News & Press Releases

Competition

09.01.2020: Jeremy Irons Will Be the Jury President of the Berlinale 2020

The festival management of the Berlinale is honoured to have won Jeremy Irons for this anniversary edition. [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

20.12.2019: The Berlinale Forum and Forum Expanded Present Their 2020 Anniversary Programme

The Berlinale Forum takes place for the 50th time in 2020. In collaboration with Forum Expanded, the section will be presenting the films shown in the year it was founded to celebrate this anniversary [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

20.12.2019: The Thin Red Line

Carlo Chatrian on Terrance Malick's film, winner of the Golden Bear in 1999 [...]

Additional Information

19.12.2019: Berlinale 2020: Key Visual and 70th Anniversary Events

The 2020 festival poster was created by the renowned Berlin design agency State [...]

Berlinale Special

16.12.2019: Pinocchio as Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlinale Palast

The first prominent guest of the Berlinale Special Gala will be director Matteo Garrone with Pinocchio, which will celebrate its festival premiere at the Berlinale Palast [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

16.12.2019: First Works Confirmed for Forum Expanded

The selection of the 15th Forum Expanded is nearly complete [...]

Panorama

16.12.2019: Panorama 2020: (Un)common Grounds

Panorama confirms the first 18 films, including eleven world premieres and five directorial debuts [...]

Generation

16.12.2019: Should I Stay or Should I Go – Young People on the Move

20 films have so far been confirmed by Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus. The multi-faceted stories tell of young people on the move, exploring themselves and new worlds [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

16.12.2019: Empowerment in the Perspektive

Perspektive Deutsches Kino (section head Linda Söffker) is re-establishing itself and providing a platform for young German film at the historic Kino International [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

13.12.2019: "Rivette’s characters are like horsemen, always on the move, stubbornly opposing the wind"

Carlo Chatrian on Jacques Rivette, Sandrine Bonnaire and Jeanne la pucelle, which screened in the 1994 Panorama [...]

Additional Information

13.12.2019: Berlinale Welcomes Another Principal Partner: MagentaTV

The television and streaming service by Deutsche Telekom will be supporting the 2020 festival [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

06.12.2019: Gringo – Story of a Junkie

Carlo Chatrian on the 1985 film and director Lech Kowalski [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

06.12.2019: On Monica Vitti

Carlo Chatrian on the extraordinary actress [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

04.12.2019: Berlinale 2020 – Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Helen Mirren

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will honour Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren with its Homage and award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement [...]

Additional Information, Berlinale Talents

03.12.2019: “Berlin Film Residencies”: Medienboard, Nipkow and Berlinale Launch New Joint Website for Filmmakers

The new “Berlin Film Residencies” portal provides an overview of the different scholarship programmes supported by the Medienboard [...]

Berlinale Talents

02.12.2019: Berlinale Talents: Focus on “Collectives” in 2020 / Mastercard Becomes a Co-Partner With the New Enablement Programme

In 2020, Berlinale Talents is going collective [...]

Additional Information

27.11.2019: Berlinale 2020: Actor Samuel Finzi Will Host Opening Gala and Awards Ceremony

“As a European, it’s a great honour for me to be a part of one of the most important film festivals worldwide. I’m very happy about the opportunity to be a part of 2020 Berlinale on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, and a new beginning.” [...]

World Cinema Fund

25.11.2019: The Berlinale World Cinema Fund Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary and Announces Newest Funding Selections

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) looks back on 15 years of successful film funding. Since its founding, funding has gone to 232 film projects [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

19.11.2019: Berlinale Classics 2020 – Waxworks by Paul Leni – World Premiere of the Digitally Restored Version

The Berlinale Classics series will celebrate its opening on February 21, 2020 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast with a screening of the 1924 silent film classic Waxworks (dir: Paul Leni). [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

15.11.2019: The Sweet Rebellion: David Cronenberg

Carlo Chatrian on nightmares made of flesh, the obsession with cinema and eXistenZ [...]

