“Forest High” in Competition at the Berlinale 2026!
The new titles in the programme of the 76th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival have just been announced: “Forest High” will have its world premiere in the Perspectives competition. Meanwhile, the documentary “The Other Side of the Sun” by Tawfik Sabouni will be presented in the Panorama section.
Manon Coubia’s first feature film, Forest High, will have its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Perspectives section. This competitive section, created in 2025, is dedicated to first feature films. Last year, it was in this very section that We Believe Youby Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys received a Special Mention.
Forest High follows three women, Anne, Hélène, and Suzanne, who take turns tending to a mountain hunt in the Northern Alps. The film is produced by The Blue Raincoat and sold internationally by Rai Cinema International Distribution.
“A beautiful, expressive camera — really delicate and spellbinding.”
Tricia Tuttle
Berlinale Director
After directing the short film Stateless in 2022, Tawfik Sabouni has just completed his first feature-length documentary, The Other Side of the Sun, produced by Dérives. This documentary will have its world premiere in the Panorama section of the prestigious German festival.
We should also highlight the presence of the CCA-supported co-production Heysel 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai, selected in the Berlinale Special Gala section (co-produced by Les Films du Fleuve).
Congratulations to Saga Films, co-producer of the Spanish film Ivan & Hadoumby Ian de la Rosa, presented in the Panorama section and Echo Bravo, co-producer of the Quebeckers film in Competition, Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude de Celles.
Finally, we note the selection of the Congolese and Belgian Yurugu-Invisible Lines in the Forum Expanded section, co-directed by Belgian Laurent Van Lancker.
The 76th edition of the Berlinale will take place from February 12 to 22, 2026!
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