An extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board of the organization responsible for the management of the Berlinale has been called for Thursday morning, following a controversy-filled 76th edition.

BERLIN — They stood outside Berlin’s Babylon theater, bundled against the cold, laughing and dragging on cigarettes: the Cunio twins David and Eitan, and their younger brother Ariel. David and Ariel ...

At the end of a contentious 10-day run threatened to be derailed by a fraught debate over the role of politics and art, the Berlin Film Festival came to a close this weekend by turning the attention ...

'Yellow Letters,' directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, has taken home the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival 2026. The political drama tells the story of a Turkish director and ...

Whatever director Wim Wenders was trying to do, back during the early days of his just-ended run as jury president of the 2026 Berlin Film Festival—and specifically while making statements that ...

İlker Çatak’s “Yellow Letters” has been named the best film of the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, a jury headed by Wim Wenders announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday. “Yellow Letters” stars Özgü ...

Some directors and stars at the Berlin Film Festival rejected a political view of cinema. But the movies there suggest that politics is broader than just activism. By Beatrice Loayza Reporting from ...

Nearly 100 actors and filmmakers signed an open letter on Tuesday calling out the Berlin Film Festival for its "silence" on Gaza after the festival defended the right to avoid political questions.

The 2026 Berlin Film Festival is underway in the German capital with Afghan director Sharbanoo Sadat’s No Good Men serving as the opening-night pic. This year’s lineup features major world premieres ...

Reporters’ attempts to draw stars into debates about Gaza and other highly charged topics have threatened to overshadow the movies at the Berlin Film Festival. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Berlin ...

BERLIN — The renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy has announced she will not attend Berlin’s annual international film festival over its jury’s refusal to comment on the war in Gaza. Dozens of past ...