Press Releases 2020
All Press Releases
Competition
Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Encounters
Berlinale Shorts
Panorama
Forum & Forum Expanded
Generation
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Awards
Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Berlinale Talents
World Cinema Fund
Additional Information
Competition | Berlinale Shorts | Panorama
Mar 28, 2019: Berlinale 2020: Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek Announce the First Developments
Selection committee appointed / New heads for Berlinale Shorts and Panorama / Outlook onto 70th anniversary [...]Encounters
May 07, 2019: Berlinale 2020: New Directors Create Additional Competition Encounters
New competitive section / new foreign delegates and advisors / changes for special series NATIVe and Culinary Cinema [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
May 09, 2019: Cristina Nord Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum
The film critic, writer, and curator Cristina Nord will assume the directorship of the Forum section starting on August 1, 2019 [...]Additional Information
May 13, 2019: Dieter Kosslick Thanks Culinary Cinema Curator Thomas Struck and the Chefs of the Special Series
The special series Culinary Cinema took place for the 13th and last time at the Berlinale in February 2019 [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
May 14, 2019: Berlinale 2020: Chile will be “Country in Focus” at the EFM
EFM’s “Country in Focus” programme was launched in 2017 and aims to present in depth the film industry and filmmakers of a country and offer them a special platform. [...]Additional Information
Jun 25, 2019: Berlinale 2019 Summer Spotlight
Great films in the summertime and outdoors [...]World Cinema Fund
Jul 11, 2019: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Funding Recommendations for Projects from Argentina, Ecuador, Thailand, the Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Brazil
At the 30th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), the juries recommended contributing to the funding of 13 film projects [...]Berlinale Shorts | Additional Information
Aug 05, 2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts in Chile
Berlinale Spotlight is an extension of the main festival in February and makes Berlinale activities visible throughout the year [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Aug 20, 2019: European Film Market expands: “EFM Landmark” offers an additional business platform for producers and film commissioners
Over the past 20 years, film commissions have become a key factor in the international film industry [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Aug 27, 2019: Berlinale Forum: New Head Appoints Selection Committee
Film critic, author and curator Cristina Nord, head of Berlinale Forum since August 1, 2019, has assembled a new programming team [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Aug 29, 2019: Berlinale Co-Production Market: Submit International Feature Film and Series Projects Now
Until October 9, 2019, internationally experienced producers may submit new feature film projects in need of co-producers and financiers to the 17th Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 22 - 26, 2020) [...]Generation | Additional Information
Sep 03, 2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Generation in Japan and Indonesia 2019
In partnership with two Asian festivals, the Berlinale section Generation will present curated film programmes under the banner of Berlinale Spotlight: Generation [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series | European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Sep 11, 2019: Berlinale 2020: New Head for Berlinale Series, and “Drama Series Days” Becomes “Berlinale Series Market”
Over the years, episodic content has become a potent and steady part of the Berlinale programme [...]Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
Oct 09, 2019: Berlinale 2020: Retrospective “King Vidor”
The Retrospective of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to the American film director, producer, and screenwriter King Vidor (1894-1982) who holds a central place in the history of US cinema [...]World Cinema Fund | Additional Information
Oct 29, 2019: Berlinale Spotlight: World Cinema Fund at the Berlin film festival “Around the World in 14 Films”
For many years now, the Berlinale has extended its presence beyond the festival season with specially curated programmes. These activities are known as Berlinale Spotlight [...]Additional Information
Nov 01, 2019: Berlinale 2020 Dates and Outlook to 2021
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 20 to March 01, 2020 [...]Berlinale Shorts | Additional Information
Nov 07, 2019: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts in Iran and South Asia
Starting in November, Berlinale short films will be shown in various Berlinale Spotlight programmes in Iran and South Asia [...]Additional Information | Awards
Nov 13, 2019: Berlinale Documentary Film Award 2020: rbb is the New Award Sponsor and rbb media is a Berlinale Co-Partner
