Berlinale critic's jury - Kritikerspiegel 2026

Titel (OT)	Regie	Land	Sektion	Dunja Bialas artechock	Esther Buss Jungle World	Jérôme d'Estais 7e Obsession	Martin Gobbin critic.de	Thomas Groh critic.de	Friederike Horstmann Perlentaucher	David Hudson Criterion	Jenny Jecke Moviepilot	Titel (OT)	Till Kadritzke critic.de	Leonard Krähmer critic.de	Kamil Moll Filmstarts	Olaf Möller filmihullu	Christopher Small Outskirts	Lukas Stern critic.de	Pavao Vlajcic critic.de	Titel (OT)
Vier minus Drei (Vier Minus Drei)	Adrian Goiginger	Ö	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			---						Vier minus Drei (Vier Minus Drei)			++			+++		Vier minus Drei (Vier Minus Drei)
The Moment	Aidan Zamiri	USA, GB	Berlinale 2026, Panorama								++	The Moment	++		++		+-		++	The Moment
Dao	Alain Gomis	F, SN, GUB	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	+++	++	+-				+		Dao							++	Dao
Gugu's World	Allan Deberton	BR	Berlinale 2026, Generation			+-						Gugu's World								Gugu's World
If I Were Alive (Se eu fosse vivo... vivia)	André Novais Oliveira	BR	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-						If I Were Alive (Se eu fosse vivo... vivia)					++			If I Were Alive (Se eu fosse vivo... vivia)
Meine Frau weint	Angela Schanelec	D	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	+++		+++		++	++	++	++	Meine Frau weint		++	+++		+++		+-	Meine Frau weint
Dust	Anke Blondé	GB, B, GR, PL	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb			+-				--	--	Dust							+	Dust
Allegro Pastell	Anna Roller	D	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-						Allegro Pastell		+-	+					Allegro Pastell
Narrative	Anocha Suwichakornpong	ROK, TH, JP	Berlinale 2026, Forum							+		Narrative								Narrative
We Are All Strangers (Wo Men Bu Shi Mo Sheng Ren)	Anthony Chen	SGP	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb			-				+-	+++	We Are All Strangers (Wo Men Bu Shi Mo Sheng Ren)	+++		+++				+++	We Are All Strangers (Wo Men Bu Shi Mo Sheng Ren)
The Hidden Face of the Earth (La Face cachée de la Terre)	Arnaud Alain	F	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			++						The Hidden Face of the Earth (La Face cachée de la Terre)								The Hidden Face of the Earth (La Face cachée de la Terre)
Where To? (Where To)	Assaf Machnes	D, ISR	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+						Where To? (Where To)								Where To? (Where To)
Barbara Forever	Brydie O'Connor	USA	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+-						Barbara Forever				---				Barbara Forever
Wildwood, NJ	Carol Weaks Cassidy, Ruth Leitman	USA	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		++				++			Wildwood, NJ		++						Wildwood, NJ
Liebhaberinnen	Caroline Kox	D, L	Berlinale 2026, Forum									Liebhaberinnen		+						Liebhaberinnen
D’Est	Chantal Akerman	F, B, P	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+++	+++						D’Est		+++						D’Est
My Brother's Wedding	Charles Burnett	D, USA	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+++							My Brother's Wedding		+++				++		My Brother's Wedding
Frauen in Berlin	Chetna Vora	DDR	Berlinale 2026, Forum						+++			Frauen in Berlin		+++						Frauen in Berlin
Party Girl	Daisy von Scherler Mayer	USA	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+				+			Party Girl								Party Girl
Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt	Daniela Magnani-Hüller	D	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+++				+++			Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt								Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt
Only Rebels Win	Danielle Arbid	F, LB, QA	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			++						Only Rebels Win								Only Rebels Win
A Prayer for the Dying	Dara Van Dusen	GB, S, NO, GR	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives					+-			--	A Prayer for the Dying				---			---	A Prayer for the Dying
Enjoy Your Stay	Dominik Locher, Honeylyn Joy Alipio	F, CH, PH	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			-						Enjoy Your Stay								Enjoy Your Stay
Gorilla Bathes at Noon	Dusan Makavejev	D, JU	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+							Gorilla Bathes at Noon								Gorilla Bathes at Noon
