The members of the selection committee met in Göttingen at the beginning of February. At this point, the teams had basically agreed on the selection of the films. The final selection was then made and the film programme put together .

Members of the 2026 selection committee were:

• Judith Albrecht (Germany)
• Darcy Alexandra (Switzerland)
• Julia Binter (Germany)
• Féderico De Musso (The Netherlands)
• Thomas John (Germany)
• Regina Knapp (Germany)
• Barbara Knorpp (United Kingdom/Germany)
• Johannes Kohout (Germany)
• Yohannes Mekonnen (Ethiopia)
• Dario Ranocchiari (Italy/Spain)
• Thomas Stodulka (Germany)
• Janek Totaro (Germany)

Thank you very much for your cooperation.