Berlinale: Press Releases

Press Releases 2014

Competition

Nov 05, 13: Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will open at the Berlinale Palast on February 6, 2014 with the world premiere of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel [...]

Nov 08, 13: The Monuments Men in the Official Programme of the 64th Berlinale

The international premiere of George Clooney’s dramatic adventure The Monuments Men will be presented in the official programme of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Dec 17, 13: Berlinale 2014: First Films for Competition and Berlinale Special

The first seven films for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival Competition programme have been selected [...]

Dec 20, 13: Berlinale 2014:
World premiere of Lars von Trier’s Long Uncut Version of Nymphomaniac Volume I

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will present the world premiere of Volume I of the long uncut version of Nymphomaniac, out of competition [...]

Jan 14, 14: Berlinale 2014: International Jury

With James Schamus serving as Jury President, the International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver Bears of the 2014 Berlinale Competition.
The other members of the International Jury will be Barbara Broccoli, Trine Dyrholm, Mitra Faharani, Greta Gerwig, Michel Gondry, Tony Leung and Christoph Waltz [...]

Jan 15, 14: Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete

The Competition of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. 20 of the 23 films in the Competition programme will be vying for the Golden Bear and Silver Bears [...]

Feb 05, 14: Berlinale 2014: Star-studded Opening Gala

Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters, Jury President James Schamus, and Festival Director Dieter Kosslick will open the 64th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 pm on February 6 [...]

Feb 15, 14: Berlinale 2014: Record Attendance and a Splendid Close

Over the past ten days, the Berlinale has presented cinema’s creative power and diversity, as well as welcomed guests and the public to many discussions and talks about “the seventh art”. With 330,000 tickets sold, attendance set a new record in the history of the Festival [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Mar 06, 13: Berlinale and Glashütte Original to Continue Their Partnership and Award “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” from 2014 to 2016

Dedicated to supporting young German directors in developing a project, material and script, the €15,000 “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” that is funded by the Berlinale’s co-partner Glashütte Original will also be awarded from 2014 to 2016 to a young talented German filmmaker from the Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino section [...]

Sep 17, 13: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Denis Dercourt 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 [...]

Dec 03, 13: Berlinale and Glashütte Original Extend Their Commitment to Young Filmmakers until 2016 and Announce Jury for “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” 2014

Watch manufacturer Glashütte Original is extending its co-partnership with the Berlinale until 2016, and continuing its support of a talented young director from the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section with the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” [...]

Dec 05, 13: The Berlinale and the French-German Youth Office Present the Seven-Member Jury of the “FGYO- Award Dialogue en perspective”

For the eleventh year running, the Berlin International Film Festival and the French-German Youth Office (FGYO), an official partner of the Berlinale, are giving young film lovers the opportunity to participate in the “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective” as jury members [...]

Dec 18, 13: Perspektive Deutsches Kino revives the Midnight Movie

The first six films for the 2014 Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme have been invited: four feature films and two documentaries [...]

Jan 08, 14: Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2014: Young Talent Goes Global

With 14 films, including nine full-length fictional features, and five medium-long fictional and documentary films (20 to 60 minutes), the selection for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2014 has been completed [...]

Jan 14, 14: Sandra Kaudelka and Sebastian Mez win “Made in Germany –Perspektive Fellowship” (ex aequo)

For the third time, German watchmaker Glashütte Original, co-partner of the 64th Berlinale, and the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section have awarded the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” for young German filmmakers [...]

Retrospective & Homage

Apr 09, 13: A Look Ahead: Digitally Restored Version of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Premiere at Berlinale 2014

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 6 to 16, 2014. Film fans can get ready for an exceptional highlight [...]

Nov 07, 13: Berlinale Retrospective 2014:
“Aesthetics of Shadow. Lighting Styles 1915–1950”

The Retrospective of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival will focus on light in film. Audiences will have an opportunity to discover lighting styles from specific genres and decades of film history in Japan, the USA and Europe [...]

Nov 29, 13: Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Ken Loach

At the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, British director Ken Loach will be honoured with an Homage, and awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievements [...]

Dec 09, 13: Berlinale Classics: Restoration of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Nears Completion

As previously announced (see press release from April 9, 2013), at the Berliner Philharmonie on Sunday, February 9, 2014, the 64th Berlin International Film Festival will present a special Berlinale Classics highlight: the world premiere of the digitally restored version of Robert Wiene’s masterpiece Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920) [...]

