Press Releases 75th Berlinale

Forum & Forum Expanded

Jan 27, 2025: The World Premiere of Stolz & Eigensinn (Pride & Attitude) by Gerd Kroske Completes the Forum Programme

Gerd Kroske's film poses the question “What was once gained – what is lost?” through the biographies of former GDR female industrial workers [...]

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Jan 16, 2025: What’s Next?
On the 30 Films of the 55th Berlinale Forum Main Programme

The 55th Forum main programme comprises 30 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are in a bad state [...]

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Jan 09, 2025: Open Wounds, Open Words: The 2025 Forum Special

In the second year headed by Barbara Wurm, the Forum Special is once again showing a programme of historical and current films, curated around a set of related themes [...]

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Jan 09, 2025: Forum Expanded 2025: Methods of Translucence

In its 20th edition, Forum Expanded brings together 24 installations, films, videos and sculptures that employ translucence as a means of engaging with the cataclysmic realities of the present [...]

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Nov 28, 2024: 20th Forum Expanded: Changes and Continuities Leading Up to the Anniversary Edition

Ala Younis, who has co-lead Forum Expanded together with Ulrich Ziemons since 2021, has resigned from her position after many years of meaningful contribution. Now entering its third decade, Forum Expanded continues to be an ever-changing and evolving space [...]