Film Festivals in Berlin

The Berlin Independent Film Festival champions low-budget filmmaking in Europe by giving new directors the opportunity to screen their work and swap ideas.  more

Any genre and any format allowed: The Berlin Short Film Festival aims to connect filmmakers from all over Europe.  more

The Woche der Kritik (Critics' Week) puts film criticism on the agenda: it shows films that stimulate debate, controversy and lively discussion.  more

The Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale for short, is one of the most important film festivals worldwide. Every year, it attracts the elite of the film industry as well as the largest audience of any film festival in the world.  more

Where, if not in Berlin, does a feminist, queer and non-binary horror film festival belong? The Final Girls film festival promises dark and daring entertainment.  more

At the annual silent film festival, classics of silent cinema come to the big screen in Berlin accompanied by a live orchestra.  more

Babylon Berlin celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Irish films and live music.  more

The Vierte Welle Film Festival brings new perspectives to the screen - with short films on diversity, equality and social change.  more

The festival shows over 60 international feature, documentary and short film productions on the theme of football.  more

The Greek Film Festival wants to bring often still unknown Greek filmmakers into the focus of the German audience.  more

For ten days, the Human Rights Film Festival presents selected documentaries from around the world.  more

This film festival for new German cinema presents current works by Berlin and Brandenburg filmmakers for one week in several Berlin cinemas.  more