As of 2020, the Berlinale Documentary Film Award will be endowed with € 40,000 in prize money sponsored by public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). [...]Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
Nov 19, 2019: Berlinale Classics 2020 – Waxworks by Paul Leni – World Premiere of the Digitally Restored Version
The Berlinale Classics series will celebrate its opening on February 21, 2020 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast with a screening of the 1924 silent film classic Waxworks (dir: Paul Leni). [...]World Cinema Fund
Nov 25, 2019: The Berlinale World Cinema Fund Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary and Announces Newest Funding Selections
The World Cinema Fund (WCF) looks back on 15 years of successful film funding. Since its founding, funding has gone to 232 film projects [...]Additional Information
Nov 27, 2019: Berlinale 2020: Actor Samuel Finzi Will Host Opening Gala and Awards Ceremony
“As a European, it’s a great honour for me to be a part of one of the most important film festivals worldwide. I’m very happy about the opportunity to be a part of 2020 Berlinale on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, and a new beginning.” [...]Berlinale Talents
Dec 02, 2019: Berlinale Talents: Focus on “Collectives” in 2020 / Mastercard Becomes a Co-Partner With the New Enablement Programme
In 2020, Berlinale Talents is going collective [...]Additional Information | Berlinale Talents
Dec 03, 2019: “Berlin Film Residencies”: Medienboard, Nipkow and Berlinale Launch New Joint Website for Filmmakers
The new “Berlin Film Residencies” portal provides an overview of the different scholarship programmes supported by the Medienboard [...]Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
Dec 04, 2019: Berlinale 2020 – Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Helen Mirren
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will honour Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren with its Homage and award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement [...]Additional Information
Dec 13, 2019: Berlinale Welcomes Another Principal Partner: MagentaTV
The television and streaming service by Deutsche Telekom will be supporting the 2020 festival [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Dec 16, 2019: Pinocchio as Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlinale Palast
The first prominent guest of the Berlinale Special Gala will be director Matteo Garrone with Pinocchio, which will celebrate its festival premiere at the Berlinale Palast [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Dec 16, 2019: First Works Confirmed for Forum Expanded
The selection of the 15th Forum Expanded is nearly complete [...]Generation
Dec 16, 2019: Should I Stay or Should I Go – Young People on the Move
20 films have so far been confirmed by Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus. The multi-faceted stories tell of young people on the move, exploring themselves and new worlds [...]Panorama
Dec 16, 2019: Panorama 2020: (Un)common Grounds
Panorama confirms the first 18 films, including eleven world premieres and five directorial debuts [...]Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Dec 16, 2019: Empowerment in the Perspektive
Perspektive Deutsches Kino (section head Linda Söffker) is re-establishing itself and providing a platform for young German film at the historic Kino International [...]Additional Information
Dec 19, 2019: Berlinale 2020: Key Visual and 70th Anniversary Events
The 2020 festival poster was created by the renowned Berlin design agency State [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Dec 20, 2019: The Berlinale Forum and Forum Expanded Present Their 2020 Anniversary Programme
The Berlinale Forum takes place for the 50th time in 2020. In collaboration with Forum Expanded, the section will be presenting the films shown in the year it was founded to celebrate this anniversary [...]Competition
Jan 09, 2020: Jeremy Irons Will Be the Jury President of the Berlinale 2020
The festival management of the Berlinale is honoured to have won Jeremy Irons for this anniversary edition. [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 14, 2020: Berlinale Special: Multifaceted Programme
Further films announced [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Jan 14, 2020: “Co-Pro Series” 2020: Ten Selected Series Projects Seek International Partners
On February 25 and 26, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will invite producers, programming directors, distributors and series financiers to the exclusive pitch event “Co-Pro Series” [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Jan 14, 2020: The EFM in Series: "Berlinale Series Market & Conference" With Current Topics and Showcases
“Berlinale Series Market & Conference” (previously “Drama Series Days”) will be offering a curated selection of Market Screenings and an international, top-class conference programme for the sixth time from February 24 to 26 at the Zoo Palast [...]Berlinale Shorts
Jan 14, 2020: On the Freedom Not to Take Away Your Freedom
Berlinale Shorts Presents its Programme and the International Short Film Jury 2020
This year, Berlinale Shorts is entering a new chapter [...]
Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 14, 2020: Berlinale Series 2020: Authentic Stories, Recounted In Uncompromising Style
Dare to be seen, own your story, give sex a chance and stay true to your unique, unapologetic style [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Jan 15, 2020: Berlinale Co-Production Market Brings 36 International Feature Film Projects Into Play
Filmmakers such as Adina Pintilie, Milko Lazarov, Pepa San Martín, Simon Jaquemet, Mariana Rondón, Radu Jude, Kasia Rosłaniec or John Trengove, whose previous feature films were already part of the Berlinale programme, some having received Bears, are presenting new projects [...]Berlinale Talents
Jan 15, 2020: Collectively Creative: 255 Talents From 86 Countries at Berlinale Talents
Each individual is a highlight — and a collective of many is unstoppable [...]Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Jan 15, 2020: Heimatfilm and Heimat Horror
In a compact programme with four outstanding documentary and feature films each the Perspektive Deutsches Kino shows what motivates the new filmmakers and what questions they pose in reflection of society and its social and political orientation [...]Encounters
Jan 17, 2020: Programme Encounters Completed: Vitality of Cinema in All of Its Forms
In addition to Competition and Berlinale Shorts, the new competitive section Encounters will be introduced in 2020 [...]Additional Information
Jan 17, 2020: Special Programme at the 70th Berlinale: „On Transmission”
During the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the anniversary will be celebrated with the special programme “On Transmission” at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Jan 20, 2020: “EFM Producers Hub” and “DocSalon” Back with New Co-Operations and Content
The programme of the “EFM Producers Hub” will cover all topics of current relevance for producers while offering its usual diverse range of content for industry attendees. “DocSalon” will once again provide guests from the documentary film branch with opportunities for networking and exchange [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Jan 20, 2020: Forum: Galloping Between Different Eras
2020 is a year of many changes. The Berlinale Forum has a new section head in the form of Cristina Nord and a new selection procedure, with many new faces among the advisors and in the selection committee [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Jan 20, 2020: Forum Expanded 2020: Part of the Problem
The new decade begins at a time which has produced a great deal of speechlessness and thus a need for ever clearer words to be found [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Jan 21, 2020: “Books at Berlinale”: Twelve International Literary Works in Search of Film Producers
On February 24, at the “Books at Berlinale” pitching event, a co-operation with Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will once again present twelve exceptional works of literature that are particularly well-suited for screen-adaptation [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 21, 2020: Berlinale Special: Memory, Genre and Parable
The Berlinale Special takes audiences on a journey around the world and gives memory a special role [...]Panorama
Jan 21, 2020: Panorama 2020: Crossing Borders
Young, political, combative: the 70th Berlinale Panorama [...]Generation
Jan 22, 2020: Generation: Take It to the Limit
With daring films and protagonists who relentlessly confront themselves and society, the Generation programme explores opportunities for change in cinema and the world [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 23, 2020: Berlinale Special: Perspectives on Society
Further Berlinale Special films have been confirmed [...]Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
Jan 23, 2020: Berlinale Classics – Six Classic Films Celebrate World Premieres in Digitally Restored Versions
The Berlinale Classics section, curated by Rainer Rother, will salute “100 years of Fellini” with Il bidone (The Swindle) [...]Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 24, 2020: The 70th Berlinale Opens With Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year
In launching the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale Special Gala My Salinger Year by writer/director Philippe Falardeau will celebrate its world premiere on February 20, 2020 at the Berlinale Palast [...]Additional Information
Jan 28, 2020: Sustainability at the Berlinale
With the 70th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival is reaffirming its commitment to the 2030 Agenda set out by the United Nations, including its 17 Sustainable Development Goals [...]Additional Information
Jan 28, 2020: Diversity at the Berlinale
The advent of a more inclusive film industry constitutes one of this sector’s greatest structural challenges. [...]Awards
Jan 28, 2020: Berlinale Camera 2020: Tribute to Ulrike Ottinger
At the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera [...]Additional Information
Jan 28, 2020: Berlinale Goes Kiez: Selected Festival Films and International Guests in the Cinema Around the Corner
From February 22 to 28, 2020, Berlinale Goes Kiez will bring festival films and their teams into the programme cinemas throughout Berlin and the surrounding area [...]Additional Information
Jan 29, 2020: Press Dossier for the 70th Berlin International Film Festival
Detailed information on the Berlinale 2020 [...]Competition | Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series
Jan 29, 2020: The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special
The Competition programme includes 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary form [...]Forum & Forum Expanded
Feb 04, 2020: O.K. in the Forum Anniversary Programme
The unrest of the late sixties also spread to film festivals [...]Awards
Feb 04, 2020: Berlinale Documentary Award — Funded by rbb
The Berlin International Film Festival has long been committed to the diversity of documentary forms. A distinct award for the best documentary film was launched in 2017 [...]Awards
Feb 04, 2020: GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury
Since 2006, when it introduced the GWFF Best First Feature Award, the Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of filmmakers [...]Awards | Generation
Feb 04, 2020: Berlinale Generation Introduces Its Juries
International film experts and young cineastes comprise the four official juries of Berlinale Generation [...]Encounters | Awards
Feb 04, 2020: Encounters Jury
