Latest Events in Berlin(December Updated)

The Berlin International Film Festival, officially known as the Berlin Film Festival, is one of the world's most prestigious film festivals. Every year, it attracts thousands of filmmakers, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts from around the world. The Berlin Film Festival offers a diverse program that celebrates the art of cinema through artistic exploration, cultural dialogue, and star-studded events. The history of the Berlin Film Festival is as fascinating as the films it screens. Founded in 1951 during the Cold War, the festival was initially conceived as a "platform for the free world" in divided Berlin. Over the decades, it has evolved into one of the world's most politically engaged film festivals, reflecting the city's complex history and its role as a cultural crossroads. The 76th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 12th to 22nd, 2026.

8 November 2024 – The calendar for the 2025-26 season has been set. As revealed in the schedule adopted by the Executive Committees of the German Football Association (DFB) and DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, the opening match of the Bundesliga will take place on 22 August 2025, while Bundesliga 2 will kick off three weeks earlier, on 1 August 2025. After Matchday 15 in the Bundesliga and Matchday 17 in Bundesliga 2 (19–21 December 2025), both leagues will pause for the winter break. Matches will resume in the Bundesliga on 9 January 2026 and in Bundesliga 2 one week later, on 16 January 2026. Matchday 34 – the final day of the Bundesliga season – is scheduled for Saturday, 16 May 2026. Matchday 34 of Bundesliga 2 will take place one day later, on 17 May 2026. The GermanSupercup, which pits the reigning Bundesliga champions against the DFB-Pokal winners from the previous season, is scheduled for Saturday, 16 August 2025. The first round of the 2024-25 DFB-Pokal will begin on the same weekend (15–18 August 2025). The DFB-Pokal matches featuring the two Supercup participants have been scheduled for 26 and 27 August 2025. The DFB-Pokal final will be held on Saturday, 23 May 2026, at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.

The Berlin Christmas Market will be held from November 7th to December 28th, 2025. The Berlin Winter Fantasy Festival invites you to experience the Christmas spirit for the second time. Enjoy delicious food and thrilling rides during the Christmas season. At the Winter Fantasy Park in Treptow-Kerpernik, over 60 rides await visitors. The most eye-catching is the 85-meter-high freefall tower. Many other attractions also await you at higher altitudes. You can ride the Ferris wheel for panoramic views of the Christmas celebrations, experience breathtaking thrills on roller coasters, enjoy bumper cars with your family, or have a blast on the many thrilling carousels. There are also a variety of skill games and entertainment, as well as a rich array of music, performances, and fireworks displays. In addition, visitors can sample a variety of sweet and savory specialties, from crepes and churros to corn dogs, fried bread, and garlic bread.

Monira Al Qadiri (*1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Recent shows include solo exhibitions at UCCA Dune, China (2023); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2023); the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (2022); Blaffer Art Museum, Texas, USA (2022); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2020); Kunstverein Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany (2019); The CIRCL Pavilion, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2018); Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (2017) and Gasworks, London, UK (2017); amongst others. In 2022, Al Qadiri was featured in the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition “The Milk of Dreams.” She is based in Berlin.

Catch TWICE《THIS IS FOR》WORLD TOUR IN BERLIN at Uber Arena on May 23, 2026. Witness the group’s incredible live performance and connection with fans. Don’t miss this unforgettable event—book your tickets now.

LAS Art Foundation is pleased to present Pollinator Pathmaker, a living artwork and participatory project conceived by artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. This impactful initiative in interspecies art uses algorithmic technology to generate planting schemes for gardens, computed to support the greatest diversity of pollinating insects possible. It signals a shift toward the post-anthropocentric thinking necessary to face the current climate and biodiversity crises, and toward the non-human aesthetics and experimental formats that pave the way. Ambitious and future-minded, it is exemplary of how art can act as a driver for change, and offer new perspectives on our shared planet. Growing in the forecourt of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the LAS- commissioned garden will be the first edition outside of the UK. LAS has committed to amplifying Pollinator Pathmaker’s impact by undertaking an extensive public campaign, which calls upon local communities, hobby gardeners and activists to get involved in pollinator protection by planting their own version of the artwork – what the artist refers to as DIY Editions – via Ginsberg’s free online tool: www.pollinator.art. Responding to the alarming decline in pollinator populations in recent decades, Ginsberg has worked with horticulturalists, pollinator experts and an AI scientist to devise an algorithmic tool that designs bespoke gardens for pollinating insects. Supported by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the LAS Edition will be customised for Continental Europe, and will feature more than 7,000 plants of 80 different varieties, planted over a 722-square-metre plot.

The exhibition examines the transformative potential of public art and explores the methods and motivations behind such works, as well as their social impact.

Sarah Oh-Mock and Bongjun Oh are an artist couple who have repeatedly collaborated on artistic projects over the past ten years. The exhibition “beyond tongues” presents these collaborative works in the form of an archive through which visitors can move. This immersive installation includes objects, photographs, and video works arranged in chronological order and shaped by influences from a variety of places. These influences are reflected in the works and are assigned to the individual spaces of the Saalbau.

Janaina Tschäpe is an established German-Brazilian multi-disciplinary contemporary artist based in New York. Her paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and video works centre on abstract forms evocative of organic life and the natural world, with a strong leaning towards aquatic life.