Press Releases 2010

Nov 19, 09: Werner Herzog to be President of the Jury of the 60th Berlinale

Werner Herzog, one of the most important filmmakers of Auteur Cinema, will be the President of the International Jury at the Berlinale 2010. As one of the most significant personalities of New German Cinema, he has influenced an entire generation of filmmakers [...]

Dec 15, 09: The 60th Berlinale: Films by Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski to celebrate world premieres in the Competition programme

The first seven titles for the Competition of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival have been confirmed. The films selected so far are from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Turkey, the UK and the USA [...]

Jan 19, 10: 60th Berlinale Opens with World Premiere from China, Yoji Yamada's Latest Film to Close Festival

The 60th Berlin International Film Festival will kick off with the world premiere of the Chinese Competition film Tuan Yuan (Apart Together) in the Berlinale Palast on February 11, 2010 [...]

Jan 20, 10: More Titles for the Competition of the 60th Berlinale Confirmed

26 films will participate in the Competition programme of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to the seven titles announced earlier (see press releases from December 15, 2009), a further 18 films have now been confirmed [...]

Jan 26, 10: Berlinale 2010: International Jury

The International Jury, presided over by Werner Herzog, will decide who is to take home the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears as well as the Alfred Bauer Prize in the Competition of the Berlinale 2010 [...]

Jan 08, 10: 60th Berlinale: First Films in the Panorama Section

In this anniversary year, old and new masters as well as newcomers define the programme of the Panorama section. Back with new works are not only Lothar Lambert and Peter Kern, but also directorial duo Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, as well as Isao Yukisada, E J-Yong and Sébastien Lifshitz [...]

Jan 22, 10: Berlinale 2010: the Panorama Is Now Complete with 54 Films

This year’s Panorama will present 18 feature films in its main programme, 16 will screen in Panorama Special and 20, in its Panorama Dokumente series. Of these films from 29 countries, 32 are world premieres, and 17 are directorial debuts [...]

Dec 22, 09: Discoveries and Rediscoveries at the 5th Forum Expanded

Forum Expanded, which explores the intersections between film and other arts, remains a programme on the move. Looking at the selection of more than 40 films, installations and performances from 20 countries reveals that this year’s Forum Expanded will be making room for new perspectives, both artistically and geopolitically [...]

Jan 19, 10: A world in pieces: the films of the 40th Berlinale Forum

In its 40th year, the Berlinale Forum features a selection of films that capture the mood of the times in a sensitive way. Rarely have there been, in feature films and documentaries alike, as many people caught in insolvable conflicts, faced with essential decisions or staring into the abyss as in this year’s selection of films [...]

Jan 22, 10: Staging memory: Cinema as the intermediary between space and time at the 2010 Forum Expanded

This year, the program of the 5th Forum Expanded extends beyond film installations and curated film and video screenings, turning its attention in addition to the relationship between screen and stage in a series of nine performances [...]

Jan 26, 10: “Dialogues with Films”– The Forum turns 40

As the Berlinale celebrates its 60th anniversary, the Forum will also be looking back on four decades of film and festival work. The stories of the two events are inextricably linked, with their shared paths yielding a fascinating piece of (film) history [...]

Nov 13, 09: Alfred Holighaus to Join the Management of the Deutsche Filmakademie

Director of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section Alfred Holighaus will be taking on new tasks this coming year: in January he will join the management of the Deutsche Filmakademie e.V., though he will still carry out his curatorial duties at the Berlinale 2010 [...]

Nov 26, 09: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Roman Paul to be Jury President of “Dialogue en Perspective”/ Looking for a young jury!

The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO), official partner of the Berlinale, is calling for applications to enter the jury for the “Dialogue en perspective” award in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section [...]

Dec 14, 09: Pondering cinema and reality: Perspektive Deutsches Kino announces its first six films

The ninth edition of Perspektive Deutsches Kino begins with good news: Drama can be done differently. The section will open with the film Renn, wenn du kannst (Run if you can). Director Dietrich Brüggemann (graduate of the HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Babelsberg) participated in the section in 2006 with his superb exercise in style, Neun Szenen (Nine Takes) [...]

Jan 14, 10: Scars and Bloody Noses: With 14 Films, the Perspektive Deutsches Kino Programme is Complete

With a total of 14 films, the Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme is now complete. In addition to the six films previously announced, another eight works have been added, films that once again embody the thematic and formal wealth of new German film [...]

Feb 03, 10: The seven members of this year’s German-French jury for the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino have been confirmed

For the seventh time the Berlin International Film Festival and its official partner the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) will be presenting young German and French film fans with the opportunity to join the jury for the “Dialogue en perspective” award [...]