Sleep No More	Edwin	F, JP, SGP, IDO	Berlinale 2026, Special								+	Sleep No More			++				+	Sleep No More
Jaripeo	Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig	USA, F, MEX	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-						Jaripeo								Jaripeo
Enough is Enough (Trop c'est trop)	Elisa Sawasawa	F,	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+						Enough is Enough (Trop c'est trop)								Enough is Enough (Trop c'est trop)
The Fabulous Time Machine (A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo)	Eliza Capai	BR	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+						The Fabulous Time Machine (A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo)								The Fabulous Time Machine (A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo)
Salvation (Kurtulus)	Emin Alper	S, NL, TR, GR, SA	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb		-	+					++	Salvation (Kurtulus)	+-				-		++	Salvation (Kurtulus)
Staatsschutz	Faraz Shariat	D	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-						Staatsschutz	++		-				---	Staatsschutz
Sad Girlz (Chicas tristes)	Fernanda Tovar	F, E, MEX	Berlinale 2026, Generation			+						Sad Girlz (Chicas tristes)								Sad Girlz (Chicas tristes)
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon	Finlay Pretsell	F, GB	Berlinale 2026, Panorama							-		Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon								Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon
Isabel	Gabe Klinger	F, BR	Berlinale 2026, Panorama							+		Isabel								Isabel
Nina Roza	Geneviève Dulude-De Celles	CA, B, IT, BG	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb			-					+-	Nina Roza						-		Nina Roza
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die	Gore Verbinski	D, USA	Berlinale 2026, Special								+	Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die			--	+++	+-		+-	Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Everybody Digs Bill Evans	Grant Gee	USA, GB, IRL	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb			+-		+-			--	Everybody Digs Bill Evans			+-	--	+		--	Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel	Grigori Kromanov	EST, SU	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+							Dead Mountaineer's Hotel								Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Black Lions - Roman Wolves	Haile Gerima	USA,	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+			+			Black Lions - Roman Wolves			+					Black Lions - Roman Wolves
Nightborn (Yön lapsi)	Hanna Bergholm	F, FI, LT	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	+							++	Nightborn (Yön lapsi)			++	---			++	Nightborn (Yön lapsi)
Videogramme einer Revolution	Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica	D, RO	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			++						Videogramme einer Revolution		+++						Videogramme einer Revolution
The Day She Returns (Geunyeoga doraon nal)	Hong Sang-soo	ROK	Berlinale 2026, Panorama		+	++			+			The Day She Returns (Geunyeoga doraon nal)		+	++					The Day She Returns (Geunyeoga doraon nal)
Iván & Hadoum	Ian de la Rosa	E, B	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			-						Iván & Hadoum								Iván & Hadoum
Gelbe Briefe	Ilker Çatak	D, TR	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb					++			-	Gelbe Briefe			--	++			--	Gelbe Briefe
Carnival in Flanders (La kermesse héroïque)	Jacques Feyder	D, F	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			+						Carnival in Flanders (La kermesse héroïque)								Carnival in Flanders (La kermesse héroïque)
Eight Bridges	James Benning	USA	Berlinale 2026, Forum			++						Eight Bridges			++					Eight Bridges
Deutschland Neu(n) Null (Germany Year 90 Nine Zero)	Jean-Luc Godard	F	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			+++						Deutschland Neu(n) Null (Germany Year 90 Nine Zero)								Deutschland Neu(n) Null (Germany Year 90 Nine Zero)
My Name	Ji Young Chung	ROK	Berlinale 2026, Forum									My Name			-	+++				My Name
Light Pillar (Han Ye Deng Zhu)	Jingwei Xu	VCH	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives		-	+		+				Light Pillar (Han Ye Deng Zhu)	+			+++				Light Pillar (Han Ye Deng Zhu)