Jan 28, 14: Berlinale Classics

Berlinale Classics, launched a year ago as part of the Retrospective section, is already held in high regard by long-standing film partners of the Berlinale [...]

Berlinale Talents

Oct 01, 13: A new name for talent forged at the Berlinale:
The Talent Campus is now Berlinale Talents

Over the past eleven years, 4472 filmmakers have visited the Campus. Starting October 1, the initiative will continue under the name Berlinale Talents [...]

Dec 16, 13: Berlinale Talents 2014: Ready to Play? Breaking the Rules

Under the motto “Ready to Play? Breaking the Rules”, Berlinale Talents 2014 will encourage its 300 budding filmmakers to experiment with new and unusual ways of bringing their stories and characters to life on screen [...]

Jan 10, 14: Berlinale Talents 2014: 300 Talents from 79 Countries / Cinematographers Agnès Godard, Franz Lustig and Christopher Doyle to Mentor Talents / New Initiative “Berlinale Talents Market Hub” Powered by Canon

From a pool of 4167 applicants, an international jury selected 300 Talents from 79 countries and across the board of filmmaking disciplines. The Talents are invited to the HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin from February 8th to 13th, 2014 for the twelfth edition of Berlinale Talents, where they will meet with top-class experts under the theme “Ready to Play? Breaking the Rules” [...]

Jan 23, 14: Storytelling that expands your senses: Ade, Al Mansour, Begić, Côté, De Laurentiis, Gearty, Gerwig, Gondry, Grisoni, Heisenberg, Hoss, Jordan, Llosa, Luna, Navarro, Petzold, Porumboiu, Rădulescu, Schamus, Solomon, Stockhausen, Strickland, Thornton, and Vesth are among confirmed industry experts to share their experience with the world’s 300 most promising new film professionals

Focusing on how to successfully push storytelling and create compelling films, over 120 experts will join the 300 film professionals selected for the upcoming edition of Berlinale Talents, taking place from February 8-13, 2014 at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer Theater [...]

Feb 14, 14: Berlinale Talents 2014: The Art of Telling Stories Differently

Guided by the theme "Ready to Play? Breaking the rules", Berlinale Talents took place for the twelfth time from February 8 to 13, with 300 selected Talents and 150 experts, at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

Sep 04, 13: Berlinale Co-Production Market: Call for Entries Starts Now /
For 2014: Submission Requirements Eased for Greece, Spain and Portugal

Effective immediately and until October 23, 2013, experienced producers from all over the world may submit new feature film projects that are suitable for international co-production and have 30% of their financing already in place to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2014 [...]

Oct 07, 13: Berlinale: Andrea Kaul to Co-Direct the EFM

Business administrator Andrea Kaul took up her position as the co-director of the European Film Market (EFM) on September 1, 2013. Together, she and EFM director Beki Probst will continue to develop the European Film Market [...]

Jan 10, 14: New Feature Film Projects on the Road to Success at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

39 new feature film projects from 30 countries will be presented at the 11th Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 9 - 11, 2014) [...]

Jan 13, 14: European Film Market 2014 Set to Go / New Initiative and New Venue

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival European Film Market (EFM) is set to go for 2014, with exhibit spaces fully booked at Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel on Potsdamer Platz [...]

Jan 21, 14: “Books at Berlinale”: Eleven New Books for the Screen

On February 11, at “Books at Berlinale”, film producers will have a chance to discover eleven new literary works that would make good movies. The selected novels will be presented and pitched at the Berlinale Co-Production Market [...]

Jan 29, 14: EFM Industry Debates 2014: Talks on Recent Artistic Forms of Documentaries, Experiences of Renowned Producers, New Sales Strategies in Asia, and Changing Mediascapes in the Age of Digitisation

In 2014, the EFM Industry Debates will again discuss topical issues related to the film and media industry [...]

Feb 07, 14: Minister of State Monika Grütters Visits the EFM 2014

Monika Grütters, Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture and the Media, paid the European Film Market (EFM) of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival an official visit this Friday morning [...]

Awards

Jan 28, 14: Berlinale Camera 2014 to Honour Karl Baumgartner

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 14, 14: Berlinale 2014: Crystal Bears and the Awards by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) in Generation 14plus

The members of the Youth Jury in Generation 14plus, Simon Kalmbach, Luca Kokol, Karla Laitko, Leonie Mo Munder, Paula Noack, Nicola Scholz and Florian Stündel give the following awards: [...]

