News & Press Releases

Berlinale Shorts

04.04.2023: Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts at the Format Court Festival in Paris

For the first time, Berlinale Shorts will present a short film programme at the Format Court festival in Paris (April 13 to 16, 2023) [...]

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31.03.2023: Executive Director Mariëtte Rissenbeek Will Leave the Berlinale After the Next Festival Edition

“The Berlinale has been and continues to be a wonderful and enriching experience for me [...]

Berlinale Talents

22.03.2023: The Berlinale Thanks Christine Tröstrum for Her Longstanding Commitment

After 19 successful years, Christine Tröstrum will step down as project manager of Berlinale Talents in summer 2023 [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

07.03.2023: Barbara Wurm Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum

As of August 1, 2023, the author and curator Barbara Wurm will be taking over as head of the Forum section [...]

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28.02.2023: Glamorous Closing of Berlinale 2023 – Delighted Winners and Full Cinemas

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival came to a successful close with the Publikumstag on February 26 [...]

Awards

25.02.2023: The Awards of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival

All awards of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [...]

Panorama, Awards

25.02.2023: The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Sira by Apolline Traoré and Kokomo City by D. Smith

The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg) [...]

Generation

25.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Crystal Bears and Prizes of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany) at Generation Kplus

The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus – Luan Faik Can, Valerie Louise Da Silva Matos, Timon Mahlke, Nina Marie Stellmacher, Defne Frida Sungu, Enno Winch, Jerrit Wunder – have awarded the following prizes [...]

Generation, Awards

24.02.2023: Crystal Bears and Prizes of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) at Generation 14plus

Prizes awarded [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Awards

24.02.2023: The Perspektive Deutsches Kino Award Winners

The Perspektive Deutsches Kino award winners are: Steffi Niederzoll (Compass-Perspektive-Award), Mareike Wegener and Anna Melikova (Kompagnon Fellowships) and Fabian Stumm (Heiner Carow Prize) [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

23.02.2023: Back in Full Force: The European Film Market (EFM) Reports Positive Results for the First Post-Pandemic Edition

After two online editions due to the pandemic, this year’s market, now once again on-site, reports record results [...]

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22.02.2023: Successful First Part of the 73rd Berlinale

After a celebratory start, the 2023 Berlinale is delighted to report a lively audience interest [...]

Berlinale Series

22.02.2023: The Winner of the First Berlinale Series Award in Cooperation with Deadline is The Good Mothers

A Special Mention has been dedicated to the Norwegian Series Arkitekten (The Architect) [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market, World Cinema Fund, Awards

20.02.2023: Strong Support for Feature Film Projects

On Sunday and Monday, four cash prizes and one in-kind prize were awarded [...]

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15.02.2023: Festive Opening of the Berlinale 2023 with Digital Livestream of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

On February 16, the start of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will be celebrated in the Berlinale Palast [...]

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14.02.2023: The Official Partners of the 73rd Berlinale

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival receives support from its Principal Partners Armani beauty, Uber and ZDF; its Co-Partners Mastercard, Potsdamer Platz and rbb media; and approximately 30 other national and international businesses [...]

Panorama

10.02.2023: Tracking the Unseen - Films as Tools of Resistance

Michael Stütz on this year’s films, that find images for the global issues of our time, fill gaps, and use inspiration as a weapon [...]

Forum & Forum Expanded

10.02.2023: Within the Symptom

Section head Cristina Nord in conversation about the rediscovery of cinematic forms that were believed to be long-forgotten, changes of perspective and discrepancies between image and sound as well as the “retrospectives of the future” [...]

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10.02.2023: Solidarity with Ukraine and Iran

The activities announced on January 23, will be complemented by the following formats and actions [...]

World Cinema Fund

08.02.2023: World Cinema Fund at the Berlinale 2023: Focus on Iran / Cinema and Culture in Times of Growing Crises

Since 2004, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) has successfully supported film production in regions with weak film infrastructures through its increasingly differentiated funding programme (WCF, WCF Europe, WCF Africa, WCF ACP), while also promoting cultural diversity in German cinemas [...]

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08.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Sustainability

The Berlinale is focused on sustainable behaviour, be it in the festival’s film programme, organisation or in the industry activities taking place under the Berlinale Pro* umbrella [...]