Dec 17, 09: On-screen Turning Points and Alternative Paths - Jury and First films of Berlinale Generation

For this year's anniversary Berlinale, Generation has invited five award-winning and renowned individuals into its International Jury [...]

Jan 13, 10: Celebrating Difference – Generation Programme and Opening Films

From melodrama to science fiction and musical – in the 33rd year of its existence, Generation has a broad cinematic range. “There’s not just one experience of childhood or adolescence and there are many ways to make a film about it,” says section director Maryanne Redpath in view of the 56 short and feature films in the Generation programme [...]

Feb 04, 10: Connected, in Context and Ready to Roll – Generation Rounds Off Its Programme

In three special out-of-competition events, Generation is networking with other Festival sections, reflecting on its own history, and intensifying the Berlinale experience for young visitors [...]

Nov 11, 09: PLAY IT AGAIN ...!

60 Years of Berlinale – A Retrospective

In 1960, a film was screened in the Competition of the Berlin International Film Festival that defied all filmic conventions and dumbfounded the critics [...]

Dec 03, 09: Homage Berlinale 2010: Hanna Schygulla and Wolfgang Kohlhaase to Receive Honorary Golden Bears for Their Lifetime Achievements

In 2010, the festival’s 60th anniversary, the Berlinale is dedicating its Homage to two film artists who have decisively shaped post-war German cinema in different ways [...]

Feb 01, 10: Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN ...! Guests, Talks, and Short Film Selection

For the Berlinale’s 60th anniversary, the Retrospective is focusing on the history of the Festival. This filmic excursion into the past is a perfect occasion for us to celebrate with old friends and acquaintances, and to re-screen in Berlin the films with which they have fascinated festival audiences over the past decades [...]

Jan 12, 10: Berlinale Shorts: 26 Films Explore Cinematic Frontiers and a Retrospective of Short Films Marks the Berlinale’s 60th Anniversary

Selected from over 2600 short film entries, 25 films from 15 countries will be presented in five programmes, and compete for a Golden Bear, a Nomination for the European Film Academy Short Film 2010, and a DAAD grant [...]

Feb 12, 10: Berlinale Shorts: Samm Haillay Is New Jury Member

British film producer Samm Haillay is the new member of the Berlinale Shorts jury. The other jury members are Brazilian festival director and producer Zita Carvalhosa, and author and chief editor of Spex Max Dax. Polish director Xavery Zulawksi had to cancel coming to the festival at short notice [...]

Apr 28, 09: Berlin Today Award 2010: Short film projects from Georgia, Australia, Spain, Ireland and Columbia are headed "Straight to Cinema"

While the five Berlin Today Award 2009 short films on the theme "My Wall" successfully travel to festivals around the world, the new round of the Berlinale Talent Campus' short film competition is underway. 250 young filmmakers from 65 countries responded to the call for project ideas on the motto "Straight to Cinema" [...]

Jul 02, 09: Shooting begins for the Berlin Today Award 2010 "Straight to Cinema"

The Astronaut on the Roof by Spanish director Sergi Portabella starts off the next round of the Campus short film competition [...]

Jul 21, 09: Cinema Needs Talent: Looking for the Right People Berlinale Talent Campus #8, February 13 – 18, 2010

From February 13-18, 2010, the Berlinale Talent Campus will open its doors at the Theater Hebbel am Ufer and welcome 350 young filmmakers from all over the world during the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Nov 03, 09: Campus draws Talent – Record applications to the Berlinale Talent Campus

Stephen Daldry to chair the Berlin Today Award jury, French composer Alexandre Desplat will mentor the Score Competition

"Cinema Needs Talent: Looking for the Right People" is the theme for the upcoming Berlinale Talent Campus. The Campus itself is far from lacking talent [...]

Nov 30, 09: Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media to support the 8th Berlinale Talent Campus 2010 – Actress Kerry Fox to mentor the new Talent Actors Stage

The Berlinale Talent Campus (February 13-18, 2010) has secured its financing thanks to the project funding of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) [...]

Jan 21, 10: Berlinale Talent Campus #8: The Future of Film: Intercontinental, Collaborative and Cross-media. “In the Limelight”: French Director and Screenwriter Claire Denis

“Cinema Unlimited – Intercontinental Connections”: One of the Berlinale Talent Campus' most fundamental goals is to support collaborative filmmaking that goes beyond national and cultural boundaries [...]

Feb 14, 10: Opening Ceremony of the Berlinale Talent Campus & Award Ceremony for the Berlin Today Award

Jonah and the Vicarious Nature of Homesickness by Bryn Chainey wins the Berlin Today Award 2010 [...]

