Sections & Special Presentations

Each year the Berlinale comprises about 400 films of every genre, length and format. The festival is divided into the following sections and a mutable number of special presentations.

Sections

Forum & Forum Expanded

Reflection on the medium of film, social and artistic discourse and aesthetic obstinacy.

Berlinale Shorts

Berlinale Shorts are cinema's unsolicitied requests to take the floor and speak.

Berlinale Special

Space for the extraordinary, the glamorous and the festival's special concerns..

Panorama

Panorama screens extraordinary cinema and is a traditional audience favourite.

Encounters

A platform aiming to foster aesthetically and structurally daring works.

Competition

The festival's centrepiece screens the films that will be talked about.

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Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

Forum & Forum Expanded Forum & Forum Expanded

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Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series

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Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama Panorama

Encounters Encounters Encounters Encounters

Encounters Encounters Encounters Encounters

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Encounters Encounters Encounters Encounters

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Encounters Encounters Encounters Encounters

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Competition Competition Competition Competition

Special Presentations

/01

(Since 1977)

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

Discover film history and view it anew in screenings of the highest quality

/02

(Since 2002)

Perspective deutsches kino section

Talented directors screen their debut films and bring a fresh impetus to the cinema