Press Releases 2006

Nov 30, 05: Charlotte Rampling to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2006

Actress Charlotte Rampling will head the International Jury of the Berlinale 2006. “I’m very pleased to announce we’ve been able to win over the fascinating woman and brilliant artist Charlotte Rampling as Jury President”, said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick [...]

Dec 20, 05: Berlinale 2006: First Competition Titles Include One Debut and Six World Premieres

The first entries in the Competition of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival have now been confirmed. Six of the nine films selected so far will have their world premieres in Berlin [...]

Jan 17, 06: The International Jury of the 56th Berlinale

Under the presidency of Charlotte Rampling, an eight-member international jury will decide who will take home this year’s Golden and Silver Bears [...]

Jan 18, 06: The Berlinale Competition Programme Is Nearing Completion: Debut Films and Master Directors

The selection for the Competition programme of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival is nearing completion: 23 of the 26 films have been confirmed. Aside from the nine films already announced (see press release from 20 Dec. 2005) another 14 entries have been invited, including 11 world premieres. [...]

Jan 25, 06: The World in Miniature: Short Films in the Competition and Panorama

Unlike any other cinema genre, short films allow for the unexpected – they are often more willing to take risks and more eccentric than full-length feature films. This year’s Competition with ten films offers a wide spectrum of themes and genres [...]

Jan 26, 06: Berlinale 2006: Sidney Lumet and Jafar Panahi in the Competition

The selection for the Competition of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival is complete. In addition to the 23 films already announced (see press release from January 18, 2006), the last two Competition entries have now been confirmed. They will both screen as world premieres [...]

Dec 14, 05: TEDDY TWENTY TRIBUTE - Berlinale to celebrate the TEDDY with a programme of 36 films

When the first TEDDY was awarded in 1987, there was not even a ceremony. Mini-sized teddy bears from a department store were placed in envelopes and sent to the then unknown directors Pedro Almodóvar in Spain and Gus Van Sant in the USA [...]

Jan 09, 06: 21st Panorama of the Berlinale announces first films

With directors like Neil Jordan, Andres Veiel, Daniel Burman, Michel Gondry, Udi Aloni, Sabu, Barbara Hammer, Marc Forster, Mary Harron, John Hillcoat and Buddhadep Dasgupta, the Panorama 2006 already holds promise for an exciting festival [...]

Jan 18, 06: Germany Reviewed: Stories and Realities

The Panorama of the Berlinale 2006 will screen two more German world premieres: Knallhart (Tough Enough) by Detlev Buck and Der Rote Kakadu (The Red Cockatoo) by Dominik Graf [...]

Jan 25, 06: The Selection for the Panorama is Complete

The Panorama is presenting 37 features, 14 documentaries and 23 short films from 33 countries in its Main Programme, Panorama Special, Dokumente and Short Film series [...]

Jan 25, 06: Teddy Twenty - Press Release Januar 2006

The TEDDY AWARD is being presented for the 20th time on 17 February 2006 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Over the past 19 years of its existence it has become an important and respected emancipation award [...]

Feb 18, 06: Presentation of the Panorama Audience Award 2006

The Panorama Audience Award 2006 – which is sponsored by “radioeins” of RBB, Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television broadcasting station, and Berlin’s city magazine “tip” in collaboration with the Berlinale’s Panorama section – goes to Bubot Niyar (Paper Dolls), directed by Tomer Heymann [...]

Jan 06, 06: Mystery Classics by Nakagawa Nobuo in the Forum

The Berlinale Forum revives its Midnight Screenings with nine classic genre films from the fifties and sixties by the Japanese master director Nakagawa Nobuo [...]

Jan 20, 06: Forum: Innovative narrative forms and new currents in world cinema are the special focus of the Berlinale Forum

Among the 40 films in the programme are 21 world premieres and 15 debut works. At the 36th Forum, once again viewers will discover primarily directing debuts and films by young directors [...]

