Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 13 to 23, 2025. We certainly cannot wait for the next festival edition – for the first time under the direction of Tricia Tuttle. 🎬🎥 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #TriciaTuttle #FilmFestival Picture: © Nils-Filip Dinkloh / on scene 2024

The Berlinale is hiring: Director Communication and Brand (f/m/d) The Berlinale is looking for an inspiring leader with excellent communication skills to guide our established teams and modernize our brand while celebrating the Berlinale’s 75-year legacy.   If you're ready to make a significant impact in the film sector and lead with innovation and inclusivity, apply now! Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3KGu4O3 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #Hiring #Job #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry #Communications #BrandManagement

Berlinale Shorts is invited to this year's Mumbai International Film Festival with a Berlinale Spotlight. The section head Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck will be in attendance to present three exciting short film programmes. She is joined by Ekta Mittal, the director of "Missing Days (Gumnaan Din)" which is also part of the selection. The Mumbai International Film Festival takes place from June 15 to 21, 2024. For more information and the full short film programme head to: https://lnkd.in/dXESeWCa #Berlinale #FilmFestival #MIFF2024 #ShortFilms

From June 10 to 13, 2024, the Summer Berlinale will return to the Freiluftkino Friedrichshain open-air cinema. (Re-)discover the winning films and audience favourites of this year's festival edition under the open sky. Full programme: Monday, June 10, 2024, 9:30 pm "Love Lies Bleeding", directed by Rose Glass USA / United Kingdom 2023, 104 min., in English with German subtitles, Berlinale Special Gala Moderation: Knut Elstermann, radioeins Presenter: Mariëtte Rissenbeek, former Executive Director of the Berlinale Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 9:30 pm "Un movimiento extraño (An Odd Turn)", directed by Francisco Lezama Argentina 2024, 22 min., in Spanish with English subtitles, Berlinale Shorts – Golden Bear for Best Short Film 2024 – "Dahomey", directed by Mati Diop France / Senegal / Benin 2024, 67 min., French, Fon, in English with English subtitles, documentary form, Competition – Golden Bear for Best Film 2024 – Presenter: Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, section head of Berlinale Shorts Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 9:30 pm "All Shall Be Well", directed by Ray Yeung Hong Kong, China 2024, 93 min., in Cantonese with English subtitles, Panorama – TEDDY AWARD for BEST FEATURE 2024 – Presenter: Michael Stütz, section head of Panorama Thursday, June 13, 2024, 9:30 pm "Keyke mahboobe man (My Favourite Cake)", directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha Iran / France / Sweden / Germany 2024, 97 min., in Farsi with German subtitles, Competition – Prize of the FIPRESCI Jury and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 2024 – Presenter: Mariëtte Rissenbeek, former Executive Director of the Berlinale #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #Filmfestival #openaircinema 🌙 📽 ⭐

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Tanja Meissner as the Director of Berlinale Pro*! Starting May 13th, she will join the Executive team of Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle as the director of the European Film Market (EFM) while also taking a strategic lead in developing the Berlinale Pro* consortium. German-French dual citizen Meissner brings over 25 years of experience and profound knowledge of the film industry, across production, distribution and exhibition. “I’m truly thrilled with this new opportunity, joining a fabulous and highly dedicated team already in place. I hold the Berlinale deeply to my heart, having started my professional career working at Panorama in the 1990’s,” says Tanja Meissner. Welcome (back) to the Berlinale, Tanja Meissner! For the full press release head to: https://lnkd.in/dvZi43ey #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry

We were happy to spot many familiar faces at last weekend's Deutscher Filmpreis ceremony. The following Berlinale films took home the coveted Lola trophies: "Dying" (Sterben), director Matthias Glasner, Competition 2024: Best Fiction Film (Gold), Best Actress: Corinna Harfouch, Best Supporting Actor: Hans-Uwe Bauer, Best Score "In the Blind Spot" (Im Toten Winkel), director Ayşe Polat, Encounters 2023: Best Fiction Film (Bronze), Best Director, Best Screenplay "Seven Winters in Tehran" (Sieben Winter in Teheran), director Steffi Niederzoll, Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2023: Best Documentary Film, Best Editing "Winners" (Sieger Sein), director Soleen Yusef, Generation Kplus 2024: Best Children's Film 2010's winner of the Honorary Golden Bear, Hanna Schygulla, was also awarded with the Honorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema.   We congratulate all winners! 📽 🎬 🏆 #Berlinale #DeutscherFilmpreis #Lola24

