Berlinale Special

A selection of previous Berlinale Special productions

Gaia Messerklinger
Supersex by Francesca Manieri, Matteo Rovere, Francesco Carrozzini, Francesca Mazzoleni
ITA 2024, Berlinale Special
© Lucia Iuorio / 2023 Netflix, Inc.

Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart
Love Lies Bleeding by Rose Glass
USA, GBR 2023, Berlinale Special
© Anna Kooris

Elf Mal Morgen: Berlinale Meets Fußball | Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Football
DEU 2024, Berlinale Special
© Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Don Lee
Beom-Joe-do-si 4 | The Roundup: Punishment by Heo Myeong-haeng
KOR 2024, Berlinale Special
© ABO Entertainment & Bigpunch Pictures & Hong Film & B.A. Entertainment

Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan
Spaceman by Johan Renck
USA 2024, Berlinale Special
© 2023 Netflix, Inc.

Lam Ka Tung, Ng Wing Sze
Ming On | Mad Fate by Soi Cheang
HKG/CHN 2022, Berlinale Special
© 2022 MakerVille Company Limited and Noble Castle Asia Limited

Parker Sawyers, Alec Secăreanu
Spy/Master by Christopher Smith
ROU, DEU 2023, Berlinale Series
© Stefan Popescu for HBO Max

Sonne und Beton | Sun and Concrete by David Wnendt
DEU 2023, Berlinale Special
© Constantin Film Verleih

Valentina Bellè
The Good Mothers by Julian Jarrold, Elisa Amoruso
GBR, ITA 2023, Berlinale Series
© Claudio Iannone

Sean Penn, Volodymyr Zelensky in Superpower
Superpower by Sean Penn, Aaron Kaufman
USA 2022, Berlinale Special
© 2022. THE PEOPLE’S SERVANT, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Isabelle Huppert
À propos de Joan | About Joan by Laurent Larivière
FRA, DEU, IRL 2021, Berlinale Special
© 247films

Nick Cave
This Much I Know To Be True by Andrew Dominik
GBR 2021, Berlinale Special
© Bad Seed Ltd.

Aldís Amah Hamilton
Svörtu sandar | Black Sands by Baldvin Z
ISL 2021, Berlinale Series
© Juliette Rowland / Glassriver

Zoey Deutch, Mark Rylance
The Outfit by Graham Moore
USA 2021, Berlinale Special
© Nick Wall / Focus Features

Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges
French Exit by Azazel Jacobs
CAN, IRL 2021, Berlinale Special
© Tobias Datum / Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

Entre hombres | Amongst Men by Pablo Fendrik
ARG 2020, Berlinale Series
© WarnerMedia

Jodie Foster
The Mauritanian | Der Mauretanier by Kevin Macdonald
GBR 2021, Berlinale Special
© STX International / TOBIS

Karine Teles
Os últimos dias de Gilda | The Last Days of Gilda by Gustavo Pizzi
BRA 2020, Berlinale Series
© Marcinho Nunes

Courage by Aliaksei Paluyan
DEU 2021, Berlinale Special
© Living Pictures Production

Olly Alexander, Callum Scott Howells
It’s a Sin by Peter Hoar
GBR 2020, Berlinale Series
© RED Production Company, all3media international

Minami, Johnny Depp
Minamata by Andrew Levitas
GBR 2020, Berlinale Special
© Larry Horricks / HanWay Films

Last and First Men by Jóhann Jóhannsson
ISL 2019, Berlinale Special
© Sturla Brandth Grøvlen

Ivan Trojan, Juraj Loj
Charlatan by Agnieszka Holland
CZE, IRL, POL, SVK 2020, Berlinale Special
© Marlene Film Production

Cate Blanchett
Stateless by Emma Freeman, Jocelyn Moorhouse
AUS 2019, Berlinale Series
© Ben King

Park Hae-soo
Sa-nyang-eui-si-gan | Time to Hunt by Yoon Sung-hyun
KOR 2020, Berlinale Special
© Union Investment Partners, Littlebig Pictures, Sidus

Amandla Stenberg, André Holland
The Eddy by Damien Chazelle, Houda Benyamina, Laila Marrakchi, Alan Poul
FRA 2019, Berlinale Series
© Lou Faulon

Hillary Clinton
Hillary by Nanette Burstein
USA 2019, Berlinale Special
© Clinton Foundation

Albrecht Schuch, Mai Duong Kieu, Barry Atsma
Bad Banks by Christian Schwochow
DEU/LUX 2017, Berlinale Special
© Letterbox / Sammy Hart

Jonathan Banks, Bob Odenkirk
Better Call Saul – Season 2 by Thomas Schnauz
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Ben Leuner © 2015 AMC Network Entertainment LLC and Sony Pictures Television Inc.