Jan 23, 06: Forum expanded: Berlinale and KW Institute for Contemporary Art present video art and installations

The Berlinale Forum is developing new ways of presenting contemporary film and video art. Under the title Forum Expanded, in collaboration with the KW Institute for Contemporary Art for the first time [...]

Nov 07, 05: New invitation announced for bids to participate in the jury for the “Dialogue en perspective’’ prize

For the third time, TV5 Monde and the German-French Youth Office are giving young film lovers the chance to take part in the Berlin International Film Festival as jury members in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section [...]

Dec 07, 05: Director Dominik Moll will be president of the “Dialogue en Perspective”-Jury of TV5 Monde and the German-French Youth Office

The German-French director Dominik Moll will be the president of the jury for the prize “Dialogue en Perspective” at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival. For the third time TV5 Monde is official partner of the Berlin International Film Festival and will be presenting the prize together with the German-French Youth Office [...]

Jan 13, 06: Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino: A Look Back and Ahead

The first films in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme are a surprise package of recent German cinema: they include Franka Potente’s directorial debut, a silent film, road movies and melodramas taken straight from life, and a documentary film about a distant world that is still so near [...]

Jan 20, 06: The Perspektive Deutsches Kino Programme Has Been Finalized

Between Poverty and Good Cheer – Films by Newcomers, Career Changers and Autodidacts. Enjoyment of cinematic adventure is clearly thriving in this generation of newcomers, career changers and autodidacts [...]

Feb 18, 06: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Der Lebensversicherer by Bülent Akinci wins “Dialogue en perspective”

Young German-French jury by TV5MONDE and German-French Youth Office (DFJW) awards the prize “Dialogue en perspective” for the third time [...]

Oct 13, 05: Hamptons International Film Festival pays tribute to the Berlinale Kinderfilmfest/14plus

The American Hamptons International Film Festival (October 19-23, 2005) pays tribute to the section Kinderfilmfest/14plus of the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Dec 19, 05: Kinderfilmfest/14plus: Faith in the next generation of filmgoers, opening film, the juries

A diverse programme is emerging for the upcoming children’s and youth film competition of the Berlinale. With its third year, 14plus has secured its position within the festival once and for all [...]

Jan 12, 06: Kinderfilmfest/14plus 2006: Migration and Family

The programme for the Kinderfilmfest and 14plus has been finalized. The selection covers 21 feature films, including four world premieres and eight international premieres from 18 (with co-production partners, 29) countries. In addition there are 21 short films from 16 countries [...]

Feb 03, 06: Armin Rohde and Johanna Wokalek to Open Kinderfilmfest and 14plus Competitions

German actor Armin Rohde will open the Berlinale’s Kinderfilmfest on Friday, 10 February 2006, at 3:30 p.m. in the Zoo Palast 1. This will be followed by a screening of the opening film, Opal Dream – director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and the film’s young leading actors will attend the presentation [...]

Feb 18, 06: Berlinale Kinderfilmfest: The Crystal Bears and the Prizes of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

The Kinderfilmfest’s eleven-member Children’s Jury of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival awards the Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film as well as the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film to the following films [...]

Nov 11, 05: 30th Retrospective at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival: Dream Girls. Film Stars of the Fifties

The Retrospective of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to the screen heroines of the 1950s. A diverse programme of 45 films will present 30 actresses from the US, Europe and Japan [...]

Jan 19, 06: Special Events of the Retrospective

In September 1924, a first showing of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Michael elicited thunderous applause from the audience in Berlin. 82 years later, on 11 February 2006, the Retrospective will premiere a newly restored version of the film at the Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg Platz on occasion of the 56th Berlinale [...]

Nov 25, 05: Berlinale Series: Selling Democracy III – Friendly Persuasion

Following Welcome Mr. Marshall (2004) and Winning the Peace (2005), the film series Selling Democracy, which was conceived for three years, will come to an end at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2006 the last part of the series, entitled Friendly Persuasion, will focus [...]

