Steven Spielberg © Brian Bowen Smith. Courtesy Amblin Partners
The Homage of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will be devoted to US-American director, producer and screenwriter Steven Spielberg, who will also be presented with an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. In the scope of the Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, the festival will screen his most recent work, The Fabelmans. A recipient of multiple Academy Awards, Spielberg is one of the world's m...
EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS 2023 - THE JURY: Jan Komasa, Rebecca van Unen, Maria Ekerhovd, Leo Barraclough and Veronica Echegui
Five acclaimed experts selected by European Film Promotion (EFP) have the challenging task of deciding which of the 27 nominated acting talents will take part in the upcoming edition of EUROPE SHOOTING STARS (17-20 February, 2023) at the Berlin International Film Festival.
With their extensive experience in different fields of the film industry, the jury members w...
Dennis took some time of his busy AFM - in person schedule to introduce EFM and give a helpfull highlights for filmmakers newcommers in Berlin.
More timely news on the futures evolution and changes in the Market in the coming weeks...
Dennis Ruh has been director of the European Film Market since 2020.
He studied cultural sciences, audiovisual communication, social science and history in Bremen, Germany and Valencia, Spain. During his studies, he began working for the O...
Sebastian Markt / section head Generation (as of September 1, 2022), Melika Gothe / section manager Generation (as of August 1, 2022) © Jan Kraus / Berlinale
Sebastian Markt will be taking over as Head of Generation on September 1, 2022. He joined the Generation team in 2013 and has been in charge of programme coordination since 2015, most recently as head of programming for Generation's feature-length film programme. He succeeds the long-term section ...
Berlinale Goes Open Air: Programme Online / Ticket Sales Start on June 3 / Limited Number of Free Tickets for Nurses and Doctors from Berlin Hospitals
Good news for film fans: From June 15 to 29, the Berlinale will present festival highlights from the February programme in a summery outdoor atmosphere (see also the May 16 press release).
In cooperation with five Berlin outdoor cinemas and the films’ distributors, films from various Berlinale sections will be shown over ...
We – festival workers, artists, filmmakers … – think fondly of our friends in Ukraine and we are by their side in a call for peace.
One week ago, the Berlin International Film Festival was celebrating a complicated yet successful edition. Filmmakers, artists and journalists from all over the world gathered in Berlin to enjoy a collective and joyful experience. The feeling of being together again, with no distinctions of nationality, religion, or culture, t...
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2022 IN NUMBERS
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2022 IN PICTURES
BROWSE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF AVANT PREMIÈRE
Revive the four intense days and see what went on in the Avant Premiè...
A film by Cem Kaya
Germany 2022
Documentary, 96 Min.
filmfaust, Film Five and Rapid Eye Movies are very pleased to announce that AŞK, MARK VE ÖLÜM (LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH) by Cem Kaya has won the Audience Award in the category Panorama Documents. The prize is awarded by the Berlinale Panorama section together with radioeins and rbb Fernsehen (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).
"I would like to thank the audience and the Berlinale! Our film...
NELLY & NADINE
Sweden / Belgium / Norway 2022, 92 Min.
NELLY & NADINE by award winning Swedish director Magnus Gertten wins the „Jury Award“ at the TEDDY AWARDS 2022, one of the most prestigious queer film awards in the world at this year’s 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (10-20 February 2022). The jury award goes to a film which has been chosen from all nominated films in the TEDDY AWARDS film program. NELLY & NADINE was also a nominee for „...
Petr Lom and Corinne van Egeraat
MYANMAR DIARIES WINS THREE PRIZES AT BERLINALE
ZINDOC's new feature documentary MYANMAR DIARIES by the Myanmar Film Collective won three awards at its world premiere last week at the Berlinale:
The Berlinale Documentary Award
The Amnesty Film Award
3rd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner Panorama Dokumente
The Berlinale Documentary Award comes with a prize of 40 000 euros and makes t...
UK-based sales firm 101 Films International, the UK based sales division of Amcomri Entertainment Inc (AMEN:NEO) (FRANKFURT: 25YO), has taken on world sales of compelling new feature film 18½ .
Available now, the drama is inspired by Watergate, the US scandal that took down a President, which commemorates its 50thanniversary this year in June. In 1974 a White House transcriber is thrust into the forefront of shocking events when she obtains the only copy of th...
