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24.02.2025: Joyful Closing of the 75th Berlinale: Delighted Winners and Full Cinemas
After the festive Award Ceremony, thousands of viewers once again flocked to the cinemas on the Berlinale Publikumstag. Overall around 19,000 accredited professionals (including press) came to the festival and 336,000 tickets were sold to the public [...]
Awards
22.02.2025: The Awards of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival
All awards of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival [...]
Awards, Generation
22.02.2025: Berlinale 2025: Crystal Bears at
Generation Kplus
The members of the Children’s Jury
Generation Kplus
and the
Generation
International Jury have awarded the following prizes [...]
Awards, Panorama
22.02.2025: Berlinale 2025: The
Panorama
Audience Awards Go to
Sorda
by Eva Libertad and
Die Möllner Briefe
by Martina Priessner
The audience has voted: The 27th
Panorama
Audience Award will be awarded at Zoo Palast on Sunday, February 23. Knut Elstermann will moderate the ceremony [...]
Awards, Generation
21.02.2025: The Prizes at
Generation 14plus
The members of the Youth Jury
Generation 14plus
and the
Generation
International Jury have awarded the following prizes [...]
Additional Information
20.02.2025: Filmmakers and Stars from Across the World Light Up the 75th Berlinale, Thrilling Fans and Audiences
The festival has celebrated incredible interest shown by the public, who is flocking to the cinemas to see the best of international cinema and cheer on the stars on the Red Carpet [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
17.02.2025: Promising Feature Films for the Coming Years: These Projects were Awarded at the
Berlinale Co-Production Market
in 2025
Five cash prizes and one in-kind award were awarded to selected feature film projects at the
Berlinale Co-Production Market
(February 15 to 19). [...]
Additional Information
12.02.2025: Festive Opening of the 75th Berlinale
On February 13, the start of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival will be celebrated at the Berlinale Palast. Festival Director Tricia Tuttle and Jury President Todd Haynes will kick off the Berlinale with a festive opening [...]
Additional Information
11.02.2025: The Official Partners of the 75th Berlinale
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival is supported by the Principal Partners Armani beauty, CUPRA and Mastercard. Further support at the Co-Partner level comes from Campari, Potsdamer Platz and Staropramen as well as the media partners rbb and ZDF [...]
World Cinema Fund
06.02.2025:
World Cinema Fund
: The
WCF
Day on February 19, 2025
Poetry and Politics, Production and Visibility – Concrete Resilience Strategies in Challenging Times
The yearly
WCF
Day at the Berlinale is the
World Cinema Fund’s
(
WCF
) public think-tank. The 2025
WCF
Day programme offers the opportunity to address key artistic and cultural policy issues in the
WCF’s
work. [...]
Berlinale Talents
06.02.2025: A Lot to Listen to: Todd Haynes, Rana Eid, Michel Franco, Zacharias Kunuk and More at
Berlinale Talents
With this year's theme
Berlinale Talents
extends an invitation to its audiences not only to visit the exciting programme, but to actively engage, to explore new ideas, to broaden horizons and welcome new narratives; to listen, courageously, together. The programme offers 14 public talks for Berlin audiences and an extensive programme for the 200 invited Talents [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
06.02.2025:
EFM
Distributor Award Goes to Huub Roelvink from Cherry Pickers Film Distribution
The inaugural
EFM
Distributor Award is being presented to a European distributor whose commitment to arthouse distribution has impressed a three-member jury composed of renowned industry professionals [...]
Additional Information
04.02.2025: Timothée Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Jessica Chastain, Jacob Elordi, Benedict Cumberbatch, Edward Berger and Numerous Other Stars and Directors at the 75th Berlinale
Great film artists are expected at the festival premieres of the anniversary edition: Oscar nominated director Edward Berger takes a moment from his release and award schedule for
Conclave
to give the laudation for Honorary Golden Bear winner Tilda Swinton at the Opening Ceremony [...]
Additional Information
04.02.2025:
Berlinale Goes Kiez
: The Programme
From February 15 to 21,
Berlinale Goes Kiez
will once again put the spotlight on neighbourhood cinema. Over seven days, selected festival films will be shown in arthouse cinemas of the capital region. International film teams and the public are invited to experience the cinema culture of Berlin and the surrounding area [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
30.01.2025:
EFM
Industry Sessions & Producers Hub 2025
360° Perspective: Knowledge, Learning, Exchange and Networking
As the first major market of the year, the
European Film Market
with its
EFM
Industry Sessions programme (14-18.02.2025) offers the perfect stage to discuss the trends and ideas that will engage the industry in the coming film year [...]
Awards
30.01.2025: Jury Berlinale Documentary Award
The Berlinale Documentary Award is endowed with 40,000 euros in prize money [...]
Awards, Perspectives
30.01.2025: The
Perspectives
Jury
The award for a fiction debut is endowed with 50,000 euros, funded by GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten). A three-member jury chooses the winner for the Best First Feature Award [...]
Awards, Berlinale Shorts
30.01.2025:
Berlinale Shorts
2025 – International Short Film Jury
The programmer and short film expert Jing Haase (Denmark), film composer Dascha Dauenhauer (Germany) and director Phạm Ngọc Lân (Vietnam) are the International Short Film Jury of
Berlinale Shorts
[...]
Awards, Generation
30.01.2025: International Jury and Children's and Youth Jury of
Generation
In each of the section's two competitions, the three members of
Generation's
International Jury will be awarding the Grand Prix for the Best Film and the Special Prize for the Best Short Film [...]