The Berlinale is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Michael Verhoeven, who passed away at the age of 85. Michael Verhoeven was a long-time companion of the Berlinale. He made festival history with “o.k.”. The film caused such a strong reaction in 1970 that the festival had to be prematurely ended and was given a new face the following year with the integration of the Forum. His films were screened in Competition in 1990 and 1996, and in 1990 he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director for “Das schreckliche Mädchen”. In 1992, the director was a member of the International Jury. Verhoeven and his wife, Senta Berger, were always more than welcome guests at the Berlinale; their cinema, Toni & Tonino, in Berlin-Weißensee was the venue for Berlinale Goes Kiez for many years. The cinema has lost its “most gentle rebel”, as Georg Seeßlen writes today in the German newspaper Die Zeit, and the Berlinale has lost one of its most loyal friends. Rest in peace, dear Michael.

Today, on April 9, 2024, the former director and president of the EFM (European Film Market), Beki Probst, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Beki Probst is considered the grande dame of the film world. Under her direction, the European Film Market has developed into one of the largest and most important trade fairs for cinema on the international scene. In 2018 on occasion of the Berlinale Camera Award, Dieter Kosslick congratulated his long-time colleague and friend on 30 years of successful work: “Without Beki Probst and her contacts worldwide, her charm and cosmopolitan gift for combining business and culture, the EFM would never have become such a successful platform and the strong backbone of the festival.” Beki Probst was born in Istanbul, where she first worked as a journalist after completing her studies in law and journalism. In 1960, Probst moved to Switzerland, where she became the general manager of the Probst-Kinobetriebe, known today as Quinnie Cinemas. From 1981 to 1988, Beki Probst served as the Berlin International Film Festival's official delegate for Turkey and Greece. Up until 1995 she also served as a member of the selection committee for Locarno International Film Festival. From 1988 to 2014, Beki Probst was the director of the Berlinale’s European Film Market – Probst rebranded the former “film fair” as the European Film Market and subsequently transformed the event into one of the most significant industry meet-ups for the international film business. In addition, from 1988 to 1996 Beki Probst was artistic director of the Geneva-based festival “Stars de Démain”. She has served as a jury member on multiple occasions at international film festivals, including appearances in Toronto, Jerusalem and San Sebastián. In 1992 Beki Probst was decorated as “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture, was honoured with the Berlinale Camera in 2018 and in 2019 with the Honorary Award of the Swiss Film Award. Our warmest congratulations! 🎬🏅 #Berlinale #EFM #EuropeanFilmMarket European Film Market

Please welcome our new director in charge! Now kicking off week two of her tenure, Tricia Tuttle will oversee the creative direction and management of the Berlin International Film Festival. With over 25 years of film and film festival experiences under her belt, and following impactful tenures at BFI and BAFTA and the NFTS, Tricia steps into her role as the new Festival Director bursting with energy and excitement about joining the Berlinale. Tricia led the BFI team to deliver both the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. In March 2019, she was recognized in Variety’s annual International Women’s Impact Report, and in 2022, she was included in Variety500, an index of influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Tricia is especially passionate about the ways cinema can bring people together. Let’s wish her all the best as she leads the Berlin International Film Festival into the future. Welcome to the Berlinale, Tricia Tuttle! 🎬🎥 #Berlinale #TriciaTuttle #BerlinaleFestivalDirector #FilmFestival #Berlin

As part of the cultural programme for the EURO 2024, the 74th Berlinale created an event that put the spotlight on young football talent from all over Germany: Berlinale Meets Fußball. The Berlinale commissioned the production of eleven documentary short films about eleven young football teams. The resulting compilation film “Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Fußball” celebrated its world premiere at the 2024 festival edition. The short films portray young footballers and were realised by students of the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) under the artistic direction of Benedetta Films. After the kick-off in Berlin, “Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Fußball” will be shown at a series of screenings in the clubs’ home towns in the presence of club members, HFF students and patrons. Screenings of “Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Fußball”: April 8, 2024, Cinestar, Chemnitz April 10, 2024, Cineplex Titania, Berlin April 17, 2024, Zeise Kinos, Hamburg April 27, 2024, Kinopolis, Bonn Further screenings are planned for April and May. For more info head to: https://lnkd.in/dE4NeH7S ⚽🎬🎥 #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #BerlinaleMeetsFussball #Euro2024 #UefaEuro2024