Na 65. Berlinaleu će se od 23 filma u Glavnom programu njih 19 naći u konkurencija za Zlatnog i Srebrnog medvjeda, od kojih će 21 imati svjetsku premijeru. Berlinski filmski festival se održava od 5. do 15. februara, a dodjela nagrada će se upriličiti u subotu 14. februara u Berlinale Palestu. Festival otvara film Nobody Wants the Night rediteljice Isabele Coixet sa Juliette Binoche u glavnoj ulozi. Novi film Wima Wendersa Every Thing Will Be Fine sniman u 3D-u sa Jamesom Francom, Charlotte Gainsbourg i Rachel McAdams će se prikazati izvan konkurencije, kao i filmovi 13 Minutes Olivera Hirschbiegela i Mr. Holmes Billa Condona. Među konkurentima za nagrade su se našla ostvarenja Terrencea Malicka Knight of Cups, Wernera Herzoga Queen of the Desert i Jafara Panahia Taxi.
Aferim! Romania / Bulgaria / Czech Republic By Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family) With Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija World premiere El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button) - documentary France / Chile / Spain By Patricio Guzmán (Nostalgia for the Light) World premiere El Club (The Club) Chile By Pablo Larraín (Tony Manero, No) With Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Jaime Vadell, Marcelo Alonso World premiere Elser (13 Minutes) Germany By Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) With Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow, Felix Eitner World premiere – Out of competition Every Thing Will Be Fine Germany / Canada / France / Sweden / Norway By Wim Wenders (PINA, Wings of Desire, The American Friend) With James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams, Marie-Josée Croze World premiere – Out of competition Ten no chasuke (Chasuke's Journey) Japan By Sabu (Kanikosen, Dead Run) With Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Ito Ohno, Ren Ohsugi, Yusuke Iseya, Hiromasa Taguchi, Tina Tamashiro, Susumu Terajima World premiere Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin) Italy / Switzerland / Germany / Albania / Kosovo By Laura Bispuri - Feature debut With Alba Rohrwacher, Lars Eidinger, Flonja Kodheli, Luan Jaha, Emily Ferratello World premiere 45 Years by Andrew Haigh United Kingdom Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming) by Andreas Dresen Germany / France Body by Malgorzata Szumowska Poland Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories) by Di Phan Dang Vietnam / France / Germany / Netherlands Cinderella by Kenneth Branagh USA – Out of competition Eisenstein in Guanajuato by Peter Greenaway Netherlands / Mexico / Belgium / Finland Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante Guatemala / France – Feature debut Journal d'une femme de chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid) by Benoit Jacquot France / Belgium Knight of Cups by Terrence Malick USA Mr. Holmes by Bill Condon United Kingdom – Out of competition Nobody Wants the Night by Isabel Coixet – Opening film Spain / France / Bulgaria Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds) by Alexey German Russian Federation / Ukraine / Poland Queen of the Desert by Werner Herzog USA Taxi by Jafar Panahi Iran Victoria by Sebastian Schipper Germany Yi bu zhi yao (Gone with the Bullets) by Wen Jiang People’s Republic of China / USA / Hong Kong, China- Dark mode