Encounters

A selection of Encounters works

El eco | The Echo | Das Echo by Tatiana Huezo
MEX, DEU 2023, Encounters
© Radiola Films

Műanyag égbolt | White Plastic Sky by Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
HUN, SVK 2023, Encounters
© Salto Films, Artichoke, Proton Cinema

Le mura di Bergamo | The Walls of Bergamo by Stefano Savona
ITA 2023, Encounters
© ILBE

Melina Benli, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka
Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann
AUT 2022, Encounters
© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

As I Want by Samaher Alqadi
EGY, FRA, NOR, PSE, DEU 2021, Encounters
© Prophecy Films

Olegunleko Ezekiel Gbenga, Thi Cam Xuan Nguyen, Thi Dung Le
Vị | Taste by Lê Bảo
VNM, SGP, FRA, THA, DEU, TWN 2021, Encounters
© E&W Films, Le Bien Pictures, Deuxième Ligne Films, Petit Film, Senator Film Produktion

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sarah Blum

Eve Duranceau, G.A. Roy, Maxim Gaudette
Hygiène sociale | Social Hygiene | Sozialhygiene by Denis Côté
CAN 2021, Encounters
© Lou Scamble

Sofia Kokkali
Moon, 66 Questions by Jacqueline Lentzou
GRC, FRA 2021, Encounters

Lena Watson
The Trouble With Being Born by Sandra Wollner
AUT, DEU 2020, Encounters
© Panama Film

Luis Felipe Lozano
Los conductos by Camilo Restrepo
FRA, COL, BRA 2020, Encounters
© 5a7 Films - mutokino - If you hold a stone - montañero cine

Ugo Broussot, Agathe Bosch, Marina Palii, Frédéric Schulz-Richard
Malmkrog by Cristi Puiu
ROU, SRB, CHE, SWE, BIH, MKD 2020, Encounters
© Mandragora

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) | Werke und Tage (der Tayoko Shiojiri im Shiotanibecken) by C.W. Winter, Anders Edström
USA, SWE, JPN, GBR 2020, Encounters
© Anders Edström/2020 General Asst.

Ian Madrigal, Lilith Stangenberg
Orphea by Alexander Kluge, Khavn
DEU 2020, Encounters

Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky
NOR, USA 2020, Encounters
© Egil Håskjold Larsen/Sant & Usant

Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young
Shirley by Josephine Decker
USA 2020, Encounters
© 2018 LAMF Shirley Inc.
Encounters is a platform aiming to foster aesthetically and structurally daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers. Its goal is to support new perspectives in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection.
Conceived as a counterpoint and a complement to Competition, Encounters is a competitive section devoted to new cinematic visions. The films selected will challenge traditional forms and ask viewers to reconsider their positions in relation to them. Being a mirror of the different ways of production that have developed in the 21st century and reflecting this vibrant energy, Encounters will become a meeting point for filmmakers and producers, programmers and film critics, cinephiles and festival lovers.
Not distinguishing between genres, Encounters comprises usually around 15 works - world or international premieres of fiction or documentary films of at least 60 minutes in length.

Festival photos from previous years

Michael Cera
The actor at the premiere of the film.
The Adults · Encounters · Feb 18, 2023

Paul B. Preciado
Talk of the town - the director in conversation before the screening.
Orlando, ma biographie politique · Encounters · Feb 18, 2023

Audience at Akademie der Künste.
mul-an-e-seo · Encounters · Feb 22, 2023

Malika Musaeva
The director at the premiere.
Kletka ishet ptitsu · Encounters · Feb 22, 2023

Mitra Farahani
The filmmaker on her way to the premiere.
À vendredi, Robinson · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022

Lorenzo Esposito, Kivu Ruhorahoza, Mediatrice Kayitesi, Yves Kijyana, Aline Amike
The director (2nd from left) during the talk with the member of the selection committee (left) and the audience.
Father’s Day · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022

Samaher Alqadi
A warm welcome to Berlin.
As I Want · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 16, 2021

Alice Diop
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Jacqueline Lentzou
The director on the way to the stage.
Moon, 66 Questions · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 15, 2021

Lilith Stangenberg
The actor with Berlin scenery.
Blutsauger · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 17, 2021

Silvan Zürcher, Ramon Zürcher
The directors are excited to be able to experience their film on the big screen.
Das Mädchen und die Spinne · Encounters · Encounters Best Director · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 09, 2021

Pushpendra Singh, Navjot Randhawa
At the premiere.
Laila aur satt geet · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020

Young Sun Han, Dorothy Ko, Heinz Emigholz, Jonathan Perel, Susanne Sachsse, Laurean Wagner
The film team at the Photo Call.
Die letzte Stadt · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Lorenzo Esposito, Catarina Vasconcelos
There's the camera.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020

Group photo
The film team and the Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian (middle).
Orphea · Encounters · Feb 25, 2020

Dela Meskienyar, Cosmo Jarvis
The protagonists with smiling faces.
Funny Face · Encounters · Feb 23, 2020
The three-person jury awards the following prizes:
- Best Film
- Special Jury Award
- Best Director
Cross-section awards respectively awards of the Independent Juries:
- GWFF Best First Feature Award (endowed with 50,000 euros)
- Berlinale Documentary Award, funded by rbb and endowed with 40,000 euros
- TEDDY AWARDS
- Heiner Carow Prize
- Prizes of the FIPRESCI Jury
- Peace Film Prize
- Amnesty International Film Award
- "Tagesspiegel" Readers' Jury Award