Press Releases 2013

Aug 28, 12: Wong Kar Wai to Be Jury President of Berlinale 2013

Chinese director Wong Kar Wai will be the Jury President of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Dec 13, 12: Berlinale 2013:
First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special

The Berlinale’s Competition section has picked the first six films for the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Dec 19, 12: WONG Kar Wai's The Grandmaster to open 63rd Berlinale

The international premiere of The Grandmaster by Chinese director and president of this year's jury, WONG Kar Wai, will open the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Jan 11, 13: Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed

Another nine films have been selected for the Competition Programme of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Jan 18, 13: Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete

The Competition of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival is now complete [...]

Jan 28, 13: Berlinale 2013: International Jury

With WONG Kar Wai serving as Jury President, the International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver Bears of the 2013 Berlinale Competition.

The other members of the International Jury will be Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen, Ellen Kuras, Shirin Neshat, Tim Robbins and Athina Rachel Tsangari. [...]

Feb 06, 13: Glamour and Martial Arts to Open the Berlinale

The Berlin International Film Festival is celebrating its opening tomorrow, on February 7, 2013 at 7.30 pm [...]

Feb 16, 13: The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival to Come to a Splendid Close

Today, on Saturday, February 16, the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will come to a splendid close with the presentation of the awards [...]

Nov 06, 12: DEFA Foundation’s Newly Created Heiner Carow Prize to Be Awarded at the Berlinale

Starting in 2013, the DEFA Foundation, which is seated in Berlin, will be awarding the newly created Heiner Carow Prize during the Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Dec 18, 12: Panorama 2013: First Films and Programmes

Now that scouting trips to find films for the Panorama have been concluded, viewings in Berlin are in full swing. “A third of the programme has already been selected,” reports Panorama director Wieland Speck [...]

Jan 15, 13: Selection of Fictional Features for Panorama’s Main Programme and Panorama Special Now Complete

31 fictional features from 23 countries will provide insights into contemporary world cinema production, and this includes a number of works just invited from Turkey, Indonesia, India, Taiwan and the Ivory Coast [...]

Jan 22, 13: Panorama Programme 2013 Now Complete

This year’s Panorama is presenting a total of 52 feature films. 16 of these are fictional works showing in the main programme, another 16 are in Panorama Special. 20 features are screening in Panorama Dokumente. Two short films will be shown as supplements [...]

Dec 20, 12: Isabella Rossellini, Hélio Oiticica and Richard Foreman at the 8th Forum Expanded

Forum Expanded is presenting film programmes, exhibitions and discussions as part of the Berlinale for the eighth time already [...]

Jan 16, 13: Forum 2013: Upheaval and Transition

Social upheaval, times of transition and periods of change are at the heart of numerous films in the 2013 Forum programme. Attempts to find new certainties and realignments do not only characterise their subject matter but also play a key role in determining their formal approaches [...]

Jan 21, 13: Forum 2013: Special Screenings

Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998) was one of the most important directors of the Golden Era of Japanese cinema in the 1950s [...]

Jan 22, 13: 8th Forum Expanded

This year’s Forum Expanded is presenting a total of 42 European and world premieres in both cinema screenings and exhibition [...]

Oct 01, 12: Emily Atef to be Jury President of “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective” / Looking for a Young Jury!

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

Nov 27, 12: Berlinale and Glashütte Original Continue Their Partnership:
“Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” to Be Awarded Again in 2013

Launched in 2012 by the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section and Berlinale’s partner Glashütte Original, the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” will be awarded again at the Berlinale in 2013 to a talented young director from Perspektive Deutsches Kino [...]

Dec 14, 12: The Berlinale and the French-German Youth Office Present the Seven-Member Jury of the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective”

For the tenth time, the Berlin International Film Festival and the French-German Youth Office (FGYO), an official partner of the Berlinale, are giving young film-lovers the chance to award the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective” [...]

Jan 07, 13: Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2013: The Sorrow of Parting Is Both Gruesome and Beautiful

With six full-length fictional, three documentary and two medium-long fictional films, new German directorial talents are making a strong showing with distinctive works in Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2013 [...]

Dec 17, 12: Generation Programme 2013

Fifteen films that were produced and co-produced in twelve countries have already been invited to compete in Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus [...]

