institutional structures, shifting the focus toward a more contained study of psychological control and personal disintegration.

Israeli director Assaf Machnes' debut feature unfolds as a dialogue driven chamber piece set within Berlin's nocturnal rideshare circuits.

Japanese director Hirota Yusuke revisits the world of his box office success Poupelle of Chimney Town with Chimney Town: Frozen in Time, a fantasy sequel that expands the franchise's steampunk universe through a new mythic storyline centered on loss, belief, and hope.

Geneviève Dulude-De Celles situates a cross-border art-world story within an intimate study of diasporic return, using the investigation of a rural child prodigy to examine authorship, cultural projection, and the unresolved fault lines of migration.

Valerie Pachner stars, as Austrian filmmaker Adrian Goiginger continues his cycle of true story adaptations with an emotional rollercoaster of a grief drama.