Press Releases 2005

Dec 21, 04: Man to Man to open the 55th Berlinale

The 55th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 10, 2005 with the world premiere of Man to Man by French director Régis Wargnier [...]

Dec 23, 04: Roland Emmerich to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2005 – Three German Movies in the Competition – A Strong Showing from Europe

German director Roland Emmerich will be president of the International Jury of the Berlinale 2005. Emmerich’s international career began with the film Das Arche Noah Prinzip (The Noah’s Ark Principle) which screened at the Berlinale in 1984 and attracted worldwide attention. Hollywood discovered this great talent, who then went on to make Independence Day, Godzilla and The Patriot, all Oscar-crowned works. In 2004, with The Day After Tomorrow, Emmerich contributed to the ongoing debate on the climate catastrophe [...]

Jan 20, 05: 16 World Premieres and 5 Debuts in the Competition of the Berlinale 2005

Twenty-one films will be competing for the Golden and Silver Bears in the Competition of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival. The programme in the Berlinale Palast will be rounded off by five more productions running hors concours. Five of the works selected for this year’s Competition programme are feature debuts. A total of sixteen films are world premieres [...]

Jan 26, 05: Berlinale Special

The selection for the Berlinale Special is now complete: in this year’s programme, Timor Bekmambetov, Kay Pollak, Jorge Ramirez Suárez, and Florian Gallenberger will be setting new directions with their recent films. A production by Japan’s Shochiku Studios as well as Rosa von Praunheim’s latest documentary Wer ist Helene Schwarz? (Who Is Helene Schwarz?) are being presented [...]

Jan 27, 05: Short Films at the Berlinale: From Seaside Idyll to Political Reality

The Berlinale offers ample opportunity to study signature samples of the most diverse directors. Alongside young filmmakers who are able to evolve their styles in short films, established feature film directors also enjoy returning to this genre. The Berlinale has created a special platform for short films [...]

Jan 27, 05: The Berlinale Confirms the International Jury

The International Jury decides who will take home a Golden or Silver Bear. At the 55th Berlin International Film Festival the Bears will be awarded by seven members of the jury. The ceremony will be held at the Berlinale Palast on Saturday, February 19, 2005 [...]

Feb 09, 05: Fateless new entry in the Berlinale Competition

The 55th Berlin International Film Festival is pleased to announce that the Hungarian-German-British co-production Fateless will screen in this year’s Competition. The film is based on Hungarian Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s book of the same title [...]

Jan 06, 05: Panorama Turns 20 - The Berlinale’s Panorama section announces its first films

20 years Panorama – they mean two decades of arthouse programme: innovative and individual auteur films, as well as the latest works of well-known directors and extraordinary films by newcomers. By screening international independent films, this section has developed its own profile alongside the Competition in the Official Programme [...]

Jan 25, 05: Panorama Dokumente 2005: Explosive Topics and a Strong Showing from Germany

Never before have documentaries been able to assert themselves so successfully in movie theatres as they do today. This remarkable development can be regarded as an expression of the desire of viewers to go beyond the infotainment of television and grapple more deeply with controversial topics [...]

Jan 28, 05: 20th Panorama - Programme Selection Complete

To celebrate its 20th anniversary the Panorama is presenting 34 features, 18 documentaries and 26 short films in its main programme and Special, Dokumente and Short Film series. 30 countries played a major role in the production of these works. 28 of them will be screened as world premieres, nine as premieres outside the countries of their origin and fifteen as European premieres [...]

Feb 19, 05: PanoramaAudienceAward 2005

Of all large festivals, the Berlinale is regarded as the festival most open to the public. Radio channel “radioeins” and Berlin’s city magazine “tip” have again made it possible for film fans to vote for their favourite films and then in collaboration with the Panorama section to present the only official audience award of the Berlinale, the PanoramaAudienceAward [...]

Jan 04, 05: Forum opens with Lost and Found

The opening film of the 35th International Forum of New Cinema has been selected: The German production Lost and Found unites stories by young directing talents from six Central and Eastern European countries [...]

Jan 13, 05: Restored Heaven’s Gate as Special Screening in the Forum

The International Forum of New Cinema presents a special screening of the restored original version of Heaven’s Gate. Michael Cimino’s monumental anti-Western from 1980 is still regarded as Hollywood’s biggest financial flop – and, mainly by critics outside the USA, as a masterpiece. As a supplement, the documentation Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of 'Heaven's Gate' by Michael Epstein will be shown as a European premiere [...]

