News & Press Releases

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03.08.2006: The summer Berlinale in Berlin and Cologne

For the fourth year, the Berlin International Film Festival presents in cooperation with Radio Eins highlights from this year’s Berlinale programme at the Friedrichshain open-air cinema. For the first time Cologne film lovers will also be able to enjoy these screenings [...]

World Cinema Fund

26.06.2006: World Cinema Fund supports films from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey

Five film projects from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey were recommended on June 20 for production funding in the fourth selection round of the World Cinema Fund [...]

Berlinale Talents

13.06.2006: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #10

Named Landmark in the “Land of Ideas” –
Berlinale Talent Campus films during the football World Cup
“Football is fantastic! There is no other area where you can feel attached with total strangers,” says Swedish filmmaker Gustav Oldén [...]

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28.04.2006: Berlinale Congratulates: 1:0 for Iranian Women

Women once again have access to Iranian football stadiums. On this occasion, the Berlin International Film Festival would like to congratulate the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who tackles the theme of unequal treatment of women in his film Offside [...]

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27.04.2006: The Berlinale is going on tour

Following the presentation of a selection from this year’s festival programme in Turin in early March, film-loving Athenians will be able to enjoy, for the second time, highlights from all sections of the Berlinale from May 4-11, 2006 [...]

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01.03.2006: The Berlinale in Turin

The Berlinale is going on tour: Turin and the Piedmont Region are presenting a selection of this year’s festival programme from March 3 to 5 [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

28.02.2006: A Successful New European Film Market

The Berlin International Film Festival’s new European Film Market (EFM) ended on a high note this year [...]

Panorama

18.02.2006: Presentation of the Panorama Audience Award 2006

The Panorama Audience Award 2006 – which is sponsored by “radioeins” of RBB, Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television broadcasting station, and Berlin’s city magazine “tip” in collaboration with the Berlinale’s Panorama section – goes to Bubot Niyar (Paper Dolls), directed by Tomer Heymann [...]

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18.02.2006: The 56th Berlin International Film Festival Comes to a Successful Close

With the Award Ceremony, the Berlinale reached its climax on Saturday, February 18. Hosted by Heino Ferch in the Berlinale-Palast, the event was broadcast live on 3sat. Viewers in the theatre and at home feverishly awaited the announcement of the winners [...]

Generation

18.02.2006: Berlinale Kinderfilmfest: The Crystal Bears and the Prizes of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

The Kinderfilmfest’s eleven-member Children’s Jury of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival awards the Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film as well as the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film to the following films [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

18.02.2006: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Der Lebensversicherer by Bülent Akinci wins “Dialogue en perspective”

Young German-French jury by TV5MONDE and German-French Youth Office (DFJW) awards the prize “Dialogue en perspective” for the third time [...]

Awards, Generation

17.02.2006: A Crystal Bear for the Best 14plus Film

The Youth Jury of 14plus, the youth film competition of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, awards a Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film and a Special Mention to the following films [...]

Berlinale Talents

17.02.2006: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #9

“The Talent Campus provides an inspiring opportunity for filmmakers to come together and gives us all the chance to listen to and learn from each other“, summarizes film music composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love) his experience at the Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Awards

16.02.2006: A Berlinale Camera for Peter B. Schumann

Journalist Peter B. Schumann has worked on the staff of the Forum for 35 years; prior to this he was head of the Retrospective. On February 16 he will be awarded a Berlinale Camera [...]

Awards

16.02.2006: Bears Award Ceremony: Live on TV

The Berlinale’s International Jury will announce the winners of the Golden and Silver Bears live on Saturday, 18 February 2006 [...]

Awards

14.02.2006: A Berlinale Camera for Hans Helmut Prinzler

Hans Helmut Prinzler – the director of the Filmmuseum Berlin and head of the Retrospective of the Berlin International Film Festival – will be awarded a Berlinale Camera on February 14 [...]

Awards

14.02.2006: International Short Film Jury

The International Short Film Jury awards prizes for short films screened in the Competition and Panorama sections. The members of the jury Mariela Besuievsky (Producer, Spain), Florian Gallenberger (Director, Germany), Oh Jung-Wan (Producer, Republic of Korea), award the following prizes [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

13.02.2006: A Successful Start for the New European Film Market

The Berlinale’s new European Film Market (EFM) has kicked off to a successful start. The new infrastructure and venue of this year’s EFM, which is being held in 2006 for the first time in the Martin-Gropius-Bau [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

10.02.2006: Chancellor Angela Merkel and Minister for Cultural Affairs Bernd Neumann to open new European Film Market

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and Minister of State and Commissioner for Media and Cultural Affairs Bernd Neumann will officially open the Berlinale’s new European Film Market (EFM) on Friday, 10 February 2006 [...]

Berlinale Talents

10.02.2006: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #8

Foreign secretary Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick will open the Berlinale Talent Campus on Saturday 11 February at 5pm [...]

