The Berlinale will be unveiling their titles over the next couple of weeks and this morning we have the first items selected for the Panorama section and we find American indie tandem Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson presenting Mouse (starring Sophie Okonedo) while Danielle Arbid will be showcasing Only Rebels Win (featuring Hiam Abbass). Here are selections:
Allegro Pastell
by Anna Roller | with Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Haley Louise Jones, Luna Wedler, Martina Gedeck
Germany 2026
Panorama | World premiere
Novelist Tanja and web designer Jerome, both in their thirties, have perfected a balance of intimacy and separation in their long-distance relationship. When Tanja catches a glimpse of a settled future together, she wonders if it is really what she wants.
Bucks Harbor
by Pete Muller | with David Cale, Mike Murphy, Vicki Patchell, Wayne Robinson
USA 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Debut film | Documentary form
Boys in Downeast Maine are shaped by the brutal winters, their harvesting of the ocean’s bounty and the rigid codes of their fathers. Bucks Harbor explores growing up in a community where a man’s worth is often defined by the strength of his back.
Iván & Hadoum
by Ian de la Rosa | with Silver Chicón, Herminia Loh
Spain / Germany / Belgium 2026
Panorama | World premiere | Debut film
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.
Jaripeo
by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
Mexico / USA / France 2026
Panorama Dokumente | International premiere | Debut film | Documentary form
A journey to the hyper-masculine rodeos of Michoacán state in Mexico delves into the subconscious of memory, queer desire and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
London
by Sebastian Brameshuber | with Bobby Sommer
Austria 2026
Panorama | World premiere
Bobby drives back and forth between Vienna and Salzburg, giving lifts to strangers on the way, sharing conversations that drift from the mundane to the deeply personal. In this tender portrait of today’s Europe, anonymity and warmth still go hand in hand.
Mouse
by Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson | with Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Chloe Coleman, David Hyde Pierce, Iman Vellani
USA 2026
Panorama | World premiere
Callie and Minnie’s relationship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer before their senior year of high school. Left rudderless without her charismatic best friend, Minnie starts to form a complicated friendship with Callie’s mother.
Only Rebels Win
by Danielle Arbid | with Hiam Abbass, Amine Benrachid
France / Lebanon / Qatar 2026
Panorama | World premiere
Suzanne and Osmane meet in crisis-ridden Beirut. Osmane is a young Sudanese man without papers, searching for a better future; Suzanne is a widow with Palestinian roots more than twice his age. Against all odds, they fall in love.
Shibire (Numb)
by Takuya Uchiyama | with Takumi Kitamura, Rie Miyazawa, Tsukasa Enomoto, Anji Kato, Masatoshi Nagase
Japan 2025
Panorama | International premiere
A boy who no longer speaks, shaped by a tyrannical father and a mother he both resents and loves, grows up on Japan’s northern coast. With nowhere to belong, he returns to seek his father and sets his fate in motion.
Staatsschutz (Prosecution)
by Faraz Shariat | with Chen Emilie Yan, Julia Jentsch, Alev Irmak, Arndt Klawitter, Sebastian Urzendowsky
Germany 2026
Panorama | World premiere
After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
Trop c’est trop (Enough is Enough)
by Elisé Sawasawa
France / Democratic Republic of the Congo 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Debut film | Documentary form
Thirty years of war, seven million displaced, ten million dead. Trop c’est trop is a plunge into the chaos of the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
by Viv Li
Germany / Netherlands 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Debut film | Documentary form
A Chinese wannabe artist drifts between Berlin’s overwhelming queer scene and her traditional family in Beijing. With wit and insight, the film follows her search for identity and belonging in a globalized but polarized world.
Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)
by Patric Chiha
France 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Documentary form
After the invasion of Ukraine, many people in Russia faced a brutal choice: prison, the army – or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends are caught in the crosscurrents of history, with no way to return home, but also no place where they feel truly welcome.