Jan 21, 05: Pop Art and Politics – the Forum Focuses on Innovative Debuts

The program of the 35th International Forum of New Cinema presents itself in leaner, rejuvenated form. Reducing the selection of films by more than a quarter in comparison with earlier years focuses the gaze on essentials: an innovative, global filmmaking eager to experiment and take unconventional paths outside the mainstream. The program, consisting of 39 feature and documentary films, including 16 debut works, is presenting 24 world premieres. A total of 33 countries are represented in the Forum [...]

Nov 11, 04: Application phase for the jury “Dialogue en perspective” is underway

TV5 and the German-French Youth Office (DFJW) are once again giving young film lovers the chance of becoming jury members in the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the International Berlin Film Festival [...]

Dec 08, 04: Director Nina Grosse becomes president of the jury „Dialogue en perspective“

Nina Grosse, German director of such films as Feuerreiter (Fire Rider), will be the president of the young jury for the prize “Dialogue en perspective” at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival (10.-20.02.05) [...]

Jan 03, 05: Welcome to Reality – First Films Selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Stories from everyday life, figures filled with resignation, aggression and passion, entwined in family conflicts and love affairs. In the fourth year of the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, the preference of young filmmakers for the nuances and challenges of the realities of life in Germany is already becoming apparent [...]

Jan 19, 05: The Programme Is Completed – Perspektive Deutsches Kino to Open with the World Premiere of Dancing with Myself

This year’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme has been confirmed: it includes nine films – six features and three documentaries. A very special documentary will open the fourth edition of the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino. Dancing with Myself by Judith Keil and Antje Kruska – who with Der Glanz von Berlin (Queens of Dust) also participated in the very first Perspektive Deutsches Kino [...]

May 25, 04: Tribute to the Berlinale Kinderfilmfest in Rome

The Roman International Children’s Film Festival, ‘Alice nella Città’ pays tribute to the Berlinale Kinderfilmfest.
A choice selection of six films from previous Kinderfilmfest competition programms will be screened from 5 - 6 June [...]

Dec 17, 04: Kinderfilmfest / 14plus 2005: Somewhere between a case of the butterflies and fourteen sucks

In its second year, the Berlinale’s youth film competition 14plus is again heading for a great start with a fantastic programme. “The success of the new competition was awesome“, section head Thomas Hailer exclaimed, “and we’re eager to put all our energies into making this one even better.” [...]

Jan 14, 05: Programme of the Kinderfilmfest / 14plus for the 55th Berlinale - Pilot Project with Berlin’s Schools

The 28th Kinderfilmfest programme is now complete. For the opening at the Zoo Palast on February 11, 2005, the guest of honour will be actress Corinna Harfouch, who – since her appearance in Bibi Blocksberg – is extremely popular with young audiences. The Kinderfilmfest will open with the Iranian film Hayat by Gholamreza Ramezani [...]

Nov 15, 04: The Berlinale Retrospective 2005: “Production Design & Film”

Entitled “Schauplätze – Drehorte – Spielräume. Production Design & Film“ (“Settings – Locations – Scenes. Production Design & Film”), the Retrospective of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival (February 10 – 20, 2005) will be dedicated to the profession and impact of production design [...]

Dec 29, 04: Battleship Potemkin – Premiere of Newly Reconstructed Version

Special Event of the Retrospective during the Berlinale 2005

Screenings with live orchestral accompaniment on February 12 and 13, 2005 in the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin

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Feb 07, 05: Guests and Special Events of the Retrospective "Schauplätze, Drehorte, Spielräume (Settings, Locations, Scenes). Production Design + Film"

Ken Adam, one of the best-known and most influential production designers of the last forty years, once described himself as “the director’s eye”. The Retrospective “Schauplätze, Drehorte, Spielräume 8Settings, Locations, Scenes). Production Design + Film” is showing the two films in which Adam designed the set decoration for Stanley Kubrick [...]

Nov 17, 04: Berlinale-Series Selling Democracy II – Winning the Peace

In 2004, the Berlinale launched the first part of a highly regarded series of films from the U.S.A.’s recovery programme for Europe following World War II entitled Selling Democracy – Welcome Mr. Marshall. Conceived to run for a total of three years, the series will continue during the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005 and again in 2006 [...]