Jan 30, 06: Selling Democracy Presents Booklet and DVD Edition

The Berlinale is concluding its three-year series on the Marshall Plan with two publications: the DVD edition “Selling Democracy – The Films of the Marshall Plan” and the booklet “Selling Democracy – Friendly Persuasion” [...]

Jun 24, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Press Release #1

"It's Planet Talent — the positive side of cultural globalisation!" writes Nigerian film journalist Steve Ayorinde of the Berlinale Talent Campus."The success is evident," praises Hollywood Reporter. For the fourth year running the 56th Berlin International Film Festival is inviting 500 up-and-coming filmmakers from [...]

Aug 26, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #2

Effective 1 September 2005, Cathy Rohnke will take over the responsibilities of Programme Management for the Berlinale Talent Campus as Christine Dorn’s successor [...]

Oct 20, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press Release #3

What do film making and cooking have in common? “True culture lies in developing taste, not reducing it“, according to the motto of the Slow Food Movement. The 2006 Berlinale Talent Campus has adopted this slogan for its competition “Films on Hunger, Food and Taste“ [...]

Nov 17, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press Release #4

3.516 applications from 121 countries – interest in the Berlinale Talent Campus reaches a new high. Compared to the previous year the number of submissions is up by 1.015 with another 17 countries represented for the first time [...]

Dec 12, 05: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #5

On 11 February 2006, the Berlinale Talent Campus will kick off with the BERLIN TODAY AWARD (BTA) ceremony. The BTA is sponsored by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. After the premieres of the three short films nominated for the prize, the BTA will be awarded [...]

Jan 24, 06: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press release #6

Charlotte Rampling, Wim Wenders, Park Chan-wook, Christopher Doyle, Anthony Dod Mantle, Stephen Warbeck and well-known editors like Jim Clark and Angie Lam are amongst the renowned guest speakers at this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Jan 26, 06: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press release #7

The Berlinale Talent Campus will present its special “Films on Hunger, Food and Taste” within the framework of the Berlin International Film Festival. A number of events will draw a parallel between making films and cooking [...]

Feb 10, 06: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press Release #8

Foreign secretary Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick will open the Berlinale Talent Campus on Saturday 11 February at 5pm [...]

Feb 17, 06: Berlinale Talent Campus Press Release #9

“The Talent Campus provides an inspiring opportunity for filmmakers to come together and gives us all the chance to listen to and learn from each other“, summarizes film music composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love) his experience at the Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Jun 13, 06: Berlinale Talent Campus - Press Release #10

Named Landmark in the “Land of Ideas” –

Berlinale Talent Campus films during the football World Cup

“Football is fantastic! There is no other area where you can feel attached with total strangers,” says Swedish filmmaker Gustav Oldén [...]

Sep 26, 05: Co-Production Market 2006

Deadline for submission of international co-production projects: November 3, 2005

The third Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place on February 12-13, 2006 during the 56th Berlin International Film Festival (February 9-19, 2006). [...]

Sep 30, 05: Frankfurt Book Fair and Berlinale Expand Cooperation

The fruitful cooperation between Berlin and Frankfurt was launched last February at the Berlin International Film Festival and the initiative is being expanded with joint industry events at the Book Fair in October. The Book Fair and the Berlinale have a common aim: to help successful books enjoy a second life on the silver screen or TV. [...]

Nov 08, 05: Berlinale 2006: Participation at the new European Film Market

The new European Film Market (EFM) will be kicking off at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival (February 9-19, 2006) with a record 240 companies from 45 countries planning to take part [...]

Dec 13, 05: Berlinale Co-Production Market extends its programme

In 2006 the Berlinale Co-Production Market is extending its programme by one day: from 12 through 14 February, film producers and financial backers from around the world will once again meet to initiate international co-productions [...]

