By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
With Women in Horror Month just days away, the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival has released its program for February 2022. Now in its seventh deadly edition, the festival will be held at the City Kino Wedding cinema in Berlin, Germany, February 3rd — February 6th.
This year, Germany’s foremost showcase for horror films made by women and non-binary creators from around the world will feature the German premieres of Hellbender (as featured in Rue Morgue #204), Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan’s You Are Not My Mother, and Good Madam from South African writer-director Jenna Cato Bass. Other feature films slated for the festival include Frida Krempf’s Knocking, Lynne Stopkewich’s Kissed, and the Berlin debuts of Stacey Gregg’s Here Before and Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. Several talks and workshops are also scheduled, covering everything from how to make your own horror fanzine to a panel devoted to Black final girls and their role in horror history.
Along with the feature-length films, attendees can look forward to three days of specially-themed short film programming focusing on such terrifying topics as social ills, wrath, medical horror, envy, queer horror, midnight, gluttony, and menacing presences. For those who can’t make it to Berlin, most of the short film programs will also be available online for worldwide on-demand access during the festival.
In observance of COVID-19 protocols, all Final Girls Berlin Film Festival events are 2G+, so you will need to bring your vaccination pass or proof of recovery and a negative test result from the same day for entry.
For more information, tickets, all access festival passes, and Vimeo On Demand tickets, visit the official Final Girls Berlin Film Festival website.
