The 74th Berlin Film Festival’s international jury, led by Lupita Nyong’o, includes filmmakers Christian Petzold and Ann Hui. Additional members are actor-producer-director Brady Corbet, filmmaker Albert Serra, actor-director Jasmine Trinca, and writer Oksana Zabuzhko. The Encounters strand jury comprises filmmakers Lisandro Alonso, Denis Côté, and Tizza Covi.
The Berlinale Shorts competition jury consists of director and screenwriter Ilker Çatak, sound artist and researcher Xabier Erkizia, and director, screenwriter, video artist, and lecturer Jennifer Reeder. Meanwhile, the Generation strand jury is composed of filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, actor Banafshe Hourmazdi, and director Ira Sachs.
The jury for the best first feature award includes filmmaker Eliza Hittman, film curator and writer Andréa Picard, and producer Katrin Pors. The Berlinale Documentary Award jury includes multihyphenate Abbas Fahdel and directors Thomas Heise and Véréna Paravel.
Two world premieres, “Wo tu” by Wang Xiaoshuai and “Kai Shi De Qiang” by Qu Youjia, have been added to the Generation program. Additionally, speakers at the Berlinale Talents initiative include Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg, Peaches, Abderrahmane Sissako, Tsai Ming-liang, and Mati Diop.
