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World Cinema Fund

14.02.2020: Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) at the 70th Berlinale: WCF Day With Director’s Talk / a Focus on Audience Design / Expansion of the Funding Programme / WCF-Film opens Panorama

15 Years of Diversity, Artistic Brilliance, Sustainable International Cooperation and the Promotion of Cinema [...]

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11.02.2020: Berlinale Opening Live Across Germany

With the kind support of ZDF/3sat and CinemaxX, on February 20 at 7.20 pm, the Opening Gala of the 70th Berlinale and the premiere of the opening film will be broadcast in cinemas in four German cities for the first time [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

11.02.2020: “Berlinale Africa Hub”: Edutainment, Social Impact and Cooperation in Africa and its Diasporas

The EFM platform “Berlinale Africa Hub” is taking place for the fourth time. This year, the initiative has moved from Gropius Park to a new location on the first floor of the Marriott Hotel. Another new feature is the expansion of the spectrum of the “Berlinale Africa Hub” to now encompass the entire African continent [...]

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11.02.2020: Berlinale in Numbers

In addition to the film statistics, the Berlinale has published the ratio of female directors in the Berlinale programme every year since 2004. A first overview of this year's report is already available [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

11.02.2020: Berlinale Classics & Retrospektive: Events

The screening schedule will be complemented by eight special events [...]

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11.02.2020: Berlinale Goes Kiez: The Programme

From February 22 to 28, Berlinale Goes Kiez rolls out the Red Carpet every day in a different neighbourhood and brings the festival atmosphere and international guests into the programme cinemas of the city and the surrounding area [...]

Berlinale Talents

06.02.2020: Berlinale Talents 2020: Public Programme and Talents Footprints Jury

There are questions better answered together. Berlinale Talents dedicates nearly 100 events, of which 33 are public, to the personal, professional and societal issues of today [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

06.02.2020: Raise Your Eyes: “EFM Horizon” Presents Social, Artistic and Technological Developments in the Film and Creative Industries of the Coming Years

Sustainability, well-being, diversity, storytelling, artificial intelligence and immersive media are the focus [...]

Awards, Generation

04.02.2020: Berlinale Generation Introduces Its Juries

International film experts and young cineastes comprise the four official juries of Berlinale Generation [...]

Encounters, Awards

04.02.2020: Encounters Jury

In 2020 the new competitive section Encounters will be introduced. Its goal is to support new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official programme [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

04.02.2020: O.K. in the Forum Anniversary Programme

The unrest of the late sixties also spread to film festivals [...]

Awards

04.02.2020: GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury

Since 2006, when it introduced the GWFF Best First Feature Award, the Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of filmmakers [...]

Awards

04.02.2020: Berlinale Documentary Award — Funded by rbb

The Berlin International Film Festival has long been committed to the diversity of documentary forms. A distinct award for the best documentary film was launched in 2017 [...]

Competition, Awards

04.02.2020: Berlinale 2020: International Jury

Once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2020. 18 films are competing for the awards in this year’s Competition. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on February 29 [...]

Competition, Berlinale Special

29.01.2020: The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special

The Competition programme includes 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary form [...]

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29.01.2020: Press Dossier for the 70th Berlin International Film Festival

Detailed information on the Berlinale 2020 [...]

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28.01.2020: Diversity at the Berlinale

The advent of a more inclusive film industry constitutes one of this sector’s greatest structural challenges. [...]

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28.01.2020: Sustainability at the Berlinale

With the 70th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival is reaffirming its commitment to the 2030 Agenda set out by the United Nations, including its 17 Sustainable Development Goals [...]

Awards

28.01.2020: Berlinale Camera 2020: Tribute to Ulrike Ottinger

At the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera [...]

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28.01.2020: Berlinale Goes Kiez: Selected Festival Films and International Guests in the Cinema Around the Corner

From February 22 to 28, 2020, Berlinale Goes Kiez will bring festival films and their teams into the programme cinemas throughout Berlin and the surrounding area [...]

Berlinale Special

24.01.2020: The 70th Berlinale Opens With Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year

In launching the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale Special Gala My Salinger Year by writer/director Philippe Falardeau will celebrate its world premiere on February 20, 2020 at the Berlinale Palast [...]

