Patrons and guests of the festival From the very beginning – since 2026 – the AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS festival program has traditionally been presented by personalities from the film and cultural scene. For this anniversary year, the following have been secured as patrons: actors Bibiana Beglau (“No Hit Wonder”), Pegah Ferydoni (“Feste & Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!”), Luisa-Céline Gaffron (“How to Be Normal”), Louis Hofmann (“Frisch”), Katharina Stark (“Franz K.”, “Nürnb

For the fifth time, the Berlin world cinema festival AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS will present the "BASIS Berlin Postproduction Award," selected by a jury. This year's jurors are actress Melika Foroutan, film director and screenwriter Angelina Maccarone, and film director and screenwriter Sophie Linnenbaum. The award recognizes the best directorial achievement in a film from the "14 Films" section and will be presented at the festival's closing ceremony on Saturday, December

The World Cinema Festival extends its heartfelt thanks to all partners and supporters. They made the 20th edition of the festival possible. AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS 2006–2025: For the 20th time, the independent Berlin film festival AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS presents cinematic highlights of contemporary world cinema from November 28 to December 6, 2025, at the Kino in der Kulturbrauerei, as well as the delphi LUX and Neues Off cinemas. The festival thanks all partners a