On the last day of the festival, Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian bid farewell to the audience at the Cineplex Titania cinema © Sandra Weller / Berlinale 2022

Berlinale 2022

Successful Berlinale 2022: Flying the Flag for Cinema

On Sunday, February 20, the 72^nd Berlin International Film Festival rounded off successfully with numerous audience screenings. On the last day of the festival, Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian bid farewell to the audience at the Cineplex Titania cinema (former Titania-Palast) - the very setting in which the festival was held for the first time in 1951.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Berlinale 2022 was able to take place as an in-person festival in compliance with a strict hygiene and security concept and the organisers were delighted with the lively interest shown by the public and trade visitors. Due to the pandemic, only 50 percent of seats in the cinemas were occupied.  This stipulation was enthusiastically accepted and a total of 156,000 tickets were sold. The Berlinale also took to the spotlight as a media event. Despite numerous international travel restrictions, around 1,400 journalists from 65 countries came to Berlin to report on the festival. More on the completion of the Berlinale 2022 and the festival dates 2023 set

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Berlinale Talents

Taking Responsibility and Handing It Over: Berlinale Talents Breaks New Ground for More Sustainable Communication

The 20th anniversary of Berlinale Talents ends with celebrating the Alumna and bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarràs) as well as with a precise mandate for the future. The six days summit with talks reaching thousands of online viewers, workshops and the new daily think tank Talent Tanks for 200 participants from over 70 different countries confirmed the desire for more sustainable ways of communications. More information