At Berlin Film Festival 2026, we spoke with director and screenwriter Mohammed Hammad about his poignant film, Safe Exit. Hammad explained his deliberate choice of an analytical, emotionally quiet visual…
Berlinale Forum entry A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces is a free-flowing documentary about Wuhan. The city on…
By Selina Sondermann“It’s a film about moving out… but really it’s so much more than that.” The Girl and the…
By Samuel NichollsBerlinale has long prided itself on being a festival showcasing works that push boundaries – even if those…
By Oliver JohnstonWritten and directed by brothers David Vajda and Sasa Vajda, the intriguing German docufiction Jesus Egon Christus portrays…
By Catherine SedgwickGerman director and producer brothers David and Saša Vajda deliver their docufiction feature, Jesus Egon Christus, to premiere…
By Ezelle AlblasThe relatively new technique of desktop films has previously been almost exclusively used in the horror genre to…
By Selina SondermannFilm critics, directors and producers alike took to their couches and grabbed their popcorn as they gathered for…
By Naomi SchanenHuman Factors opens with a sinister tour through the empty Belgian vacation home of the German family who…
By Selina SondermannPawned off to her aunt’s family, 13-year-old Guo is woken one sweltering summer night by a phone call…
By Selina SondermannBeans is the moniker by which the 12-year-old protagonist of this story goes, as many find it difficult…
By Selina SondermannIn a veritable display of saving the best for last, the final film premiering in the 2026 Berlinale…
By Selina SondermannIn Yo, documentary filmmaker Anna Fitch and her partner Banker White accompany her octogenarian friend Yolanda Shea as she…
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