20 films will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, among them two first features as well as two documentary forms. Productions from 30 countries are represented. 19 films are world premieres. Six films were directed or co-directed by women. Nine filmmakers have been at the festival before, six in Competition.

“We are particularly proud of this year’s selection which achieves the best possible balance between auteurs we cherish and admire and powerful new voices in the independent cinema landscape. What drives the selection is of course the variety of the stories and their storytellers, but also and even more so the plurality of styles with the goal of showing the extensive possibilities of cinema language”, says Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director.

Another End
by Piero Messina | with Gael García Bernal, Renate Reinsve, Bérénice Bejo, Olivia Williams, Pal Aron
Italy 2024
World premiere

Architecton
by Victor Kossakovsky
Germany / France 2024
World premiere | Documentary Form

Black Tea
by Abderrahmane Sissako | with Nina Mélo, Chang Han, Wu Ke-Xi, Michael Chang
France / Luxembourg / Taiwan / Mauritania / Cote d'Ivoire 2024
World premiere

La Cocina
by Alonso Ruizpalacios | with Raúl Briones Carmona, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr
Mexico / USA 2024
World premiere

Dahomey
by Mati Diop
France / Senegal / Benin 2024
World premiere | Documentary Form

A Different Man
by Aaron Schimberg | with Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson
USA 2023
International premiere

L’ Empire The Empire
by Bruno Dumont | with Brandon Vlieghe, Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini
France / Italy / Germany / Belgium / Portugal 2024
World premiere

Gloria!
by Margherita Vicario | with Galatéa Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda
Italy / Switzerland 2024
World premiere

Hors du temps Suspended Time
by Olivier Assayas | with Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nine D'Urso, Nora Hamzawi
France 2024
World premiere

In Liebe, Eure Hilde From Hilde, With Love
by Andreas Dresen | with Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann
Germany 2024
World premiere

Keyke mahboobe man My Favourite Cake
by Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha | with Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi
Iran / France / Sweden / Germany 2024
World premiere

Langue Étrangère
by Claire Burger | with Lilith Grasmug, Josefa Heinsius, Nina Hoss, Chiara Mastroianni, Jalal Altawil
France / Germany / Belgium 2024
World premiere

Mé el Aïn Who Do I Belong To
by Meryam Joobeur | with Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa, Dea Liane
Tunisia / France / Canada / Norway / Qatar / Saudi Arabia 2024
World premiere

Pepe
by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias | with Jhon Narváez, Sor María Ríos, Fareed Matjila, Harmony Ahalwa, Jorge Puntillón García
Dominican Republic / Namibia / Germany / France 2024
World premiere

Shambhala
by Min Bahadur Bham | with Thinley Lhamo, Sonam Topden, Tenzin Dalha, Karma Wangyal Gurung, Karma Shakya
Nepal / France / Norway / Hong Kong, China / Turkey / Taiwan / USA / Qatar 2024
World premiere