Online Ticketing Info

Access to festival screenings and the public talks of Berlinale Talents for holders of a Festival, Student or Press Accreditation can only be granted with a ticket booked in advance via the online ticket shop for accredited visitors linked to the accreditation badge.

General Rules for Online Ticketing

  • Only holders of a paid-for or free-of-charge Festival, Student or Press Accreditation (that includes access film screenings and events) or the Generation Badge - 14plus have access to online ticketing. Accredited visitors who have only purchased a Market Badge do not have access to online ticketing.
  • To ensure a smooth process, please pay the accreditation fee by January 28, 2027. If the payment is received late, access to the online ticket shop may be delayed.
  • It is only possible to book tickets via the online ticket shop for accredited visitors, not via the programme pages on berlinale.de.
  • It is not possible to guarantee tickets for a specific film screening or event nor for a specific number of tickets.
  • Accredited visitors can book tickets on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Tickets for both festival screenings and the public talks of Berlinale Talents can be booked in the online ticket shop for accredited visitors. Free-of-charge tickets can be booked for the whole festival period. Tickets for the Opening Gala and the Awards Ceremony in the Berlinale Palast and for Berlinale Goes Kiez screenings are not available in the online ticket shop for accredited visitors.
  • Holders of a Press Accreditation must also book tickets for press screenings (free seating). For access to press conferences, presentation of the Press Accreditation badge is sufficient.
  • Industry professionals with a Festival Accreditation have the opportunity to book tickets for press screenings at the Berlinale Palast as well as for press screenings at CinemaxX, Cubix and BlueMax Theater.
  • Accredited persons under the age of 18 and Generation Badge - 14plus holders can only book tickets for festival events in the Generation section as well as for screenings of selected films of other sections marked with the “Generation recommends” label.

Access to the Online Ticket Shop for Accredited Visitors

  • The email address used to log in to your Berlinale account also serves as login for the online ticket shop for accredited visitors. Your personal login to the online ticket shop will be activated approximately one week before the start of the Berlinale. Activation will only take place once the fee for the respective accreditation has been paid. Accreditation fees should be paid by January 28, 2027 at the latest to avoid delays in activating the login. 
  • The first time you log in, a new password must be generated using the “Set / Forgot password” function. An email will be sent with a “Set / Change password” link. You can use this link to set a password and continue logging in. However, if you have used the same email address as login in the previous Berlinale edition, you may reuse your password.
  • All tickets booked online will be sent to this email address.

Booking of Tickets for Accredited Visitors

  • In the online ticket shop for accredited visitors, events can be filtered using the following criteria: date, day of the week, venue and availability for booking.
  • The booked tickets will be sent to the email address saved in the ticketing system in the following form:
    • ticketdirect / mobile tickets
  • An overview of events for which you have booked tickets can be found under the menu item “My Orders and Cancellation”. Booked tickets can be sent to you again by email at any time.
  • Tickets for events marked with "preview” will be made available at the next ticket release (see above).
  • It is possible that tickets for events marked as “sold out” may be available again later. Due to ticket reallocations and cancellations by other accredited visitors, tickets are continually being re-released on a continual basis.
  • Detailed information regarding the ticket release periods for accredited guests will be published here closer to the festival.

Booking Rules and the Obligation to Cancel

  • A maximum of one ticket per screening, event and (90 minutes) time slot may be booked.
  • Tickets for public screenings must be booked online no later than 120 minutes before the film starts.
  • Tickets for press screenings can be booked until just before the start of the film.
  • Accredited visitors may not allow tickets to go unused. Tickets that have already been booked but cannot be used must be cancelled via “My Orders and Cancellations” no later than 120 minutes (for press screenings 30 minutes) before the event begins.
  • Cancelled tickets will be returned to the pool of tickets for accredited visitors, so they can be booked by other accredited visitors.
  • In case of an accredited visitor letting more than two tickets go unused, the festival reserves the right to cancel tickets that have already been booked and/or to block that person’s access to the online ticket shop.
  • Tickets may not be transferred or sold to other persons.

Access to Cinemas

  • Free-of-charge tickets are personalised and only valid in combination with the accreditation badge.
  • No admission after the start of the screening.

Film Selection

  • The festival programme can be found at berlinale.de. The programme remains the central tool for obtaining information about the films of the festival and the public talks of Berlinale Talents.
  • The complete programme can be filtered by venue, country, starting time and date.
  • You may put together your own individual programme on the Berlinale website by using “My Favourites”.
  • Tickets can be booked via the separate ticket shop for accredited visitors.