The Best of The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2026

Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, showcases horror cinema directed, written, or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers. Final Girls Berlin are committed to creating space for female voices and visions — whether monstrous, heroic or some messy combination of the two — to platform women as subjects and storytellers in horror. This year’s Best Of program showcases six shorts from Belgium, the US, the UK, Australia, and Japan - plus a bonus local flavor that we put in the mix from South African director Nace DeSanders. Get ready to see carnivorous plants, unwanted growths, not so friendly imaginary friends, demonic bargains, and the everyday horror of living in a body.

The Bioscope is proud to bring this unique and important film festival to South Africa this October once again thanks to Deniz Sertkol, independent film curator, critic and co-founder of The Long Take Film Club. This is something we hope to keep as an annual event here at The Bioscope!

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PROGRAMME:

Drosera (23:23) Directed by Maud Carpentier & Boris Tilquin, Belgium, 2025

Alice, a sixteen-year-old motocross champion, is mysteriously brought back to life by a carnivorous plant after a violent trauma. But as she struggles to find her footing again, she discovers she now has extraordinary powers.

Take Care (11:26) Directed by Brittany Ashley, United States, 2025

A woman deliberately injures herself just to be in the care of a particular ER nurse. But when she's discharged from the hospital earlier than expected, she needs to find a new way to extend her stay.

Hello Sickness (15:30) Directed by Nace DeSanders, South Africa, 2024

After moving to South Africa to care for her sickly grandmother, an American girl creates two imaginary friends to keep her company but after her grandmother's passing those friends and her own mind become enemies.

Wall Udder (8:34) Written and directed by Alexandra Hayden, USA, 2025

A woman confronts her repressed feelings of malaise after her partner comes home smelling of milk.

Mango (11:14) Written and directed by Joan Iyiola, UK/France, 2025

Zadie has fibroids which are morphing inside of her. When a dream job arrives, she is forced to act before the unwanted growths take over.

The Dysphoria (12:56) Written and directed by Kylie Aoibheann, Australia, 2025

A trans woman performs a Satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.

Confession (14:29) Directed by Mai Nakanishi, Japan, 2025

A woman seeks confession from a priest, but as her story unfolds, the priest discovers she harbors terrifying secrets.