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Amidst the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. Small and quiet, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With time, he overcomes their doubts and shows himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becoming part of the community in a quest for acceptance made up of impossible deceit. The true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed. |
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AT, DE | 93 min
Schubert
World Sales: The Match Factory
International Press: WOLF
Screenings
Feb 15 12:15 Berlinale Palast (Press)
Feb 15 18:30 Berlinale Palast WP
Feb 16 13:30 HKW 1 – M. M. Auditorium
Feb 18 09:45 Uber Eats Music Hall
Feb 22 19:45 Haus der Berliner Festsp.
Market Screening
Feb 17 12:45 CinemaxX 7
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| BY TIZZA COVI & RAINER FRIMMEL |
Blues musician Al Cook lives in an apartment filled with memories. Outside, the world carries on without him. But when his home is slated for demolition, out of the ruins of his existence, a long-forgotten dream suddenly resurfaces. |
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AT | 86 min
Vento Film
World Sales: BE FOR FILMS
International Press:
Alibi Communications
Screenings
Feb 19 09:00 Berlinale Palast (Press)
Feb 19 15:00 Berlinale Palast WP
Feb 20 10:00 Urania
Feb 20 19:00 Uber Eats Music Hall
Feb 21 22:00 HKW 1 – M. M. Auditorium
Feb 22 09:30 Berlinale Palast
Market Screenings
Feb 14 15:30 CinemaxX 7
Feb 15 12:20 CinemaxX 4
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| BY ULRIKE OTTINGER |
The Blood Countess and her maid open a new dance of the vampires. We accompany them on their crazy hunt for the red lifeblood, the buried history of their ancestors and a book that threatens to destroy their vampire kingdom. Who will "survive"? |
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AT, DE | 119 min
Armour Fou Vienna
World Sales: MAGNIFY
International Press: The PR Factory
Screenings
Feb 15 19:00 CinemaxX 7 (Press)
Feb 15 21:30 CinemaxX 8 (Press)
Feb 16 21:15 Zoo Palast 1 WP
Feb 19 18:45 Cubix 9
Feb 20 09:45 Uber Eats Music Hall
Feb 21 22:15 Haus der Berliner Festsp. |
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| BY RUTH BECKERMANN |
Opened at the cusp of Africa’s defining 1960s by controversial Emperor Haile Selassie, Hilton Addis Ababa stands today as a grand hotel, much like any other. Settling in the hotel in Ethiopia’s sprawling capital, Ruth Beckermann delves into the nation’s thorny past and present, navigating the familiar and foreign, fact and fiction. As her quest for historical truth unfolds, layered with contradictions, she blends archives starring the Emperor with present-day conversations at the hotel and her own reflections as a European woman. Meanwhile, outside, the opulence contrasts with the city’s unvarnished life and grind, with queues of workers stretching for metres at bus stops and skeletons of high-rises awaiting development.
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AT, IT | 97 min
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion
World Sales: Celluloid Dreams
International Press: NOISE
Screenings
Feb 14 19:00 CinemaxX 5 & 6 (Press)
Feb 14 21:30 CinemaxX 5 & 6 (Press)
Feb 15 14:00 Haus d. Berl. Festsp. WP
Feb 16 16:15 ADK am Hanseatenweg
Feb 19 22:00 Colosseum 1
Feb 20 19:00 Cubix 9
Feb 22 14:15 ADK am Hanseatenweg |
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| BY ADRIAN GOIGINGER |
Barbara and her partner Heli are professional clowns, living out their dream of an alternative, joy filled life with their two children, laughing at what doesn't work out. But when a tragic car accident takes Heli and the children, Barbara is left alone. In the face of unspeakable loss, her belief in humor, hope, and humanity is put to the ultimate test. Can her way of seeing the world — through both its light and shadow — help her find a way back to life? She bets she'll laugh again. |
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AT, DE | 121 min
2010 Entertainment
World Sales: Beta Cinema
International Press: Stephen Lan PR
Screenings
Feb 16 18:00 Zoo Palast 1 WP
Feb 17 10:45 Haus der Berliner Festsp.
Feb 18 21:45 Cubix 7
Feb 20 16:45 Kino Casablanca
Feb 21 10:00 Cubix 9
Feb 22 15:00 Urania
Market Screenings
Feb 12 14:30 CinemaxX 8
Feb 14 10:50 CinemaxX 10
Feb 14 14:00 Virtual Cinema 11
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| BY SEBASTIAN BRAMESHUBER |
Bobby drives back and forth between Vienna and Salzburg, picking up strangers along the way and sharing conversations that drift from the everyday to the deeply personal. In this tender portrait of today's Europe, anonymity and warmth still go hand in hand. |
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AT | 122 min
PANAMA Film
World Sales: Square Eyes
International Press: NOISE
Screenings
Feb 16 18:45 Zoo Palast 2 WP
Feb 17 16:00 Cubix 6
Feb 18 18:30 Cubix 7
Feb 21 21:45 Cubix 9
Feb 22 10:00 Urania
Market Screening
Feb 15 14:45 CinemaxX 6
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OTHER AUSTRIAN
(CO-)PRODUCTIONS |
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Berlinale Shorts
AN ACCIDENT (2026, 30 min) by Angelika Spangel | Lemonade Films
FLIM FLAM (2026, 15 min) by Siegfried A. Fruhauf | sixpackfilm
YURAGIM (2026, 18 min) by Varia Garib & Kirill Komar
Forum Special
THE VALLEY WHERE LOAB LIVES (2026, 21 min) by Georg Tiller | Lemonade Films
Forum Expanded
FOREVER... FOREVER (2026, 21 min) by Johann Lurf | sixpackfilm
NURSERY RHYMES. (HOLY) WATER (2025, 4 min)
by Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński | sixpackfilm
Panorama Dokumente
A RUSSIAN WINTER (2026, 87 min) by Austrian director Patric Chiha
(French production)
European Shooting Star
Lucas Englander
Berlinale Talents
Nikolai Gemel: Actor
Julia Niemann: Director, Writer
Marah Strauch: Producer
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by OTHMAR SCHMIDERER
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AT | 98 min
Othmar Schmiderer Filmproduktion
World Sales: filmdelights
Feb 15 14:45 CinemaxX 18 |
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by nikolaus geyrhalter
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AT | 127 min
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
World Sales: Autlook Filmsales
Feb 16 09:00 CinemaxX 13 |
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by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
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AT, DE | 115 min
PANAMA Film
World Sales: Intramovies
Feb 13 14:00 CinemaxX 18
Feb 14 12:00 Virtual Cinema 2 |
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by ARMAN T. RIAHI |
AT, FR
Golden Girls Filmproduktion
Official Feature Film Project Selection |
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| by SANDRA WOLLNER |
| Panama Film |
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| by Benji & Jono Bergmann |
| Babka Film, Film AG |
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| by ANJA SALOMONOWITZ |
| Golden Girls Filmproduktion |
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