Berlinale

Berlin, Germany, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As in recent years, the Berlinale has again faced enormous technical and logistical tasks that have arisen from the film industry’s digitisation. Now that the rollout of digital cinema is nearing completion, one of the greatest … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Monika Grütters, Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture and the Media, paid the European Film Market (EFM) of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival an official visit this Friday morning. Together with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, EFM Director Beki … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 23-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Forum has now finalized its 2014 programme with a series of special screenings dedicated to historical films and re-discoveries as well as current works of special formal and thematic interest. When Bong Joon Ho first opened … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 23-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2006, when it introduced the Best First Feature Award. The award is endowed with 50,000 Euros, donated by the … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 22-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — This year’s Panorama Dokumente is presenting 16 films, including ten world premieres. All first screenings will be presented at Cinestar 7 in the Sony Center and at Kino International. Panorama Dokumente will open at Cinestar 7 at 5.00 pm … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 21-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On February 11, at “Books at Berlinale”, film producers will have a chance to discover eleven new literary works that would make good movies. The selected novels will be presented and pitched at theBerlinale Co-Production Market. … Read the full press release →

52 works from 20 countries have been selected for the 9th Forum Expanded. The exhibition at ST. AGNES, the former parish hall whose church space is one of the key venues for this year’s Forum Expanded, is already being set up for … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The competition of Generation 14plus will open with the British musical feature God Help the Girl by Stuart Murdoch. In his directorial debut, founder and lead singer of the band Belle and Sebastian gives a profound and charming account of … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — “We like it hot… but don’t let it burn” is the motto of the Culinary Cinema of the 64th Berlinale, which will be held from February 9 to 14, 2014. “The use of fire and our ability … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Berlinale Special is part of the official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers, as well as film portraits of renowned personalities and extraordinary formats. This year 18 productions have been invited to participate in Berlinale Special, … Read the full press release →

Berlin, Germany, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — To honour Claude Lanzmann as a great artist and intellectual for his never-ending productivity and intense commemorative work, the Berlinale and Deutsche Kinemathek are showing his most recent film,The Last of the Unjust (Le dernier des injustes, … Read the full press release →

22-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — All those who missed the audience favourites Gloria, The Strange Little Cat, Frances Ha and Viktor und Viktoria during this year’s Berlinale will get a chance to discover these highlights, before they will be released theatrically in Germany, at the Summer Berlinale from … Read the full press release →

19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, on Saturday, February 16, the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will come to a splendid close with the presentation of the awards. 1,600 guests are expected to attend the gala, beginning at 7.00 pm in the … Read the full press release →

18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Saturday, February 16 at the award ceremony of the independent juries, the young French-German-Portuguese jury awarded the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective” for the first time endowed with 5.000€. This year, the prize goes to Anne Zohra … Read the full press release →

15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Thursday evening, the eleventh edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, part of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, came to a successful close at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Headed by the theme “Some Like It Hot – … Read the full press release →

15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In 2013, the number of films screening in the Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format at the Berlinale exceeds 50% for the first time. Only around 8% of the films are still shown in the classic 35mm format. … Read the full press release →

14-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Visitors continue to flock to the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Its halftime and already 250,000 tickets have been sold. ”This year’s Berlinale is proving to be a big crowd-puller again. The visitors’ enthusiasm for film is … Read the full press release →

12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Since 1986 the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks. At the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, US … Read the full press release →

12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — German watchmaker Glashütte Original, Co-Partner of the 63rd Berlinale, and the Perspektive Deutsches Kino, presented tonight the second edition of the „Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” for young German directors. Today’s opening ceremony of the Berlinale section Perspektive … Read the full press release →