Panorama

Panorama films from previous editions

Petite fille | Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz
FRA 2020, Panorama
© Agat Films & Cie, Arte France, Final Cut for Real

Julia Garner
The Assistant by Kitty Green
USA 2019, Panorama
© Forensic Films

Benjamin Radjaipour
Futur Drei | No Hard Feelings by Faraz Shariat
DEU 2020, Panorama
© Edition Salzgeber, Jünglinge Film

Si c’était de l’amour | If It Were Love by Patric Chiha
FRA 2020, Panorama
© Aurora Films

Goran Bogdan
Otac | Father by Srdan Golubović
SRB, FRA, DEU, HRV, SVN, BIH 2020, Panorama
© Maja Medic/Film House Baš Čelik

Talking About Trees by Suhaib Gasmelbari | Panorama Dokumente 2019
© Agat Films & Cie

Susanne Wolff
Styx by Wolfgang Fischer | Panorama 2018
© Benedict Neuenfels

Valene Kane
Profile by Timur Bekmambetov | Panorama 2018
© Bazelevs

Timothée Chalamet
Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino | Panorama 2017
© Sony Pictures Classics

The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer | Panorama 2013
© Carlos Arango de Montis

James Baldwin
I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck | Panorama 2017
© Dan Budnik

Casting JonBenet by Kitty Green | Panorama 2017
© Netflix / Michael Latham

Zoé Héran
Tomboy by Céline Sciamma | Panorama 2011

Juan Carlos Aduviri
También la lluvia | Even The Rain by Icíar Bollaín | Panorama 2011

Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh
The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix Van Groeningen | Panorama 2013

Juliette Navis, Hiam Abbass
Insyriated by Philippe Van Leeuw | Panorama 2017
© Altitude 100 / Virginie Surdej

Kurt Cobain
Cobain: Montage of Heck by Brett Morgen | Panorama 2015
© The End of Music, LLC

Istiyad Ashbah | Ghost Hunting by Raed Andoni | Panorama 2017
© Les Films de Zayna, Arte France, Dar Films, Akka Films

Astrid Whettnall
La Route d'Istanbul | Road to Istanbul by Rachid Bouchareb | Panorama 2016
Hassen Brahiti © 3B Productions

Nick Cave
20,000 Days on Earth by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard | Panorama 2014
© Chloë Thomson
Sexy, edgy, daring. Panorama screens extraordinary cinema, is a traditional audience favourite and - with its own audience award - has the festival’s biggest jury.
Panorama is explicitly queer, explicitly feminist, explicitly political – and at the same time seeks to think beyond these categories - always looking for what is new, daring, unconventional and wild in today’s cinema. Here you can encounter young, exciting talents from around the world and discover the latest works by renowned filmmakers.
In terms of aesthetics and form, Panorama has its finger on the pulse of contemporary international cinema. Here a wide and curious audience can discover films that offer friction and provide material for discussion. The selection of films is simultaneously an invitation and a demand to see cinema in a different light.
Every year since 1999, the Berlinale’s biggest jury – the Panorama audience – has awarded the Panorama Audience Award for the most popular feature film and documentary. The section has always recognised its audience as its closest ally.
In Panorama, the audience, filmmakers, the industry and the press are all equal partners. Here, the cinema becomes a public meeting place for everyone who loves film.
With the TEDDY AWARD, Panorama is responsible for the Berlinale’s queer film prize across all sections. This most important and longest-standing award of its kind in the world celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2016.
Michael Stütz has led the section since June 2019.

Festival photos from previous years

Riz Ahmed
The actor on the Red Carpet at the Zoo Palast.
Mogul Mowgli · Panorama · Feb 21, 2020

Chukwudi Iwuji, Indira Nascimento, O. C. Ukeje
The main actors.
Cidade Pássaro · Panorama · Feb 21, 2020

Clarisa Navas, Lucia Chavarri, Mauricio Vila, Luis Molina
The film team during Q&A.
Las Mil y Una · Panorama · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 24, 2020

Group photo
The winners at the award ceremony of the 34th TEDDY AWARDS.
Playback. Ensayo de una despedida · Welcome to Chechnya · Futur Drei · Rizi · Berlinale Shorts · Panorama · Competition · Feb 28, 2020

Zoo Palast
Otac · Panorama · Feb 22, 2020

Casey Affleck
Light of My Life by Casey Affleck | Panorama 2019
A big welcome for the director in Berlin.

Valene Kane
Profile by Timur Bekmambetov | Panorama 2018
The actress in the Berlinale VIP Club.

Walter Rodríguez
Marilyn by Martín Rodríguez Redondo | Panorama 2018
The main actor of the film.

Idris Elba
Yardie by Idris Elba | Panorama 2018

Luana Nastas
Vazante by Daniela Thomas | Panorama 2017
The main actress of the Brazilian film.