Jan 13, 06: Berlinale Co-Production Market presents its new projects

The Berlinale Co-Production Market has announced its selection: 44 projects from 24 countries will be presented at the third Berlinale Co-Production Market (12 - 14 February 2006) [...]

Feb 10, 06: Chancellor Angela Merkel and Minister for Cultural Affairs Bernd Neumann to open new European Film Market

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and Minister of State and Commissioner for Media and Cultural Affairs Bernd Neumann will officially open the Berlinale’s new European Film Market (EFM) on Friday, 10 February 2006 [...]

Feb 13, 06: A Successful Start for the New European Film Market

The Berlinale’s new European Film Market (EFM) has kicked off to a successful start. The new infrastructure and venue of this year’s EFM, which is being held in 2006 for the first time in the Martin-Gropius-Bau [...]

Feb 28, 06: A Successful New European Film Market

The Berlin International Film Festival’s new European Film Market (EFM) ended on a high note this year [...]

Jun 29, 05: World Cinema Fund presents new projects for funding

“The World Cinema Fund is undeniably turning the Berlinale into a place where things take off, not just a place to go” remarked Argentinian director Ariel Rotter about this new film funding institution. Set up in autumn 2004, its establishment has drawn a large and positive response internationally [...]

Sep 28, 05: Success for the World Cinema Fund – Paradise Now submitted for Oscar for best foreign film

“The World Cinema Fund has undoubtedly made the Berlinale a place where things start and don’t just take place,” remarked Argentinean director Ariel Rotter on the new funding mechanism. Hany Abu-Assad’s film Paradise Now vividly supports [...]

Nov 02, 05: The World Cinema Fund celebrates a successful first year – New projects selected for funding

With a third round of funding The World Cinema Fund (WCF) concludes its successful first year. Since the fund was launched in October 2004, 367 projects have been submitted from 52 countries in the WCF’s focus regions (Africa, Latin America, Middle East and Central Asia) [...]

Jun 26, 06: World Cinema Fund supports films from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey

Five film projects from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey were recommended on June 20 for production funding in the fourth selection round of the World Cinema Fund [...]

Jan 24, 06: A New Prize for the Best First Feature

In 2006 the Berlinale will introduce a new prize which will have its own three-member international jury: the Best First Feature Award [...]

Jan 30, 06: Honorary Golden Bears to be Awarded to Andrzej Wajda and Sir Ian McKellen

The 56th Berlin International Film Festival will award this year’s Honorary Golden Bears for lifetime achievement to the Polish filmmaker and screenwriter Andrzej Wajda and the British actor Sir Ian McKellen [...]

Feb 14, 06: A Berlinale Camera for Hans Helmut Prinzler

Hans Helmut Prinzler – the director of the Filmmuseum Berlin and head of the Retrospective of the Berlin International Film Festival – will be awarded a Berlinale Camera on February 14 [...]

Feb 14, 06: 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 Mariela Besuievsky (Producer, Spain), Florian Gallenberger (Director, Germany), Oh Jung-Wan (Producer, Republic of Korea), award the following prizes [...]

Feb 16, 06: Bears Award Ceremony: Live on TV

The Berlinale’s International Jury will announce the winners of the Golden and Silver Bears live on Saturday, 18 February 2006 [...]

Feb 16, 06: A Berlinale Camera for Peter B. Schumann

Journalist Peter B. Schumann has worked on the staff of the Forum for 35 years; prior to this he was head of the Retrospective. On February 16 he will be awarded a Berlinale Camera [...]

Feb 17, 06: A Crystal Bear for the Best 14plus Film

The Youth Jury of 14plus, the youth film competition of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, awards a Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film and a Special Mention to the following films [...]

Apr 08, 05: Berlinale 2006 to be held from February 9 to 19

The 56th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 9 to 19, 2006. After record attendance by both audiences and film professionals at this year’s festival, the Berlinale once again expects to arouse great international interest in 2006 [...]

