Strong DFFB pres­ence at the Berli­nale 2026

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Numer­ous projects by our stu­dents, alum­ni and lec­tur­ers are rep­re­sent­ed at the 76th Berli­nale – both in the offi­cial pro­gramme and in oth­er areas of the fes­ti­val.

MY Wife CRIES by alum­na Angela Schan­elec is in the offi­cial selec­tion for this year’s com­pe­ti­tion. The film was pro­duced by alum­nus Kir­ill Krasovs­ki, with stu­dent Raf­fael­lo Lup­perg­er as post-pro­duc­tion con­sul­tant. Alum­nae Car­lot­ta Cornehl and Leonie Schäfer were also involved in the pro­duc­tion of the open­ing film NO GOOD MEN.

SCENARIO by Marie Wilke will cel­e­brate its world pre­miere in the Forum. The pro­duc­er is alum­nus Heino Deck­ert. THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING, writ­ten by alum­na Sophie Held­man, will be shown in the Panora­ma sec­tion.

Numer­ous DFFB con­trib­u­tors are also rep­re­sent­ed in the rest of the fes­ti­val pro­gramme: Lec­tur­er in cin­e­matog­ra­phy Jen­ny Lou Ziegel was the cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er for FOREIGN TRAVEL. BERLIN, BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 1990 was realised by Lil­ly Grote (direc­tor and cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er). Ana-Feli­cia Scutel­nicu plays the pro­tag­o­nist in CHRONOS – THE FLOW OF TIME. Alum­nus Fred Burle was exec­u­tive pro­duc­er of FEITO PIPA.

Jonas Dorn­bach is co-pro­duc­er of HOME STORIES and of UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA, which will be shown again as part of the 40th anniver­sary of the Ted­dy Award, the queer film prize. Alum­ni Hel­ga Rei­de­meis­ter and Johann Feindt are rep­re­sent­ed in the pro­gramme with IN THE SPLENDOUR OF HAPPINESS.

Frank Behnke was respon­si­ble for the sound design of the clas­sic RUN LOLA RUN, which is being shown this year as part of the ret­ro­spec­tive. The cam­era work for WHERE TO?, which is cel­e­brat­ing its world pre­miere in the Per­spec­tives sec­tion, was done by stu­dent Maayane Bouh­nik.

This year’s Berli­nale ret­ro­spec­tive also hon­ours alum­nus, film­mak­er and media artist Harun Faroc­ki and shows, among oth­er things, VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION.

Beyond the film pro­grammes, mem­bers of the DFFB are also present on cen­tral plat­forms of the fes­ti­val: Daniel Beschaareti is a mem­ber of the Gen Z Audi­ence Award jury. At the Euro­pean Film Mar­ket, screen­writ­ing alum­na Isabelle Oliveira Parise Kröger will present her project WETLANDS as part of ‘Series Match: Ger­many & Ibero-Amer­i­ca’ at the Berli­nale Series Mar­ket.

This diverse par­tic­i­pa­tion under­scores the DFF­B’s strong pres­ence at the 2026 Berli­nale and its close ties to the inter­na­tion­al film indus­try. The com­plete Berli­nale pro­gramme can be found here.