Overview
- Twenty-two films will vie for the Golden and Silver Bears and 13 debuts will screen in Perspectives during the Feb. 12–22 festival.
- Wim Wenders will chair the international jury, and Michelle Yeoh will receive an honorary Golden Bear at the opening ceremony.
- The selection spans forms and genres, including Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s anime A New Dawn, a U.S. documentary by Anna Fitch and Banker White, and family-focused dramas featuring Juliette Binoche, Sandra Hüller, Amy Adams and Rupert Grint.
- Competition features 20 world premieres with one animated film and one documentary, and nine titles are directed or co-directed by women.
- Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat will open the festival with No Good Men.