Additional Information, Awards

13.11.2019: Berlinale Documentary Film Award 2020: rbb is the New Award Sponsor and rbb media is a Berlinale Co-Partner

As of 2020, the Berlinale Documentary Film Award will be endowed with € 40,000 in prize money sponsored by public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

11.11.2019: On King Vidor

Carlo Chatrian on cinematographer, actor, producer, director and screenwriter King Vidor [...]

Berlinale Shorts, Additional Information

07.11.2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts in Iran and South Asia

Starting in November, Berlinale short films will be shown in various Berlinale Spotlight programmes in Iran and South Asia [...]

Additional Information

01.11.2019: Berlinale 2020 Dates and Outlook to 2021

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 20 to March 01, 2020 [...]

World Cinema Fund, Additional Information

29.10.2019: Berlinale Spotlight: World Cinema Fund at the Berlin film festival “Around the World in 14 Films”

For many years now, the Berlinale has extended its presence beyond the festival season with specially curated programmes. These activities are known as Berlinale Spotlight [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

18.10.2019: Rebecca. Shadows from the Past

Carlo Chatrian on Hitchcock's film from 1951 [...]

Artistic Director's Blog

18.10.2019: On Béla Tarr’s latest work Missing People

Carlo Chatrian on one of the most prominent filmmakers in modern cinema [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

09.10.2019: Berlinale 2020: Retrospective “King Vidor”

The Retrospective of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to the American film director, producer, and screenwriter King Vidor (1894-1982) who holds a central place in the history of US cinema [...]

Berlinale Series, European Film Market & Co-Production Market

11.09.2019: Berlinale 2020: New Head for Berlinale Series, and “Drama Series Days” Becomes “Berlinale Series Market”

Over the years, episodic content has become a potent and steady part of the Berlinale programme [...]

Generation, Additional Information

03.09.2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Generation in Japan and Indonesia 2019

In partnership with two Asian festivals, the Berlinale section Generation will present curated film programmes under the banner of Berlinale Spotlight: Generation [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

29.08.2019: Berlinale Co-Production Market: Submit International Feature Film and Series Projects Now

Until October 9, 2019, internationally experienced producers may submit new feature film projects in need of co-producers and financiers to the 17th Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 22 - 26, 2020) [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

27.08.2019: Berlinale Forum: New Head Appoints Selection Committee

Film critic, author and curator Cristina Nord, head of Berlinale Forum since August 1, 2019, has assembled a new programming team [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

20.08.2019: European Film Market expands: “EFM Landmark” offers an additional business platform for producers and film commissioners

Over the past 20 years, film commissions have become a key factor in the international film industry [...]

Berlinale Shorts, Additional Information

05.08.2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts in Chile

Berlinale Spotlight is an extension of the main festival in February and makes Berlinale activities visible throughout the year [...]

World Cinema Fund

11.07.2019: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Funding Recommendations for Projects from Argentina, Ecuador, Thailand, the Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Brazil

At the 30th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), the juries recommended contributing to the funding of 13 film projects [...]

Additional Information

25.06.2019: Berlinale 2019 Summer Spotlight

Great films in the summertime and outdoors [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

14.05.2019: Berlinale 2020: Chile will be “Country in Focus” at the EFM

EFM’s “Country in Focus” programme was launched in 2017 and aims to present in depth the film industry and filmmakers of a country and offer them a special platform. [...]

Additional Information

13.05.2019: Dieter Kosslick Thanks Culinary Cinema Curator Thomas Struck and the Chefs of the Special Series

The special series Culinary Cinema took place for the 13th and last time at the Berlinale in February 2019 [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

09.05.2019: Cristina Nord Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum

The film critic, writer, and curator Cristina Nord will assume the directorship of the Forum section starting on August 1, 2019 [...]

Encounters

07.05.2019: Berlinale 2020: New Directors Create Additional Competition Encounters

New competitive section / new foreign delegates and advisors / changes for special series NATIVe and Culinary Cinema [...]