Feb 15, 14: Berlinale 2014: Panorama Audience Awards for Difret and Der Kreis

The public has cast its votes: the 16th Panorama Audience Awards - presented by the Berlinale’s Panorama section in collaboration with radioeins, Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station (rbb), and tip Berlin, Berlin’s city magazine - go to Difret for best fiction film and Der Kreis (The Circle) for best documentary [...]

Feb 15, 14: Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Ester Amrami’s Anderswo (Anywhere Else) Wins “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective”

Today, on Saturday February 15, at the award ceremony of the independent juries, the young French-German-Israeli jury will present the “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective” [...]

Feb 15, 14: Berlinale 2014: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Prizes in Generation Kplus

The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus Charlotte Dammasch, Lara Kläffling, Fabian Krüger, Fiona Lukas, Daria Rabes, Zoe Rentmeister, Lilly Rinklebe, Quinten Samrotzki, Jan-Hendrik Schmahl, Cosmo Schüppel and Janek Sommerfeldt give the following awards: [...]

Feb 15, 14: The Awards of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival

All the awards - official and independent juries - of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Additional Information

Feb 27, 13: The Application Round for the Berlinale Residency 2013 Is Now Open

The first Berlinale Residency just closed successfully during this year’s Berlin International Film Festival with the presentation of the selected projects by Matías Bize, Rebecca Daly, Samuel Maoz, Raya Martin, Rafi Pitts and Sacha Polak. And now the fellowship programme is again inviting filmmakers from around the world to apply for a three-month stay in Berlin [...]

Mar 20, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival and BMW Group Partnership Ends after Four Successful Years

With the Berlinale 2013, the four-year commitment of BMW Group as principal partner of the Berlin International Film Festival drew to a splendid close [...]

Apr 09, 13: ZDF Extends Its Contract as Principal Partner of the Berlinale until 2016

The ZDF, which has supported the Berlinale as its main media partner since 2005, has just extended its engagement for another three years, up through the 66th Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Jun 11, 13: Berlinale Residency Launches Second Round

The international Berlinale Residency fellowship programme is inviting six filmmakers with their latest film projects to Berlin from August 15 to November 15, 2013, so they can finalise their screenplays, and develop production and distribution strategies [...]

Jul 09, 13: Summer Berlinale at the Open-Air Cinema Friedrichshain, Berlin

All those who missed the audience favourites Gloria, The Strange Little Cat, Frances Ha and Viktor und Viktoria during this year's Berlinale will get a chance to discover these highlights, before they will be released theatrically in Germany, at the Summer Berlinale from July 25-28, 2013 at the Open-Air Cinema Friedrichshain in Berlin [...]

Oct 18, 13: Claude Lanzmann to Present Le dernier des injustes in Berlin

To honour Claude Lanzmann as a great artist and intellectual for his never-ending productivity and intense commemorative work, the Berlinale and Deutsche Kinemathek are showing his most recent film, The Last of the Unjust (Le dernier des injustes, France/Austria 2013, OV with English subtitles) in cooperation with the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art [...]

Nov 15, 13: Audi New Principal Partner of the Berlinale

The Berlin International Film Festival and Audi have agreed on a partnership for the next three years. As principal partner, Audi provides the car fleet for the festival from 2014 [...]

Nov 22, 13: Tesiro to Be Principal Partner of the Berlinale

Chinese luxury brand Tesiro has expanded its engagement with the Berlin International Film Festival and will be a principal partner of the Berlinale for the next three years [...]

Dec 16, 13: Culinary Cinema Goes Kiez

Since 2007 the Berlinale’s Culinary Cinema has shown films focussing on food and ecological topics. After screenings from the main programme, chefs make meals inspired by the films and prepared according to the Slow Food motto “good, clean and fair” [...]

Dec 20, 13: Festival Poster for the Berlinale 2014

Starting in mid January, the Berlinale poster will be displayed at the Potsdamer Platz and across the city, and so set the mood for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, which will take place from February 6th to 16th, 2014 [...]

Jan 16, 14: Berlinale NATIVe – The Journey Continues

“NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema” is devoted to diverse historical, cultural, political, ethical, artistic and economic aspects of indigenous cinema. In 2014, two feature films will be imbedded in the multifaceted sidebar and so form a bridge between the regions already highlighted in 2013 (Australia, New Zealand, North American and the Arctic) and those to be highlighted in 2015 (Latin and South America) [...]

Jan 17, 14: Berlinale Special 2014

Berlinale Special is part of the official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers, as well as film portraits of renowned personalities and extraordinary formats [...]