On the last day of the festival, Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian bid farewell to the audience at the Cineplex Titania cinema © Sandra Weller / Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022
Successful Berlinale 2022: Flying the Flag for Cinema
On Sunday, February 20, the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival rounded off successfully with numerous audience screenings. On the last day of the festival, Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek...
Florian Weghorn at the Talents Tanks
The 20th anniversary edition of Berlinale Talents ends on a high with alumna and Golden Bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarràs), and having established a clear mission for the future. The six-day summit, with talks for thousands of online viewers as well as workshops and the new daily think tank Talents Tanks for the 200 participants from over 70 countries, emphasised the desire to create m...
The audience has voted: The 24th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Baqyt (Happiness) by Askar Uzabayev. Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).
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In the studio: AC Coppens (The Catalysts) & Dennis Ruh (EFM director) at the "EFM Industry Sessions" opening
This exceptional edition of the European Film Market (EFM) at the 72nd Berlinale ended successfully yesterday, Thursday February 17.
The international trading platform for audiovisual content had to be moved online for the second time due to the pandemic. But even in virtual space, countless business meetings were organised and a...
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
THE SILENT FOREST
Berlin 2022
With Director: Saralisa Volm
Q: Tell me about the origin of this film and what was the idea behind it?
Saralisa: The project is based on a novel written by Wolfram Fleischhauer. We were working on another project before and he gave me this novel. He knew I’m from Bavaria and that I have an attraction for intriguing stories that are relevant. As expected by him I really like the novel and I really thoug...
Last night Carla Simón won the GOLDEN BEAR for her second feature film Alcarràs.
Congratulations to the teams: Vilaut, Avalon, Elastica Films, Kino Produzioni. And everybody involved in the film. We are so proud of you! You'll be travelling the world with this masterpiece and we'll be next to you in every step.
As Carla said, this award is dedicated "to the farmers who work the land every day and farm in a way that respects the land. Their...
Congratulations to the cast and crew and some great reviews!
"For its extraordinary performances - from the child actors to the actors in their eighties - for the ability to show the tenderness and comedy of family as well as the struggle, and for the portrayal of our connection and dependence to the land around us."
M. Night Shyamalan, President of the Jury
“This Spanish Garden of Eden is profoundly authentic and mo...
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The CICAE Juries at Berlinale - (f...
The CICAE Juries at Berlinale - (from left to right): Éva Demeter, Tisza Mozi, Szolnok (HU), Sabine Girsberger, Schweizer Studiofilm Verband (CH), Dr. Christian Bräuer, president of the CICAE, Carla Molino, Il Kino Berlin (DE), Jochen Frankl, Burg Theater, Burg (DE), Joanna Piotrowiak, Kino Muza, Poznan (PL), Albert Triviño Massó, Zumzeig, Barcelona (ES) and Boglárka Nagy, managing director of the CICAE.
Photo © Stefan Zeitz
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Crystal Bears and Awards of the Juries of Generation Kplus
Awards of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
The members of the Children's Jury in Generation Kplus – Tilda Aue, Maria Fock, Connar Beck Lowe, Henri Marioth, Leonardo Urrutia Schwarze, Kerstin Teichmann and Ida Lilli Zschaubitz – have awarded the following prizes:
Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Comedy Queen
by Sanna Lenken, Sweden
A great protagonist, powerful and vulnera...
The members of the 2022 International Jury, M. Night Shyamalan (President), Karim Aïnouz, Anne Zohra Berrached, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Connie Nielsen and Said Ben Saïd award the following prizes:
Prizes of the International Jury
Golden Bear for Best Film
Alcarràs
By Carla Simon
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
The Novelist’s Film
By Hong Sang-soo
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Robe Of Gems
By N...
The Heiner Carow Prize 2022 for the promotion of german cinematic art goes to the Perspektive talent Rafael Starman (cinematography) for Gewalten.
The Heiner Carow Prize, endowed with 5,000 Euros, has now been awarded for the ninth time at the Berlin International Film Festival. For the first time, the prize in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section goes to a Perspektive talent whose skills in their respective professional field have made a...
Berlinale Co-Production Market 2022 Awards Ceremony
On Monday, three cash prizes were awarded to new feature film projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 12 to 16).
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, endowed with 20,000 Euros, went to the producers of Caractères Productions from France, and Honare Khiyal from Iran for their project My Favourite Cake (directors: Behtash Sanaeeha & Maryam M...
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