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All Special Galas articles
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Reviews‘A Child Of My Own’ review: Intriguing Maite Alberdi Netflix doc on Mexican fake pregnancy case
The Berlinale Special screening follows ‘The Mole Agent’ and ‘Eternal Memory’
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Reviews‘Sleep No More’ review: A decaying Indonesian wig factory hides a dark secret in Edwin’s outré horror
The filmmaker’s follow-up to Locarno winner ’Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ bows as a Berlin Special Screening
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Reviews‘The Blood Countess’ review: Isabelle Huppert sinks her teeth into Ulrike Ottinger’s lavish vampire spoof
Ottinger’s extravagant Berlin Special Gala is pitched for cult and crossover appeal
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Reviews‘Tutu’ review: Sam Pollard doc is galvanizing study of South African leader Desmond Tutu
Pollard’s incisive work follows ’MLK/FBI’ and ’Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me’
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Reviews‘Wax & Gold’ review: Ruth Beckermann explores Addis Ababa’s Hilton Hotel as a microcosm for modern Ethiopia
The Austrian filmmaker’s follow-up to ‘Favoriten’ premieres as a Berlin Special Screening
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Reviews‘Heysel 85’ review: Technically astute, narratively laboured dramatisation of 1985 European Cup Final stadium tragedy
Teodora Ana Mihai’s third fiction feature premieres as a Berlin Special Gala
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Reviews‘No Good Men’ review: Berlin opener is breezy if somewhat conventional Afghan rom-com
Writer/director Shahrbanoo Sadat also stars in this Kabul-set romance
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Reviews‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ review: Fascinating doc re-examines 1985 assassination of Palestinian-American activist
Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’ film plays as a Berlin Special Screening after its Sundance premiere
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FeaturesBerlin 2026: Screen’s guide to the Special and Special Gala titles
This year includes films from Gore Verbinski, Maite Alberdi and Shahrbanoo Sadat.
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NewsBerlin reveals 2026 Special, Panorama, Generation titles
George Jaques’ UK comedy ‘Sunny Dancer’ will open Generation 14plus section.
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NewsBerlinale title ‘Late Shift’ signs deals including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film has also sold to Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Japan and more.
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Reviews‘After This Death’ review: Niche US-set mystery is an 'arch, implausible affair'
Argentianian filmmaker Lucio Castro’s second feature bows as a Berlinale Special
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Reviews‘Honey Bunch’ review: Bold Canadian period genre from the makers of ’Violation’
Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli pay homage to the past
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Reviews‘Late Shift’ review: Leonie Benesch excels as a Swiss nurse under pressure
Petra Volpe’s tense hospital drama plays as a Berlin Special Gala
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Reviews‘All I Had Was Nothingness’ review: A powerful ‘Shoah’ through the eyes of its maker
40 years later, Guillame Ribot pairs unused footage with Claude Lanzmann’s words to show how the film was made
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News‘Late Shift’ starring Leonie Benesch heads to Italy (exclusive)
Film has its world premiere on Monday, February 17 in Berlin.
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Reviews‘Islands’ review: Sam Riley, Stacy Martin scorch in Canary Islands suspense
Fuerteventura-set noir is the latest from Germany’s Jan-Ole Gerster
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Reviews‘The Old Woman With The Knife’ review: Bloody Korean actioner centres around an older assassin
Hyeyoung Lee’s fists of fury fuel Berlin Special Gala
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Reviews‘Köln 75’ review: Lively re-staging of a 1975 jazz show is a showcase for actor Mala Emde
Diretor Ido Fluk’s gives Keith Jarrett’s legendary gig a rebellious rock energy
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Reviews‘Mickey 17’ review: Bong Joon Ho unites with Robert Pattinson for quirky near-future drama
Long-awaited follow-up to Parasite is a ’proudly idiosycratic’ affair