The 2023 Berlinale Key Design
“The key visual for the 73rd Berlinale directs our attention to the indispensable core of a metropolitan film festival: the audience. We’re very pleased that with this year’s poster, we can honour those whose curiosity, enthusiasm and applause makes the Berlinale a vibrant, inspiring and joyful event,” comments Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Executive Director of the Berlinale.
The key design was once again created by Berlin-base...
Cosmetics brand Armani beauty and mobility platform Uber will be the new Principal Partners of the Berlinale 2023, complementing the commitment of long-time principal media partner ZDF.
Potsdamer Platz as the central festival location moves up as a Co-Partner alongside Mastercard and rbb media. The Berlinale has also been able to win numerous companies as new partners at the other sponsorship levels.
“I am very pleased about the large number of new partners we have been a...
Panorama
Panorama 2023: Tracking the Unseen. Films as Tools of Resistance
Films from Ukraine, Yemen and about Iran are among the first to have been confirmed for the Panorama line-up which also features strong feminist cinema from the US. The 2023 programme manifests a worldwide trend towards transnational filmmaking in both fiction films and documentaries. Of the 14 films selected, 11 are world premieres, with a total of 19 countries involved. There are new films by Sepideh Farsi, Jennif...
American actor, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart will be the president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
“We’re excited about Kristen Stewart taking on this distinguished task. She’s one of the most talented and multi-faceted actors of her generation. From Bella Swan to the Princess of Wales she has given life to everlasting characters. Young, shining and with an impressive body of work behind her, Kristen Stew...
In addition to the WCF funding recommendations announced in August (see press release from August 16), the most recent jury meeting resulted in three funding recommendations for the WCF Europe programme.
A total of 216 projects from 55 countries applied for the current funding cycle – including the funding recommendations already announced. The recommendations now comprise funds totalling 449,000 Euros.
The members of the WCF juries are the documentary film produc...
The Berlin International Film Festival is expanding its delegate network through the addition of Los Angeles-based, US industry expert Jacqueline Lyanga. Lyanga will consolidate contacts with the US film industry and filmmakers, assist in scouting films, and prepare the Berlinale’s US West Coast screening tours.
Ryan Werner, who has been active as a US delegate for the festival since 2019, and Jacqueline Lyanga will work closely together.
“We are happy and proud to have J...
Steven Spielberg © Brian Bowen Smith. Courtesy Amblin Partners
The Homage of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will be devoted to US-American director, producer and screenwriter Steven Spielberg, who will also be presented with an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. In the scope of the Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, the festival will screen his most recent work, The Fabelmans. A recipient of multiple Academy Awards, Spielberg is one of the world's m...
EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS 2023 - THE JURY: Jan Komasa, Rebecca van Unen, Maria Ekerhovd, Leo Barraclough and Veronica Echegui
Five acclaimed experts selected by European Film Promotion (EFP) have the challenging task of deciding which of the 27 nominated acting talents will take part in the upcoming edition of EUROPE SHOOTING STARS (17-20 February, 2023) at the Berlin International Film Festival.
With their extensive experience in different fields of the film industry, the jury members w...
Dennis took some time of his busy AFM - in person schedule to introduce EFM and give a helpfull highlights for filmmakers newcommers in Berlin.
More timely news on the futures evolution and changes in the Market in the coming weeks...
Dennis Ruh has been director of the European Film Market since 2020.
He studied cultural sciences, audiovisual communication, social science and history in Bremen, Germany and Valencia, Spain. During his studies, he began working for the O...
Sebastian Markt / section head Generation (as of September 1, 2022), Melika Gothe / section manager Generation (as of August 1, 2022) © Jan Kraus / Berlinale
Sebastian Markt will be taking over as Head of Generation on September 1, 2022. He joined the Generation team in 2013 and has been in charge of programme coordination since 2015, most recently as head of programming for Generation's feature-length film programme. He succeeds the long-term section ...
Berlinale Goes Open Air: Programme Online / Ticket Sales Start on June 3 / Limited Number of Free Tickets for Nurses and Doctors from Berlin Hospitals
Good news for film fans: From June 15 to 29, the Berlinale will present festival highlights from the February programme in a summery outdoor atmosphere (see also the May 16 press release).
In cooperation with five Berlin outdoor cinemas and the films’ distributors, films from various Berlinale sections will be shown over ...
