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Generation

20.02.2016: Berlinale 2016: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany) Awards in Generation Kplus

The members of the Children’s Jury and the members of the International Jury Generation Kplus [...]

Panorama, Awards

20.02.2016: Berlinale 2016: The Panorama Audience Awards go to Junction 48 and Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

The public has cast its votes [...]

Awards, Competition, Panorama, Berlinale Shorts, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Berlinale Talents

20.02.2016: The Awards of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival

All the awards – official and independent juries – of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Additional Information

19.02.2016: Wrap-up of another Dazzling Berlin International Film Festival Full of Exciting Events

The Berlinale and the European Film Market can look back at a successful edition of the festival [...]

Generation, Awards

19.02.2016: Berlinale 2016: Crystal Bears and the Awards by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) in Generation 14plus

The members of the Youth Jury and the members of the International Jury Generation 14plus give the following awards [...]

Berlinale Talents

19.02.2016: Berlinale Talents 2016: A Tribute to Talent in Today’s World of Film

On Thursday evening, February 18, the 14th edition of Berlinale Talents came to a successful close with the master class of Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney [...]

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18.02.2016: Digital Cinema at Berlinale 2016

Over the course of the past six years, the Berlin International Film Festival has grown to be one of the biggest technological trailblazers on the film festival scene – thanks in no small part to the support of its Digital Cinema Partners [...]

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16.02.2016: Half Time: A Brilliant Berlinale 2016

After getting off to a brilliant start with the opening film Hail, Caesar! - with directors Joel & Ethan Coen as well as actors George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum and Alden Ehrenreich in attendance – the spectacular list of stars continues [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

15.02.2016: Three Awards, 1200 New Contacts, Great Projects and Meetings: The Berlinale Co-Production Market

Three cash prizes have now been awarded to selected projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 14 to 16) [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

14.02.2016: It’s Half Time: A Successful European Film Market

The European Film Market (EFM) got off to a great start. For four days now in the Martin-Gropius-Bau with the Gropius Park and at the Marriott Hotel, the European Film Market (Feb 11–19, 2016) has been bustling with activity [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

12.02.2016: Award Ceremony: Janna Ji Wonders Wins “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship”, funded by Berlinale Co-Partner Glashütte Original

German watchmaker Glashütte Original, co-partner of the 66th Berlinale, and Perspektive Deutsches Kino awarded the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” for the fifth time to a young German filmmaker at the section’s opening this evening [...]

Competition

10.02.2016: Berlinale 2016: Star-studded Opening Gala

Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Prof. Monika Grütters, the Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller, Jury President Meryl Streep and Festival Director Dieter Kosslick will open the 66th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 pm on February 11 [...]

World Cinema Fund

05.02.2016: World Cinema Fund: Expanded Subsidy Programme, WCF goes EFM and WCF Africa Day

In 2015, the WCF significantly expanded and strengthened its palette of support programmes. That would not have been possible without funds provided by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, which thus guarantee the existence of the WCF until at least 2018 [...]

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03.02.2016: Documentaries at the Berlinale 2016
In Focus: Diverse Documentary Forms and Events

The Berlin International Film Festival has long been committed to documentaries in their diverse forms [...]

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02.02.2016: Berlinale to pay tribute to David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Ettore Scola

The Berlin International Film Festival will commemorate these outstanding artists by presenting three special screenings in their honour [...]

Awards

02.02.2016: Berlinale Camera 2016 to Honour Ben Barenholtz, Tim Robbins and Marlies Kirchner

Since 1986 the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks [...]

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02.02.2016: Berlinale Goes Kiez
Neighbourhood Cinemas Get the Red Carpet Treatment

For the seventh year running, the special series Berlinale Goes Kiez will roll through a variety of Berlin’s independent cinemas on seven festival evenings and roll out the red carpet on neighbourhood sidewalks, not only to welcome local and international guests but also to honour the cinemas themselves along with their faithful audience [...]

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02.02.2016: Jury for the Best First Feature Award

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

Competition

02.02.2016: Berlinale 2016: International Jury

With actress Meryl Streep serving as Jury President, the International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver Bears of the 2016 Berlinale Competition [...]

Berlinale Talents

28.01.2016: Berlinale Talents 2016: Michael Ballhaus, Denis Côté, Alex McDowell, Tomm Moore, Molly M. Stensgaard, Jim Rakete, Meryl Streep and Thomas Vinterberg among the experts | For the First Time More than 100 Talents Alumni with Films at the Berlinale

Under the theme “The Nature of Relations”, the 14th edition focuses on the inner and outer relations in the interconnected cinematic world and examines the tools for sharing knowledge and experience amongst film creatives [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

27.01.2016: EFM Industry Debates 2016: Producers as Entrepreneurs, the Boom in High-end TV Series in Europe, and Korea’s Growing Influence on South East Asian Cinema

Now in its tenth year, the EFM Industry Debates is again focussing - in three panel discussions with top experts - on current issues in the film and media industry [...]