Jan 20, 14: Culinary Cinema 2014: “We like it hot… but don’t let it burn”

“We like it hot… but don’t let it burn” is the motto of the Culinary Cinema of the 64th Berlinale, which will be held from February 9 to 14, 2014 [...]

Jan 23, 14: Jury for the Best First Feature Award

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, 14: Press file for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale 2014 press dossier, detailed film lists of all sections can be downloaded here (in German only) [...]

Jan 28, 14: “Berlinale Goes Kiez” – The Cinema as Local Culture Provider

In 2014, the Berlinale’s “Flying Red Carpet” will again travel through the city and stopover for an evening at each of the following seven arthouse cinemas: Eva Lichtspiele (Wilmersdorf), Toni & Tonino (Weißensee), Adria (Steglitz), filmkunst 66 (Charlottenburg), Passage (Neukölln), Thalia Programm Kino (Potsdam-Babelsberg), and Eiszeit Kino (Kreuzberg) [...]

Jan 28, 14: Untitled New York Review Of Books Documentary in Berlinale Special, Presented as Work in Progress

Untitled New York Review Of Books Documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi is the newest addition to the 64th Berlinale Special, where it will be shown as a work in progress, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and key contributors [...]

Jan 28, 14: Documentaries at the Berlinale 2014

In Focus: Diverse Documentary Forms and Events [...]

Jan 30, 14: Supporters, Promoters & Hosts: Sponsors of the 64th Berlinale

For the first time since 2007, the Berlinale is again being sponsored by four principal partners [...]

Feb 11, 14: Digital Cinema at the 64th Berlinale

As in recent years, the Berlinale has again faced enormous technical and logistical tasks that have arisen from the film industry’s digitisation [...]

Feb 11, 14: Berlinale 2014: An Exuberant Start for the Festival and European Film Market

After getting off to an exuberant start with the opening film, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, the days that followed saw a superb line-up of stars [...]

Short Notes

Jun 18, 13: On the current events in Turkey

The Berlinale calls on the Prime Minister of Turkey to recognize the freedoms of opinion and assembly as fundamental democratic rights [...]

Sep 12, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival Mourns the Loss of Otto Sander

Otto Sander, one of the most renowned actors in German cinema and theatre, has died at the age of 72 [...]

Sep 13, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival Mourns the Loss of Ray Dolby

Ray Dolby, one of the great pioneers of modern cinema, has died after after a long battle with illness [...]

Oct 08, 13: The Berlin International Film Festival mourns the loss of Patrice Chéreau

The great French film, opera and theatre director Patrice Chéreau passed away on Monday after a long battle with illness [...]

Oct 11, 13: Good Luck!

The Festival is delighted about the many Berlinale-related films that have been submitted by their countries for consideration in the Oscar category of “Best Foreign Language Film” [...]

Oct 23, 13: On Bernd Neumann's Departure as Minister of Cultural Affairs

"It's a pity that Bernd Neumann is no longer available as Minister of Cultural Affairs. His commitment has given culture, film culture and the Berlinale a great deal to be thankful for [...]

Dec 16, 13: In Light of Recent Developments

Monika Grütters is a stroke of luck for culture [...]

Feb 03, 14: The Berlinale mourns the loss of Maximilian Schell

The Berlin International Film Festival mourns Maximilian Schell, one of the greatest German-speaking personalities in the field of art in the post-war era [...]

Feb 03, 14: The Berlinale mourns the loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Berlin International Film Festival mourns the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2006 the Berlinale Competition presented Capote, the film directed by Bennett Miller which won Philip Seymour Hoffman a Golden Globe and later an Oscar as Best Actor [...]

Feb 04, 14: The Berlinale mourns the loss of Miklós Jancsó

The Berlin International Film Festival mourns the master filmmaker Miklós Jancsó, one of Hungary's most noted and influential directors and screenwriters [...]

Mar 03, 14: The Berlin International Film Festival mourns the loss of Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais, one of European cinema's most noted auteurs and a founding father of French New Wave, died this weekend at the age of 91 after a long battle with illness [...]

Mar 19, 14: The Berlin International Film Festival mourns Karl Baumgartner

Karl Baumgartner, one of Germany's most important independent producers and distributors, died on March 18 [...]

Mar 21, 14: The Berlin International Film Festival mourns Mareike Carrière

German actress Mareike Carrière, well-known for countless appearances in film and television, has died. Before the Berlinale moved to Potsdamer Platz, she had, among other things, hosted the festival’s Opening Gala in the Zoo Palast [...]
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