The Berlinale will unveil the titles selected for the main Competition and competitive Perspectives sidebar of its 76th edition in a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, and Deadline will be following the press conference live.
Running from February 12 to 22, Tricia Tuttle is marking her second edition at the helm after her first year as festival director was widely deemed a success.
Challenges this year will continue to be navigating the increasingly choppy and polarized political situation, both in Germany and internationally. It also remains to be seen whether Tuttle has secured star-wattage and the confidence of the studios.
Also in its second year, the Perspectives competition is focused on first films and was introduced by Tuttle as one of her program innovations, with its inaugural prize going to Mexican director Ernesto MartÃnez Bucio’s The Devil Smokes last year.
The festival has already unveiled the bulk of its lineup including its opening film No Good Men, directed by and starring Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat. It is her third film after Wolf and Sheep (2016) and The Orphanage (2019) which both screened in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
Highlights of the previously announced Panorama, Generations, and Classics sections include Aidan Zamiri’s The Moment, starring Charli xcx;  Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns and Danielle Arbid’s Only Rebels Win.
The press conference begins at 10.45 am CET (1.45am PT). Keep checking-in for updates.
Perspectives
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by Kosara Mitic | with Eva Kostic, Martina Danilovska, Dame Joveski, Eva Stojchevska, Petar Manic
North Macedonia / Serbia / Slovenia 2026
Perspectives | World premiere | Debut film
Seventeen-year-old Sara is hiding a secret on a school trip. When the trip spirals out of control and Sara witnesses a classmate’s sexual assault, she and the girl seal a bond that will last forever.
Animol
by Ashley Walters | with Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk, Sekou Diaby, Stephen Graham, Sharon Duncan-Brewster
United Kingdom 2026
Perspectives | World premiere | Debut film
Behind the walls of a young offender institution, Troy is thrust into a brutal world of gangs, loyalty and violence from the moment he arrives. When an unspoken bond develops with a fellow inmate, it becomes a dangerous vulnerability for them.
Chronicles From the Siege
by Abdallah Alkhatib | with Nadeem Rimawi, Saja Kilani, Maria Zreik, Emad Azmi, Idir Benaibouche
Algeria / France / Palestine 2026
Perspectives | World premiere
When their city is placed under siege, the lives of a group of ordinary people are turned upside down, forcing each of them to confront impossible choices in pursuit of what they believe is survival in a war zone.
The River Train (El Tren Fluvial )
by Lorenzo Ferro, Lucas A. Vignale | with Milo Barria, Rita Pauls, Mariano Barria, Fabián Casas, Lucrecia Pazos
Argentina 2026
Perspectives | World premiere | Debut film
Nine-year-old Milo lives in a remote Argentinian village where he studies the Malambo, a folk dance full of bravura. He is an excellent dancer, but Milo’s only desire is to escape the countryside on a train for the Buenos Aires of his dreams.
Filipiñana
by Rafael Manuel | with Jorrybell Agoto, Carmen Castellanos, Teroy Guzman, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Nour Houshmand
Singapore / United Kingdom / Philippines / France / Netherlands 2026
Perspectives | European premiere | Debut film
New girl Isabel is strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, president of the country club where she works. As she pieces together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surfaces, she realises that they are both connected by a sinister shared history.
