Tom Tykwer joins journalist and curator Jenni Zylka for an in-depth discussion about his favourite radical cinematic playground: Berlin.

Come and hear about the BIPoC Alliance’s mission and film initiatives as part of an hour of networking and film discussions held in the Hub before the final weekend of the Berlinale and the last public panel in HUB75. Coffee and snacks will be available for purchase.

Ina Weisse established herself as an idiosyncratic storyteller with her films Der Architekt and The Audition. Now the director and actor is presenting her third film, Zikaden, at the Berlinale.

In conversation with the director and screenwriter Jan Ole Gerster. The trained paramedic had a huge hit with Oh Boy in 2012. His third feature, Islands, is being presented in this year’s Berlinale.

In conversation with the director Rosa von Praunheim. The regular Berlinale guest discusses his current film Satanic Sow and casts his eye back on numerous festival stories since 1971.

Honey Bunch (dir: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli) and The Ugly Stepsister (dir: Emilie Blichfeldt) brilliantly subvert the body-horror genre. A conversation with the directors, hosted by Berlinale selection committee member Jessica Kiang at HUB75.

The Berlinale’s new Perspectives section is a competitive strand for fiction feature debuts. This conversation with filmmakers in the section from Austria, India, Slovenia and Hungary is hosted by Berlinale selection committee member Jessica Kiang at HUB75.

Film composers Dascha Dauenhauer (Islands; No Beast. So Fierce.), Barbara Drazkov (Autokar), Nils Kacirek (Circusboy) and Diego Noguera Berger (Ancestral Visions of the Future) in conversation, hosted by Katja Lucker (Initiative Musik).

The Documentary Jury of the 75th Berlinale visits HUB75 to talk about their journey to the jury, their films and their favourite Berlinale moments.

Nina Hoss is one of Germany’s most well-respected actors and a Silver Bear winner for her performance in Yella. She is attending this year’s Berlinale with Ina Weisse’s new film Zikaden which is screening in Panorama.

The Austrian Valerie Pachner caused a stir in 2019 with her leading role in The Ground beneath My Feet in the Berlinale Competition and is returning this year with Delicious in Panorama.

Directors Lúcia Murat and Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama explore how their films Hora do recreio and Têtes Brûlées (both in this year’s Generation programme) challenge the white, classist gaze with subversive storytelling and hip-hop. Hosted by Canan Turan.