Philip Scheffner’s documentary essay The Halfmoon Files will be released in theatres in Germany, Switzerland and Austria on September 20, 2007. After the film had its world premiere in the Forum 2007, it has been invited to numerous international film festivals and was awarded the Prix des Mediatheques in Marseille.

The Asian Women's Film Festival (September 19–23, 2007, at cinema Arsenal, Berlin) presents recent films by female directors from eight Asian countries. The selection includes seven titles from recent Forum programs, such as Kaori Momoi's directorial debut Faces of a Fig Tree.

July offers the last chance to see the final programs of the film series HARDfilms at Cinema Arsenal, curated and presented by Maria Morata (funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and supported by the University of the Arts Berlin): 4th & 8th of July (Program 6) and 11th & 15th of July (Program 7).

Jagdhunde (Hounds) by Ann-Kristin Reyels won the Filmkunstpreis at the 3rd Festival of German Films in Ludwigshafen (June 6 – 17, 2007).

a filmseries at Cinema Arsenal (June / July 2007) curated and presented by Maria Morata, in collaboration with the University of the Arts and supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Opening: June 1st, 7pm, Kino 1.

For the second time arsenal experimental presents a program at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen

At the international film festival Visions du réel in Nyon Heimatklänge by Stefan Schwietert received the city's audience award, Frederick Wiseman's State Legislature the Templeton Special award of the interreligious jury.

With Dol by Hiner Saleem the first film from the Forum program 2007 will come to German cinemas, starting April 26. More films from the Forum 2006 and 2005 will soon be released theatrically.

Jeff Nichols' Shotgun Stories which world premiered in the Forum 2007 will have its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in the section Encounters.

Last year's Forum entry In Between Days by So Yong Kim has been awarded as Best Film at the 9th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente in Buenos Aires; Jiseon Kim received the special jury award as best actress. The FIPRESCI award was given to El telón de azúcar by Camila Guzmán Urzúa.