We – festival workers, artists, filmmakers … – think fondly of our friends in Ukraine and we are by their side in a call for peace.
One week ago, the Berlin International Film Festival was celebrating a complicated yet successful edition. Filmmakers, artists and journalists from all over the world gathered in Berlin to enjoy a collective and joyful experience. The feeling of being together again, with no distinctions of nationality, religion, or culture, t...
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2022 IN NUMBERS
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2022 IN PICTURES
BROWSE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF AVANT PREMIÈRE
Revive the four intense days and see what went on in the Avant Premiè...
A film by Cem Kaya
Germany 2022
Documentary, 96 Min.
filmfaust, Film Five and Rapid Eye Movies are very pleased to announce that AŞK, MARK VE ÖLÜM (LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH) by Cem Kaya has won the Audience Award in the category Panorama Documents. The prize is awarded by the Berlinale Panorama section together with radioeins and rbb Fernsehen (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).
"I would like to thank the audience and the Berlinale! Our film...
NELLY & NADINE
Sweden / Belgium / Norway 2022, 92 Min.
NELLY & NADINE by award winning Swedish director Magnus Gertten wins the „Jury Award“ at the TEDDY AWARDS 2022, one of the most prestigious queer film awards in the world at this year’s 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (10-20 February 2022). The jury award goes to a film which has been chosen from all nominated films in the TEDDY AWARDS film program. NELLY & NADINE was also a nominee for „...
Petr Lom and Corinne van Egeraat
MYANMAR DIARIES WINS THREE PRIZES AT BERLINALE
ZINDOC's new feature documentary MYANMAR DIARIES by the Myanmar Film Collective won three awards at its world premiere last week at the Berlinale:
The Berlinale Documentary Award
The Amnesty Film Award
3rd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner Panorama Dokumente
The Berlinale Documentary Award comes with a prize of 40 000 euros and makes t...
UK-based sales firm 101 Films International, the UK based sales division of Amcomri Entertainment Inc (AMEN:NEO) (FRANKFURT: 25YO), has taken on world sales of compelling new feature film 18½ .
Available now, the drama is inspired by Watergate, the US scandal that took down a President, which commemorates its 50thanniversary this year in June. In 1974 a White House transcriber is thrust into the forefront of shocking events when she obtains the only copy of th...
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 72nd Berlin International Film Festival rounded off successfully with numerous audience screenings. On the last day of the festival, Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek...
Florian Weghorn at the Talents Tanks
The 20th anniversary edition of Berlinale Talents ends on a high with alumna and Golden Bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarràs), and having established a clear mission for the future. The six-day summit, with talks for thousands of online viewers as well as workshops and the new daily think tank Talents Tanks for the 200 participants from over 70 countries, emphasised the desire to create m...
The audience has voted: The 24th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Baqyt (Happiness) by Askar Uzabayev. Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).
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In the studio: AC Coppens (The Catalysts) & Dennis Ruh (EFM director) at the "EFM Industry Sessions" opening
This exceptional edition of the European Film Market (EFM) at the 72nd Berlinale ended successfully yesterday, Thursday February 17.
The international trading platform for audiovisual content had to be moved online for the second time due to the pandemic. But even in virtual space, countless business meetings were organised and a...
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
THE SILENT FOREST
Berlin 2022
With Director: Saralisa Volm
Q: Tell me about the origin of this film and what was the idea behind it?
Saralisa: The project is based on a novel written by Wolfram Fleischhauer. We were working on another project before and he gave me this novel. He knew I’m from Bavaria and that I have an attraction for intriguing stories that are relevant. As expected by him I really like the novel and I really thoug...
Last night Carla Simón won the GOLDEN BEAR for her second feature film Alcarràs.
Congratulations to the teams: Vilaut, Avalon, Elastica Films, Kino Produzioni. And everybody involved in the film. We are so proud of you! You'll be travelling the world with this masterpiece and we'll be next to you in every step.
As Carla said, this award is dedicated "to the farmers who work the land every day and farm in a way that respects the land. Their...
Congratulations to the cast and crew and some great reviews!
"For its extraordinary performances - from the child actors to the actors in their eighties - for the ability to show the tenderness and comedy of family as well as the struggle, and for the portrayal of our connection and dependence to the land around us."
M. Night Shyamalan, President of the Jury
“This Spanish Garden of Eden is profoundly authentic and mo...
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