Talents Alumni at Festival de Cannes 2026
With the 79th Festival de Cannes right around the corner, we’re once again shining a light on the Berlinale Talents alumni represented in this year’s programme. An impressive 82 Talents alumni have contributed their work to 52 films across the Official Selection and parallel sections, including Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Semaine de la Critique, ACID, La Fabrique Cinéma, the Marché du Film, and more.
We’re particularly excited to see that two of the selected films were developed at our Berlinale Talents Lab, highlighting the programme’s lasting impact.
Explore the full list of films below!
Official Selection
Competition
“La Bola Negra” – cinematographer Gris Jordana (BT 2004)
“Coward” – writer Angelo Tijssens (BT 2021)
“The Unknown” – line producer & production manager Tatiana Bouchain (BT 2016)
“Nagi Notes” – producer Terutarô Osanaï (BT 2024)
“Notre Salut” – writer & director Emmanuel Marre (BT 2011)
“Fjord” – co-producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008), co-producer Jussi Rantamäki (BT 2009)
“The Man I Love” – executive producer Lucas Joaquin (BT 2013)
Un Certain Regard
Opening Film: “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” – producer Daniel Bekerman (BT 2013)
“Elephants in the Fog” – writer & director Abinash Bikram Shah (BT 2010), production designer Mausam Aggarwal (BT 2024)
“Ben’imana” – writer, director & producer Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo (BT 2021), writer Delphine Agut (BT 2010), producer Samantha Biffot (BT 2020)
“Uļa” – co-producer Ieva Norviliene (BT 2006)
“La más dulce” – writer Delphine Agut (BT 2010), executive producer Claudia Calviño (BT 2006)
“El Deshielo” – writer & director Manuela Martelli (BT 2005)
“Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno” – director Valentina Maurel (BT 2020), cinematographer Nicolas Wong (BT 2018)
“I’ll Be Gone in June” – producer Clemens Köstlin (BT 2020), co-producer Simon Jaquemet (BT 2013), co-producer Olga Lamontanara (BT 2025 & 2026)
“Everytime” – producer David Bohun (BT 2011), creative producer Astrid Schäfer (BT 2023), composer Timm Kröger (BT 2016)
“Titanic Ocean” – writer & director Konstantina Kotzamani (BT 2012), executive producer Emily Morgan (BT 2013), co-producer Kyveli Short (BT 2023)
Cannes Premiere
“Heimsuchung” – co-producer Philipp Schall (BT 2005)
“The End of It” – production designer Lili Lea Abraham (BT 2020)
“Mary Magdalene” – producer Anton Iffland Stettner (BT 2018)
“Aquí” – cinematographer Daniela Cajías (BT 2018)
Special Screenings
“Rehearsals for a Revolution” – editor Arash Ashtiani (BT 2015)
“Vesna” – producer Alexey Zgonik (BT 2024)
“Ceniza en la Boca” – producer Valérie Delpierre (BT 2016), editor Sofia Escudé (BT 2006)
Short Film Competiton
“Peloton Trueno” (Thunder Platoon) – director Theo Montoya (BT 2025)
“Algumas coisas que acontecem ao lado de um rio” (A few things happening by a river) – writer, director, producer & editor Daniel Soares (BT 2025), director of photography Marta Simões (BT 2014), sound designer & sound mixer Inês Adriana (BT 2021), editor & producer Sandro Aguilar (BT 2006). This project was developed at our Berlinale Talents Lab 2025 (formerly Short Form Station) by writer & director Daniel Soares
“Niko Ništa Nije Rekao” (Nobody said anything) – producer Čarna Vučinić (BT 2024)
Cannes Immersive
“Yellowfin” – producer Pamela L. Reyes (BT 2018), production designer Kaye Banaag (BT 2026)
Quinzaine des Cinéastes
Feature Films
“9 Temples to Heaven” – writer & director Sompot Chidgasornpongse (BT 2014)
"Death Has No Master" (La muerte no tiene dueño) – writer, director & producer Jorge Thielen Armand (BT 2018 & 2020 This project was developed at Nipkow Residency 2024), executive producer Mo Scarpelli (BT 2018 & 2022), co-producer Rodrigo Michelangeli (BT 2017), editor Felipe Guerrero (BT 2004)
“Double Freedom” (La libertad doble) – editor Catalina Marín (BT 2013)
“L'Espèce explosive” (Too Many Beasts) – producer Helen Olive (BT 2016)
“Gabin” – editor Pascale Hannoyer (BT 2007)
“I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning” – writer & director Clio Barnard (BT 2003)
“La Perra” – director Dominga Sotomayor (BT 2009)
Short Films
“Daughters of the Late Colonel” – producer Abigail Addison (BT 2021 & 2026), producer Fabian Driehorst (BT 2016), composer Hutch Demouilpied (BT 2008)
“Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection)” – producer Savvas Stavrou (BT 2020), co-producer Kyveli Short (BT 2023), co-producer Emma Doxiadis (BT 2017), editor Nikolaos Vavouris (BT 2011)
“Madrugada” – editor & director of photography Cem Demirer (BT 2025)
Semaine de la Critique
Competition
Feature Films
“المحطّة” (The Station / Al Mahattah) – writer & producer Nadia Eliewat (BT 2010), cinematographer Amine Berrada (BT 2014), co-producer Sol Bondy (BT 2016), co-producer Koji Nelissen (BT 2011)
“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul” (Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building) – co-producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008)
“Viva” (Alive) – editor Aina Calleja (BT 2014)
Short Films
“Adgwa-Ata” – producer Gábor Osváth (BT 2016)
“City of Owls” – writer, co-producer & sales Andrea Gatopoulos (BT 2024)
„„Vaterland“ oder Ein Bule Namens Yanto“ ("Vaterland" or A Bule Named Yanto) – writer & director Berthold Wahjudi (BT 2025) This project was developed at the Short Form Station 2025 by Berthold Mahjudi.
“หาอะไร?” (What do you seek in the dark?) – producer Maenum Chagasik (BT 2013)
Special Screenings
“La Frappe” (Stonewall) – composer Delphine Malaussena (BT 2022)
“Adieu monde cruel” (Goodbye Cruel World) – producer Manon Messiant (BT 2023)
ACID
“Promised Spaces” – writer, director, cinematographer & editor Ivan Marković (BT 2015), sound designer Luka Barajević (BT 2025)
La Fabrique Cinéma
“The Last Dog On Earth” – director Nina Kopko (BT 2025)
“Till The Morning Comes” – director Dika Ofoma (BT 2026)
Marché du Film
HAF Goes to Cannes
"The Sea Speaks His Name” – director Yosep Anggi Noen (BT 2014)
Short Film Corner
“Here or here” – cinematographer, director, sound designer, writer, editor & composer Hélène Rastegar (BT 2026)
