The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale (), took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person. On 15 December 2021, the first film of the festival was announced.

The festival opened with François Ozon's drama film Peter von Kant. Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her new film by Laurent Larivière, About Joan was also screened.

The awards were presented on 16 February 2022 truncating the festival by 4 days. Alcarràs by Carla Simón won the Golden Bear award and The Novelist's Film by Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. The festival formally closed on 20 February 2022.

Jury

Main Competition

The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:

M. Night Shyamalan, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President Karim Aïnouz, Brazilian filmmaker Saïd Ben Saïd, Tunisian producer Anne Zohra Berrached, German filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japanese filmmaker Connie Nielsen, Danish actress

Encounters

The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:

Chiara Marañón Ben Rivers Silvan Zürcher

FIPRESCI Jury

The following people were on the jury for the FIPRESCI Awards:

Main Competition：

René Marx (as Chair of the Jury) Hsin Wang Anna Maria Pasetti

Encounters：

Andrei Vasilenko Lamia Fathy Anders E. Larsson

Panorama：

Ron Fogel (absent) Berke Göl Pamela Jahn

Forum：

Bettina Hirsch Hamed Soleimanzadeh Alexander Zwart

Official sections

Main Competition The following films are selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: English title Original title Director(s) Production country A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love A E I O U - Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe Nicolette Krebitz Germany, FranceAlcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy Before, Now & ThenNana Kamila Andini Indonesia Both Sides of the BladeAvec amour et acharnement Claire Denis FranceCall Jane Phyllis Nagy United StatesEverything Will Be Ok Rithy Panh France, CambodiaLeonora addio Paolo Taviani Italy The LineLa ligne Ursula Meier Switzerland, France, Belgium The Novelist's Film소설가의 영화 Hong Sang-soo South Korea One Year, One NightUn año, una noche Isaki Lacuesta Spain, France The Passengers of the NightLes passagers de la nuit Mikhaël Hers FrancePeter von Kant François Ozon France A Piece of SkyDrii Winter Michael Koch Switzerland, Germany Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. BushRabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush Andreas Dresen Germany, France Return to Dust隐入尘烟 Li Ruijun ChinaRimini Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, GermanyRobe of GemsManto de gemas Natalia López Gallardo Mexico, Argentina, United States That Kind of SummerUn été comme ça Denis Côté Canada

Berlinale Special The following films were selected to receive special screenings:

English title Original title Director(s) Production countryBerlinale Special Gala Against the Ice Peter Flinth Iceland, United States, Denmark About Joan À propos de Joan Laurent Larivière France, Germany, IrelandDark Glasses Occhiali neri Dario Argento Italy, FranceThe Forger Der Passfälscher Maggie Peren Germany, Luxembourg Gangubai Kathiawadi Sanjay Leela Bhansali India Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde United Kingdom Incredible but TrueIncroyable mais vrai Quentin Dupieux France, BelgiumThe Outfit Graham Moore United StatesBerlinale Special 1341 Frames of Love and War 1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am Ran Tal Israel, United Kingdom, United States A German Party Eine deutsche Partei Simon Brückner Germany Heart of Oak Le chêne , Michel Seydoux France Nest Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland Nothing Lasts Forever Jason Kohn United States North Terminal Terminal norte Lucrecia Martel Argentina This Much I Know to Be True Andrew Dominik United Kingdom

Short Films Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Agrilogistics Gerard Ortín Castellví United Kingdom, Spain Memories from the Eastern FrontAmintiri de pe Frontul de Est Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă Romania It’s Raining Frogs OutsideAmpangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol Maria Estela Paiso Philippines Bird in the Peninsula Atsushi Wada France, Japan By Flávio Pedro Cabeleira Portugal / France HauloutВыход Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev United Kingdom, Russian Federation Sunday MorningManhã de Domingo Bruno Ribeiro Brazil The Sower of StarsEl sembrador de estrellas Lois Patiño Spain Trap Anastasia Veber Russian Federation, Lithuania Will My Parents Come to See Me Mo Harawe Germany, Austria, Somalia

Encounters The following films were selected for the Encounters section: English title Original title Director(s) Production country American Journal Journal d'Amérique Arnaud des Pallières France Axiom Jöns Jönsson Germany Brother in Every Inch Brat vo vsyom Alexander Zolotukhin Russia The City and the City I Poli ke i Poli Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas Greece Coma Bertrand Bonello France The Death of My Mother Zum Tod meiner Mutter Jessica Krummacher Germany Father's Day Kivu Ruhorahoza Rwanda Flux Gourmet Peter Strickland United Kingdom, United States, Hungary A Little Love Package Gastón Solnicki Austria, Argentina Mutzenbacher Ruth Beckermann Austria Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada See You Friday, Robinson À vendredi, Robinson Mitra Farahani France, Switzerland, Iran, Lebanon Small, Slow But Steady ケイコ 目を澄ませて Shô Miyake Japan Sonne Kurdwin Ayub Austria UnrestUnrueh Cyril Schäublin Switzerland

