Berlinale 2025 unveils line-up; new Robert Pattinson, Jessica Chastain, Jacob Elordi, Richard Linklater films amongst them

The 75th Berlin Film Festival has today announced its full line-up of films to be part of the prestigious film festival this year, with more potentially still to be announced. (via Deadline)

The international competition comprises of 19 films, which include new films Blue Moon, the latest from Richard Linklater starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott; Dreams, starring Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain in her latest team-up with director Michel Franco (Memory);  Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk starring Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps and more.

They join the already announced debuts of Bong-Joon Ho’s anticipated Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson; and The Narrow Road of the Deep North starring Jacob Elordi, directed by Justin Kurzel (The Order). The festival will also the German debut of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.

You can read the full line-up below – the festival runs from February 13th until the 23rd.

Competition Films

Ari by Léonor Serraille | with Andranic Manet, Pascal Rénéric, Théo Delezenne, Ryad Ferrad, Eva Lallier Juan France / Belgium 2025 World premiere

Blue Moon by Richard Linklater | with Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott USA / Ireland 2025 World premiere

La cache (The Safe House) by Lionel Baier | with Dominique Reymond, Michel Blanc, William Lebghil, Aurélien Gabrielli, Liliane Rovère Switzerland / Luxembourg / France 2025 World premiere

Dreams by Michel Franco | with Jessica Chastain, Isaac Hernández, Rupert Friend, Marshall Bell Mexico 2025 World premiere

Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud | with Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Ane Dahl Torp, Anne Marit Jacobsen Norway 2024 International premiere

Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani (What Does that Nature Say to You) by Hong Sangsoo | with Ha Seongguk, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Kang Soyi South Korea 2025 World premiere

Hot Milk by Rebecca Lenkiewicz | with Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez United Kingdom 2025 World premiere | Debut film

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You by Mary Bronstein | with Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Ivy Wolk USA 2024 International premiere

Kontinental ’25 by Radu Jude | with Eszter Tompa, Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanța Romania 2025 World premiere

El mensaje (The Message) by Iván Fund | with Mara Bestelli, Marcelo Subiotto, Anika Bootz, Betania Cappato Argentina / Spain 2025 World premiere

Mother’s Baby by Johanna Moder | with Marie Leuenberger, Hans Löw, Claes Bang, Julia Franz Richter Austria / Switzerland / Germany 2025 World premiere

Reflet dans un diamant mort (Reflection in a Dead Diamond) by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani | with Fabio Testi, Yannick Renier, Koen De Bouw, Maria de Medeiros, Thi Mai Nguyen Belgium / Luxembourg / Italy / France 2025

Sheng xi zhi di (Living the Land) By Huo Meng │with Wang Shang, Zhang Chuwen, Zhang Yanrong, Zhang Caixia, Cao Lingzhi People’s Republic of China 2025 World premiere

Strichka chasu (Timestamp) by Kateryna Gornostai | with Olha Bryhynets, Borys Khovriak, Mykola Kolomiiets Ukraine / Luxembourg / Netherlands / France 2025 World premiere | Documentary form

La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower) by Lucile Hadžihalilović | with Marion Cotillard, Clara Pacini, August Diehl, Gaspar Noé France / Germany 2025 World premiere

O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro | with Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socorrás, Adanilo Brazil / Mexico / Chile / Netherlands 2025 World premiere

Was Marielle weiß (What Marielle Knows) by Frédéric Hambalek | with Julia Jentsch, Felix Kramer, Laeni Geiseler, Mehmet Ateşçi, Moritz Treuenfels Germany 2025 World premiere

Xiang fei de nv hai (Girls on Wire) by Vivian Qu | with Liu Haocun, Wen Qi, Zhang Youhao People’s Republic of China 2025 World premiere

Yunan by Ameer Fakher Eldin | with Georges Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Ali Suliman, Sibel Kekilli, Tom Wlaschiha Germany / Canada / Italy / Palestine / Qatar / Jordan / Saudi Arabia 2025 World premiere

Berlinale Special Gala

After This Death by Lucio Castro | with Mia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Gwendoline Christie, Philip Ettinger USA 2025 World premiere

A Complete Unknown (Like A Complete Unknown) by James Mangold | with Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook USA 2024 German premiere

Lurker by Alex Russell | with Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Zach Fox, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic USA / Italy 2025 International premiere | Debut film

Das Deutsche Volk by Marcin Wierzchowski Germany 2025 World premiere | Documentary form

Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce.) by Burhan Qurbani | with Kenda Hmeidan, Verena Altenberger, Hiam Abbass, Mona Zarreh Hoshyari Khah, Mehdi Nebbou Germany / Poland / France 2025 World premiere

Leibniz – Chronik eines verschollenen Bildes (Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting) by Edgar Reitz, Anatol Schuster | with Edgar Selge, Aenne Schwarz, Michael Kranz, Lars Eidinger, Barbara Sukowa Germany 2025 World premiere

Michtav Le’David (A Letter to David) by Tom Shoval | with David Cunio, Eitan Cunio, Sharon Aloni-Cunio, Silvia Cunio, Luis Cunio Israel / USA 2025 World premiere | Documentary form

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow by Julia Loktev | with Anna Nemzer, Elena Kostyuchenko, Ksenia Mironova, Sonya Groysman, Alesya Marokhovskaya USA 2024 International premiere | Documentary form

Perspectives Films

Baksho Bondi (Shadowbox) by Tanushree Das, Saumyananda Sahi | with Tillotama Shome, Chandan Bisht, Sayan Karmakar, Suman Saha India / France / USA / Spain 2025 World premiere

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions by Kahlil Joseph | with Kaneza Schaal, Hope Giselle, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Funmilayo Akechukwu, Peter Hernandez USA 2025 International premiere | Debut film

Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still) by Liryc Dela Cruz | with Jenny Llanto Caringal, Tess Magallanes, Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr. Italy / Philippines 2025 World premiere

El Diablo Fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja) (The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)) by Ernesto Martinez Bucio | with Mariapau Bravo Aviña, Rafael Nieto Martínez, Regina Alejandra, Donovan Said, Laura Uribe Rojas Mexico 2025 World premiere | Debut film

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World by Florian Pochlatko | with Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Elke Winkens, Cornelius Obonya, Felix Pöchhacker, David Scheid Austria 2025 World premiere | Debut film

Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls) by Urška Djukić | with Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Saša Tabaković, Nataša Burger, Staša Popović Slovenia / Italy / Croatia / Serbia 2025 World premiere | Debut film

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) by Joel Alfonso Vargas | with Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro USA 2025 International premiere | Debut film

Mit der Faust in die Welt schlagen (Punching the World) by Constanze Klaue | with Anton Franke, Camille Moltzen, Anja Schneider, Christian Näthe, Johannes Scheidweiler Germany 2025 World premiere | Debut film

Al Mosta’mera (The Settlement) by Mohamed Rashad | with Adham Shoukry, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, Emad Ghoneim Egypt / France / Germany / Saudi Arabia / Qatar 2025 World premiere

On vous croit (We believe you) by Arnaud Dufeys, Charlotte Devillers | with Myriem Akheddiou, Laurent Capelluto, Natali Broods, Ulysse Goffin, Adèle Pinckaers Belgium 2025 World premiere

Le rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris) by Valentine Cadic | with Blandine Madec, India Hair, Arcadi Radeff, Matthias Jacquin, Lou Deleuze France 2025 World premiere | Debut film