The Garden We Dreamed (El jardín que soñamos)	Joaquin del Paso	MEX	Berlinale 2026, Panorama									The Garden We Dreamed (El jardín que soñamos)	++						--	The Garden We Dreamed (El jardín que soñamos)
Boyz n the Hood	John Singleton	USA	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			+			+			Boyz n the Hood								Boyz n the Hood
Ghost in the Cell	Joko Anwar	ROK, IDO	Berlinale 2026, Forum									Ghost in the Cell			+					Ghost in the Cell
The Red Hangar (Hangar Rojo)	Juan Pablo Sallato	AR, IT, CHI	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives		--	+-				++	-	The Red Hangar (Hangar Rojo)				---			+	The Red Hangar (Hangar Rojo)
A Hungarian Village (Istenmezején 1972-73-ban)	Judit Elek	HU	Berlinale 2026, Forum						+++			A Hungarian Village (Istenmezején 1972-73-ban)		++						A Hungarian Village (Istenmezején 1972-73-ban)
Paradise	Jérémy Comte	F, CA, GH	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			-						Paradise								Paradise
Der Heimatlose	Kai Stänicke	D	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+		+			+	Der Heimatlose			--	+			+-	Der Heimatlose
Four Girls (Quatro Meninas)	Karen Suzane	NL, BR	Berlinale 2026, Generation		-		---					Four Girls (Quatro Meninas)								Four Girls (Quatro Meninas)
Rosebush Pruning	Karim Aïnouz	D, GB, E, IT	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	+		+				--		Rosebush Pruning					---		+-	Rosebush Pruning
Mouse	Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson	USA	Berlinale 2026, Panorama									Mouse		+-	+					Mouse
The Moths and the Flame	Kevin Contento	USA	Berlinale 2026, Forum		--							The Moths and the Flame								The Moths and the Flame
Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut	Kilian Armando Friedrich	D	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-						Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut			+-					Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut
Doggerland	Kim Ekberg	S	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+				+-			Doggerland		+		+		+		Doggerland
Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, 1990	Konstanze Binder, Lilly Grote, Ulrike Herdin, Julia Kunert	D	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+++			+++				Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, 1990								Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, 1990
At the Sea	Kornél Mundruczó	USA, HU	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	--							--	At the Sea			--			+-	-	At the Sea
17	Kosara Mitic	SLO, SER,	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+-						17								17
Die zwei Leben der Veronika (The Double Life of Véronique)	Krzysztof Kieslowski	F, NO, PL	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			+						Die zwei Leben der Veronika (The Double Life of Véronique)		--				++		Die zwei Leben der Veronika (The Double Life of Véronique)
Lola + Bilidikid (Lola and Billy the Kid)	Kutlug Ataman	D, TR	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive									Lola + Bilidikid (Lola and Billy the Kid)	++	+						Lola + Bilidikid (Lola and Billy the Kid)
Queen at Sea	Lance Hammer	USA, GB	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb							+++	+	Queen at Sea							+-	Queen at Sea
In A Whisper (À voix basse)	Leyla Bouzid	F, TN	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb			+					+	In A Whisper (À voix basse)			-				-	In A Whisper (À voix basse)
Take Me Home	Liz Sargent	USA	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+						Take Me Home								Take Me Home
The River Train (El Tren Fluvial)	Lorenzo Ferro, Lucas Vignale	AR	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+-						The River Train (El Tren Fluvial)								The River Train (El Tren Fluvial)
Flying Tigers	Madhusree Dutta	D, IND	Berlinale 2026, Forum									Flying Tigers				+-				Flying Tigers
Roya	Mahnaz Mohammadi	D, L, IR, CZ	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			-	++					Roya								Roya
Forest High (Forêt Ivre)	Manon Coubia	F, B	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			+++			++			Forest High (Forêt Ivre)		+						Forest High (Forêt Ivre)