Panorama The following films were selected for the Panorama section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Love, Deutschmarks and Death Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm Cem Kaya Germany Talking About the Weather Alle reden übers Wetter Annika Pinske Germany Bettina Lutz Pehnert Germany The Apartment with Two Women 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 Kim Se-in South Korea Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Nina Menkes United States Happiness Baqyt Askar Uzabayev Kazakhstan Beautiful Beings Berdreymi Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic Swing Ride Calcinculo Chiara Bellosi Italy, Switzerland Dreaming Walls Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier Belgium, France, United States, Netherlands, Sweden Northern Skies Over Empty Space El norte sobre el vacío Alejandra Márquez Abella Mexico Klondike Maryna Er Gorbach Ukraine, Turkey A Love Song Max Walker-Silverman United States Somewhere Over the Chemtrails Kdyby radši hořelo Adam Koloman Rybanský Czech Republic Lullaby Cinco lobitos Alauda Ruiz de Azúa Spain Myanmar Diaries The Myanmar Film Collective Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway Into My Name Nel Mio Nome Nicolò Bassetti Italy Nelly & Nadine Magnus Gertten Sweden No U-Turn Ike Nnaebue Nigeria, South Africa, France, Germany Una Femmina: The Code of SilenceUna femmina Francesco Costabile ItalyWe, Students! Nous, Étudiants ! Rafiki Fariala Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia Working Class Heroes Heroji radničke klase Miloš Pušić Serbia Until Tomorrow Ta Farda Ali Asgari Iran, France, Qatar Taurus Tim Sutton United States Nobody's Hero Viens je t'emmène Alain Guiraudie France

Perspektive Deutsches Kino The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryEcho Mareike Wegener Germany Forces Gewalten Constantin Hatz Ladies Only Rebana Liz John Germany, India

Forum The following films were selected for the Forum section:"Berlin 2022: Screen’s guide to the Special, Forum and Generation titles" . Screen Daily, 9 February 2022.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country Afterwater Dane Komljen Germany, Spain, South Korea, Serbia Beirut the Encounter Beirut al lika Borhane Alaouié Lebanon, Tunisia, Belgium Camouflage Camuflaje Jonathan Perel Argentina Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Komm mit mir in das Cinema – Die Gregors Alice Agneskirchner Germany Dry Ground Burning Mato seco em chamas Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta Brazil, Portugal Europe Place de l'Europe Philip Scheffner Germany, France Der schöne Tag Thomas Arslan Germany For the Many: The Vienna Chamber of Labour Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien Constantin Wulff Austria A Flower in the Mouth Une Fleur à la bouche Éric Baudelaire France, Germany, South Korea Geographies of Solitude Jacquelyn Mills Canada Happer's Comet Tyler Taormina United States Hot in Day, Cold at Night Najeneun deopgo bameneun chupgo Park Song-yeol South Korea Jet Lag Zheng Lu Xinyuan Switzerland, Austria The Kegelstatt Trio O trio em mi bemol Rita Azevedo Gomes Portugal, Spain Memoryland Miền ký ức Kim Quy Bui Vietnam, Germany The Middle Ages La edad media Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña Argentina My Tongue Does Not Turn Dilim dönmüyor (Meine Zunge dreht sich nicht) Serpil Turhan Germany My Two Voices Mis dos voces Lina Rodriguez Canada Nuclear Family Erin Wilkerson, Travis Wilkerson United States, Singapore Rewind & Play Alain Gomis France, Germany Poet Akyn Darezhan Omirbaev Kazakhstan Scala Ananta Thitanat Thailand Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? Bashtaalak sa'at Mohammad Shawky Hassan Egypt, Lebanon, Germany The State and Me L'État et moi Max Linz Germany Striking Land Terra que marca Raul Domingues Portugal Super Natural Jorge Jácome Portugal This House Cette maison Miryam Charles Canada Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter Três Tigres Tristes Gustavo Vinagre Brazil The United States of America James Benning United States The Veteran El veterano Jerónimo Rodríguez Chile We Haven't Lost Our Way Nie zgubiliśmy drogi Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal Poland West Indies West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la Liberté Med Hondo France, Algeria, Mauritania

Generation The following films were chosen for the Generation section: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryFeature films Rookies Allons Enfants Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai FranceBeba Rebeca Huntt United States, Mexico The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin Colm Bairéad IrelandComedy Queen Sanna Lenken SwedenKind Hearts Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes BelgiumKnor Oink Mascha Halberstad NetherlandsMillie Lies Low Michelle Savill New ZealandMy Father’s Truck Mascha Mauricio Osaki Vietnam, United StatesSublime Mariano Biasin ArgentinaGirl Picture Tytöt tytöt tytöt Alli Haapasalo FinlandShort filmsAn Invisible ApprenticeUna Aprendiz InvisibleEmilia HerbstArgentinaGoodbye Jerome!Au revoir JérômeAdam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé FarrFranceBlue NoiseBlaues RauschenSimon Maria KubienaGermany, AustriaDeerGavaznHadi BabaeifarIranI’m Not Afraid!Ich habe keine Angst!Marita MayerGermany, NorwayNothing to See HereNada para ver aquiNicolas BouchezPortugal, Belgium, HungarySpotlessVlekkeloosEmma BranderhorstNetherlands

Generation Kplus

English title Original title Director(s) Production countryFeature Films The Hill of Secrets Bimileui eondeok Lee Ji-eun South Korea Waters of Pastaza Juunt Pastaza entsari Inês T. Alves PortugalMoja Vesna Sara Kern Slovenia, AustraliaMy Small Land Emma Kawawada JapanShabu Shamira Raphaëla Netherlands The Realm of God El reino de dios Claudia Sainte-Luce Mexico The Apple Day Rooz-e sib Mahmoud Ghaffari IranShort Films Alma and Paz Alma y Paz Cris Gris Mexico, United States Luce and the Rock Luce und der Felsen Britt Raes Belgium, France, Netherlands To Vancouver Vancouver Artemis Anastasiadou Greece

Generation 14plus