Jan 31, 05: Berlinale Series Selling Democracy II – Winning the Peace

In 2004, with Selling Democracy – Welcome Mr. Marshall, the Berlinale launched a highly regarded series of films from the USA’s recovery programme for Europe after World War II. The series was conceived to run for a total of three years; it is continuing this year at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005 and will conclude in 2006 [...]

Sep 21, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #4

No more waiting for the next time: From September 21 2004 the "Virtual Talent Campus" offers all film- makers the chance to visit the workshops and lectures of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2004 on the Internet [...]

Aug 03, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #3

With the Talent Campus India (19 – 23 July), that finished only recently, the idea behind Berlinale Talent Campus was exported to Asia for the first time [...]

Jun 21, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #2

“A totally different cinema festival, far more anarchic but gripping“ – this is how the French Libération describes “one of the most important initiatives for the future of the Berlinale“ (Anthony Minghella): the Berlinale Talent Campus. After the resounding success of the two previous years, Campus enters the third round from 12 – 17 February 2005 under the motto “Designing Your Future“. [...]

Jun 09, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #1

The ball is round – and the new international short film awards of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2005 on the subject of football will be all action: it is directed at all filmmakers world wide who want to combine their passion for making movies with that for football and the enjoyment of their country’s football culture [...]

Oct 21, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #5

“Working Campus” offers talents at the Berlinale Talent Campus the chance to consolidate their experiences and ideas in workshops and individual sessions. New at the Campus: The Doc Clinic [...]

Nov 03, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #6

Bringing creativity to the 2006 FIFA World CupTM – 611 filmmakers from 75 countries have put in their applications for “SHOOT GOALS! SHOOT MOVIES!“, the international short film competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Nov 12, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #7

Great response – The Berlinale Talent Campus has received 2500 applications from 104 different countries by the end of the application period. Compared to the previous year more nations have joined those interested in participating [...]

Dec 03, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #8

As this year’s Berlin Today Award (BTA) films travel from festival to festival, the three new films which will compete for the 2005 award to be announced on February 16, 2005 during the Berlinale Talent Campus are in the middle of postproduction [...]

Dec 16, 04: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #9

The 55th Berlin International Film Festival (February 10 – 20, 2005) once again invites 500 young film- makers from 89 countries to an exchange of ideas and experiences with renowned film makers for a whole week at the Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Jan 24, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #10

Creative synergy – with 530 film talents from 90 countries and a total of 80 international experts the 2005 Berlinale Talent Campus is turning into the school for those wanting to make it in the film business. It takes place from 12 – 17 February 2005 in the Berlin House of World Cultures. This year more countries have joined [...]

Feb 19, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #12

“Cinema is opening the door to the world, cinema is thinking collectively. The Berlinale Talent Campus is a collective endeavour and I am proud to be part of it” said Walter Salles about his involvement as host in the Berlinale Talent Campus which, with more than 60 events, took place at the Berlin House of World Cultures from 12 - 17 February. [...]

Sep 23, 04: Berlinale Co-Production Market: Call for Entries

After the successful premiere in 2004, the second edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place on February 13-14, 2005, during the 55th Berlin International Film Festival (February 10-20, 2005) [...]

Jan 17, 05: A Full Programme at the Berlin House of Representatives - Berlinale Co-Production Market to Present 31 New Film Projects

At the second Berlinale Co-Production Market on February 13 and 14, 2005, a total of 31 projects from 22 countries will be presented to interested co-producers and financiers. This year’s Berlinale Co-Production Market has a new venue: the Berlin House of Representatives (the Preußischer Landtag/Prussian Parliament). It is located opposite the Martin Gropius Bau, where the European Film Market will take place beginning in 2006 [...]

Feb 01, 05: European Film Market 2005

The central event for the film industry at the Berlin International Film Festival is the European Film Market with its close ties to the other sections and events of the festival [...]

Oct 05, 04: Berlinale and German Federal Cultural Foundation set up World Cinema Fund

Support for the production and distribution of film projects in Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.

Funding can begin – the World Cinema Fund has been launched. This initiative is committed to the development of world cinema and to the enrichment of the cinescape in Germany [...]

Nov 09, 04: Berlinale Jury for the World Cinema Fund

Selection can begin – a four-member jury will choose which projects are to be supported by the World Cinema Fund which has been set up by the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) and the Berlinale [...]

Feb 13, 05: World Cinema Fund Jury Meets for First Time – 9 Projects Selected from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East

Following its first session, the jury for World Cinema Fund, established by the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) and the Berlinale in autumn 2004, has selected nine projects for financing [...]

