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Berlin • 4 film events in OV/OmU/OmeU

Classic iconFrom film festivals celebrating international cinema to themed retrospectives exploring beloved directors, from special screenings with filmmaker Q&As to curated series highlighting cinematic movements, film events offer unique opportunities to experience movies as cultural happenings.

19 Oct - 25 Oct 2026 Film Festival4 films

Poster for NewGen Film Festival (2026)

NewGen returns to Berlin with a program exploring how young people navigate identity, migration, uncertain futures and self-determination amid shifting social, economic and cultural landscapes in Asia and Europe. The lineup features six feature films, opening with Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade and closing with The World of Love, alongside 23 competition shorts spanning fiction, documentary, animation and hybrid forms.

20 Oct - 30 Oct 2026 Film Festival10 films

Poster for Korea Independent Film Festival (2026)

The 10th edition of the Korea Independent Film Festival in Berlin presents independent Korean cinema over eight days, launched by the Korean Cultural Centre in 2017 and now an established cultural event. The 2026 edition opens with Becoming Kim and features a selection of recent independent Korean films.

26 Oct - 03 Dec 2026 Film Festival8 films

Poster for Portuguese Cinema Days (2026)

Portuguese Cinema Days 2026 brings twelve recent Portuguese films to Berlin, screening at Moviemento Kino from 26 October to 3 December, with several Q&A sessions with the directors.

05 Nov - 08 Nov 2026 (in 12 days)Film Festival7 films

Poster for Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin (2026)

The 2026 edition of the Lithuanian film festival Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin invites audiences to come closer: to the stories on screen, to personal archives, to the film material itself and to one another. The main programme brings four of the year’s most acclaimed Lithuanian films to Berlin, complemented by the specially curated short-film programmes Come Closer and Female Shorts, a presentation of digitised 8-mm home movies from 1960–1970 with a discussion, and a hands-on 16-mm film workshop.