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Opening Film of the Berlinale 2025

Das Licht (The Light) by Tom Tykwer will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025.

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News | 75th Anniversary

Todd Haynes to be Jury President of the 75th Berlinale

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News | World Cinema Fund

Current Funding Recommendations and Awards

The WCF awards seven production fundings, the WCF Europe-TFL Audience Design Award as well as the newly established TUI Care Foundation Award.

Berlinale Notes

Note #2: Tricia Tuttle on the New Festival Venues at Potsdamer Platz

Berlinale Shorts | Generation

Berlinale Spotlight: Generation & Berlinale Shorts – Guests at the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation

News | Forum Expanded

20th Forum Expanded: Changes and Continuities

The curatorial team is currently preparing the programme for the upcoming festival. Ala Younis, who has co-lead Forum Expanded together with Ulrich Ziemons since 2021, has resigned from her position after many years of meaningful contribution. She remains closely connected to Forum Expanded.

News | 75th Anniversary

Bringing the Buzz Back

The Berlinale is strengthening the festival’s home at Potsdamer Platz with two new venues: the Stage Bluemax Theater at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz and the Berlinale HUB75.

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Applications for accreditation for the 75th Berlinale can be submitted as of now.

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News | Retrospective

Wild, Weird, Bloody

The Retrospective of the 75th Berlinale presents 15 selected genre films from East and West Germany made in the 1970s.

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News | Berlinale Talents

The Art of Listening

"Listen Courageously – Cinematic Narratives in Times of Dissonance" is the 2025 topic of the vibrant talent hub.

From 2025, the Winners of Three Berlinale Awards Qualify for the Oscars®

From next year, the winner of the TEDDY AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM will also be entitled to enter the competition for an Oscar®. This is the third award presented at the Berlinale to qualify the winning film to be submitted for the Academy Award®/Oscar® longlist.

News | Berlinale

New Section: Perspectives

News | European Film Market

Spain Becomes the 2025 “Country in Focus”

Continuing an initiative that started in 2017, the EFM annually places a major film region in the spotlight with its “Country in Focus” programme. The country's film industry and creative work will be presented from a multifaceted point of view, new stimulus will be provided, and international connections promoted.

News | Berlinale Pro*

Series at the Berlinale 2025

Serialised filmmaking has long been an integral part of the Berlinale, as both a cultural showcase in the public programme and as an important creative and business exchange within the Berlinale Pro* industry programmes. In 2025, the Berlinale reaffirms its commitment with exciting new series due to be presented in the public programme, at the Berlinale Series Market or at Co-Pro Series.