Matthew Joseph Jenner finds a poignant meditation on life, memory, and loneliness in Sebastian Brameshuber's LONDON, a powerful existential odyssey about finding salvation on the open road #Berlinale

John Lynn chases dreams in Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas Vignale's THE RIVER TRAIN, A highly artistic first film that pushes cinematic boundaries and puts its directors on the map #Berlinale

Abby Laing sees a central performance that makes Adrian Goiginger's FOUR MINUS THREE it a moving portrayal of grappling through life after a great loss, even if the film doesn’t tread any new ground in the grief subgenre #Berlinale

Morris Yang does not take center stage in Ana Urushadze's SUPPORTING ROLE, a tale of ceaseless regeneration and metamorphosis that rides an idiosyncratic but charming enough wavelength #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/r3iWmXN

Matthew Joseph Jenner contemplates the nature of humanity in Janaína Marques' I BUILT A ROCKET IMAGINING YOUR ARRIVAL, a unique and challenging work that both entices and bewilders in equal measure #Berlinale buff.ly/F3TUaMk

E. Nina Rothe stands firmly in the thick Flemish clay in Anke Blondé's DUST, an unorthodox grand film with a soul all of its own #Berlinale

E. Nina Rothe implores you to watch Faraz Shariat's PROSECUTION, a tense and beautiful story that stays with the viewer long after the film has finished screening #Berlinale

Morris Yang sees the motions but not the charisma of wuxia in Shao Pan's NANGONG CHENG, a film that progressively struggles to justify its artificially engineered dictum of moral restraint #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/WTbbwEo

John Lynn sees a filmmaker willing to take formal risks and upend cinematic conventions in André Novais Oliveira's IF I WERE ALIVE, a film grounded in everyday Brazilian life and Afro-Brazilian culture #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst finds himself in the middle of a custody battle in Mees Peijnenburg's A FAMILY, and sees two fantastic young actors navigate the inner turmoil of their characters as victims of this tug-of-war #Berlinale buff.ly/HIHZKs2

John Lynn examines how identity, politics, and love can coexist on screen in Ian de la Rosa's IVÁN & HADOUM, in which de la Rosa establishes himself as a director deeply attentive to how identity shapes life #Berlinale buff.ly/sYs6pHu

Marc van de Klashorst is delighted by Xu Zao's debut feature LIGHT PILLAR, a delightful, small animated drama about loneliness and the perils of the online world #Berlinale

Cédric Succivalli navigates the minefield of a friendship under pressure in Fernanda Tovar's SAD GIRLZ, a timely and harrowing story of a bond that is fractured but not destroyed #Berlinale

John Lynn works his socks off in Kilian Armando Friedrich's I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE, in which Friedrich introduces himself as an important new voice in realist and contemporary European cinema #Berlinale buff.ly/2dzcVUF

E. Nina Rothe is in the Swiss Alps for Dominik Locher's ENJOY YOUR STAY, an entertaining, beautifully shot and wonderfully acted film that perhaps lacks nuances in its telling of a tale of abused women #Berlinale

Matthew Joseph Jenner delves into Chilean history in Juan Pablo Sallato's THE RED HANGAR, a fascinating and disconcerting morality tale about a man who believes that violence is necessary #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst finds himself in a Mexican forest in Joaquin del Paso's migrant drama THE GARDEN WE DREAMED, a film of visual and especially aural splendor that needed a little more surprise #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst sees tradition and modern life clash in Leyla Bouzid's queer drama À VOIX BASSE, a perfect marriage between a story with a relevant social message and the work of somebody who remembers she is working in a visual medium #Berlinale

E Nina Rothe sees a fantastic Hiam Abbass in Danielle Arbid's ONLY REBELS WIN, a film that is an easy watch, with many courageous cinematic moves #Berlinale

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It's done! The 23rd ICS Awards winners have been announced, and The Secret Agent did really well! Read all winners, runners-up, and nominees in this article: buff.ly/8Joz7Da

The ballots are cast, the winners are known! Join us tomorrow at 19:00 CET on our social media for the unveiling of the winners of the 23rd ICS Awards.

Marc van de Klashorst believes in cinema again after seeing Carlos Casas' KRAKATOA, a sensory experience that anybody who sees it is unlikely to forget #IFFR2026 #IFFR

Ali Benzekri observes an unconventional love story in Łukasz Ronduda's TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL, a film that recognizes that vulnerability is not a singular moment of breakthrough, but a practice #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/kPbW0qd

Marc van de Klashorst finds an unexpected tenderness in Welf Reinhart's A FADING MAN, an open and gentle portrait of dementia with an infectious warmth #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/rd6AXpX