Blake Williams is joined by critics Zachary Lewis, Daniel Kasman, Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal, Maja Korbecka, Beatrice Loayza, and Jordan Cronk to discuss some highlights from the first weekend of the 2026 Berlinale, including:

- Alain Gomis's Dao
- Nicolás Pereda's Everything Else Is Noise
- Xu Zao's Light Pillar
- Markus Schleinzer's Rose
- Kai Stänicke's Trial of Hein