The 71st #Berlinale will take place across two sessions in the still pandemic hit year of 2021. First, from 1 to 5 March, the industry portion will take place. Then, from 9 to 20 June, a wider public programme will be presented. Across this week, Berlinale has been gradually announcing its selected titles and with today’s competition films, it is time to look at all the documentaries featuring at the 2021 event.

Berlinale Special Programme

• Courage (dir. Aliaksei Paluyan) – Germany
• Per Lucio (For Lucio) (dir. Pietro Marcello) – Italy
• Tina (dir. Dan Lindsay, T. J. Martin) – USA
• Wer wir waren (Who We Were) (dir. Marc Bauder) – Germany

Competiton

• Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr Bachmann and His Class) (dir. Maria Spoeth) – Germany
• Una Película de Policías (A Cop Movie) (dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios) – Mexico

Encounters

• As I Want (dir Samaher Alqadi) – Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine
• Nous (We) (dir. Alice Diop) – France
• Rock Bottom Riser (dir. Fern Silva) – USA

Forum

• À pas aveugles (From Where They Stood) (dir.Christophe Cognet) – France, Germany
• Anmaßung (Anamnesis) (dir. Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe) – Germany
• Doch rybaka (Tzarevna Scaling) (dir. Uldus Bakhtiozina) – Russian Federation
• Esquí (Ski) (dir. Manque La Banca) – Argentina, Brazil
• The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (dir. Avi Mograbi) – France, Finland, Israel, Germany
• Garderie nocturne (Night Nursery) (dir. Moumouni Sanou) – Burkina Faso, France, Germany
• The Inheritance (dir. Ephraim Asili) – USA
• Jai jumlong (Come Here) (dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong) – Thailand
• Juste un mouvement (Just A Movement) (dir. Vincent Meessen) – Belgium, France
• Mbah Jhiwo (Ancient Soul) (dir. Alvaro Gurrea) – Spain
• No táxi do Jack (Jack’s Ride) (dir. Susana Nobre) – Portugal
• Qué será del verano (What Will Summer Bring) (dir. Ignacio Ceroi) – Argentina
• A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (dir. Shengze Zhu) – USA
• Sichuan hao nuren (The Good Woman of Sichuan) (dir. Sabrina Zhao) – Canada
• Ste. Anne (dir. Rhayne Vermette) – Canada
• Taming the Garden (dir. Salomé Jashi) – Switzerland, Germany, Georgia
• La veduta luminosa (The Luminous View) (dir. Fabrizio Ferraro) – Italy, Spain

Generation (Kplus + 14plus)

• Last Days at Sea (dir Venice Atienza) – Philippines, Taiwan
• From the Wild Sea (dir. Robin Petré) – Denmark

Panorama

• Dirty Feathers (dir. Carlos Alfonso Corral) – USA, Mexico
• Genderation (dir. Monika Treut) – Germany
• Miguel’s War (dir. Eliane Raheb) – Lebanon, Germany, Spain
• North By Current (dir. Angelo Madsen Minax) – USA
• A Última Floresta (The Last Forest) (dir. Luiz Bolognesi) – Brazil
• Yuko No Tenbin (A Balance) (dir. Yujiro Harumoto) – Japan