Jan 10, 13: Berlinale Generation 2013: The Culture of Individualism and the Longing for Community
The Complete Programme

With another ten feature-length films, Generation’s programme is now complete. A total of 60 short and full-length films from 36 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions [...]

Jan 23, 13: Generation 2013: Opening Films and Juries

The Generation 14plus competition will open with the world premiere of the Turkish entry Jîn by Reha Erdem (Kosmos, Berlinale 2010) [...]

Nov 20, 12: Berlinale Retrospective 2013: “The Weimar Touch. The International Influence of Weimar Cinema after 1933”

This year’s Retrospective is entitled “The Weimar Touch” and is devoted to how cinema from the Weimar Republic influenced international filmmaking after 1933. It will focus on continuities, mutual effects and transformations in the films of German-speaking emigrants up into the 1950s [...]

Nov 29, 12: Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Claude Lanzmann

French documentary filmmaker and producer Claude Lanzmann will be honoured with a Homage and awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Jan 31, 13: Berlinale Classics

Starting this year, the Retrospective is being expanded by presentations called Berlinale Classics. Here recent restorations of film classics and rediscovered films that are outstanding in image and sound will be shown [...]

Jan 31, 13: Retrospective 2013: Guests and Events

The history of the Nebenza(h)ls, a German-American family of producers, involves film production in both Europe and Hollywood [...]

Jan 10, 13: Berlinale Shorts 2013 – Cinema’s Avant-Gardists or on Meandering through Time and Space

27 films from 20 countries will be competing for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear Jury Prize, the DAAD Short Film Award, and a short film nomination for the European Film Prize [...]

Jul 18, 12: Some Like It Hot
Berlinale Talent Campus #11 call for entries now open

The eleventh Berlinale Talent Campus will invite 300 emerging filmmakers from all over the world (directors, screenwriters, producers, distributors, actors, cinematographers, editors, production designers, sound designers/score composers, and film critics) during the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The Campus will take place at the Hebbel am Ufer Theatre (HAU 1-3) in Berlin-Kreuzberg from February 9-14, 2013 with the title "Some Like It Hot" [...]

Nov 21, 12: Over 4,400 applicants for the 11th Berlinale Talent Campus
New initiative in the Berlin House of Representatives: Selected filmmakers present their projects to industry representatives / 2nd Talent Campus Tokyo opens its doors

4,443 applications from 137 countries, including first-time applicants from French Guiana and Saint Lucia, were received for the 11th edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus under the motto "Some Like It Hot – Filmmakers as Entertainers" [...]

Jan 18, 13: Canon Is a New Principal Partner of the Berlinale Talent Campus

The Berlinale Talent Campus is pleased to announce Canon Europe as a new main partner. The agreement includes events with renowned cinematographers, a three-part workshop series “Change your Lens, Change Your Story” and the Post-Production Studio of the Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Jan 23, 13: Some Like It Hot — Filmmakers as Entertainers

Jane Campion, Anita Ekberg, Bence Fliegauf, Nina Hoss, Ken Loach, Lucrecia Martel, John Cameron Mitchell, Walter Murch, Hengameh Panahi, Ulrich Seidl, and Paul Verhoeven join the 11th edition of Berlinale Talent Campus [...]

Sep 13, 12: 10th Berlinale Co-Production Market is open for submissions

Starting now and until October 24, 2012, experienced producers seeking international co-production and financing partners are invited to submit new feature film projects to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2013 [...]

Dec 12, 12: High Demand for the European Film Market 2013: All Exhibition Space Fully Booked

The European Film Market (EFM) of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival is off to a good start: all exhibition space at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel at Potsdamer Platz is now fully booked [...]

Jan 14, 13: New Projects and an Expanded Structure: Anniversary Edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market

For the tenth Berlinale Co-Production Market (from February 10 to 12, 2013), 38 new feature-film projects and seven internationally renowned production companies have been selected to meet in Berlin with 450 potential co-production and financing partners [...]

Jan 22, 13: Expanding the Industry Talks with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / New “Shortcuts for First-Timers” Session / Continuing Successful EFM Initiatives

In cooperation with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the European Film Market will present for the second consecutive year the industry talks with international experts from film, TV and media - this year with two high-profile events [...]