Feb 01, 05: Berlinale Camera Awards 2005

The Berlinale Camera is awarded to film personalities or institutions to which the Berlin International Film Festival feels particularly indebted and wants to express its gratitude and appreciation [...]

Feb 01, 05: Berlinale 2005: Honorary Golden Bears for Im Kwon-Taek and Fernando Fernán Gómez

The 55th Berlin International Film Festival will this year honour the Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-Taek, and the Spanish actor, director and screenwriter Fernando Fernán Gómez with Honorary Golden Bears for their lifetime achievements [...]

Feb 09, 05: Surprise Film 2005: Mutterseelenallein by Bernd Böhlich with the awarding of the Berlinale Camera to Katrin Sass

This year’s Berlinale Surprise Film is Mutterseelenallein, directed by Bernd Böhlich. This feature film debut recounts, with harrowing precision, the situation of a woman who learns that her son has become a murderer. Bea (Katrin Sass), the female protagonist, lives through all imaginable extremes of human behaviour and ends up herself on the periphery of society [...]

Feb 15, 05: Awards of the International Short Film Jury

The International Short Film Jury awards prizes for short films screened in the Competition and Panorama sections. The members of the jury Gabriela Tagliavini (Argentinien), Marten Rabarts (Neuseeland), Susan Korda (USA) award the following prizes [...]

Sep 30, 04: Frankfurt Book Fair and Berlinale in partnership

Book Fair and Berlin International Film Festival planning joint events as from 2005

The big literary film adaptations make it obvious: the film and book worlds are closely linked. The Frankfurt Book Fair and the Berlin International Film Festival are planning to cooperate in future [...]

Aug 27, 04: The Berlinale supports cinematic art at this year’s “LongNight of Museums”

Within the scope of its temporary art projects, Berlin’s crowd-puller the “Long Night of Museums” is presenting a cinematic installation at the Humboldt University. These 15 essays on the “grammar” of film language were realized with the support of the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Apr 21, 04: Berlinale 2005 to be held from February 10 to 20

The 55th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 10 to 20, 2005 [...]

Nov 08, 04: The Berlinale’s New Website

The Berlin International Film Festival has a new Internet site. On Monday, November 8, 2004, www.berlinale.de will be launched with a new look and expanded functions [...]

Dec 17, 04: ZDF is the New Media Partner of the Berlinale 2005

The Berlinale and ZDF (Second German Television Channel) finalized and signed a far-reaching media partnership for television today. ZDF is one of the three main partners of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival, which will take place from February 10 to 20, 2005 [...]

Jan 10, 05: Berlin International Film Festival to continue its long-standing and successful partnership with L’ORÉAL PARiS and Volkswagen

The Berlinale has a long-standing partnership with its main sponsors L’ORÉAL PARiS and Volkswagen. The partnership between L’ORÉAL PARiS and the Berlin International Film Festival goes back to 1999 [...]

Jan 24, 05: Berlinale Showcase Im Kwon-Taek

The upcoming Berlinale’s showcase is dedicated to filmmaker Im Kwon-Taek. Among the great directors of Asia the Korean director holds a special position. Im Kwon-Taek began his work in film in 1962 and is currently working on his 100th production [...]

Feb 01, 05: Berlinale Events

The exploration of film as a medium does not take place just in the movie theater. In many genres of art, film serves as a basis for interdisciplinary projects [...]

Feb 01, 05: Download the Press Dossier of the Berlinale 2005.

Please note that the document is only available in German! [...]

Feb 19, 05: The 55th Berlinale Closes With Record Attendances

Neither snow flurries nor stormy gusts could dampen the good spirits at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival. This year the Festival recorded its highest attendances ever with 180,000 tickets sold to the public, who along with accredited festival guests attended the cinema more than 400,000 times [...]

Feb 23, 05: The Berlinale as Guest in Rome

The Berlinale is again participating in the initiative successfully launched last year in collaboration with the “Fondazione Musica per Roma” and with the support of Agis/Lazio: the “Berlino a Roma” will be opening for the second time on Sunday, March 6, 2005 in the Parco della Musica [...]

Mar 18, 05: Berlinale in Athens – from April 1 to April 7, 2005

From April 1 to 7, 2005, the Greek organization "Cultural Action" with support of the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin presents the festival to the Greek audience in Athens [...]