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16.04.2018: The Berlinale Mourns the Loss of Miloš Forman and Vittorio Taviani

In the last few days the renowned and multi-award winning directors Miloš Forman and Vittorio Taviani have died [...]

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18.03.2018: Berlinale Mourns the Loss of Nazif Mujic

The Berlin International Film Festival was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Nazif Mujic, who passed away on February 18, 2018 [...]

Berlinale Series

15.03.2018: Results in 2018: Series More Successful Than Ever at the Berlinale

In its fourth year at the Berlin International Film Festival, the programme Berlinale Series enjoyed its most successful edition to date, with over 3,000 tickets sold, and sold-out cinemas at Zoo Palast, the Berlinale Series venue [...]

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13.03.2018: Ongoing Support from the Official Partners of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival

In addition to its Principal Partners - Audi, Glashütte Original, L’Oréal Paris and ZDF –, the Berlinale has the support of more than 30 national and international enterprises [...]

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07.03.2018: The Berlin International Film Festival Mourns the Loss of Lissy Bellaiche

Lissy Bellaiche, a figurehead of the Danish film industry, passed away on March 5 at the age of 77 [...]

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05.03.2018: The Berlinale congratulates A Fantastic Woman on its Oscar win!

At the 90th Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) by Sebastián Lelio won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Chilean film to receive an Academy Award in that category [...]

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26.02.2018: A Successful Festival for Audiences and the Industry

The 68th Berlin International Film Festival culminated festively with the Award Ceremony on February 24, 2018 [...]

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

24.02.2018: The Awards of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival

All the awards - official and independent juries - of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Awards, Generation

24.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany) Awards in Generation Kplus

The members of the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus – Laslo Baudouin, Luise Babette Dahns, Christian Fock, Nele Heinig, Julina Matilde Jung, Namiko Kammin, Jonas Kurth, Theresa Sagebiel, Jonas Schuster, Jonas Volkers, Ella Widmoser – give the following awards [...]

Awards, Panorama

24.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: The Panorama Audience Awards go to Profile and The Silence of Others

The public has cast its votes: the 20th Panorama Audience Awards go to Profile by Timur Bekmambetov for best fiction film and The Silence of Others by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar for best documentary [...]

Awards, Perspektive Deutsches Kino

23.02.2018: The Compass-Perspektive-Award for the Best Film in the Programme Goes to Veronika Kaserer for Her Documentary Überall wo wir sind (Everywhere We Are)

On the closing night of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, the jury – consisting of filmmakers Jules Herrmann, Sung-Hyung Cho, and Sol Bondy - presented the Compass-Perspektive-Award 2018 for the best film [...]

Awards, Berlinale Talents, Perspektive Deutsches Kino

23.02.2018: Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino Kompagnon Fellowships go to Jide Tom Akinleminu and Julian Radlmaier

This evening at the closing event of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, the Kompagnon-Fellowships were awarded for the second time [...]

Berlinale Talents

23.02.2018: Heartfelt and daring – Berlinale Talents 2018 Turns Out a Successful Edition

Yesterday evening the 16th edition of Berlinale Talents came to a successful close. Gus Van Sant, Josephine Decker, Christian Petzold, Nancy Schreiber, Agnès Godard, Tom Tykwer, Mónica Lairana and Lav Diaz, amongst 120 other mentors and experts, met in cinematic dialogue with 250 Talents and several thousand Berliners, with a notable sense of honesty and openness [...]

Awards, Generation

23.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: Crystal Bears and the Awards by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) in Generation 14plus

And the winners are [...]

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21.02.2018: Positive Mid Festival Results for the Berlinale 2018

A first account of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival attests full cinemas and plenty of curious visitors exploring the diverse festival programme [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

19.02.2018: owerful Support for Narrative Film Projects — Three Prizes and 1,300 Meetings at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

Three monetary prizes were awarded to selected narrative film projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 17 – 21) [...]

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16.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: Additional Programming Online

This year for the first time the Berlinale is offering a handpicked selection of films for special festival screenings online [...]

Competition

14.02.2018: Dogs Chase Bears at Opening of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival

Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Prof. Monika Grütters, the Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller, Jury President Tom Tykwer and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick will open the 68th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 pm on February 15 [...]

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06.02.2018: Diversity at Berlinale

Ever since its foundation in 1951, the exploration of the multivoicedness and diversity of society has been a defining element of the Berlin International Film Festival’s identity [...]

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06.02.2018: Berlinale Goes Kiez: The Programme

From February 17 to 23, Berlinale Goes Kiez is screening a selection of films from the Festival at cinemas across the city. A total of 16 features and five short films from eight sections and the NATIVe special presentation will be shown [...]

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage

06.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Actor Willem Dafoe

The 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival is dedicating this year’s Homage to American film and theatre actor Willem Dafoe and presenting him with an Honorary Golden Bear in recognition of his life’s work [...]

