Berlin in February always has that particular bite—cold air, hot premieres, and a city that turns cinephile pilgrimage into muscle memory. This year’s 76th Berlin International Film Festival runs from February 12 to 22, 2026, and today’s tranche of announcements across Berlinale Special, Panorama, and Generation widens the net with international premieres, world premieres, midnight screenings, and youth-competition discoveries.
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The newly revealed titles also come stacked with marquee faces: Charli XCX and Alexander Skarsgård turn up in “The Moment,” Isabelle Huppert leads “Die Blutgräfin (The Blood Countess),” Amanda Seyfried fronts “The Testament of Ann Lee,” Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe pair in “The Weight,” Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple co-star in “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” and John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tatiana Maslany headline “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.”
Elsewhere, Bella Ramsey and Neil Patrick Harris anchor “Sunny Dancer,” Fiona Shaw appears in “The Education of Jane Cumming,” Hiam Abbass features in “Only Rebels Win,” Nahuel Pérez Biscayart stars in “Narciso,” and Sophie Okonedo, Valerie Pachner, Luna Wedler, Marina Person, Sam Riley, and Song Sunmi each slot into newly announced Panorama titles; meanwhile, Kylie Jenner and Rob Halford were cited among attending talent, though their specific films weren’t identified in the program notes provided.
Among the Berlinale Special highlights: Ulrike Ottinger’s “Die Blutgräfin (The Blood Countess)” reimagines the Elizabeth Báthory legend with Huppert at its center; Gore Verbinski’s “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” sends a time traveler into an L.A. diner to recruit a mismatched team for one night’s world-saving mission; Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” traces the Shaker founder’s ecstatic visions through music and ritual; and Padraic McKinley’s “The Weight” pairs Hawke and Crowe in a late-career drama about endurance and faith.
Panorama’s lineup keeps its eclectic auteur energy intact: Hong Sangsoo’s “Geunyeoga doraon nal (The Day She Returns)” follows an actress looping through memory and performance; Aidan Zamiri’s “The Moment” sees Charli xcx navigating fame, self-image, and breakdown in a self-referential mockumentary; Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s “Mouse” captures a friendship’s implosion on the cusp of adulthood; and Marcelo Martinessi’s “Narciso” dramatizes the birth of rock’ n’ roll against the backdrop of dictatorship.
In Generation, George Jaques’ debut “Sunny Dancer” centers on a teenage cancer survivor at a “chemo camp,” while Paul Negoescu’s “Atlasul universului (The Atlas of the Universe)” and Sanduela Asanda’s “Black Burns Fast” carry the section’s trademark mix of formal experimentation and emotional immediacy.
Meanwhile, Berlinale Classics returns with restored editions of titles such as Shōhei Imamura’s “The Pornographers,” Mike Figgis’ “Leaving Las Vegas,” and Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s “Ninja Scroll,” reaffirming the festival’s role as a bridge between cinematic heritage and discovery.
Berlinale’s full schedule, including screening times and venues, will be unveiled on February 3.