Berlinale Shorts

08.02.2023: Real-Life Fictions

In this interview, section head Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck talks about how the films of the selection interweave the past and the present and place fiction and reality in relation to one another, as well as revealing which familiar names will be making a return to Berlinale Shorts this year [...]

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08.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Diversity and Accessibility

The Berlinale is committed to diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and is constantly working to further develop inclusive events [...]

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08.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Gender Evaluation

The Berlinale values transparency regarding gender distribution in the programme [...]

Competition

07.02.2023: Breaking the Chains

Carlo Chatrian and Mark Peranson about the weight of reality, the necessary balance between established directors and new faces, and crisis-ridden father figures in this year's selection [...]

European Film Market & Co-Production Market

07.02.2023: “Shift Happens” – EFM Industry Sessions Programme 2023 Provides Impulses for the Future of the Film and Media Business

Under the heading “Shift Happens”, the EFM Industry Sessions – the industry programme of the European Film Market (EFM) – will provide impulses for rethinking and reshaping the future of the film and media industry over seven days from February 16 to 22, 2023 [...]

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07.02.2023: Berlinale Goes Kiez: The Complete Programme

From February 18 to 24, Berlinale Goes Kiez will be bringing select festival programming to neighbourhood cinemas in the city and surrounding area, in celebration of the region’s vibrant cinema landscape [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

03.02.2023: Between Fervour and Self-Determination

In her first edition as section head of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Jenni Zylka speaks about the diversity of cinematic forms in this year's selection: from haunting documentaries based on original source material to a condensed musical, all the way to cleverly conceived relationship dramas. Taken as a whole, they are united by the desire to examine the global in the individual [...]

Competition

01.02.2023: Competition Programme 2023 Complete by Adding Art College 1994

The Berlinale has added Art College 1994 by Chinese director Liu Jian in the Competition that will now comprise 19 films [...]

Berlinale Series, Awards

01.02.2023: Berlinale Series 2023: Berlinale Series Award Jury

For the first time, the Berlinale Series Award in cooperation with “Deadline” will be given to the best series [...]

Generation, Awards

01.02.2023: The International Juries of Generation 2023

The three jurors of the two International Juries each award the Grand Prix for the Best Film (worth 7,500 Euros) and the Special Prize for the Best Short Film (worth 2,500 Euros) [...]

Competition, Awards

01.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: International Jury

Once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2023 [...]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Awards

01.02.2023: Juries for Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2023

From the ten feature films and documentaries of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, two juries will determine the winner of the Compass-Perspektive-Award, endowed with 5,000 Euros, and the Heiner Carow Prize for the Promotion of German Cinematic Art, endowed with 5,000 Euros, which is awarded by the DEFA Foundation to a specialist talent from Perspektive Deutsches Kino [...]

Awards

01.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Berlinale Documentary Award – Funded by rbb

The Berlin International Film Festival has long been committed to the diversity of documentary forms [...]

Awards

01.02.2023: GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury

Part of the three-person jury that decides on this year’s award are Ayten Amin, Judith Revault d’Allonnes and Cyril Schäublin [...]

Berlinale Shorts, Awards

01.02.2023: 2023 Berlinale Shorts – International Short Film Jury

The 2023 International Short Film Jury for Berlinale Shorts comprises the editor Cătălin Cristuțiu, the US-american artist Sky Hopinka and the German director Isabelle Stever [...]

Berlinale Talents

01.02.2023: Much Cause for Joy – Berlinale Talents Programme 2023 with Cate Blanchett, Todd Field, Sepideh Farsi, John Malkovich, Geraldine Chaplin, Euzhan Palcy, Ruben Östlund, Kirsten Johnson and Many Other Guests

The 21st edition of Berlinale Talents brings people together from diverse cultural backgrounds to promote and jointly shape the diversity of cinema [...]

Encounters, Awards

01.02.2023: Berlinale 2023: Encounters Jury

Since 2020 the competitive section Encounters has been a part of the Berlinale. A three-member jury chooses the winners for Best Film, Best Director and the Special Jury Award [...]

Berlinale Special

30.01.2023: Berlinale Special Finalises Its Programme 2023 by Adding Two More Titles

The documentary Love to Love You, Donna Summer and the short films shown in 100 Years of Disney Animation - a Shorts Celebration complete the film selection [...]

Awards

30.01.2023: Berlinale Camera 2023: Tribute to Caroline Champetier

Since 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to filmmaking and with whom the festival feels closely connected [...]