Apr 11, 05: New Head of Communications for the Berlinale

After two years working for the festival, Heike Krüger will be saying farewell to the Berlinale to devote herself to new projects. Anne Marburger took over as Head of the Communications & Marketing department of the Berlin International Film Festival on April, 1. [...]

Jun 15, 05: Let the Music play

On June 17 and June 18 respectively the Berlinale is presenting the films Keine Lieder über Liebe | No Songs About Love and Populärmusik Fran Vittula | Popular Music from Vittula at the “International Sommerbühne Wolfsburg” (“Wolfsburg International Summer Stage”) [...]

Aug 03, 05: Summer Berlinale in Berlin-Friedrichshain

Berlinale in the summer and in the open air! For the third time the Freiluftkino (open air cinema) Friedrichshain is showing films from the latest Berlinale in cooperation with "radio eins" [...]

Sep 29, 05: Berlinale offers Online Film Submission

The Berlinale has extended its online service and now offers online film submission to filmmakers and producers. Deadline for submissions [...]

Nov 14, 05: The Berlinale continues its successful partnership with L’ORÉAL PARIS, Volkswagen and ZDF

A successful public-private partnership supports the Berlin International Film Festival in maintaining the high level of quality and broad range of its activities. In addition to the support of the federal government, the main partners contribute substantially to the success of the festival [...]

Jan 27, 06: A Varied Programme in the Berlinale Special 2006

The selection of films for the Berlinale Special is complete. As part of the Berlinale’s official programme, this film series screens current works by contemporary filmmakers as well as outstanding films by personalities whom the Berlinale is honouring [...]

Jan 27, 06: Berlinale 2006: A Successful Public Private Partnership

For the first time, the Festival has five co-partners. A development which underscores the increasing attractivity of the Berlinale for the financial world [...]

Jan 30, 06: TV5MONDE is official partner of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival

The international francophone television channel TV5MONDE will for the third consecutive year sponsor the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Jan 30, 06: Press file for the 56th Berlin International Filmfestival

Download the press file of the Berlinale 2006 here. [...]

Jan 30, 06: Berlinale Finale: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: Special Edition

This year’s Competition programme will close with a digitally restored version of the classic Western Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: Special Edition [...]

Feb 08, 06: Surprise Film 2006: The Night Listener by Patrick Stettner

This year’s Surprise Film is The Night Listener by Patrick Stettner. It will be screened within the scope of the Berlinale Special [...]

Feb 09, 06: International and German Stars at the Opening of the 56th Berlinale

The Opening Gala of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival will be held on February 9 in the Berlinale Palast at Potsdamer Platz. For the first time, the event will be broadcast live on television (ZDF/3sat) [...]

Feb 18, 06: The 56th Berlin International Film Festival Comes to a Successful Close

With the Award Ceremony, the Berlinale reached its climax on Saturday, February 18. Hosted by Heino Ferch in the Berlinale-Palast, the event was broadcast live on 3sat. Viewers in the theatre and at home feverishly awaited the announcement of the winners [...]

Mar 01, 06: The Berlinale in Turin

The Berlinale is going on tour: Turin and the Piedmont Region are presenting a selection of this year’s festival programme from March 3 to 5 [...]

Apr 27, 06: The Berlinale is going on tour

Following the presentation of a selection from this year’s festival programme in Turin in early March, film-loving Athenians will be able to enjoy, for the second time, highlights from all sections of the Berlinale from May 4-11, 2006 [...]

Apr 28, 06: Berlinale Congratulates: 1:0 for Iranian Women

Women once again have access to Iranian football stadiums. On this occasion, the Berlin International Film Festival would like to congratulate the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who tackles the theme of unequal treatment of women in his film Offside [...]

Aug 03, 06: The summer Berlinale in Berlin and Cologne

For the fourth year, the Berlin International Film Festival presents in cooperation with Radio Eins highlights from this year’s Berlinale programme at the Friedrichshain open-air cinema. For the first time Cologne film lovers will also be able to enjoy these screenings [...]