In 2020 the new competitive section Encounters will be introduced. Its goal is to support new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official programme [...]Competition | Awards
Feb 04, 2020: Berlinale 2020: International Jury
Once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2020. 18 films are competing for the awards in this year’s Competition. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on February 29 [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Feb 06, 2020: Raise Your Eyes: “EFM Horizon” Presents Social, Artistic and Technological Developments in the Film and Creative Industries of the Coming Years
Sustainability, well-being, diversity, storytelling, artificial intelligence and immersive media are the focus [...]Berlinale Talents
Feb 06, 2020: Berlinale Talents 2020: Public Programme and Talents Footprints Jury
There are questions better answered together. Berlinale Talents dedicates nearly 100 events, of which 33 are public, to the personal, professional and societal issues of today [...]Additional Information
Feb 11, 2020: Berlinale in Numbers
In addition to the film statistics, the Berlinale has published the ratio of female directors in the Berlinale programme every year since 2004. A first overview of this year's report is already available [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Feb 11, 2020: “Berlinale Africa Hub”: Edutainment, Social Impact and Cooperation in Africa and its Diasporas
The EFM platform “Berlinale Africa Hub” is taking place for the fourth time. This year, the initiative has moved from Gropius Park to a new location on the first floor of the Marriott Hotel. Another new feature is the expansion of the spectrum of the “Berlinale Africa Hub” to now encompass the entire African continent [...]Additional Information
Feb 11, 2020: Berlinale Opening Live Across Germany
With the kind support of ZDF/3sat and CinemaxX, on February 20 at 7.20 pm, the Opening Gala of the 70th Berlinale and the premiere of the opening film will be broadcast in cinemas in four German cities for the first time [...]Retrospective, Berlinale Classics & Homage
Feb 11, 2020: Berlinale Classics & Retrospektive: Events
The screening schedule will be complemented by eight special events [...]Additional Information
Feb 11, 2020: Berlinale Goes Kiez: The Programme
From February 22 to 28, Berlinale Goes Kiez rolls out the Red Carpet every day in a different neighbourhood and brings the festival atmosphere and international guests into the programme cinemas of the city and the surrounding area [...]World Cinema Fund
Feb 14, 2020: Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) at the 70th Berlinale: WCF Day With Director’s Talk / a Focus on Audience Design / Expansion of the Funding Programme / WCF-Film opens Panorama
15 Years of Diversity, Artistic Brilliance, Sustainable International Cooperation and the Promotion of Cinema [...]Additional Information
Feb 18, 2020: The Official Partners of the 70th Berlinale
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be sponsored by the main partners Audi, MagentaTV, L’Oréal Paris and ZDF, the co-partners Mastercard and rbb media as well as around 30 other national and international companies [...]Additional Information
Feb 18, 2020: The Berlinale Commissions Historical Expertise on Alfred Bauer and Awards a Special Prize for its 70th Anniversary
In response to the recently published sources on the role of Alfred Bauer, the first director of the Berlin International Film Festival, in National Socialist film politics, the Berlinale has suspended the Silver Bear - Alfred Bauer Prize with immediate effect [...]Additional Information
Feb 19, 2020: A Brilliant Start for the 70th Berlinale
On February 20, the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate its glittering start in the Berlinale Palast [...]Additional Information
Feb 20, 2020: Berlinale Opening: A Minute of Silence For the Victims of Hanau
With great dismay and sorrow, the Berlinale learned of the fatal attack yesterday in Hanau [...]European Film Market & Co-Production Market
Feb 24, 2020: Projects with Potential: Three Prizes and 1,500 Meetings at the Berlinale Co-Production Market
At the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 22 to 26), three cash prizes have been awarded to selected feature film projects [...]Additional Information
Feb 26, 2020: Successful First Half of the Berlinale Anniversary Edition
In light of its very successful start, the festival is thrilled about the great interest shown by trade visitors and the public at the 70th Berlinale. [...]World Cinema Fund
Feb 28, 2020: Berlinale World Cinema Fund With Two New Funding Activities
In cooperation with the ACP Secretariat (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) and the European Commission, the WCF launches the new funding programme WCF ACP / In cooperation with TorinoFilmLab (TFL), the Audience Design Award – by WCF Europe & TFL will be initiated [...]Generation | Awards
Feb 28, 2020: Crystal Bears and Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Awards in Generation 14plus
[...]Perspektive Deutsches Kino | Awards
Feb 28, 2020: Prize Winners in the Section Perspektive Deutsches Kino
[...]Panorama | Awards
Feb 29, 2020: The Panorama Audience Awards go to Otac (Father) and Welcome to Chechnya
The audience has voted [...]Generation | Awards
Feb 29, 2020: Crystal Bears and The Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Awards in Generation Kplus
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Feb 29, 2020: The Awards of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival
All the awards - official and independent juries - of the the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. [...]Additional Information
Mar 03, 2020: 70th Berlinale: Successful Anniversary Edition for Audience and Industry
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival ended successfully with the “Berlinale Publikumstag” on March 1 [...]Additional Information
Mar 09, 2020: The Berlinale Protests the Imminent Incarceration of Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof
The Berlin International Film Festival was dismayed to learn of the order of imminent incarceration issued by the Iranian authorities against the renowned director Mohammad Rasoulof [...]Berlinale Shorts | Additional Information
Mar 10, 2020: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts in Berlin
In cooperation with the Junge Akademie, the first Berlinale Spotlights: Berlinale Shorts will take place this year in Berlin as part of the shorts / salonDue to the current situation regarding COVID-19, both events are cancelled. We hope they will take place at a later date. [...]