Feb 17, 10: Berlinale Talent Campus #8: talentpress.org - Berlinale Talent Campus launches a new website for emerging international film critics

The Berlinale Talent Campus is launching a new internet portal for emerging international film critics: www.talentpress.org. This new portal is open to young film critics who are current or former participants of the Berlinale Talent Campus' Talent Press programme [...]

Feb 18, 10: Berlinale Talent Campus #8 focuses on collaborative filmmaking Camilo Sanabria from Colombia wins the Score Competition

Thursday evening, February 18, in the Theater Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1-3), the eighth edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus successfully concluded with the Closing Ceremony and the Award Ceremony for this year's Score Competition. For six days, 350 young filmmakers from 95 countries had the unique opportunity to meet each other and the film industry's best, up close and personal. Over 100 events brought the Talents together with more than 150 invited international experts and Berlinale guests. During workshops, master classes and training sessions, they discussed the various facets of the trade under the banner "Cinema needs Talent – Looking for the Right People" [...]

Sep 14, 09: Berlinale Co-Production Market Again Launches Search for Co-Production Partners

Deadline for Submissions: 29 October 2009

With immediate effect, the Berlinale Co-Production Market is again seeking promising feature film projects that it would like to assist to find co-production and co-financing partners at the Berlinale 2010 [...]

Jan 11, 10: European Film Market 2010 is off to a good start

The Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM) traditionally opens its doors as the first international film market of the year. EFM Director Beki Probst has expressed her satisfaction with the current number of registrations for 2010: “We believe the stability of the EFM stems from our responding with great flexibility to current developments. The upcoming EFM reflects the new tendencies of the film industry” [...]

Jan 15, 10: Berlinale Co-Production Market 2010 to Help Find Partners for 37 Selected Film Projects – and Delighted with Competition Invitation

The seventh Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 14-16, 2010) will bring the producers and directors of 37 selected film projects from 22 countries together with 450 potential co-production and financial partners [...]

Jan 27, 10: “Breakfast & Books”: Film Rights for Breakfast at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

On February 16, international producers will again have the opportunity to discover new literary material for screen adaptations at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Ten selected books will be presented in pitching sessions at “Breakfast & Books”, the market for literary adaptations [...]

Jan 28, 10: The EFM Industry Debates 2010: Trends for the 21st Century

Within the scope of the European Film Market 2010, the EFM Industry Debates are being held for the fourth time. This industry event is being presented in collaboration with our partner Commerzbank and in cooperation with three major international trade magazines: Screen International, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety [...]

Feb 16, 10: The Market’s Hot in Wintry Berlin - EFM off to Great Start

The EFM reports almost 40,000 visits during the first half of the European Film Market. At peak times on Sunday, more than 2,400 international industry attendees poured into the Martin-Gropius-Bau. This is a new record compared with 2009, which registered 1,738 trade professionals [...]

Feb 24, 10: An Air of Optimism at the European Film Market 2010

High attendance and a great atmosphere marked the EFM 2010. In this anniversary year of the Berlinale, the EFM management recorded a total of 6450 visitors by the end of the European Film Market. In complete contrast to the wintry conditions in the city, the European Film Market of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival showed signs of a spring-like renewal [...]

Apr 29, 09: World Cinema Fund with Four Films in Cannes

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) is pleased to report that four of the films it helped support have been invited to the Festival de Cannes (13 to 24 May 2009) [...]

Jun 15, 09: World Cinema Fund – German Federal Cultural Foundation will continue to support this internationally successful initiative

The Berlinale is pleased that the German Federal Cultural Foundation will continue to support the World Cinema Fund (WCF) of the Berlinale until the end of 2011 [...]

Jul 01, 09: Berlinale: World Cinema Fund to Support Seven New Projects

At the 10th session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) jury on June 26 and 27, five new film projects were selected for production funding; and two films, for distribution funding [...]

Oct 07, 09: WCF Spotlight in Berlin: Berlinale World Cinema Fund Celebrates its 5th Anniversary

This autumn, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund turns five and is celebrating with a presentation of selected WCF films from November 4 to 7 in the "Hackesche Höfe Kino" in Berlin [...]

Nov 10, 09: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Successful WCF Spotlight for its 5th anniversary and jury decision for seven new film projects

At the 11th session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) jury on November 7, three new film projects were selected for production funding, and four films for distribution funding [...]

Feb 02, 10: World Cinema Fund Two Oscar nominations for La teta asustada and Ajami

The Berlinale congratulates directors Claudia Llosa, Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti on the Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film 2010 [...]