Ana Polvorosa, Macarena Gómez and Itziar Castro
Pieles | Skins by Eduardo Casanova | Panorama 2017
A dream in white and rose at the Photo-Call.

James Schamus
Casting JonBenet by Kitty Green | Panorama 2017
The film's producer.

Julianne Moore
Maggie's Plan by Rebecca Miller | Panorama 2016

Sarah Gadon
Indignation by James Schamus | Panorama 2016
The actress at the Red Carpet.

Nick Cave
20,000 Days on Earth by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard | Panorama 2014
The film accompanies Nick Cave on his 20,000 day of his life.

Amanda Seyfried
Lovelace by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Panorama 2013
The actress signing autographs.

Juliette Binoche
Elles | Das bessere Leben by Malgoska Szumowska | Panorama 2012
Funny girl – the actress at the Photo Call.

Javier Bardem
Invisibles | Die Unsichtbaren by Isabel Coixet, Fernando León de Aranoa, Mariano Barroso, Javier Corcuera, Wim Wenders | Panorama 2007
The actor produced the film that was made in co-operation with "Médecins sans frontier".

Antonio Banderas
El Camino de los Ingleses | Summer Rain | Sommerregen by Antonio Banderas | Panorama 2007
On the way to the premiere.

Patti Smith
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life by Steven Sebring | Panorama 2008
An experimental documentary and long-term observational work of 11 years was made about the singer.

Steve Buscemi
Interview by Steve Buscemi | Panorama 2007
The actor and director presenting his film at the Programme Press Conference.

Sir Ben Kingsley
Transsiberian by Brad Anderson | Panorama 2008
The film was an overwhelming success.

Karl Lagerfeld
Lagerfeld Confidentiel by Rodolphe Marconi | Panorama 2007
The fashion designer after the screening.
An independent international jury presents the TEDDY AWARD in the categories of BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM and BEST SHORT FILM. In addition, a JURY AWARD and a SPECIAL TEDDY AWARD for exceptional services to queer (film) culture, as well as a readers’ jury prize, are presented.
The TEDDY AWARD was inaugurated in 1987 by Manfred Salzgeber and Wieland Speck and initially comprised a teddy bear being presented at a small ceremony in the “Eisenherz” bookshop. Its founding inspiration was to create greater media attention for the, at the time, marginalised and overlooked queer cinema. The TEDDY AWARD has since blossomed into a much-loved grand event, with recent award ceremonies having taken place in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Volksbühne on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.
In 1997 TEDDY e.V., a non-profit organisation, was founded. It organises the award gala, has created the teddyaward.tv online platform and fundraises for the TEDDY.
Previous TEDDY AWARD winners include internationally renowned filmmakers such as Barbara Hammer, Derek Jarman, Werner Schroeter, Yvonne Rainer, Ulrike Ottinger, Pedro Almodóvar, Todd Haynes, François Ozon, Bruce LaBruce, Ira Sachs, Christine Vachon, Tilda Swinton, Céline Sciamma, Sebastián Lelio, Małgorzata Szumowska, Naoko Ogigami, Francis Lee, Alex Anwandter, Claudia Llosa, Sebastíen Lifshitz, Cheryl Dunye, Heiner Carow, Marie Losier, Lisa Cholodenko, John Cameron Mitchell, Lukas Moodysson and Nan Goldin.
Panorama has its origins in the Info-Schau, the programme which supplemented the Berlinale Competition in the 1970s. In 1980, Manfred Salzgeber – one of the most significant innovators of Berlin independent cinema culture in the 1970s and co-initiator of the International Forum of New Cinema – was charged with formatting the section’s content. In 1982, Salzgeber invited Wieland Speck to join him and developed a programme that captured social conflicts and new aesthetics and never baulked at being disconcerting. In 1986, the section was named Panorama.
In 1992, Wieland Speck took over the leadership of Panorama and, during the next 25 years, consistently carried forward the work of his predecessor. He successfully brought ambitious independent cinema closer to the international market and helped ensure that the TEDDY AWARD gained international recognition.
From July 2017 to July 2019, the section was led by Paz Lázaro. During this time, Panorama was co-curated by Michael Stütz and the two were supported by Andreas Struck until 2018. Since June 2019, Michael Stütz has been head of Panorama.
Cross-section awards respectively awards of the Independent Juries:
- GWFF Best First Feature Award (endowed with 50,000 Euros)
- Berlinale Documentary Award, funded by rbb and endowed with 40,000 Euros
- Panorama Audience Award, in which more than 20,000 Berlinale visitors take part every year
- TEDDY AWARDS, the most important queer film award in the world, which began in Panorama and can now go to films in all sections of the Berlinale
- Prize of the Churches of the Ecumenical Jury
- Prize of the FIPRESCI Jury
- CICAE Art Cinema Award
- Amnesty International Film Award
- Peace Film Prize
- Label Europa Cinemas