“Berlinale Bites” is a sporadically sent compact roundupof recent information about the 2015 festival programme, as well as notes on various events, guests and service offers at the Berlinale.

Press Conference on the 65^th Berlinale Programme

The press conference will take place at 11 am on January 27. Only invited press representatives may attend. Afterwards the Berlinale programme will go online:

https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/programmsuche.php

Ticket sales to begin on February 2^nd

Ticket sales for the 2015 Berlinale will begin on February 2, 2015 at 10 am. For more information, please go to:

http://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/tickets/index.html

Isabel Coixet to open the 65^th Berlinale

The 65th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 5, 2015 with Nobody Wants the Night, the newest work by Spanish director Isabel Coixet. The film will also screen in Competition.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26068.html

Live broadcast of the opening gala

The Berlinale opening gala at the Berlinale Palast will be broadcast live on 3sat and the Berlinale website.

Berlinale Goes Kiez

Selected Berlinale programme films and their stars will once again ride the "flying red carpet" to seven unique neighbourhood cinemas: Eiszeit Kino (Kreuzberg), Neues OFF (Neukölln), Odeon (Schöneberg), Kino UNION (Friedrichshagen), Sputnik (Kreuzberg), Thalia Kino Berlin (Lankwitz) and Toni & Tonino (Weißensee).

Berlinale Talents: Talent Press

Among the participants of this year’s Berlinale Talents are eight young film journalists: Oribhabor Kelvin Aigbokhaevbolo (Nigeria), Julia Cooper (Canada), Heitor Augusto de Sousa (Brazil), Carlos Alonso Javier Díaz de la Vega Tinoco (Mexico), Oriana Franceschi (United Kingdom), Michael Guarneri (Italy), Monty Majeed (India) and Ana Šturm (Slovenia): http://talents.vorschau.online/channel/4.html#TalentPress   

An overview of all invited Talents will be available on January 14:

http://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/find/both#Talents

Culinary Cinema: Street Food Market

The Berlinale Street Food Market will see a second round in 2015. Once again, food trucks will offer festival visitors delicious snacks made according to slow food principles.

Speaking events at Deutsche Kinemathek

As part of the sections Retrospective, Berlinale Classics and Homage, the Deutsche Kinemathek will host relevant discussion rounds and speaking events. For details on dates and times, please go to:

http://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen-2014

In Memory of Francesco Rosi the Berlinale Will Present Uomini Contro

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_26388.html

European Film Market: new initiatives

The EFM is expanding its programme to create additional networking opportunities. The new initiatives include "Drama Series Days", a spotlight on Asia with "Bridging the Dragon", a startup initiative and the expansion of "Meet the Docs".

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_26004.html

New Award: Eurimages Co-Production Development Award

The Eurimages Award, endowed with 20,000 euros, will be presented to an outstanding Berlinale Co-Production Market project in the early development stages.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/european_film_market/efm-presse-detail_26069.html

Berlinale Shorts: new Audi Short Film Award, Jury and Programme completed

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25620.html

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_26324.html

Forum Expanded: Academy of Arts and Think:Film Award

In its 10th anniversary year, Forum Expanded will present its complete programme at the Academy of Arts. In addition, the Think:Film Award will be presented for the second year running.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25749.html

Berlinale Camera

Food activists and slow food founders Alice Waters and Carlo Petrini will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera on February 8, 2015. There will be a limited number of tickets available to accredited press at the press ticket counter. Please direct TV and photo requests to the respective departments: radio@berlinale.de or photographer@berlinale.de.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25428.html

Overview of previously announced programme info

Competition

The first seven films in the Competition section of the 65^th Berlin International Film Festival have been invited. Further titles will be announced on January 14, 2015.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25493.html

Berlinale Special: Fifty Shades of Grey to celebrate its international premiere

The Berlinale will present the film version of the best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey on February 11, 2015, with director Sam Taylor-Johnson, author E L James and actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in attendance. The film will be screened only once at the Berlinale.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25876.html

Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Opening and closing films

The Perspektive Deutsches Kino section will open its programme with the feature film Im Sommer wohnt er unten (Summers Downstairs) by Tom Sommerlatte. In his directorial debut, actor/director Sommerlatte brings together an ensemble of German and French actors. The documentary Sprache:Sex (Sex:Speak) by Saskia Walker und Ralf Hechelmann will close the programme. The Perspektive programme is now complete.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25300.html

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_26196.html

Panorama

To date, 11 feature films and eight documentary films have been selected for the 36^th Panorama. The Teddy Award will be presented for the second time at Komische Oper Berlin, and Udo Kier will be honoured with the Special Teddy 2015.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25556.html

Berlinale Classics

The special series will show a total of five films. Confirmed are the world premieres of these three German films that have been digitally restored: Varieté by Ewald André Dupont (1925), Jahrgang 45 by Jürgen Böttche (1966) and 9 Leben hat die Katze by Ula Stöckl (1968). Tickets for Varieté are already available at www.berlinerfestspiele.de.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25812.html

Generation

Thus far, 13 films from 12 production / coproduction countries have been invited to the youth film competitions Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus. The complete programme will be announced on January 14, 2015.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25492.html

Berlinale Co-Production Market: new feature film projects

36 new feature film projects from 28 countries will be presented from February 8 to 10 at the 12^th annual Berlinale Co-Production Market.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_26260.html