Berlinale

Teenager Johanne turns her teacher crush into diary entries, which her mother and grandmother unexpectedly consider publishing.

Green Party icon Petra Kelly is shot in her sleep by her partner Gert Bastian, an ex-Federal Armed Forces general, before he kills himself.

The everyday lives of teachers and students from different corners of Ukraine.

To protect their gay son, a family moves to the countryside, but there they are confronted with conservatism, religion and folkloric superstition.

When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen ...

Floria, a dedicated nurse, tirelessly serves in an understaffed hospital ward.

Fifteen years after being burned when the pub where she slept as a child caught fire, Franky is thirsty for revenge.

A middle-class family's fate becomes intertwined with their only son's enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China.

Teenage girls in a shelter see their fragile balance upset when an incident triggers tensions and unexpected bonds.

Follows two colleagues who in different ways struggle with the same issues about their sexuality.

The Adamant is a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, ...

As he is about to return to his country, a Romanian construction worker meets a doctoral student studying bryology.

A young girl tries to prove to her disapproving mother that she can potty train a cute but unruly piglet.

At age 13, Dayveon is torn between the lure of a gang and the friendship of his sister's partner after the death of his brother.

A young man raised by skinheads rejects hatred and transforms his life thanks to a black activist and the woman he loves.

A retired spy suspects his former adversaries have resurfaced when his intriguing neighbor vanishes.

If you talk to them, they will answer.

An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.

A gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.

Keiko is deaf and lives on the outskirts of Tokyo, where she trains relentlessly in boxing.

Nader's wife asks for a divorce because he refuses to leave Iran. Events then unfold at a frantic pace for him.

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.

Three men, abused by the same priest during their childhood, engage in a fight for justice that will expose their personal experiences.

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past.

Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life.

Agnes readies for married life with her beloved. But her mind and heart grow heavy. A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising.

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers.

An aspiring actor undergoes a medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.

Loulou is a wolf Tom, a rabbit. They've been inseparable since childhood.

Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul.

Lissy enjoys husband Gerd's deterioration in a home. Her joy is temporary as her health rapidly declines.

The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin.

Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically ...

At a time when abortion is illegal, a married woman with an unwanted pregnancy works with a group of women to find help.

Lounging at home with his grieving father, being excluded from his family’s past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Here is Meng's life.

Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. ...

Elaha, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin, is seeking to have her hymen reconstructed in the hope of restoring her innocence before her marriage.

A brother and sister run away from home to escape their alcoholic father and absent mother.

After a painful journey through Europe, Alex, the Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. ...

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

A woman is caught between two men: her long-term partner and her best friend, who is also her ex.

Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea ...

The Opal Coast, northern France. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village, something finally happens: a special baby is born. A child so unique and peculiar ...

Lucía is an eight-year-old girl, who sometimes struggles as the world tries to catch up with the fact that she is trans. As the summer holidays pass, she ...

Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife ...

Paris, 1981. The winds of change are blowing on election night and the French storm the streets, elated. But Élisabeth (Charlotte Gainsbourg) struggles ...

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to ...

Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the ...

Four ageing men live together in a secluded house on a windswept Chilean coastline. Each has been sent there to purge sins of the past. Adhering to a ...

When narcisstic obsession meets an endless free market and 45 billion cameras!

Augusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.

Ben and Raz are painstakingly pursuing their desire to have a child, and the migrant neighbourhood where this gay couple has set up their new flat is on ...

When Rakel finds out she’s six months pregnant after a one-night stand, her world changes. She is absolutely not ready to be a mother, but since abortion ...

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.

A seaside vacation takes an unexpected turn when Leon and Felix show up at Felix's family's holiday home to discover Nadja, a mysterious woman, already ...

In Helsinki, two destinies intersect in the midst of racism and loss: Cohesion and humanity can overcome everything.

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become ...

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence ...

In a juvenile correctional facility where physical contact is forbidden, Joe and William fall in love.

Carl is expected someday to take over his parents’ agribusiness in a rural backwater in Denmark. But, as an adopted child, he also longs to learn more ...

Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the ...

Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable ...

The story of Jakob Fabian, a Berlin advertising copywriter, who witnesses the collapse of pre-war German society.

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and ...

The end of an eight-year upmarket renovation of the legendary Chelsea Hotel is partly longed for and partly dreaded by the artists who still live there. ...

Margaret, 35, has a history of violent behaviour which has cost her a romantic relationship. She has moved back in with her mother Christina, a fragile, ...

In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto ...

Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught ...

Christian Petzold interprets an ancient myth anew in this powerful, enchanting love story starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski and Maryam Zaree.

In a small village in Catalonia, the peach farmers of the Solé family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard. But when plans arise ...

Nelly and Nadine meet in Ravensbrück concentration camp. They spend the rest of their lives together. Decades later, Nelly’s granddaughter goes in search ...

Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts ...

The journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never ...

Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding ...

"Enter our sweepstakes via text message. Does Maryam Komijani deserve to be forgiven and pardoned? Send 1 for yes, 2 for no" then the TV show goes live ...

A goldsmith shapes not only jewelry, but also the woman by his side—until love turns into cruel obsession.

Every country that enforces the death penalty needs people to kill other people. Four men are put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice. Whatever ...

Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, ...

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, ...

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters ...

As Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran. Director ...

HELLHOLE follows three very different people, in the months following the terrorist attacks in Brussels in March 2016.

Delightfully light-hearted and wonderfully honest coming-of-age story that flows seamlessly between fiction to documentary.

Set in a community of project houses, Iris, a young woman with a tough past, meets Renata and feels immediately attracted to her. A tender coming of age ...

While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival ...

A lonely gay nurse helps a killer on the run.

If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy ...

A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but ...

In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune ...

Martín is a web developer and has a phobia. After being locked up in his house for years, he dares to go out again.

Gianni leads a quiet life, he spends his days going for a walks and shopping. His friends however, have fun in life! Sex! So Gianni gets his rusty body ...

Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father's secret.

Pedro earns his money in chat rooms. As NeonBoy he slowly paints his naked body and streams his act on the internet. Debuted at the Berlinale Panorama ...

A couple about to celebrate their forty-fifth wedding anniversary is sorely tested by a simple letter.

This fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave by artists Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard combines drama and ...

Maggie (Greta Gerwig) has a plan: she wants a child - but the thirty-something New Yorker's life plan does not include a father.

In a Hungarian village, a Roma woman and her two children are subjected to the constant racism of the villagers... Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film ...

Struggling against the crisis in Portugal, a mother doubles up jobs to pay the bills since her husband is unemployed. Their teenage daughter tries to keep ...

The documentary accompanies the living man Marc on his travels around the world to staging his favorite operas – and inspired by it, in search of joie ...