The Berlinale Camera

Isabella Rossellini is one of the most renowned actresses of international cinema. Over the past years she has also made a name for herself as a producer and director. She has played roles in films by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Norman Mailer, Robert Zemeckis, Joel Schumacher, John Schlesinger, Peter Greenaway and many others. She achieved international fame above all for her performances in David Lynch’s films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Isabella Rossellini was President of the Berlinale’s International Jury in 2011. She has also been a regular guest of the Festival. She first attended the Berlinale as the lead actress in Peter Weir’s Fearless (Competition 1994). In 2007 she returned to Berlin, in the Forum section, as the narrator of Guy Maddin’s experimental silent film Brand Upon the Brain!. In 2011, with Julie Gavras’ Late Bloomers, she was in the Berlinale Special. In 2013 Isabella Rossellini will be coming to Berlin with two films: in the Generation section, as actress in Vincent Bal’s Nono, Het Zigzag Kind (The Zigzag Kid); and in Forum Expanded, as director of Mammas , a continuation of her Green Porno series of short films (Forum Expanded 2008).
Isabella Rossellini was awarded the Berlinale Camera at Delphi Film Palast on February 9, 2013 at 9.30 pm; afterwards her film Mammas was premiered.

Rosa von Praunheim is one of the most important filmmakers of German cinema. He is considered a pioneer and co-founder of the gay movement in Germany. In his over 40-year career, he has made more than 70 films. Often, though not always, they revolve around homosexuality. He has also published several books. His breakthrough came with Die Bettwurst (The Bolsters, 1970) and the groundbreaking documentary Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt (It’s Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Situation in Which He Lives, Berlinale 1971).
Rosa von Praunheim has presented over 20 of his films at the Berlin International Film Festival. Anita – Tänze des Lasters, (Anita – Dances of Vice, 1988) and New York Memories (2010) all ran in the Panorama. Wer ist Helene Schwarz? (Who is Helene Schwarz?, 2005) was shown in the Berlinale Special section. More recently he presented his Grimme Award-winning documentary Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo (Rent Boys, 2011) and König des Comics (King of Comics, 2012) in Panorama. To celebrate his 70th birthday in November 2012, he shot 70 new short films. On the same occasion, Tom Tykwer, Robert Thalheim, Chris Kraus, Axel Ranisch and Julia von Heinz dedicated a cinematic homage to him, entitled Rosakinder.
Rosa von Praunheim was awarded the Berlinale Camera at Kino International on February 13, 2013 at 10.30 pm; afterwards the documentary Rosakinder was screened.

Richard Linklater is a long-time friend of the Berlinale. His first Competition entry Before Sunrise was awarded the Silver Bear for best director in 1995. After he was once again a guest at the Berlinale in 2004 with the sequel Before Sunset, Richard Linklater presented his comedy Fast Food Nation in the 2007 Culinary Cinema Section. The Berlinale Camera was presented on February 11, 2013 at the premiere of Before Midnight.