Feb 03, 10: Berlinale 2010: World Cinema Fund Day on February 17, 2010 - “Strategy makes sense, and passion does, too…”

On February 17, 2010, the WCF Day will once again provide an opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives, and partners of the World Cinema Fund [...]

Feb 16, 10: Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Denied Permission to Leave Iran

Jafar Panahi, one of Iran’s most important directors and honorary guest of this year’s Berlinale, has been denied permission to leave Iran. With his film The Circle, Panahi won the Golden Lion in 2000; and with Offside, the Silver Bear in 2006 [...]

Feb 01, 10: Berlinale Camera 2010: Honouring Yoji Yamada, Ulrich and Erika Gregor, and Berlin’s Fine Art Foundry Noack

Since 1986, the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and it wishes to express its thanks [...]

Feb 17, 10: Bears and Awards for the Best Films in Berlinale Shorts

The International Short Film Jury awarded the Golden Bear and the Jury-Prize Silver Bear, the DAAD Short Film Award and the nomination for the European Film Academy Short Film 2010. [...]

Feb 19, 10: Berlinale 2010: Crystal Bears in the Generation14plus

The members of the Youth Jury in the Generation 14plus Mara Erlenmaier, Lea Huber, David Köller, Imke Mayer, Lukas Monath, Lorenz Nolting, Lara Passfall give the following awards: [...]

Feb 20, 10: Berlinale 2010: Panorama Audience Award

The audience has decided: the Panorama Audience Award - organized by “radioeins” of rbb (Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station), Berlin’s city magazine “tip”, and the Berlinale’s Panorama section - goes to: Waste Land (Great Britain, Brasil 2010), directed by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley [...]

Feb 20, 10: Berlinale 2010: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Awards in Generation Kplus

The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus Antonia Appel, Johan Bauch, Jakob Götz, Sophia Greiwe, Klara Hirseland, Joshua Krüger, Jonas Mileta, Zoë Noack, Elsa Rother, Gwendolyn Yma June Weber, Iwan Zinkovski give the following awards: [...]

Feb 20, 10: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Lebendkontrolle by Florian Schewe wins the FGYO Prize “Dialogue en perspective”

Today, in the independent juries section of this year's part of the 60th Berlinale, the young Franco-German jury awarded the “Dialogue en perspective” prize [...]

Feb 20, 10: The Awards of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival

All the awards - official and independent juries - of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Mar 02, 09: Berlinale to Celebrate 60th Anniversary in 2010

Now that this year’s Festival has closed successfully, the Berlin International Film Festival is looking forward to celebrating a special event: next year the Berlinale will be 60! [...]

Jun 30, 09: The Berlinale Outdoors in the Summertime

By now it’s almost a tradition: for the seventh season in a row, the Friedrichshain Open-Air Cinema, in cooperation with radio eins, will be showing some of the highlights of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival in the Summer Berlinale from July 16 to 19 [...]

Jun 30, 09: A Call to Our Audiences for the 60th Berlinale

My Most Unforgettable Festival Memories - Berlinale Flashback

The Berlinale will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2010 – and the public is invited to play a special role on this occasion [...]

Oct 01, 09: Building a bridge between books and film: the fifth Berlinale Day at the Frankfurt Book Fair

The fifth Berlinale Day at the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2009) will take place on October 15. Book Fair visitors will be presented with three selected screen adaptations from the 2009 Berlinale programme. Additionally, producers, publishers and literary agents will have the opportunity to exchange ideas at a case study cooperatively organized by the Berlinale and the Book Fair [...]

Oct 29, 09: Reconstructed Original Cut of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis to Celebrate its Premiere at the Berlinale 2010

Fritz Lang’s original cut of Metropolis from 1927 will return to the screen at the 60th Berlin International Festival in 2010. At a gala presentation in the Friedrichstadtpalast on February 12, 2010, the classic silent film - reconstructed and restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation – will celebrate its premiere 83 years after the original version had its world premiere [...]

Nov 30, 09: BMW will be the Berlinale’s New Main Partner

As the festival’s new main partner, BMW will accompany the glamorous arrival of the stars to the 60th Berlinale’s festive opening, its award ceremony, and many gala premieres. The BMW Group will be making its versatile fleet of vehicles available to the Berlinale and the Talent Campus [...]

Dec 01, 09: The Berlinale’s 60th Anniversary – Looking Back at the History of the Festival

From February 11 to 21, 2010, the Berlin International Film Festival will be held for the 60th time. This anniversary will be accompanied by two book publications and a DVD edition that look back at the history of one of the world’s most important film festivals [...]

