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Sophie Heldman • Director of The Education of Jane Cumming

“The tensions and problems we face today were already present in this society”

Sophie Heldman • Director of The Education of Jane Cumming

BERLINALE 2026: The filmmaker explains why she brought back into the spotlight the story that led to the first defamation lawsuit brought by women against...

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Kai Stänicke • Director of Trial of Hein

“What matters more: my truth or what others see on the outside?”

Kai Stänicke • Director of Trial of Hein

BERLINALE 2026: Memory is a fickle thing in the German director’s film about a man who returns to his village on a remote island after 14 years away

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Tawfik Sabouni • Director of The Other Side of the Sun

“Filming in the prison brought back things, triggered my memory"

Tawfik Sabouni • Director of The Other Side of the Sun

BERLINALE 2026: The Belgian-Syrian filmmaker discusses his film about his experiences shared with other former inmates of the notorious Saidnaya prison

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Nightborn

“It’s important for art to venture out of its comfort zone because that’s how we experience and discover something new”

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Nightborn

BERLINALE 2026: The director breaks down the central themes of her peculiar horror flick, and discusses the governmental cuts for art and culture in her...

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Ilker Çatak • Director of Yellow Letters

“It was a process of fine-tuning it so that half of the audience would side with the male character and the other half with the female one”

Ilker Çatak • Director of Yellow Letters

BERLINALE 2026: The German helmer unpicks his second feature, about a couple targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s...

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Tobias Nölle • Director of Tristan Forever

“The islanders didn’t know how to pretend; it was like working with the best actors”

Tobias Nölle • Director of Tristan Forever

BERLINALE 2026: The Swiss director breaks down his docufiction, which follows a French former doctor on his trip to one of the most remote islands in the...

15/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Muriel d’Ansembourg • Director of Truly Naked

“This film is not about porn”

Muriel d’Ansembourg • Director of Truly Naked

BERLINALE 2026: In her feature debut, the US-Dutch director proves that nothing is scarier than real intimacy

15/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Edwin • Director of Sleep No More

“Revealing things bit by bit works better – take Jaws, for example”

Edwin • Director of Sleep No More

BERLINALE 2026: The Indonesian director talks about the horror and the comedy of his riotous film set in a wig factory

14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Berlinale Special

Alain Gomis • Director of Dao

"A film can be compelling without necessarily relying on that slightly caricatural kind of dramaturgy we’re often pushed into creating”

Alain Gomis • Director of Dao

BERLINALE 2026: The Franco-Senegalese filmmaker discusses his largely non-narrative film, moving back and forth between Guinea-Bissau and France

14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Saša Vajda • Director of The Lights, They Fall

“There’s a lot of invisible pain in our society”

Saša Vajda • Director of The Lights, They Fall

BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to get the low-down on his film about a teenage boy who keeps his problems to himself

14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation

Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper

"I wanted the film to take us from an investigation to an examination, and from an external examination to a personal one"

Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper

BERLINALE 2026: The Tunisian filmmaker sheds light on the secrets unveiled in her new work which explores an incredibly personal exploration brought about...

14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Xavier Solano • Director and Head of Studies, EuroCine Lab

“The philosophy of Euro CineLab focuses on the importance of real-world practice”

Xavier Solano • Director and Head of Studies, EuroCine Lab

The training programme aims to give talented young Latin Americans their first professional experience in the European film industry

13/02/2026 | Europe/Latin America

Danielle Arbid • Director of Only Rebels Win

“The film itself had to resist in order to exist”

Danielle Arbid • Director of Only Rebels Win

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke to the Lebanese-French filmmaker about anger, resistance, casting and why intimacy today feels radical

13/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Veronika Slámová • Head, Czech Audiovisual Fund

“We are building stability, rather than chasing isolated successes”

Veronika Slámová • Head, Czech Audiovisual Fund

The new head of the fund outlines how the institution aims to reinforce the Czech Republic’s position as a reliable co-production partner and a competitive...

11/02/2026 | /Czech Republic

Isa Willinger • Director of No Mercy

“No one wants to be reduced to their gender – and women have a lot of experience in this regard”

Isa Willinger • Director of No Mercy

The German helmer, who is one of the talents in German Films’ Face to Face campaign, breaks down her documentary and what it means to be a woman filmmaker

11/02/2026 | /Germany/Austria

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