Jan 23, 13: Berlinale Co-Production Market: Ten Brand New Novels at “Books at Berlinale”

Film producers who are looking for exciting literary material for the screen should be in their element at “Books at Berlinale” on February 12, 2013 [...]

Feb 01, 13: EFM Industry Debates 2013 – 3D after the Hype, Europe’s Film Industry in Crisis, and New Opportunities for Finance and Content

In their seventh year, the EFM Industry Debates continue to highlight current trends in the film and media industry. The future of 3D, the effects of the eurozone crisis on the industry, and new financing and content opportunities make up the key themes of this year’s Industry Debates [...]

Jul 12, 12: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Latest Jury Decisions

At the 16th session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) jury, four new film projects were selected for production funding as well as one for distribution funding [...]

Nov 07, 12: Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Latest Funding Decisions and Success in 2012

At the 17th jury session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF), four new film projects were selected for production funding [...]

Jan 28, 13: World Cinema Fund:
Funding from the German Federal Cultural Foundation Secured until 2018; World Cinema Fund Day 2013 on the Art of Filmmaking in Cuba and Vietnam

After Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann came on board as a main sponsor of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) for 2012 and 2013, the Executive Board of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (KSB) decided, in late 2012, it would continue funding the WCF for another five years, beginning in 2014 [...]

Feb 12, 13: World Cinema Fund on February 13, 2013: “Filling the Gap: The Art of Filmmaking in Cuba & Vietnam”

On February 13, the WCF invites all its friends as well as representatives of the industry and press to the panel discussion “Filling the Gap: The Art of Filmmaking in Cuba & Vietnam” [...]

Jan 28, 13: Berlinale Camera 2013 for Isabella Rossellini and Rosa von Praunheim

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

Feb 08, 13: Jan Speckenbach wins „Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship“ for young German filmmakers

German watchmaker Glashütte Original, Co-Partner of the 63rd Berlinale, and the Perspektive Deutsches Kino, presented tonight the second edition of the „Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” for young German directors [...]

Feb 12, 13: Surprise Berlinale Camera for Richard Linklater

At the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, US filmmaker Richard Linklater was honoured with a surprise Berlinale Camera [...]

Feb 15, 13: Passion, Authenticity, Instinct: the Art of Successful Entertainment at the 11th Edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus

Thursday evening, the eleventh edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, part of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, came to a successful close at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer [...]

Feb 15, 13: Berlinale 2013: Crystal Bears and the New Awards by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung in Generation 14plus

The members of the Youth Jury in Generation 14plus and the members of the new International Jury Generation 14plus give the following awards [...]

Feb 16, 13: Berlinale 2013: The PanoramaAudienceAwards Go to The Broken Circle Breakdown and The Act of Killing

The public has cast its votes: the 15th PanoramaAudienceAwards - presented in collaboration with radioeins of rbb (Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station), Berlin’s city magazine tip and the Berlinale’s Panorama section - go to The Broken Circle Breakdown for fiction film, and to The Act of Killing for documentary [...]

Feb 16, 13: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Two Mothers by Anne Zohra Berrached wins the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective”

On Saturday, February 16 at the award ceremony of the independent juries, the young French-German-Portuguese jury awarded the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective” for the first time endowed with 5.000€. This year, the prize goes to Anne Zohra Berrached‘s film Two Mothers [...]

Feb 16, 13: Berlinale 2013: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Awards in Generation Kplus

The members of the Children's Jury in Generation Kplus and the members of the International Jury Generation Kplus give the following awards [...]

Feb 16, 13: The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival

All the awards - official and independent juries - of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

May 14, 12: Berlinale Special Series: NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema

The first major focus of the Berlinale 2013 is now certain: Indigenous cinema. A special line-up entitled NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema will be devoted to cinematic storytelling of First Peoples from around the world [...]

Jun 11, 12: First Berlinale Residency Participants Confirmed

Berlinale Residency, the Festival’s new international fellowship programme, is inviting six filmmakers with their latest projects to Berlin for four months, beginning in September 2012, so they can finalize their scripts, and develop production and distribution strategies [...]

Jun 25, 12: 10th Summer Berlinale at the Open-Air Cinema Friedrichshain

We have a birthday to celebrate! For the tenth season in a row, from July 12 to 15, 2012, the radioeins Open-Air Cinema will show films from the latest Berlinale that have not yet been released theatrically in Germany [...]