Dec 11, 09: “Berlinale goes Kiez”: A Flying Red Carpet Will Bring the 60th Berlinale to Neighbourhood Movie Theatres across the City

What would the Berlinale be without its fantastic audiences? On June 6, 1951 the International Film Festival celebrated its debut and ever since, the visitors’ enthusiasm for film has determined the festival’s atmosphere [...]

Jan 07, 10: The Poster for the Berlinale’s 60th Anniversary

For the anniversary poster, graphic artists from “Büro Otto Sauhaus” have assembled all the films screened since the beginning of the Berlinale in 1951: some 15,000 international film titles have been used to create the new poster [...]

Jan 07, 10: Happy Birthday, Berlinale!

The Berlinale will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an art installation and a public screening at the Brandenburg Gate, an exhibition of star portraits around town, and a wide variety of online services [...]

Jan 13, 10: Culinary Cinema 2010: “In The Food For Love”

“In The Food For Love” is the motto of the Berlinale’s 4th Culinary Cinema, which will be held from February 14 to 19, 2010. Eleven films revolving around the relationship between food and love, nature, and the environment will be presented in the movie theatre at the Martin-Gropius-Bau [...]

Jan 21, 10: Berlinale Special 2010

The Berlinale Special is part of the festival’s official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers and re-screens historical works. The filmmakers of the movies in the Berlinale Special will attend the premieres and present their films [...]

Jan 26, 10: Jury for the Best First Feature

The Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2006, when it introduced the Best First Feature Award [...]

Jan 28, 10: Berlinale Keynotes: Discussion on the Future of Cinemas with Star Architect Norman Foster

For the Berlinale’s 60th anniversary, a panel discussion with top experts will focus on the future of cinemas. Architects, urbanists, trend forecasters and filmmakers will present their ideas on the future of the movie theatre, and its architecture, sociological function and urban environment [...]

Feb 01, 10: Press file for the 60th Berlin International Filmfestival

The Berlinale 2010 press dossier, detailed film lists of all sections and the programme of the Berlinale Talent Campus can be downloaded here (only in German) [...]

Feb 01, 10: Berlinale 2010: The Programme is Complete

Competition: The documentary feature Exit Through the Gift Shop (Great Britain) by British street artist Banksy completes the Competition programme of the 60th Berlinale. His debut film, says the artist, is “a film about a man who tried to make a film about me” [...]

Feb 02, 10: New mobile phone platforms for Berlinale, European Film Market and Berlinale Talent Campus

Starting now, visitors to the festival, film market and Campus can access three mobile websites that have been optimized for comfortable use on mobiles and smartphones [...]

Feb 05, 10: 60th Berlinale: Films and Patrons for Movie Theatres at “Berlinale Goes Kiez”

With a flying red carpet from February 12 to 21, the Berlinale is bringing its films and their film teams to arthouse cinemas in Berlin’s neighbourhoods – from Weißensee to Zehlendorf [...]

Feb 08, 10: Berlinale 2010: Celebrating Our Official Partners

“In 2010 we are not only celebrating the Berlinale’s 60th anniversary, but also our partners’ continuing commitment. The Festival would not be possible without the support of the Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann and our sponsors. And this year we have a new main partner: BMW [...]

Feb 10, 10: A Dazzling Opening Night for 60th Berlinale

With the world premiere of the film Tuan Yuan by Wang Quan’an, the 60th Berlin International Film Festival will open tomorrow, February 11, 2010 in the presence of the director and the actors Lisa Lu, Ling Feng, Monica Mo and Jin Na [...]

Feb 12, 10: Berlinale Supports UNICEF Emergency Aid for Haiti

The Berlin International Film Festival supports UNICEF Germany’s relief efforts for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick is pleased that the Berlinale will be cooperating with the UNICEF, and asks people for their support [...]

Feb 19, 10: The Public Celebrates the 60th Berlinale and the Special “Berlinale Goes Kiez” Series

The run on the 60th Berlinale continues: 270 000 cinema tickets were sold on the first eight days of the Festival. “Our audiences have given us the biggest birthday present of all. Again we are celebrating the Berlinale as the largest film festival for the public in the world”, Festival Director Dieter Kosslick delightedly remarks about the enthusiasm for the Berlinale... [...]

Feb 20, 10: The audience celebrates the 60th Berlinale with an attendance record: Great Birthday Party With Many Guests

Today, Saturday, February 20, the 60th Berlin International Film Festival comes to a glamorous close with the award ceremony. 1600 guests are expected at the gala in the Berlinale Palast, where from 7.00 pm onwards the winners of the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears, the Alfred Bauer Prize, and the Best First Feature Award will be announced [...]