Szenario	Marie Wilke	D	Berlinale 2026, Forum					++	+			Szenario			++			+		Szenario
Rose	Markus Schleinzer	Ö	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb	+++	++	+-		++		++	+++	Rose			++		+	+++	+	Rose
A Family	Mees Peijnenburg	B, NL	Berlinale 2026, Generation			+						A Family								A Family
Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis	USA	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			--						Leaving Las Vegas								Leaving Las Vegas
Cesarean Weekend	Mohammad Shirvani	IR	Berlinale 2026, Forum			-	-					Cesarean Weekend				+				Cesarean Weekend
Safe Exit	Mohammed Hammad	D, TN, EG, QA,	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			++						Safe Exit								Safe Exit
When You Listen to This Song (Quand tu écouteras cette chanson)	Mona Achache	F	Berlinale 2026, Forum			++						When You Listen to This Song (Quand tu écouteras cette chanson)								When You Listen to This Song (Quand tu écouteras cette chanson)
The Testament of Ann Lee	Mona Fastvold	USA, GB	Berlinale 2026, Special		+	-			+-		++	The Testament of Ann Lee			+++	+++			+++	The Testament of Ann Lee
Truly Naked	Muriel d'Ansembourg	F, GB, B, NL	Berlinale 2026, Perspectives			--	---					Truly Naked							--	Truly Naked
Masayume	Nao Yoshigai	JP	Berlinale 2026, Forum		++							Masayume		+-	-				+	Masayume
Saccharine	Natalie Erika James	AUS	Berlinale 2026, Special									Saccharine			---					Saccharine
Everything Else Is Noise	Nicolás Pereda	D, CA, MEX	Berlinale 2026, Forum		++				++			Everything Else Is Noise		++						Everything Else Is Noise
Given Names (Prénoms)	Nurith Aviv	F	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+				++			Given Names (Prénoms)		++	++					Given Names (Prénoms)
Lady	Olive Nwosu	GB, NGR	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			-						Lady								Lady
The Weight	Padraic McKinley	USA, CA	Berlinale 2026, Special									The Weight							++	The Weight
A Lot Talk (Beaucoup parler)	Pascale Bodet	F	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+						A Lot Talk (Beaucoup parler)			+		++			A Lot Talk (Beaucoup parler)
A Russian Winter (Un hiver russe)	Patric Chiha	F	Berlinale 2026, Panorama									A Russian Winter (Un hiver russe)			-					A Russian Winter (Un hiver russe)
If Pigeons Turned to Gold	Pepa Lubojacki	CZ, SL	Berlinale 2026, Generation		++				++			If Pigeons Turned to Gold	++							If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Bucks Harbor	Pete Muller	USA	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			++						Bucks Harbor						++		Bucks Harbor
Crocodile	Pietra Brettkelly, The Critics	NZ, NGR	Berlinale 2026, Forum				++					Crocodile								Crocodile
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones	Pradip Krishen	IND	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive									In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones					+++			In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Papaya	Priscilla Kellen	BR	Berlinale 2026, Generation			-						Papaya								Papaya
Lust	Ralitza Petrova	S, DK, BG	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+-	++					Lust								Lust
Members of the Problematic Family	Ramalingam Gowtham	IND	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+++	+-					Members of the Problematic Family				+-				Members of the Problematic Family
The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli	Rania Rafei	LB, QA,	Berlinale 2026, Forum			+						The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli								The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli
Slacker	Richard Linklater	USA	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive			+						Slacker								Slacker
We Are The Fruits of the Forest (Nous sommes les fruits de la forêt)	Rithy Panh	F, KBO	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+-	+						We Are The Fruits of the Forest (Nous sommes les fruits de la forêt)			-			++		We Are The Fruits of the Forest (Nous sommes les fruits de la forêt)
Wax & Gold	Ruth Beckermann	Ö, IT	Berlinale 2026, Special									Wax & Gold		-						Wax & Gold