The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer
DNK/NOR/FIN/IDN/GBR 2014, Berlinale Special
© Lars Skree

Ranveer Singh
Gully Boy by Zoya Akhtar
IND 2018, Berlinale Special
© Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams
American Hustle by David O. Russell
USA 2013, Berlinale Special
Francois Duhamel © Tobis Film

Robert Silvers
Untitled New York Review of Books Documentary by Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
USA 2013, Berlinale Special

VE Day Celebrations London 1945
The Spirit of '45 by Ken Loach
GBR 2013, Berlinale Special
© IWM

Shah Rukh Khan
Don – The King Is Back by Farhan Akhtar
IND/DEU 2011, Berlinale Special
© Rapid Eye Movies

Althawra ... Khabar | Reporting ... A Revolution | Bericht ... einer Revolution by Bassam Mortada
EGY 2012, Berlinale Special

Colin Firth
The King’s Speech by Tom Hooper
GBR/AUS 2010, Berlinale Special

Food, Inc. by Robert Kenner
USA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Participant Media/River Road Entertainment

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Berlin Alexanderplatz: Remastered by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DEU 2007, Berlinale Special

The Day After Tomorrow by Roland Emmerich
USA 2004, Berlinale Special

Ed Sheeran
Songwriter by Murray Cummings
GBR 2017, Berlinale Special
© Murray Pictures Limited 2018

Where To Invade Next by Michael Moore
USA 2015, Berlinale Special
© Dog Eat Dog Films

John Berger, Tilda Swinton
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger by Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Tilda Swinton, Bartek Dziadosz
GBR 2015, Berlinale Special
© Sandro Kopp
Glamour and popular films in the Gala Premieres, in-depth debates at the panel discussions, a spotlight on current topics, unusual formats and the honouring of extraordinary film personalities – Berlinale Special is one of the festival’s most versatile programmes.
Footloose and fancy-free, spontaneous and up-to-date – a diversity of forms shines in the Berlinale Special. Originating from the special screenings which became affiliated with the Competition in 1984, from 2004 the section has offered an abundant and colourful selection of films, series and events and it uncovers many treasures every year. Berlinale Special is flexible and also characterised by its unusual venues: even the Brandenburg Gate can be transformed into a cinema.
Over the years, Berlinale Special has also established itself as a space for reflection on film, its history and adjacent art forms. Many films in the programme explore the origins of particular film trends, focus on film history or portray directors and other artists. And, with the films in Berlinale Special, the Berlinale honours great film personalities whose work is particularly close to the festival’s heart as well as the winners of the Honorary Golden Bear and the Berlinale Camera.
Films in the Berlinale Special can be nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award.
Press Conferences for the Gala Premieres are streamed live and then available on-demand.

Festival photos from previous editions

Hunter Schafer, Jessica Henwick, Greta Fernández
The actors on the Red Carpet.
Cuckoo · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2024

Carlotta Gamba, Filippo Timi
The actors are still down to earth.
Dostoevskij · Berlinale Special · Feb 18, 2024

Amanda Seyfried
Seven Veils · Berlinale Special · Feb 22, 2024

Carey Mulligan, Adam Sandler
“Look, there!” The actors discover something new at the Berlinale Palast.
Spaceman · Berlinale Special · Feb 21, 2024
© Richard Hübner / Berlinale 2024

Kim Moo-yul, Park Ji-hwan, Don Lee, Lee Dong-hwi, Heo Myeong-haeng
Five fists in the Berlinale Palast.
Beom-Joe-do-si 4 · Berlinale Special · Feb 23, 2024

Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway
Attentive listeners.
She Came to Me · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2023

Mia Goth
Infinity Pool · Berlinale Special · Feb 22, 2023

Kang Qi, Dalei Zhang, Julia Fidel
The director and the producer during the Q&A with the section head.
Why Try to Change Me Now · Berlinale Series · Feb 21, 2023

Franziska Giffey, Film Team
The Governing Mayor of Berlin (centre, in the back) and the film team.
Sonne und Beton · Berlinale Special · Feb 18, 2023

Julie Agnete Vang, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Mathilde Arcel, Esben Smed
The creator and director (second from the left) with his actors.
Agent · Berlinale Series · Feb 21, 2023

Helen Mirren
Golda · Berlinale Special · Feb 20, 2023

Kerren Lumer-Klabbers
The director of the Norwegian Series at the Berlinale Goes Kiez screening at IL KINO.
Arkitekten · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Berlinale Series · Feb 23, 2023

Julia Fidel, Sofia Helin, Anja Lundqvist, Julia Dufvenius, Elin Klinga, Sandra Harms
The head of Berlinale Series in conversation with the actors and the producer.
Lust · Berlinale Series · Feb 14, 2022

Dario Argento, Asia Argento
Father and daughter together on the Red Carpet.
Occhiali neri · Berlinale Special · Feb 11, 2022

Film team
High spirits on the n the Red Carpet.
Gangubai Kathiawadi · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2022

Inside Friedrichstadt-Palast
Emma Thompson can’t wait to get to the cinema.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande · Berlinale Special · Feb 12, 2022

