Under Berlin Film Festival (UBFF) 2026 | Programme #3

13.11., 21:15 Uhr

A Perfect Maryam

Iran / United States, 2025, 13 min, Dir.: Solmaz Etemadzadeh, Ara Torosian

When Maryam defies her father’s rules, her younger sister Mina watches closely. In a home built on shame and appearances, Mina’s final act of rebellion reveals both her wound and her strength.

The Travelers

Cameroon / Spain, 2025, 60 min, Dir.: David Bingong

On the border between Morocco and Spain, we wait impatiently for the “boza” — to cross to Europe. One failed attempt after another, we survive, and I, the “Artist”, must keep the flame of hope alive for the whole group. A camera and a couple of songs: that is how we made this film.

Under Berlin Film Festival (UBFF) 2026 | 12–14 November

From 12 to 14 November, Under Berlin Film Festival will return for a new edition as the Berlin node of the Transterritorial Underground Film Festival.

For the past five years, the Berlin edition has been sustained as an independent, non-profit initiative, dedicated to creating space for films, filmmakers and stories that rarely find a place within commercial circuits.

The 2026 programme brings together 16 films from 15 countries — Argentina, Austria, Cameroon, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, United States and Uruguay — presented across different programmes that bring diverse geographies, languages and sensibilities into dialogue.

This year, the selection focuses particularly on grief, binarity and human experiences that often remain outside the centre of the narrative. Stories of the invisible, approached from a range of intimate, social and cultural perspectives. All films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles. After the screenings, the gathering will continue in the same space with conversation, bread and a toast shared by audiences, filmmakers and guests.

Under Berlin Film Festival sees cinema as an experience that does not end on the screen. Each edition aims to create a space for exchange in which films become a starting point for reflection, conversation and encounters between different perspectives. The festival also encourages connections with other disciplines and with the spaces that host it, making context and audience participation part of the experience.

More information: IG: @underberlinfilmfestival

Artistic Direction and General Production: Peri Azar / Bies Culture (Spain)

Production: Transterritorial Underground Film Festival (Argentina)

Programming: Peri Azar / Tiff Cantoral

Technical Coordination: Sofía Fontenla

Social Media: Tiff Cantoral

Visuals: Randolfo Camarotto

Interpretation: Lara Ziemann