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09.02.2006: International and German Stars at the Opening of the 56th Berlinale

The Opening Gala of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival will be held on February 9 in the Berlinale Palast at Potsdamer Platz. For the first time, the event will be broadcast live on television (ZDF/3sat) [...]

Additional Information, Berlinale Special

08.02.2006: Surprise Film 2006: The Night Listener by Patrick Stettner

This year’s Surprise Film is The Night Listener by Patrick Stettner. It will be screened within the scope of the Berlinale Special [...]

Awards

06.02.2006: Festival To Honor Ballhaus, Böttcher and Kardish

The Berlinale Camera is awarded to film personalities or institutions to which the Berlin International Film Festival feels especially attached and would like to express its thanks [...]

Generation

03.02.2006: Armin Rohde and Johanna Wokalek to Open Kinderfilmfest and 14plus Competitions

German actor Armin Rohde will open the Berlinale’s Kinderfilmfest on Friday, 10 February 2006, at 3:30 p.m. in the Zoo Palast 1. This will be followed by a screening of the opening film, Opal Dream – director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and the film’s young leading actors will attend the presentation [...]

Additional Information

30.01.2006: Press file for the 56th Berlin International Filmfestival

Download the press file of the Berlinale 2006 here [...]

Awards

30.01.2006: Honorary Golden Bears to be Awarded to Andrzej Wajda and Sir Ian McKellen

The 56th Berlin International Film Festival will award this year’s Honorary Golden Bears for lifetime achievement to the Polish filmmaker and screenwriter Andrzej Wajda and the British actor Sir Ian McKellen [...]

Berlinale Special

30.01.2006: Selling Democracy: Broschüre und DVD-Edition

The Berlinale is concluding its three-year series on the Marshall Plan with two publications: the DVD edition “Selling Democracy – The Films of the Marshall Plan” and the booklet “Selling Democracy – Friendly Persuasion” [...]

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30.01.2006: Berlinale Finale: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: Special Edition

This year’s Competition programme will close with a digitally restored version of the classic Western Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: Special Edition [...]

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30.01.2006: TV5MONDE is official partner of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival

The international francophone television channel TV5MONDE will for the third consecutive year sponsor the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Additional Information, Berlinale Special

27.01.2006: A Varied Programme in the Berlinale Special 2006

The selection of films for the Berlinale Special is complete. As part of the Berlinale’s official programme, this film series screens current works by contemporary filmmakers as well as outstanding films by personalities whom the Berlinale is honouring [...]

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27.01.2006: Berlinale 2006: A Successful Public Private Partnership

For the first time, the Festival has five co-partners. A development which underscores the increasing attractivity of the Berlinale for the financial world [...]

Berlinale Talents

26.01.2006: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #7

The Berlinale Talent Campus will present its special “Films on Hunger, Food and Taste” within the framework of the Berlin International Film Festival. A number of events will draw a parallel between making films and cooking [...]

Competition

26.01.2006: Berlinale 2006: Sidney Lumet and Jafar Panahi in the Competition

The selection for the Competition of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival is complete. In addition to the 23 films already announced (see press release from January 18, 2006), the last two Competition entries have now been confirmed. They will both screen as world premieres [...]

Panorama

25.01.2006: Teddy Twenty – Press Release Januar 2006

The TEDDY AWARD is being presented for the 20th time on 17 February 2006 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Over the past 19 years of its existence it has become an important and respected emancipation award [...]

Panorama

25.01.2006: The Selection for the Panorama is Complete

The Panorama is presenting 37 features, 14 documentaries and 23 short films from 33 countries in its Main Programme, Panorama Special, Dokumente and Short Film series [...]

Competition

25.01.2006: The World in Miniature: Short Films in the Competition and Panorama

Unlike any other cinema genre, short films allow for the unexpected – they are often more willing to take risks and more eccentric than full-length feature films. This year’s Competition with ten films offers a wide spectrum of themes and genres [...]

Berlinale Talents

24.01.2006: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #6

Charlotte Rampling, Wim Wenders, Park Chan-wook, Christopher Doyle, Anthony Dod Mantle, Stephen Warbeck and well-known editors like Jim Clark and Angie Lam are amongst the renowned guest speakers at this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Awards

24.01.2006: A New Prize for the Best First Feature

In 2006 the Berlinale will introduce a new prize which will have its own three-member international jury: the Best First Feature Award [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

23.01.2006: Forum expanded: Berlinale and KW Institute for Contemporary Art present video art and installations

The Berlinale Forum is developing new ways of presenting contemporary film and video art. Under the title Forum Expanded, in collaboration with the KW Institute for Contemporary Art for the first time [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

20.01.2006: The Perspektive Deutsches Kino Programme Has Been Finalized

Between Poverty and Good Cheer – Films by Newcomers, Career Changers and Autodidacts. Enjoyment of cinematic adventure is clearly thriving in this generation of newcomers, career changers and autodidacts [...]