The year’s outstanding films
This year’s competition at the 21st AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS World Cinema Festival presents a diverse selection of the year’s outstanding films, each fascinating from an artistic, political and narrative perspective. The festival will take place from 26 November to 6 December 2026 at three cinemas in Berlin.
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A dazzling programme full of highlights and discoveries from the renowned festivals in Cannes, Sundance, Locarno and Venice takes the audience on a cinematic journey around the world: from Chile via the USA and Canada through Europe to Rwanda, on to Nepal, China, Korea and Japan, and finally to the Philippines. With one exception, all the films in this year’s programme are being screened in Berlin for the first time. The screenings will be accompanied by film ambassadors, who will personally present and contextualise the works.
The line-up for the 14-film competition in 2026
- Film 1 · Chile · The Meltdown · Director: Manuela Martelli
- Film 2 · USA · If I Go Will They Miss Me · Director: Walter Thompson-Hernández
- Film 3 · Canada · Tangles – Durcheinander · Director: Leah Nelson
- Film 4 · Québec · Nobody’s Violence · Director: Denis Côté
- Film 5 · France · La Gradiva · Director: Marine Atlan
- Film 6 · France/Japan · All Of A Sudden · Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Film 7 · Germany · Objet A · Director: Ann Oren
- Film 8 · Romania · Fjord · Director: Cristian Mungiu
- Film 9 · Rwanda · Ben’Imana · Director: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
- Film 10 · Nepal · Elephants In The Fog · Director: Abinash Bikram Shah
- Film 11 · China · A Girl Unknown · Director: Hou Jing
- Film 12 · South Korea · Nowhere To Lay My Eyes · Director: Hong Sangsoo
- Film 13 · Japan · Look Back · Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
- Film 14 · Philippines · Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors · Director: Lav Diaz
Screenings will take place at the CineStar in the KulturBrauerei, as well as at the Yorck cinemas Delphi LUX and Neues Off.
