The Berlinale Sections

Berlinale’s legacy Competition brings together major new works of international cinema, with a jury awarding the prestigious Golden and Silver Bears.

From red carpet moments to genre thrills and talking-point films, Berlinale Special explores the many visual pleasures and possibilties cinema can offer.

A competitive section dedicated to first fiction features, aiming to foster and spotlight serious emerging film talent from around the world.

Extraordinary cinema – courageous, genuine, urgent. A traditional crowd favourite with its own audience award.

Films that matter. For young cineastes and everyone else.

The festival’s short film competition celebrates the artistic freedom and thematic variety of the short form.

Forum and Forum Expanded stand for reflections on the medium of film, social and artistic discourse and aesthetic obstinacy, with Forum Expanded offering expansions of the cinematic with films, installations and performances.

Retrospective is a selection of the best of cinema history curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek; and Berlinale Classics presents classics and gems of cinema history digitally restored with dazzling picture and sound quality.