Daniel Burman
The creator of the Argentine series.
Iosi, el espía arrepentido · Berlinale Series · Feb 11, 2022

Clara Rugaard, Nenda Neururer, Matthew McNulty, Solly McLeod, Robyn Cara
The actors at the Photo Call.
The Rising · Berlinale Series · Feb 16, 2022

Long-shot
It’s a Sin · Berlinale Series · ARTE Sommerkino Schloss Charlottenburg · Jun 11, 2021

Nicole Salazar
At the interview.
Philly D.A. · Berlinale Series · ARTE Sommerkino Schloss Charlottenburg · Jun 10, 2021

Visitors
It’s a Sin · Berlinale Series · ARTE Sommerkino Schloss Charlottenburg · Jun 11, 2021

Tom Schilling, David Schalko
The actor and the creator during the Q&A before the screening.
Ich und die Anderen · Berlinale Series · ARTE Sommerkino Schloss Charlottenburg · Jun 09, 2021

Elizaveta Maximová, Anna Fialová
The two actors in the open-air cinema.
Je suis Karl · Berlinale Special · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 19, 2021

Amandla Stenberg, André Holland
The actors signing autographs.
The Eddy · Berlinale Series · Feb 27, 2020

Ariane Labed, Gary Carr
Premiere in the Zoo Palast.
Trigonometry · Berlinale Series · Feb 25, 2020

Nina Terese Rask, Jonathan Bergholdt Jørgensen, Asta Kamma August, Amalie Næsby Fick, Clara Mendes
Premiere in the Zoo Palast.
Sex · Berlinale Series · Feb 26, 2020

Jason Segel
The creator and main actor with fans at the Red Carpet.
Dispatches From Elsewhere · Berlinale Series · Feb 24, 2020

Wayne Blair, Warwick Thornton
The directors on stage.
Mystery Road 2 · Berlinale Series · Feb 25, 2020

Group photo
The team at the Photo Call.
Stateless · Berlinale Series · Feb 26, 2020

Julia Fidel, Cate Blanchett
The section head wit the actress, who also invested as co-creator and executive producer in the project.
Stateless · Berlinale Series · Feb 26, 2020

Natalie Dormer
Picnic at Hanging Rock · Berlinale Series · Feb 19, 2018

Jeff Daniels
The Looming Tower · Berlinale Series · Feb 20, 2018

Mai Duong Kieu
Bad Banks · Berlinale Series · Feb 21, 2018

Sienna Miller
The Lost City of Z · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2017

Robert Pattinson
The Lost City of Z · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2017

Sonia Kennebeck
The director in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
National Bird · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016

Don Cheadle
Miles Ahead · Berlinale Special · Feb 18, 2016

Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe, Tilda Swinton, Christopher Roth
Prominent friends of John Berger, who visited the British writer, painter and art critic in the French Alps.
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger · Berlinale Special · Feb 13, 2016

Dane DeHaan, Anton Corbijn, Robert Pattinson
Arrival at the the Zoo Palast.
Life · Berlinale Special · Feb 09, 2015

Natalie Portmann, Maryanne Redpath, Jack Pettibone Riccobono, Shane Omar Slattery-Quintanilla
The executive producer, the section head of NATIVe - A Journey into Indigenous Cinema, the director and the producer on the podium of the panel discussion.
The Seventh Fire · Berlinale Special · Haus der Berliner Festspiele · Feb 07, 2015

Joshua Oppenheimer, Werner Herzog
After the premiere there was a talk between the director and the executive producer.
The Look of Silence · Berlinale Special · Feb 08, 2015

Martin Scorsese
The director of the film.
Untitled New York Review of Books Documentary · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2014

Christian Bale
The actor on the Red Carpet.
American Hustle · Berlinale Special · Feb 07, 2014

Anne Hathaway
Before the screening in the Friedrichstadt-Palast the actress was celebrated frenetically.
Les Misérables · Berlinale Special · Feb 09, 2013

Keanu Reeves
A face in the crowd.
Side By Side · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2012

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
In the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
In The Land Of Blood And Honey · Berlinale Special · Feb 11, 2012

Friedrichstadt-Palast
Festive atmosphere at the premiere of the restored version of the classic.
Oktjabr · Berlinale Special · Feb 10, 2012

Helena Bonham Carter
The actress in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
The King’s Speech · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2011

Salma Hayek
“Oh my god, it is really me!” – the actress on the Red Carpet.
La chispa de la vida · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2012

Metropolis
The world premiere of the almost completely reconstructed original version of Fritz Lang’s classic at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin was simultaneously projected onto a screen at the Brandenburg Gate.
Metropolis · Berlinale Special · 2010

Paul Schrader
The screenwriter at the screening of Taxi Driver.
Taxi Driver · Berlinale Special · Feb 17, 2011

Ed Sheeran
The musician with fans at the Red Carpet.
Songwriter · Berlinale Special · Feb 23, 2018