The International Short Film Jury awarded the Golden Bear for Best Short Film to „Someday a Child“
(Yawman ma walad) by Marie-Rose Osta.
Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) for „A Woman’s Place is Everywhere“
The Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) goes to „A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere“ by Fanny Texier.
Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker Award goes to Jingkai Qu
The International Short Film Jury awarded the Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker Award to Jingkai Qu for „Kleptomania“ (Di san xian).
Berlinale Shorts 2026 / press reviews
„Across fiction, animation and documentary, the 2026 selection once again proves the short form’s singular ability to distil vast political, emotional and historical realities into moments…
„A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere“ / Interviews, press etc.
The documentary filmmaker Fanny Texier was born in Paris, France and is now based in Brooklyn. She studied journalism at…
„Kontrewers“ / Interviews, press etc.
The artist and filmmaker Zuza Banasińska was born in Warsaw, Poland and is currently based in Amsterdam. They studied at…
„Ein Unfall“ (An Accident) / Interviews, press etc.
The Austrian cinematographer and filmmaker Angelika Spangel studied educational science at the University of Vienna and subsequently trained in cinematography…
„Unidentifizierte Unflugobjekte (UUO)“ (Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO)) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in the village of Runo in the Stavropol region of the USSR in 1980, Sasha Svirsky graduated as a…
„La hora de irse“ (Time to Go) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1991, the director, screenwriter, actor and acting tutor Renzo Cozza currently lives in Madrid,…
„Plan contraplan“ (Shot Reverse Shot) / Interviews, press etc.
The work of the Romanian film director and screenwriter Radu Jude has already been presented a number of times at…
„Flim Flam“ / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Grieskirchen, Austria in 1976, Siegfried A. Fruhauf studied experimental visual design at the University of Art and Industrial…
„Les âmes du Fouta“ (Souls of Fouta) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Paris, France in 1991, the screenwriter and director Alpha Diallo is of Senegalese origin. He studied history at…
„Henry Is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep“ / Interviews, press etc.
The Dutch filmmaker Marthe Peters lives and works in Ghent, Belgium after graduating from the city’s Royal Academy of Fine…
„Di san xian“ (Kleptomania) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Inner Mongolia in 2000, Jingkai Qu is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. Driven by a curiosity…
„Oupatevak het tam phnom“ (Incident on the Mountain) / Interviews, press etc.
The screenwriter and director Savunthara Seng is the founding editor-in-chief of “MARG1N”, a film magazine published in Phnom Penh. He…
Berlinale Shorts 