D’Ansembourg graduated from the London Film School with the short Good Night (2012) that was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013. Her most recent short film Fuck-a-Fan* (2024), which premiered at Tribeca Festival, was also produced by Isabella Films and continued her exploration into the world of adult entertainment.

Mees Peijnenburg’s second feature film A Family** will celebrate it‘s world premiere in the Generation 14plus competition. The film is produced by Juliet at Pupkin (NL) and The Reunion (BE) and international sales are handled by Paradise City Sales. The film follows teenagers Eli and Nina who are trying, each in their own way, to keep their heads above water while their parents’ marriage dissolves into a messy divorce. Peijnenburg’s first feature, Paradise Drifters**, screened at the Berlinale in Generation 14plus in 2020. His short films Even Cowboys Get to Cry and Un creux dans mon coeur* both premiered in Generation 14plus, respectively in 2014 and in 2015.

The Berlinale Shorts competition includes Zuza Banasińska’s Kontrewers*. Banasińska returns to the Berlinale with the experimental short that they also co-produced together with Polish ALE ALE and French Vents Contraires. It tells the story of the ghost of a possessed girl that, trapped for centuries within a stone, encounters the director’s 102-year-old grandmother. Video Power is on board for festival distribution and sales for Kontrewers. The selection follows the success of Grandmamauntistercat*, which won the Teddy Award at the 74th Berlinale and was shortlisted for the European Film Awards 2026.

The Berlinale line-up also features several Dutch minority co-productions:

• Competition: Salvation (Kurtuluş)** by Emin Alper, co-produced by Circe Films
• Special Gala: Heysel 85** by Teodora Ana Mihai, co-produced by Topkapi Films
• Perspectives: Filipiñana by Rafael Manuel, co-produced by Naomi Pacifique
• Generation 14plus : Four Girls (Quatro Meninas)* by Karen Suzane, co-produced by PRPL
• generation Kplus: Everyone Is Sorry Nowadays (Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry)** by Frederike Migom, co-produced by Juliet at Pupkin
• Panorama: Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest* by Viv Li, co-produced by 100%
• Forum Expanded: Uchronia by Fil Ieropoulos, co-produced by Grom

The Netherlands is also represented at the Berlinale Co-production Market. Dutch drama series project Jomanda! is selected for Co-Pro Series to be pitched and meet with co-production and financing partners. The project is written by Thomas van der Ree, to be directed by Joram Lürsen and produced by Lemming Film.

Berlinale Talents
From 13 to 18 February 2026, Berlinale Talents will welcome 200 filmmakers to Berlin for a dynamic programme of talks, workshops, and public discussions under the theme “Creating (and) Confusion – Cinema, Chaos and the Power of Discomfort.” Dutch filmmakers Stijn Bouma (The Hunt for Meral Ö*, 2024; Regained Memory, 2018) and Emma Branderhorst (Spotless, 2018; (My Mother and I*, 2023) are among the selected participants.

Shooting Star
Dutch actor Joes Brauers is selected for European Shooting Stars 2026. He is one of ten emerging acting talents chosen by an international jury to take part in the prestigious program organized annually during the Berlinale by European Film Promotion.

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*film supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
**supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and Netherlands Production Incentive