In the near future, a new technology places the consciousness of a dead person back into a living body in an attempt to ease the grief of separation and grant the bereft a little extra time to say goodbye.

A visually powerful journey into the realm of materials from which human dwellings are made: concrete and its predecessor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky’s cinematic essay explores the fundamental question: How will we inhabit the world of tomorrow?

The International Jury under the presidency of Lupita Nyong’o, the Encounters Jury, the International Short Film Jury, the GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury and the Berlinale Documentary Award Jury present the main awards of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.

Aya, a woman from the Ivory Coast in her early thirties, says “No” on her wedding day. She emigrates to China and falls in love with Cai, the owner of a tea boutique. Can their relationship survive other people’s prejudices and the turmoil of Aya’s past?

Lunchtime at The Grill in New York. Money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are questioned; Pedro is the prime suspect. Upset that his lover Julia has had an abortion, he plans to halt the kitchen production line once and for all.

In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris to be returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from the ancestors, be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence?

In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris to be returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from the ancestors, be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence?

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical surgical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare when he loses out on the role he was born to play.

The Opal Coast, northern France. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village, something finally happens: a special baby is born. A child so unique and peculiar that it unleashes a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

Venice in the year 1800. What happens when a decrepit old music school for girls receives a newly invented “music machine” that everyone calls the “pianoforte”? Will it be the vehicle to freedom for five blossoming young musicians?

April 2020. The film director Etienne and his brother Paul, a music journalist, spend lockdown together in their childhood home with their new partners. A feeling of unreality slowly invades their daily lives.

The film tells the story of Hilde Coppi, a young resistance fighter against the Nazis – about a life cut short, about love and death.

The 70-year-old Mahin lives alone in Tehran, until she decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life. But as she opens herself up to a new romance, an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unpredictable, unforgettable evening.

Fanny, a 17-year-old schoolgirl from France, goes on a language exchange trip to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal Lena who is eager to become politically active. To impress Lena, the shy Fanny invents a different life for herself.

Aïcha lives on a farm in northern Tunisia. Her eldest sons Mehdi and Amine have gone away to war. When Mehdi returns home with a mysterious pregnant wife, a darkness emerges that threatens to engulf the entire village.