Third Partners

For 18 years, Colt has been a digital cinema partner and has actively supported the digitalisation of the Berlinale. The festival's main venues and its film office are connected to Berlin's high-performance Colt fiber-optic network. Thanks to this innovative infrastructure, films can be delivered to cinemas more quickly and easily. Through this internet connection, film studios from around the world can securely and rapidly transfer their works to Berlin. This saves valuable time, as the journey of film data, for example from Hollywood to Berlin, now takes only 20 minutes.

Colt Technology Services | Christiane Wronski | Business Partner Marketing Manager |

The Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten (GWFF) sponsors the Best First Feature Award. The prize, endowed with 50,000 euros, is awarded in equal parts to producers and directors of a film from the Perspectives section, the new international competition for feature film debuts at the Berlinale. The prize is awarded by a three-member jury during the award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast. In addition to the prize money, the director of the winning film will receive a high-quality Viewfinder as a useful working tool.

GWFF mbH | Dr. Gertraude Müller-Ernstberger | Managing Director

As a specialist in digital outdoor advertising, HYGH is once again an official partner of the Berlinale. With more than 4,000 strategically positioned displays in urban hotspots across Berlin, HYGH reaches an international audience of culture and film enthusiasts during the festival.
Exclusive festival advertising packages allow brands to position their messages with precision and ensure high visibility in an exceptionally attractive cultural context.

HYGH GmbH | Kaya Crampe | Head of Marketing

Miraval is a wine estate set within a preserved natural site, benefiting from a unique terroir in the heart of Provence, South of France. Miraval is also home to the state-of-the-art and reimagined Miraval Studios, now welcoming a new generation of international artists while offering a space for inspiration and creativity. Recognized among the world’s leading rosé wines, Miraval as well as Studio by Miraval and Champagne Fleur de Miraval, the only Champagne house dedicated exclusively to rosé, will accompany the Berlinale at its central venues, shaping moments of exchange and encounter. In the Berlinale Golden Bear Lounge at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Miraval will also operate an exclusive wine bar. With this partnership, Miraval reaffirms its commitment to places that nurture talent, support creative processes, and contribute to the development of a vibrant, free, and sophisticated cultural landscape.

VitaBella | Guillaume Jourdan |

At the Berlinale, OBJECT CARPET is once again presenting its fully recyclable red carpet, consisting of only two materials. In addition to the Red Carpet at the Berlinale Palast, this year Object Carpet is also equipping the Press Conference area and the Photocall in the Press Center with its DUO carpets. This groundbreaking innovation has a low ecological footprint and contributes to making the 76th Berlinale sustainable. OBJECT CARPET has been synonymous with quality, design and innovation since 1972 and continues to set new trends in responsible carpet design.

Object Carpet GmbH | Yvonne Schumacher | Press Director

PHAROS – The Post Group is a brand of Media Services GmbH. Germany's largest post-production company with over 140 employees, PHAROS, formerly known as ARRI Media, has been providing all creative and technical services related to film production for more than 40 years.
For the Berlinale, PHAROS produces the popular Berlinale Trailer in all required versions and formats. The trailer, conceived by director Uli M Schueppel, will precede all film screenings during the festival and is the Berlinale's signature feature.

PHAROS – The Post Group | Michael Welzel | Head of Sales |

Ströer is a leading German media company and partner of the Berlinale since 2025. With the “OOH plus” strategy, Ströer is focusing on the strengths of the OOH business, supported by the flanking business areas Digital & Dialog Media and DaaS & E-Commerce. Ströer's extensive media portfolio offers the Berlinale new opportunities for intelligently linking current communication measures on digital and analog advertising media in public spaces within the relevant Berlinale environment.

Ströer | Andrea Breyther | PR-Manager Media Relations |