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26.01.2016: Press file for the 66th Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale 2016 press dossier, detailed film lists of all sections can be downloaded here (in German only) [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

26.01.2016: Forum 2016: Special Screenings

The Forum now completes its programme with a series of Special Screenings that run the gamut between a monumental travelogue, newly unearthed film historical gems and works that grapple with both cinema and its history [...]

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26.01.2016: Fostering Participation in Society, Enjoying Communal Experiences – Initiatives for Refugees During the 66th Berlin International Film Festival

When the Berlin International Film Festival was launched 66 years ago, there were millions of German refugees and traumatised displaced persons in Europe [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

25.01.2016: “Books at Berlinale”: Eleven New Novels in Search of Film Producers

At “Books at Berlinale” on February 16, film producers will be able to discover eleven new literary works with outstanding potential for adaptation to the big screen [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

22.01.2016: European Film Market 2016 – new edition of the successful “EFM Startups” platform showcases European innovation

The latest edition of “EFM Startups” will be held on February 15 and 16, as part of the European Film Market (Feb 11–19, 2016) [...]

Additional Information, Berlinale Special, Berlinale Series

22.01.2016: Berlinale Special Series 2016

Brand-new series from Denmark, Britain, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and the US will round off the Berlinale Special programme at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele [...]

Generation

22.01.2016: Generation 2016: Opening Films, Juries and Special Screening The Diary of Anne Frank

Opening Films: Dreamy Girls and Women Power [...]

Panorama

21.01.2016: Panorama 2016 Complete: Opening Films of Main Programme and Panorama Dokumente, Strong Showing from Latin America, and Films from Korea and China

The selection for this year’s Panorama is now complete: 51 films from 33 countries have been picked, of which 17 will screen in Panorama Dokumente, and 34 fiction features in the main programme and Panorama Special [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

21.01.2016: Forum Expanded – The Programme is Complete

The Forum Expanded team has now finished the selection process for this year’s programme. 49 artistic works have been invited, including 32 films of different lengths, 15 installations, one lecture performance and a reading [...]

Competition

20.01.2016: Berlinale 2016: Competition Complete

The Competition of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. 18 of the 23 films in the Competition programme will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

20.01.2016: “CoPro Series”: Seven international series projects to pitch at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

On February 16, the Berlinale Co-Production Market is hosting the second edition of its exclusive “CoPro Series” event [...]

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19.01.2016: NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema:
out of the Amazon onto the Perennial Ice

With mixed feelings this year’s NATIVe is saying goodbye to last year’s focus on Latin America and welcoming the Arctic as next year’s geographical focus [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

19.01.2016: Forum 2016: Making Experience Tangible

The 46th Berlinale Forum will show a total of 44 films in its main programme, of which 34 are world premieres and nine international premieres. This year’s Special Screenings will be announced in an additional press release [...]

Additional Information, Berlinale Special

18.01.2016: Berlinale Special 2016

Berlinale Special is part of the official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers, biopics of renowned personalities as well as extraordinary formats [...]

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15.01.2016: 10th Culinary Cinema: Make Food Not War

“Make Food Not War” is the motto of the 10th Culinary Cinema, which will be held from February 14 to 19, 2016 [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

15.01.2016: Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2016
Coming of Age and the Fear of the Future
Leuchtstoff Project Meteorstraße to Open the Programme

With twelve films, including eight full-length films as well as four medium-long fiction and documentary films, the Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2016 is now complete [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

14.01.2016: Berlinale Classics: Presenting six newly-restored films from Germany, Japan, Taiwan and the USA

The Berlinale Classics series of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival will present premieres of six films, two German and four international productions, five of them world premieres [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

14.01.2016: Berlinale Co-Production Market Matches 36 New Feature Film Projects with International Co-Production Partner

At the 13th edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 14 to 16, 2016), a select group of 36 new feature film projects from 29 different countries will be able to forge international co-production and financing partnerships [...]

Panorama

14.01.2016: Panorama Special Opening Films, Christine Vachon to Receive Special Teddy Award and Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

With 30 films confirmed to date, of which 24 are fictional and six will run in Panorama Dokumente, two-thirds of this year’s Panorama has now been announced [...]