The selection this year shows a strong Focus on reality, call it re documentaries of fiction

News from Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation, Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Goes Kiez and Information on the Programme Press Conference

Berlinale Special

Berlinale Special: Kiss the Future

Berlinale Special has added one illuminating title; a powerful documentary that looks back at a past that mirrors the present. Kiss the Future is an inescapably current story of defiance, highlighting the struggle of the citizens of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War and how aid-worker Bill Carter’s determination resulted in the enlistment of the world’s largest rock band, U2, to help shine a light when the world wasn’t paying attention. As relevant now as it was then.

Please find enclosed the press release and the details on the film.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett © Agile Films

Panorama 2023 – The Programme is Complete!

La Sirène (The Siren) by Sepideh Farsi is opening the programme which comprises a total of 35 works from 30 countries, including 28 world premieres and eleven debuts. There are new films by Patric Chiha, İlker Çatak, Frauke Finsterwalder, Maite Alberdi, Milad Alami and Apolline Traoré, featuring protagonists and actors such as Joan Baez, Jafar Panahi, Payman Maadi, George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Fan Bingbing, Sandra Hüller and Susanne Wolff.

Please find enclosed the press release and the film list.

Generation

Berlinale Generation 2023 - Tides of Hope

The Generation 14plus and Generation Kplus Competitions will open with Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war (When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before) by Sonja Heiss and und Zeevonk von Domien Huyghe.  Now complete, the selection of 25 feature-length and 31 short films, including 40 world premieres, invites to an exploration of young perceptions of the world. A restored version of Cinderella and selected cross-section screenings from this year’s Retrospective programme will take a look back into film history.

Please find enclosed the press release and the film list.

Books at Berlinale – Eleven Books on Route to Adaptation

Eleven selected books with outstanding potential for adaptation will be presented to producers at Books at Berlinale on February 20. Publishers, literary agencies and authors from Germany, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Slovenia, Spain the United Kingdom will be represented. The renowned industry event received more than 190 submissions this year.

More information on Co-Pro: Books at Berlinale.

Berlinale Goes Kiez

A Salute to the Local Cinema Landscape

Since 2010, Berlinale Goes Kiez has been celebrating the city's arthouse cinemas as sites of living film culture. From February 18 to 24, the Red Carpet will be rolled out in front of a new neighbourhood cinema on a daily basis. The festival audience is invited to discover the diversity of the local cinema landscape, to watch select festival films and to encounter international film teams. The series is accompanied by an additional special screening at a correctional facility in Plötzensee.

More information on Berlinale Goes Kiez 2023. 

Programme Press Conference

The Programme Press Conference for the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival with an outlook on the festival and the presentation of the Competition and Encounters film selection has been held on January 23, 2023, at 11 am at Haus der Berliner Festspiele. (Access only with personal invitation).

Livestream: The Press Conference will be available to watch live from 11 am (CET) on berlinale.de and the festival's Social Media channels Youtube and Facebook.

73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

16.–26.02.23

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