Michelle Yeoh, Bella Ramsey and Sean Baker among stars on Berlinale opening red carpet

Record ID: 2340085

  • Title: Michelle Yeoh, Bella Ramsey and Sean Baker among stars on Berlinale opening red carpet
  • Date: 12th February 2026
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 12, 2026) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SCREEN LEFT TO RIGHT) PRODUCER KEN PETRIE, ACTOR NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, PRODUCER JAQUES BLACK AND ACTOR BELLA RAMSEY POSING FOR PHOTOS ON RED CARPET ACTORS HEIKE MAKATSCH (SCREEN LEFT) AND DANIEL  BRUEHL (SECOND FROM SCREEN RIGHT) AND BRUEHL'S WIFE FELICITAS ROMBOLD (SECOND FROM SCREEN L
  • Embargoed:
  • Keywords: 2026 Berlinale 76th Berlinale Berlin film festival Berlinale Berlinale opening red carpet Michelle Yeoh No Good Men
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA001505712022026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Berlin Film Festival opened on Thursday (February 12) night with stars and filmmakers making an appearance on the red carpet and with Michelle Yeoh's career being celebrated with the festival's lifetime achievement award.
    This year's opening film, "No Good Men", is a political romantic comedy set in Kabul shortly before the Taliban took over in 2021 that was directed by the 35-year-old Iran-born Afghan filmmaker Sharhbahoo Sadat.
    "We could choose something really obvious, something from a filmmaker people have heard of, or with recognizable stars," festival director Tricia Tuttle told Reuters on the red carpet.
    "But this is a film that made us laugh and made us cry."
    Actors including Bella Ramsey, Neil Patrick Harris, Daniel Bruehl and Lars Eidinger assembled on the rainy carpet ahead of the ceremony. 
    "Anora" director Sean Baker was also at the festival for the first time to present Yeoh with the lifetime achievement award.
    Baker, who recently worked with Yeoh on a short film called "Sandiwara" about life in Malaysia, admitted he had been a fan of the Oscar winner since watching bootleg VHS tapes from her Hong Kong years that he found in New York City's Chinatown.
    Several attendees used their time before the cameras to make a political statement, with one group holding up sheets that said "Watch out, fascists! We are more!" while another cluster held up signs in support of the Iranian people. 
    German director Wim Wenders, who is heading this year's international jury, said that the films he has already had a chance to watch reminded him why he loved the Berlinale.
    "It's so varied and it's really about issues more than - well, I love glamour, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it's good to scratch a little bit," Wenders told Reuters ahead of the ceremony.
    Wenders and the six other jury members will hand out the top Golden Bear prize at the festival's closing ceremony on February 21. 
    (Production: Martin Schlicht, Hanna Rantala)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register