Raging (Rumaragasa)	Ryan Machado	PH	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-	--					Raging (Rumaragasa)			---					Raging (Rumaragasa)
Lali	Sarmad Sultan Khoosat	PK	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+-	+-					Lali				+				Lali
The lights, they fall	Saša Vajda	D	Berlinale 2026, Generation			++						The lights, they fall			+-					The lights, they fall
London	Sebastian Brameshuber	Ö	Berlinale 2026, Panorama		++	+-			++			London			++					London
No Good Men	Shahrbanoo Sadat	D, F, NO, DK, AFG	Berlinale 2026, Special		-			++		+-	+	No Good Men							+-	No Good Men
The Pornographers	Shôhei Imamura	JP	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		++	+++			+			The Pornographers								The Pornographers
Gemstones (Piedras preciosas)	Simón Vélez	P, KOL	Berlinale 2026, Forum									Gemstones (Piedras preciosas)						-		Gemstones (Piedras preciosas)
Forest Up in the Mountain	Sofia Bordenave	AR	Berlinale 2026, Forum						+-			Forest Up in the Mountain								Forest Up in the Mountain
Numb (Shibire)	Takuya Uchiyama	JP	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			++						Numb (Shibire)			+-					Numb (Shibire)
Im Glanze dieses Glücks (Im Glanze dieses Glückes)	Tamara Trampe, Johann Feindt, Jeanine Meerapfel, Helga Reidemeister, Dieter Schumann	D	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+++				+++			Im Glanze dieses Glücks (Im Glanze dieses Glückes)								Im Glanze dieses Glücks (Im Glanze dieses Glückes)
Auslandsreise	Ted Fendt	D	Berlinale 2026, Forum			++			++			Auslandsreise			++		++	++		Auslandsreise
Tristan Forever	Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot	CH	Berlinale 2026, Panorama									Tristan Forever						+		Tristan Forever
On Our Own	Tudor Cristian Jurgiu	IT, RO	Berlinale 2026, Forum	++	+	+						On Our Own		+						On Our Own
Die Blutgräfin	Ulrike Ottinger	Ö, L	Berlinale 2026, Special		+	+		+-		+		Die Blutgräfin			+++					Die Blutgräfin
Panelstory or Birth of a Community (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste)	Vera Chytilová		Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive									Panelstory or Birth of a Community (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste)		++						Panelstory or Birth of a Community (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste)
No Salgas	Victoria Linares Villegas	DOM	Berlinale 2026, Generation			+-	+					No Salgas								No Salgas
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest	Viv Li	D, NL	Berlinale 2026, Panorama			+						Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest								Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Wolfram	Warwick Thornton	AUS	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb								-	Wolfram							+-	Wolfram
Panda	Xinyang Zhang	HOK, SGP, VCH	Berlinale 2026, Forum		+++		+-					Panda								Panda
A New Dawn (Hana rokushô ga akeru hi ni)	Yoshitoshi Shinomiya	F, JP	Berlinale 2026, Wettbewerb					+-				A New Dawn (Hana rokushô ga akeru hi ni)							+-	A New Dawn (Hana rokushô ga akeru hi ni)
Im Umkreis des Paradieses	Yulia Lokshina	D	Berlinale 2026, Panorama		--							Im Umkreis des Paradieses			+-					Im Umkreis des Paradieses
Orangene Westen (Orange Vests)	Yuriy Khashchevatskiy	D,	Berlinale 2026, Retrospektive		+++							Orangene Westen (Orange Vests)								Orangene Westen (Orange Vests)
AnyMart	Yusuke Iwasaki	JP	Berlinale 2026, Forum		++	+-	+++	+			+	AnyMart			+			-		AnyMart
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time (Entotsumachi no Poupelle - Yakusoku no Tokeidai)	Yûsuke Hirota	JP	Berlinale 2026, Generation			+						Chimney Town: Frozen in Time (Entotsumachi no Poupelle - Yakusoku no Tokeidai)							+	Chimney Town: Frozen in Time (Entotsumachi no Poupelle - Yakusoku no Tokeidai)
Titel (OT)	Regie	Land	Sektion	Dunja Bialas artechock	Esther Buss Jungle World	Jérôme d'Estais 7e Obsession	Martin Gobbin critic.de	Thomas Groh critic.de	Friederike Horstmann Perlentaucher	David Hudson Criterion	Jenny Jecke Moviepilot	Titel (OT)	Till Kadritzke critic.de	Leonard Krähmer critic.de	Kamil Moll Filmstarts	Olaf Möller filmihullu	Christopher Small Outskirts	Lukas Stern critic.de	Pavao Vlajcic critic.de	Titel (OT)