The #Berlinale has long been committed to the diversity of documentary forms. A distinct award for the best documentary film was launched in 2017. In total, 18 documentary forms from across the 2022 Berlinale programme are nominated.
A three-member jury will pick the winner. The jury consists of Chinese filmmaker #Wang Bing#, Lebanese sound designer and filmmaker #Rana Eid#, and German cinematographer #Susanne Schüle#. The award will be presented during the official Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 16, 2022.
The 2022 Berinale documentary competition
- Eine deutsche Partei (A German Party) (dir. Simon Brückner) – Germany
- À vendredi, Robinson (See You Friday, Robinson) (dir. Mitra Farahani) – France, Swizterland, Iran
- Journal d’Amérique (American Journal) (dir. Arnaud des Pallières) – France
- Mutzenbacher (dir. Ruth Beckermann) – Austria
- Dreaming Walls (dir. Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier) – Belgium. France, USA, Netherlands, Sweden
- Myanmar Diaries (dir. The Myanmar Film Collective) – Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway
- Nelly & Nadine (dir. Magnus Gertten) – Sweden, Belgium, France
- Nel mio nome (Into My Name) (dir. Nicolò Bassetti) – Italy
- No U-Turn (dir. Ike Nnaebue) – Nigeria, South Africa, France, Germany
- Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien (For the Many – The Vienna Chamber of Labour) (dir. Constantin Wulff) – Austria
- Geographies of Solitude (dir. Jacquelyn Mills) – Canada
- Mis dos voces (My Two Voices) (dir. Lina Rodriguez) – Canada
- Scala (dir. Ananta Thitanat) – Thailand
- Terra que marca (Striking Land) (dir. Raul Domingues) – Portugal
- The United States of America (dir. James Benning) – USA
- Terykony (Boney Piles) (dir. Taras Tomenko) – Ukraine
- Alis (dir Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck) – Colombia, Chile, Romania
- Kind Hearts (dir. Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes) – Belgium
