Information on Festival accreditation

The accreditation fee depends on which accreditation you need and when your application is submitted. Approval of applications submitted after January 6, 2012 cannot be guaranteed.

• Access to festival screenings (every section, though not at all times and at every venue)
• Access to EFM Locations (Martin-Gropius-Bau and Marriott Hotel); industry professionals with Market Badge or Multiple Day Pass are given priority access
• Access to the series German Cinema - LOLA@Berlinale
• Access to public events at the Berlinale Talent Campus
• Publication in the “Who’s Where”

• Access to EFM Locations (Martin-Gropius-Bau and Marriott Hotel)
• Access to EFM Screenings
• Access to selected Berlinale Press Screenings (depending on capacity)
• Access to selected official screenings of various festival sections
• Access to the Producers Lounge and Panels in the Berlinale Co-Production Market
• Access to the series German Cinema - LOLA@Berlinale
• Log in for the Industry Area on the EFM Website and mobile site
• Log in for Cinando (valid through April 15, 2012)
• Publication in the “Who’s Where” and the Participants List

To check your accreditation application, we also require the following documents:

• Company profile
  Please upload a company profile with a detailed listing of projects completed in recent years.
• List of interested company representatives
  Please understand that there is a limit to the number of available accreditations per company. For this reason, please agree internally who wants to attend the Berlinale as a company representative before submitting your application. With every application, please provide the same list of names and the functions of all interested staff members as a verification document. Accreditation can only be given to staff members who are are employed continuously by the company in question.

Proof of professional activity can also be supported by giving a link to an up-to-date and well-kept website. This, however, may not substitute for the upload of at least one professional supporting document.

Individuals should include an up-to-date CV and / or filmography. Festival entries, awards and any funding received should be mentioned in the filmography. The projects and activities of the last three years are crucial for accreditation. The focus should be on film projects.

Proof of professional activity can also be supported by giving a link to an up-to-date and well-kept website. This, however, may not substitute for the upload of at least one professional supporting document.

For film-related courses and departments, universities can request for an allotment of accreditations directly from the Berlinale. Requests for an allotment can only be submitted by the university administration or by professors and teaching staff for their students. To do so, please send a short course outline or description of the main topic covered in the course and send the number of desired accreditations to .

We cannot accept individual requests from students. Interested students should contact an official representative of their university who can then get in touch with us.

“Student codes” are intended exclusively for use by students and not by university administration staff or professors and teaching staff. These persons may apply for accreditation as industry professionals online without having to apply for a code and may request a festival accreditation and/or a Market Badge.

After checking a request, the university’s applicant will receive the required number of “student codes” which may be passed on to students who must enter them when they fill out the online application form. Students are not required to provide evidence of their film-related activities, since they can provide legitimation with their code. They must submit their application to the Berlinale by December 15, 2011. Students cannot apply for a Market Badge.

Please note:

• students may only be accredited for the Berlinale through their school only once
• students must show their student ID when picking up their student accreditation

Members of a national professional association that is a Berlinale cooperation partner should contact their association before filling out the Berlinale online accreditation form. They should provide you with a so-called “association code”, which proves your professional status as a filmmaker or representative of the film industry. No further verification documents are required. Your application must be submitted to the Berlinale by December 15, 2011.

The Berlinale cooperates with the following national professional associations:

• Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft (SPIO) ()
• Berliner Film- und Fernsehverband
• Bundesverband der Fernseh- und Filmregisseure ()
• Bundesverband Filmschnitt Editor ()
• Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit ()
• Bundesverband Jugend und Film ()
• Bundesverband Kamera ()
• Bundesverband Produktion ()
• Cinélibre ()
• Filmbüro Bremen ()
• Filmbüro Niedersachsen ()
• Filmbüro NW ()
• Film- und Kinobüro Hessen ()
• Filmverband Brandenburg ()
• Filmverband Sachsen ()
• Kulturelle Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein ()
• SFK Verband ()
• VeDRA ()
• Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren ()