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Announcements, milestones and honest notes as the Founding Edition takes shape.

10 August 2026
Official Selection Is Here
75 films, selected from more than 600 submissions across dozens of countries — the Official Selection for BIUFF's Founding Edition is now live.
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20 July 2026
The Shape of the Berlin Experience
600+ films, dozens of countries — the final First Edition list is announced August 10.
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4 June 2026
A New Chapter, A New Channel
FilmFreeway is behind us. What comes next runs through Festhome and BIUFF itself.
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27 May 2026
The Selection Continues
To every filmmaker who sent us a film and heard nothing back — you were not forgotten.
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20 May 2026
Building What Comes Next
The inaugural edition of BIUFF is being rebuilt from the ground up. Here is where we stand — and where we're going.
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