Berlinale Special

23.01.2020: Berlinale Special: Perspectives on Society

Further Berlinale Special films have been confirmed [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

23.01.2020: Berlinale Classics – Six Classic Films Celebrate World Premieres in Digitally Restored Versions

The Berlinale Classics section, curated by Rainer Rother, will salute “100 years of Fellini” with Il bidone (The Swindle) [...]

Generation

22.01.2020: Generation: Take It to the Limit

With daring films and protagonists who relentlessly confront themselves and society, the Generation programme explores opportunities for change in cinema and the world [...]

Berlinale Special

21.01.2020: Berlinale Special: Memory, Genre and Parable

The Berlinale Special takes audiences on a journey around the world and gives memory a special role [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

21.01.2020: “Books at Berlinale”: Twelve International Literary Works in Search of Film Producers

On February 24, at the “Books at Berlinale” pitching event, a co-operation with Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will once again present twelve exceptional works of literature that are particularly well-suited for screen-adaptation [...]

Panorama

21.01.2020: Panorama 2020: Crossing Borders

Young, political, combative: the 70th Berlinale Panorama [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

20.01.2020: Forum Expanded 2020: Part of the Problem

The new decade begins at a time which has produced a great deal of speechlessness and thus a need for ever clearer words to be found [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

20.01.2020: Forum: Galloping Between Different Eras

2020 is a year of many changes. The Berlinale Forum has a new section head in the form of Cristina Nord and a new selection procedure, with many new faces among the advisors and in the selection committee [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

20.01.2020: “EFM Producers Hub” and “DocSalon” Back with New Co-Operations and Content

The programme of the “EFM Producers Hub” will cover all topics of current relevance for producers while offering its usual diverse range of content for industry attendees. “DocSalon” will once again provide guests from the documentary film branch with opportunities for networking and exchange [...]

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17.01.2020: Special Programme at the 70th Berlinale: „On Transmission”

During the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the anniversary will be celebrated with the special programme “On Transmission” at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) [...]

Encounters

17.01.2020: Programme Encounters Completed: Vitality of Cinema in All of Its Forms

In addition to Competition and Berlinale Shorts, the new competitive section Encounters will be introduced in 2020 [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

15.01.2020: Heimatfilm and Heimat Horror

In a compact programme with four outstanding documentary and feature films each the Perspektive Deutsches Kino shows what motivates the new filmmakers and what questions they pose in reflection of society and its social and political orientation [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

15.01.2020: Berlinale Co-Production Market Brings 36 International Feature Film Projects Into Play

Filmmakers such as Adina Pintilie, Milko Lazarov, Pepa San Martín, Simon Jaquemet, Mariana Rondón, Radu Jude, Kasia Rosłaniec or John Trengove, whose previous feature films were already part of the Berlinale programme, some having received Bears, are presenting new projects [...]

Berlinale Talents

15.01.2020: Collectively Creative: 255 Talents From 86 Countries at Berlinale Talents

Each individual is a highlight — and a collective of many is unstoppable [...]

Berlinale Special

14.01.2020: Berlinale Special: Multifaceted Programme

Further films announced [...]

Berlinale Series

14.01.2020: Berlinale Series 2020: Authentic Stories, Recounted In Uncompromising Style

Dare to be seen, own your story, give sex a chance and stay true to your unique, unapologetic style [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

14.01.2020: “Co-Pro Series” 2020: Ten Selected Series Projects Seek International Partners

On February 25 and 26, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will invite producers, programming directors, distributors and series financiers to the exclusive pitch event “Co-Pro Series” [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

14.01.2020: The EFM in Series: "Berlinale Series Market & Conference" With Current Topics and Showcases

“Berlinale Series Market & Conference” (previously “Drama Series Days”) will be offering a curated selection of Market Screenings and an international, top-class conference programme for the sixth time from February 24 to 26 at the Zoo Palast [...]

Berlinale Shorts

14.01.2020: On the Freedom Not to Take Away Your Freedom
Berlinale Shorts Presents its Programme and the International Short Film Jury 2020

This year, Berlinale Shorts is entering a new chapter [...]