Competition

06.02.2018: Berlinale 2018: International Jury

Once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2018. 19 films are competing for the awards in this year’s Competition. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on February 24 [...]

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06.02.2018: Berlinale on #MeToo

Art and culture always deal with both aesthetic and societal questions. Every year, the programme of the Berlin International Film Festival reflects this fact. The Berlinale is firmly committed to the struggle for sexual self-determination and against any and all forms of abuse [...]

Awards

06.02.2018: Berlinale Camera 2018: Awards for Beki Probst, Katriel Schory and Jirí Menzel

Since the award’s inception in 1986, the Berlin International Film Festival has been honouring individuals and institutions from the world of film that the festival feels particularly connected to with the Berlinale Camera, as a token of gratitude for their contributions to cinema [...]

Competition, Berlinale Special

06.02.2018: Competition and Berlinale Special Are Complete

The Competition and Berlinale Special programmes of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival have now been finalised [...]

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06.02.2018: Press file for the 68th Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale 2018 press dossier, detailed film lists of all sections can be downloaded here (in German only) [...]

Berlinale Talents

01.02.2018: Berlinale Talents 2018: Nancy Schreiber, Agnès Godard, Christian Petzold, João Pedro Rodrigues, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gus Van Sant, Carla Simón, Lav Diaz, Lauren Greenfield, David and Nathan Zellner, Josephine Decker, Samuel Maoz, Tom Tykwer and Other Guests Share Secrets

The Berlinale Talents programme is complete. 25 public talks and five film screenings invite Berlin audiences and 250 Talents to join into a dialogue about filmmaking [...]

World Cinema Fund

01.02.2018: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: The Future Is Now – Making Things Happen

Since it was launched in October 2004 on the initiative of the Berlinale and the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) has been committed to the development and support of cinema in regions with a weak filmmaking infrastructure, as well as to cultural diversity in German cinemas [...]

Awards

30.01.2018: 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 film makers [...]

Generation

30.01.2018: Generation 2018: Juries, Cross Section, 25th Anniversary of the German Institute for Animated Film, and School Class Programme

Generation 14plus juries and awards: The Generation 14plus International Jury will award the Grand Prix for the Best Film (7,500 EUR) and the Special Prize for the Best Short Film (2,500 EUR) [...]

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30.01.2018: Berlinale Goes Kiez: Spotlighting Seven Local Arthouse Cinemas

From February 17 to 23, the Berlinale will once again visit arthouse cinemas in the city and surrounding region [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

29.01.2018: Projects and Ideas for the African Market: Once Again, the African Film Industry Introduces Itself at the “Berlinale Africa Hub”

After its successful premiere last year, the EFM initiative “Berlinale Africa Hub” will be continued [...]

Awards

29.01.2018: Glashütte Original – Documentary Award: Jury and Nominated Films

This year, for the second time ever, the Berlin International Film Festival will present the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award, which was established in 2017 thanks to the support of watch manufacturer Glashütte Original from Saxony [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

26.01.2018: Forum 2018: Special Screenings

The Forum now completes its programme with a series of Special Screenings committed to an alternative view of film historiography [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

25.01.2018: “Books at Berlinale” — Twelve International Novels With Screen Potential

On February 19, at “Books at Berlinale”, producers can once again discover twelve new, unusual literary works that could be turned into films [...]

Panorama

25.01.2018: Programme for Berlinale Panorama 2018 Complete: What’s Your Poison?

The full programme for the 2018 edition of Panorama has been finalised and features a total of 47 films from 40 countries, with 37 world premieres and 16 directorial debuts [...]

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24.01.2018: From the Arctic to the Pacific: NATIVe 2018 Announces a New Regional Focus

This year, the Berlinale special presentation NATIVe - A Journey into Indigenous Cinema will pass review and at the same time turn its glance towards the future [...]

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24.01.2018: The 12th Culinary Cinema: Life Is Delicate

The 12th Culinary Cinema will be held under the motto “Life is Delicate” from February 18 to 23, 2018. Nine documentaries and a fictional film focussing on the relationship between food, culture, and politics are being presented this year [...]

Competition, Berlinale Special

22.01.2018: Competition and Berlinale Special: Soderbergh, Diaz, Padilha, Ruizpalacios, and Lazarov in the Competition - Everett, Fischer Christensen, Lommel, Brinkmann, Nomura Schible, and Šulík in the Berlinale Special

Another five films have been invited to take part in the Competition of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

19.01.2018: “CoPro Series” Pitches 2018 – Eight New Drama Series Projects Look for International Partners

On February 21, for the fourth time, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will invite producers, commissioning editors, distributors, and other drama series financiers to the Zoo Palast for the exclusive pitch event “CoPro Series”, mounted as part of the “Drama Series Days” 2018 (February 19 – 21) [...]