FINAL GIRLS BERLIN 2025 FILM PROGRAM

Our 10th festival edition starts in just a few weeks and we’re excited to show what we have in store for you! Here’s the program lowdown:

FEATURE FILMS
OPENING NIGHT: MI BESTIA

The festival kicks off with Camila Beltrán’s Mi Bestia, a striking coming-of-age body horror set in 1996 Bogotá, where a teenage girl wrestles with societal fears and supernatural transformation. A visually stunning and thematically powerful debut.

THE SUBSTANCE & GRAFTED: A BODY HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE

Body horror is so back—and women are at the forefront. Brace yourself for a night of unflinching, flesh-twisting body horror, starting with Coralie Fargeat’s Oscar-nominated The Substance—a razor-sharp, satirical spectacle that rips apart beauty culture from the inside out. Then, sink into Sasha Rainbow’s Grafted, a haunting tale of transformation, ambition, and the grotesque lengths we’ll go to fit in. Prepare to squirm.

I SAW THE TV GLOW: A CINEMATIC LOVE LETTER TO QUEER LONGING

Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow is a beautiful, atmospheric and deeply personal exploration of media, identity, and trans experience. For those who missed its limited theatrical run, this is an unmissable opportunity to see a defining film of the year.

RETRO SPOTLIGHT: HOLLYWOOD 90028

This rare 1973 psychological horror gem presents the grim underbelly of Los Angeles through the eyes of a struggling cameraman-turned-serial-killer. A bleak and unsettling descent into madness, restored for the big screen.

THE DEVIL’S BATH: A RELENTLESS DESCENT INTO DESPAIR

We’re thrilled to have Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath) in our program after having our spirits decimated by it at Berlinale. Directed by the uncompromising duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, this film stretches the very limits of horror, exploring morality, religion, marriage, and the suffocating reality of a woman with no escape. Brutal, punishing, and unforgettable.

WITCHES: FEMINISM, FEAR AND THE OCCULT

Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches is a documentary-essay hybrid tracing the connection between the cinematic portrayal of witches and real-world mental health stigmas imposed on women. But the conversation doesn’t end when the credits roll—preceding the screening is “That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film,” a lecture unpacking the historical and cultural evolution of witches in horror.

CLOSING NIGHT: YOU ARE NOT ME

Our closing feature is a haunting queer horror thriller from Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera that unfolds like a waking nightmare. When a woman returns to her childhood home to visit her family with her wife and son, unsettling family dynamics spiral into something much darker.