Berlin film festival 2026 jury grid

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The Screen jury at Berlin	Anton Dolin Meduza, International	Rita Di Santo Morning Star, UK	Carlos Heli Di Almeida O Globo, Brazil	Barbara Hollender Rzeczpospolita, Poland	Katja Nicodemus Die Zeit, Germany	Kalapapruek BangkokBizNews, Thailand	Ahmed Shawky fifan.com, Egypt	Maria Giovanna Vagenas Senses of Cinema, Australia	Screen international	average
In A Whisper Leyla Bouzid	★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.4
Everybody Digs Bill Evans Grant Gee	★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★	★ ★★	★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	2.3
Yellow Letters Ilker Catak	★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.6
Dao Alain Gomis	★★	★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★	★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	2.6
Rosebush Pruning Karim Aïnouz	★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★	★★	X	★	1.8
Nightborn Hanna Bergholm	★ ★★	★	★	★	★	★	X	★	★ ★★	1.3
Salvation Emin Alper	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	2.4
Rose Markus Schleinzer	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	3.3
Dust Anke Blondé	★	★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	X	★	★ ★★	★★	1.9
We Are All Strangers Anthony Chen	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★	★★	★ ★★	2.4
At The Sea Kornel Mundruczo	★★	★	★★	★★	★★	★	★ ★★	★	★★	1.8
Nina Roza Genevieve Dulude-de Celles	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	2.6
Wolfram Warwick Thornton	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★	★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★	2.4
Queen At Sea Lance Hammer	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★	★	★★ ★★	2.9
My Wife Cries Angela Schanelec	★	★ ★★	★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	2.4
Flies Fernando Eimbcke	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	3.1
Home Stories Eva Trobisch	★★	★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.2
A New Dawn Yoshitoshi Shinomiya	★ ★★	★	★★	★★	★	★★	★	★★	★ ★★	1.9
The Loneliest Man In Town Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel	★★	★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.4
Soumsoum, The Night Of The Stars Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★	★	★★	★★	★★	1.9
Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird) Anna Fitch, Banker White	★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	2.6
Josephine Beth de Araujo	★★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	2.8

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