Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

<p>The 76th Berlinale brought filmmakers and audiences to Berlin from 12 to 22 February 2026. Wim Wenders chaired the International Jury, joined by Min Bahadur Bham, Bae Doona, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Reinaldo Marcus Green, HIKARI and Ewa Puszczyńska.</p> <p>İlker Çatak’s <em>Yellow Letters</em> took the Golden Bear, while the festival also celebrated careers beyond the competition. Michelle Yeoh received the Honorary Golden Bear, Haile Gerima and Max Richter each received a Camera award, and Céline Sciamma was honoured with the Special Teddy Award.</p> <p>New work found support through the development awards. The Kompagnon Fellowships went to Elmar Imanov’s <em>Maya with Y</em> and Mala Reinhardt’s <em>Mother/Tongue</em>. Amanda Nell Eu’s <em>Lotus Feet</em> received the ARTEKino International Award, and Laurynas Bareiša’s <em>Liberations</em> won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award.</p> <p>The VFF Talent Highlight Award went to Simon Jaquemet’s <em>The Most Romantic Man in the World</em>, with nomination prizes for Yulia Evina Bhara’s <em>Watch It Burn</em> and Gary Cranner’s <em>Acts of Kindness</em>. The Mastercard Enablement Programme supported Tapiwa Chipfupa’s Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory (AVEL) and Jaimar Marcano Vivas’s enREDadera; its alumni project awards went to Phillip Leteka’s Majoaneng — Academy of Images and Letters and Ammar Aziz’s <em>Super Sohni</em>. The CUPRA Dream Makers Short Film Contest selected Alfie Barker’s <em>The Zebra</em>, with Special Recognition for Renis Hyka’s <em>Day One</em>.</p>