Berlinale 2026 Lineup (as announced)
Berlinale Special (Gala / Midnight / Presentation / Series)
- “Die Blutgräfin (The Blood Countess)” (Ulrike Ottinger)
- “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” (Gore Verbinski)
- “Heysel 85” (Teodora Ana Mihai)
- “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” (Noah Segan)
- “The Testament of Ann Lee” (Mona Fastvold)
- “The Weight” (Padraic McKinley)
- “Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More)” (Edwin)
- “Saccharine” (Natalie Erika James)
- “The Ballad of Judas Priest” (Sam Dunn, Tom Morello)
- “TUTU” (Sam Pollard)
- “Un hijo propio (A Child of My Own)” (Maite Alberdi)
- “WAX & GOLD” (Ruth Beckermann)
- “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” (Jason Osder, William Lafi Youmans)
- “House of Yang” (Stefanie Ren, Mia Spengler)
- “La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits)” (Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Andrés Wood)
- “Lord of the Flies” (Marc Munden)
- “Mint” (Charlotte Regan)
- “Ravalear (Ravalear: Not For Sale)” (Pol Rodríguez, Isaki Lacuesta)
- “The Story of Documentary Film” (Mark Cousins)
Panorama (Features)
- “Allegro Pastell” (Anna Roller)
- “Árru” (Elle Sofe Sara)
- “El jardín que soñamos (The Garden We Dreamed)” (Joaquín del Paso)
- “Enjoy Your Stay” (Dominik Locher, Honeylyn Joy Alipio)
- “Geunyeoga doraon nal (The Day She Returns)” (Hong Sangsoo)
- “Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut (I Understand Your Displeasure)” (Kilian Armando Friedrich)
- “Isabel” (Gabe Klinger)
- “Iván & Hadoum” (Ian de la Rosa)
- “Lady” (Olive Nwosu)
- “Lali” (Sarmad Sultan Khoosat)
- “London” (Sebastian Brameshuber)
- “Mouse” (Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson)
- “Narciso” (Marcelo Martinessi)
- “Only Rebels Win” (Danielle Arbid)
- “Paradise” (Jérémy Comte)
- “Roya” (Mahnaz Mohammadi)
- “Rumaragasa (Raging)” (Ryan Machado)
- “Safe Exit” (Mohammed Hammad)
- “Se eu fosse vivo… vivia (If I Were Alive)” (André Novais Oliveira)
- “Shanghai Daughter” (Agnis Shen Zhongmin)
- “Shibire (Numb)” (Takuya Uchiyama)
- “Staatsschutz (Prosecution)” (Faraz Shariat)
- “The Education of Jane Cumming” (Sophie Heldman)
- “The Moment” (Aidan Zamiri)
- “Vier minus drei (Four Minus Three)” (Adrian Goiginger)
Panorama Dokumente
- “Bucks Harbor” (Pete Muller)
- “Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon” (Finlay Pretsell)
- “Im Umkreis des Paradieses (Around Paradise)” (Yulia Lokshina)
- “Jaripeo” (Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig)
- “La Face cachée de la Terre (The Hidden Face of the Earth)” (Arnaud Alain)
- “Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self” (Sabine Lidl)
- “The Other Side of the Sun” (Tawfik Sabouni)
- “Traces” (Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk)
- “Tristan Forever” (Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot)
- “Trop c’est trop (Enough is Enough)” (Elisé Sawasawa)
- “Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest” (Viv Li)
- “Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)” (Patric Chiha)
Generation (Kplus / 14plus Highlights)
- “A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo (The Fabulous Time Machine)” (Eliza Capai)
- “A Family” (Mees Peijnenburg)
- “Atlasul universului (The Atlas of the Universe)” (Paul Negoescu)
- “Black Burns Fast” (Sanduela Asanda)
- “Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz)” (Fernanda Tovar)
- “En Route To” (Yoo Jae-in)
- “Entotsumachi no Poupelle – Yakusoku no Tokeidai (Chimney Town: Frozen in Time)” (Hirota Yusuke)
- “Feito Pipa (Gugu’s World)” (Allan Deberton)
- “Ghost School (Geisterschule)” (Seemab Gul)
- “Matapanki” (Diego “Mapache” Fuentes)
- “No Salgas (Don’t Come Out)” (Victoria Linares Villegas)
- “Not a Hero (Kein Held)” (Rima Das)
- “Papaya” (Priscilla Kellen)
- “Quatro Meninas (Four Girls)” (Karen Suzane)
- “Sunny Dancer” (George Jaques)
- “Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry (Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays)” (Frederike Migom)
- “The lights, they fall” (Saša Vajda)
- “What Will I Become?” (Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos)
Berlinale Classics
- “Assarab (Mirage)” (Ahmed Bouanani)
- “Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon (The Pornographers)” (Shōhei Imamura)
- “Geheimnisse einer Seele (Secrets of a Soul)” (G.W. Pabst)
- “Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell (Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel)” (Grigori Kromanov)
- “In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones” (Pradip Krishen)
- “Jubei Ninpucho (Ninja Scroll)” (Yoshiaki Kawajiri)
- “Kryshtalevyi Palats (Crystal Palace)” (Hryhori Hrycher)
- “La kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders)” (Jacques Feyder)
- “Leaving Las Vegas” (Mike Figgis)
- “Panelstory, aneb jak se rodí sídliště (Prefab Story)” (Věra Chytilová)