Awards, Competition
30.01.2025: Berlinale 2025: International Jury
In 2025, once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale. 19 films are competing for the awards in this year’s
Competition
. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on February 22 [...]
Awards, Retrospective & Berlinale Classics
29.01.2025: Berlinale Camera 2025: Tribute to Rainer Rother
At the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, film expert and Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kinemathek will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera [...]
Forum & Forum Expanded
27.01.2025: The World Premiere of
Stolz & Eigensinn
(
Pride & Attitude
) by Gerd Kroske Completes the
Forum
Programme
Gerd Kroske's film poses the question “What was once gained – what is lost?” through the biographies of former GDR female industrial workers [...]
Panorama
27.01.2025: Rosa von Praunheim Completes the 2025
Panorama
Programme
In his latest film, which is part of his oeuvre comprising over 150 works,
Satanische Sau
(
The Satanic Sow
) holds a special place [...]
Generation
27.01.2025: The World Premiere of
Zhi Wu Xue Jia
(
The Botanist
) by Jing Yi Completes the
Generation Kplus
Competition
Jing Yi's impressive debut film tells a sensitive and visually captivating story about the friendship between a boy and a girl in north-west China [...]
Berlinale Special
21.01.2025: The Programme of
Berlinale Special
is Complete with Further Galas Added, Including James Mangold’s
A Complete Unknown
The final nine titles have been added to the
Berlinale Special
programme [...]
Perspectives
21.01.2025: The Programme of
Perspectives
The
Perspectives
competition comprises 14 feature film debuts, of which twelve are world premieres and two are international premieres [...]
Competition
21.01.2025: The Programme of the
Competition
19 films will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, among them one first feature as well as one documentary. Productions from 26 countries are represented. 17 films are world premieres [...]
Additional Information
21.01.2025: 75th Berlinale: Opening Gala and Opening Film Will be Shown in Seven Cities Across Germany
On February 13, the 75th Berlin International Film Festival will kick off at the Berlinale Palast. The world premiere of Tom Tykwer's latest feature film
The Light
will open the festival [...]
Additional Information
21.01.2025: Press Dossier for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival
The press dossier comprises the film selection of the 75th Berlinale as well as all other relevant information regarding the festival [...]
Berlinale Shorts, Awards
21.01.2025: CUPRA Becomes a Partner of
Berlinale Shorts
and Promotes New Talent with CUPRA Filmmaker Award
CUPRA, the new Mobility Partner of Berlinale, is expanding its commitment by partnering with
Berlinale Shorts
and funding the jointly initiated
Berlinale Shorts
CUPRA Filmmaker Award [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
17.01.2025: Co-Pro Series 2025: Ten International Series Projects to be Pitched
On February 18 and 19, the
Berlinale Co-Production Market
is organising Co-Pro Series for the eleventh time, consisting of a pitch event, meetings and networking around the specially curated selection of ten international series projects [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
17.01.2025: 11th Berlinale Series Market
The Berlinale Series Market is the
EFM's
boutique market for serial content from all over the world. From February 16 – 19, 2025, industry experts, creatives, buyers and distributors will meet again [...]
Generation
16.01.2025:
Generation
2025 – Wresting Meaning from the World
Between millennia-old legends and daring visions of human futures, the two competitions
Kplus
and
14plus
2025 span a wide range of narrative forms [...]
Forum & Forum Expanded
16.01.2025: What’s Next?
On the 30 Films of the 55th Berlinale
Forum
Main Programme
The 55th
Forum
main programme comprises 30 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are in a bad state [...]
Panorama
16.01.2025: Crossing Borders, Highlighting Realities: Cinematic Strategies in
Panorama
2025
Welcome Home Baby
by Andreas Prochaska is opening the 2025
Panorama
. The programme will include 35 films from 28 countries. Genre films shake up the programme, multifaceted German filmmaking demands attention, and queer cinema once again presents itself beyond common clichés [...]
Berlinale Special
16.01.2025: Eight More Titles Added to
Berlinale Special
, One of the Festival’s Most Diverse Selections
Eight additional works join the lineup for
Berlinale Special
. The section's programme will include a total of 21 films [...]
Berlinale Shorts
13.01.2025:
Berlinale Shorts
2025 – To Be in This World
20 films are celebrating their premieres at the 2025
Berlinale Shorts
. The programme combines classic storytelling with surreal works, features various styles of animation and presents experimental documentary forms [...]
Berlinale Talents
13.01.2025: 2025
Berlinale Talents
Participants and Talents Footprints – Mastercard Enablement Programme Jury with Dieu Hao Do, Sibel Kekilli and Vincenza Cristina Saccà
From February 15 to 20, 2025,
Berlinale Talents
will welcome 201 selected filmmakers to Berlin [...]
European Film Market & Co-Production Market
13.01.2025: Books at Berlinale 2025: Ten Current, International Books with Great Screen Potential Selected
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Books at Berlinale will present ten novelties by international authors with high potential for film adaptation as part of the
Berlinale Co-Production Market
[...]
Retrospective & Berlinale Classics
13.01.2025:
Berlinale Classics
2025: Eight Premieres of Classic Films in Digitally Restored Versions
The artistic director of the Deutsche Kinemathek, Dr Rainer Rother, and his team showcase eight digitally restored film classics, seven world premieres and one international premiere [...]
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