Aug 15, 12: “Europe’s Golden Bears”
Six decades of the Berlinale – EUNIC Berlin Film Series at the Cinema Arsenal

EUNIC Berlin, a network of European national institutes for culture in Berlin, has launched an initiative to present European winners of the Golden Bear from six decades of the Berlinale. [...]

Aug 27, 12: Berlinale to Honour Chris Marker by Screening Description d’un combat

On September 23, 2012, the Berlin International Film Festival will honour documentary and experimental filmmaker Chris Marker, who passed away in late July, by screening his film Description d’un combat (Description of a Struggle) [...]

Nov 08, 12: Samsung Electronics Germany to be a New Partner of the Berlinale

Samsung Electronics Germany will be a new Third Partner of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. As part of its Berlinale partnership, Samsung will expand its commitment to new creative talent in the area of film and launch the "Samsung Smartfilm Award" [...]

Nov 19, 12: Panel discussion with the participants of the first Berlinale Residency

On December 10, 2012, the Berlin International Film Festival and its partners Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Media Mundus and Nipkow Programme will introduce the six participants selected for the first Berlinale Residency at a panel discussion [...]

Dec 18, 12: Festival Poster for the Berlinale 2013

The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 7 to 17, 2013. As of mid January, the poster for the Berlinale 2013 will be displayed around the Potsdamer Platz and then all over Berlin [...]

Jan 09, 13: “Berlinale Goes Kiez”:
Premieres and Festival Highlights in Cinemas around the Corner

In 2013 the Berlinale’s Flying Red Carpet will travel the city again and stop for one evening at the following seven arthouse cinemas [...]

Jan 15, 13: Berlinale Special 2013

As part of the Festival’s official programme, the Berlinale Special 2013 is presenting recent works by contemporary filmmakers, as well as film portraits of outstanding personalities and extraordinary formats [...]

Jan 17, 13: „NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema”

Starting this year, the Berlinale will devote itself to the cinematic storytelling of Indigenous peoples in a special series entitled “NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema”. In its first year, the series will begin with a territorial focus on films from Oceania, Australia, North America and the Arctic [...]

Jan 21, 13: Culinary Cinema 2013: “Dig Your Food – From Field to Fork”

“Dig Your Food – From Field to Fork” is the motto of the 7th Culinary Cinema of the Berlinale, which will be held from February 10 to 15, 2013 [...]

Jan 23, 13: 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, 13: Press file for the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale 2013 press dossier, detailed film lists of all sections can be downloaded here (in German only) [...]

Jan 28, 13: Berlin International Film Festival Supporting “Berlinale in Sendai”

The Berlin International Film Festival is supporting the “Berlinale in Sendai” event, which will take place in Japan from March 28 to 31, 2013 [...]

Feb 07, 13: Loyalty Pays Off. Sponsors at the 63rd Berlinale

In 2013, the Festival is celebrating “big” anniversaries with ten companies [...]

Feb 12, 13: Berlinale 2013 Is a Big Crowd-Puller

Visitors continue to flock to the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Its halftime and already 250,000 tickets have been sold [...]

Feb 13, 13: With the Advancing Digitization of the Film Industry, the Berlinale Faces Complex Technical and Logistical Challenges

In 2013, the number of films screening in the Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format at the Berlinale exceeds 50% for the first time [...]

Feb 26, 13: Berlinale 2013: A Record Turnout and Thriving Film Market

The surge of visitors to the Berlinale was even more overwhelming this year: a record number of 303,077 tickets was sold. This is impressive proof of how popular the Festival has become with the public and the enthusiasm with which audiences immerse themselves into the world of film for eleven days [...]

Jan 16, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival Mourns the Loss of Nagisa Oshima

Prizewinning Japanese director Nagisa Oshima died on Tuesday, at the age of 80 [...]

Jan 21, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival Mourns the Loss of Steffen Kuchenreuther

Steffen Kuchenreuther, long-time president of the SPIO and organiser of the Deutscher Filmball, died Sunday evening at the age of 65 [...]

Mar 04, 13: Berlinale Hopes Travel Restrictions Will Be Lifted for Iranian Filmmakers

Pardé (Closed Curtain) by Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Script at the Berlinale. Upon returning to Iran, authorities confiscated the passports of actress Maryam Moghadam and the co-director [...]