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All Perspectives articles
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Reviews‘Where To?’ review: A Palestinian cab driver in Berlin connects with his Israeli passenger in delicate, resonant debut
Berlin Perspectives title from Israeli filmmaker Assaf Machnes features strong performances from Ehab Salami and Ido Tako
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Reviews‘Filipiñana’ review: A wealthy Manila country club plays host to this poised, potent study of power and corruption
Filipino director Rafael Manue’s enigmatic debut is executive-produced by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhiangke
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Reviews‘Isabel’ review: Brazilian star Marina Person gives a winning performance as an ambitious São Paulo sommelier
Gabe Klinger’s gentle, home-grown Berlin Panorama drama blends earthiness and romance
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Reviews‘Truly Naked’ review: Forthright and unflinching sex industry drama set in a British seaside town
Dutch director Muriel d’Ansembourg bows her feature debut in Berlin Perspectives
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Reviews‘Forest High’ review: Quietly assured Belgian debut follows three women working at a remote Alpine refuge
Manon Coubia’s Perspectives title is a restrained meditation on solitude, memory and place
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Reviews‘Chronicles From The Seige’ review: Arabic-language debut feature is intense tapestry of life, death and courage
Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Alkhabtib’s Berlin Perspectives title is fuelled by its performances
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Reviews‘Light Pillar’ review: Xu Zao’s distinctive animated debut finds poetry in digital escape
Berlin Perspectives title is set around a decaying film production facility and utilises immersive hand-drawn visuals
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Reviews‘Animol’ review: Ashley Walters’ directorial debut burns with raw, claustrophobic intensity
Tut Nyout leads a gritty youth-detention drama with support from Stephen Graham
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Reviews‘A Prayer For The Dying’ review: Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly fight for survival in American West
Berlin Perspectives title is a striking, if tonally uneven debut from Dara Van Dusen
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Reviews‘Trial Of Hein’ review: Assured, enigmatic German debut blends rural unease and social allegory
Kai Stänicke’s impressive blend of period drama and folk horror bows in Berlin’s Perspectives strand
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Reviews‘The Red Hangar’ review: Tightly-controlled 1970s Chilean thriller proves powerfully timely
Juan Pablo Sallato’s impressive feature debut takes place at the beginning of the Pinochet regime
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FeaturesBerlin 2026: Screen’s guide to the Perspectives titles
Perspectives strand for international fiction feature debuts comes with a €50,000 prize. The festival runs February 12-22.
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Reviews‘That Summer In Paris’ review: Tender debut plays out as the city hosts the 2024 Olympics
Valentine Cadic’s drama premieres in Berlin’s Perspectives
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Reviews‘Two Times João Liberada’ review: Portuguese LGBTQ+ title is a niche debut
Paula Tomás Marques uses a fictional history to shed light on modern filmmaking conventions
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Reviews‘The Settlement’ review: Egyptian debut is a bleak and dispiriting revenge thriller
Mohamed Rashad’s Perspectives title has a ’grim inevitability’
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Reviews’We Believe You’ review: Tense Belgian family custody drama is a knockout
Miriam Akheddiou is at the heart of this debut by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys
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Reviews‘How To Be Normal’ review: Peppy debut from Austria tackles mental illness
Star Luisa-Celine Gaffron shines in Perspectives premiere
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Reviews‘Punching The World’ review: A fresh take on German radicalisation
Constanze Klaue’s Perspectives title is set in a small East German town post-reunification
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Reviews‘Shadowbox’ review: Indian debut boasts ‘storytelling of economy and elegance’
Alcoholism blights a home in the suburbs of Calcutta in this Perspectives title
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Reviews‘Where The Night Stands Still’ review: Modest Filipino domestic helper drama is set in rural Italy
Tagalog-language black-and-white film bows in Berlin’s Perspectives