A time for desperate measures? The 1963 Berlinale also showed no way out of the crisis surrounding the content of the festival. Not a single film was found to be inspiring. Alain Robbe-Grillet’s ...

The 1958 Berlinale was marked by the attempt to present itself as more mature both politically and with regards to its content. Already at the opening ceremony in the new Congress Hall in Tiergarten, ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official websiteBasel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta on the West Bank, has been fighting the mass expulsion of his community by Israel's ...

A farm on the German-German border that recently stopped being a border, in the summer of 1990. Family members from the West visit and everyone is feeling their way through these uncertain new times ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official websiteBorn in China in 1991, the director has a degree in sculpture. Since graduating, he has taught and worked in documentary filmmaking and commercials ...

The Forum and Forum Expanded stand for reflections on the medium of film, socio-artistic discourse and a particular sense for the aesthetic. The two sections are independently curated and run by ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official websiteIn the run-up to the next festival, you will find all information on ticket sales on this page.

The International Jury is selected every year by the Festival Director and presents the following awards: Golden Bear for Best Film (awarded to the film’s producers) Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize ...

Hitting rock bottom 1964 was a low point, but was also the first step towards a newly orientated Berlinale. Not a single film managed to convince the audience and critics and the Golden Bear awarded ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official websiteThe films of Berlinale Shorts radiate the full range of colours, stretch the boundaries and lay down new tracks in the vast field of cinematic ...

Darkness falls over Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and its 17 million inhabitants. It is just before Christmas and people are struggling to gain access to electric ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official websiteBorn in Hilden, Germany in 1960, he studied German and drama at Freie Universität Berlin and then, from 1988 to 1994, directing at the German Film ...