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Conference at the Akademie der Künste on Wednesday, February 14th, starting 7pm
Film program and discussion at Hackesche Höfe Kino on Friday, February 16, starting 8pm
In the face of man-made climate change, today’s societies urgently need to transform themselves – and the world of film and festivals is no exception. To open Berlin Critics’ Week 2024, we will be debating what sort of influence filmmakers, critics and activists can (or shoul...
European Film Promotion (EFP) is delighted to announce the ten emerging European talents for the 27th edition of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS. From 16 - 19 February 2024, seven actresses and three actors will be presented to the international press, industry, and public in an exclusive four-day programme during the 74th Berlinale (15 - 25 February 2024), with major support by Creative Europe - the MEDIA Programme of the European Union. One of the programme's many highlights will be the European...
Techqua Ikachi, Land - mein Leben © Mano Film, Selfportrait © Maria Lassnig Stiftung / Courtesy sixpackfilm, Deda-Shvili an rame ar aris arasodes bolomde bneli © 3003 Film Production
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Relations & Resistance: The 2024 Forum Special
This year’s Forum Special is dedicated to films that show a stance – whether in the 1970s or 2023. Programmed around a documentary core,...
ATTEND EFM WITH SUMMER HILL!
Check out some exciting films from Summer Hill at AFM! We will be represented by Ted Chalmers at MGB 1st Floor, Stand #137 from Feb. 16 to 19. Ted can be contacted by clicking the meeting link below. We look forward to meeting with you!
Be sure to check out our website at www.summerhillfilms.com to see all our other available films. We look forward to working with you throughout the rest of 2024 and beyond! If you...
BELLA THORNE TO DIRECT FIRST FEATURE COLOR YOUR HURT PRODUCED BY LATIGO FILMS
Actress and entrepreneur Bella Thorne is set to direct COLOR YOUR HURT and has started casting based on her original screenplay.
Thorne wrote and directed two short films, UNSETTLED, currently in post-production and award-winning PAINT HER RED which premiered at the 2023 Taormina Film Festival.
COLOR YOUR HURT expands her short film UNSETTLED into a feature film. The short was filmed in June 2023 and produced ...
Techqua Ikachi, Land - mein Leben © Mano Film, Selfportrait © Maria Lassnig Stiftung / Courtesy sixpackfilm, Deda-Shvili an rame ar aris arasodes bolomde bneli © 3003 Film Production
Forum
Relations & Resistance: The 2024 Forum Special
This year’s Forum Special is dedicated to films that show a stance – whether in the 1970s or 2023. Programmed around a documentary core,...
Martin Scorsese © Brigitte Lacombe
The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will award US-director, producer and screenwriter Martin Scorsese the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement in an award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024.
“For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is both completely personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unmatched role model. His films have accompanied our his...
left to right Berlinale Carlo Chatrian, UEFA EURO 2024 Celia Šašić, UEFA EURO 2024, Berlinale Mariëtte Rissenbeek © Richard Hübner / Berlinale 2024
The Berlinale is taking part in the cultural programme for the 2024 European Football Championship with Berlinale Meets Fußball.
“Football is a community game underlining team spirit and capable of promoting exchange, understanding and social cohesion. This makes...
Key Visual der / of the Berlinale 2024 © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin / Claudia Schramke, Berlin
Starting in late January, at Potsdamer Platz and across the city, the Berlinale poster will build anticipation for the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, taking place from February 15 to 25, 2024.
“The attentive, open and approachable bear stands as a symbol for the intended focus of the 74th Berlinale: the festival as an open place for our audience and the film i...
Saoirse Ronan © The Outrun
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First Films in Panorama Confirmed: Counter Movements
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Saoirse Ronan © The Outrun
Panorama
First Films in Panorama Confirmed: Counter Movements
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Gropius Bau © Juliane Eirich 2023
The European Film Market (EFM) at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival will open its doors for seven days from February 15 to 21, 2024. Two months before the start of the festival, the stands at the two market venues Gropius Bau and Marriott Hotel are almost already fully booked. Once again, the EFM is expecting more than 11,500 market participants, exhibitors, rights holders, producers, buyers and investors to visit B...
Berlinale Talents Key Visual und Thema für 2024: „COMMON TONGUES - Speaking Out in the Language of Cinema” © Ada Favaron und Imad Gebrael
Language, common language, film language is the theme of the 22nd edition of the talent development initiative Berlinale Talents. It was long unheard of, and yet it is taken for granted today: since the 1920s, there has been sound an thus the spoken word in film alongside visual language. This opened up...
Lupita Nyong'o © Nick Barose
The Kenyan-Mexican actor, director, producer and New York Times bestselling author Lupita Nyong'o will be President of the International Jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
Ever since her 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years a Slave (director: Steve McQueen), Lupita Nyong'o has been one of the most high-profile international actors, inspiring audiences and film critics alike....
Tricia Tuttle appointed as new director of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Chaired by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, the Board of Supervisors of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH (KBB) today approved the selection committee's proposal to appoint Tricia Tuttle as director of the Berlin International Film Festival from April 2024.
Tricia is "The right choice to lead the Berlinale successfully into the future ...
With heavy hearts, we bid a farewell to the legendary film critic Michel Ciment. Devoting his life to cinema, Ciment became a cornerstone of French film criticism for over half a century. In 1976, he served as a member of the International Jury, and in his role as the festival's foreign delegate for the Official Programme, he provided valuable counsel to the Festival Director and the Selection Committee of the Berlinale for numerous years.
"For all those who consider the 'cin...
After the successful return of the European Film Market (EFM) in February 2023 with record numbers of 11,500 plus trade visitors, more than 600 exhibiting companies and over 1,500 market screenings, the EFM is now announcing its guest country for the upcoming edition. “Country in Focus” 2024 will be Italy.
The EFM's “Country in Focus” programme was launched in 2017, but due to the pandemic, the EFM 2021 ...
Meetings at the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2023 © Lydia Hesse / Berlinale 2023
Call for Projects: Time to Submit Film and Series Projects for the Berlinale Co-Production Market
Until September 21, 2023, experienced producers from all over the world can submit new feature film projects in need of co-producers and financiers for the 21st edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 17-21, 2024). By the end of this...
We welcome and congratulate Nikola Joetze; the new Berlinale Talents Project Manager.
On September 1, Nikola Joetze will take over the project management of Berlinale Talents, completing the dual leadership team of the talent development initiative alongside programme manager Florian Weghorn.
Nikola Joetze brings to the Berlinale Talents team her many years of professional experience at the European Film Academy, where she was responsible for the event ...
Athlete von / by Semih Gülen und / and Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun © Vigo Film & Amok Film
At the 38th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), the juries made 13 recommendations of funding to projects or films from Bhutan, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Madagascar, Nepal, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela. This current funding comprising ten production and three distribution grants totals 345,000 eur...
La herida luminosa / Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays von / by Christian Avilés © ESCAC Films
Berlinale Shorts
With its specially curated programmes, the Berlinale has been present around the world for many years. The Berlinale Spotlight extends the festival period and makes the activities of the Berlinale visible throughout the year.
The upcoming Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale ...
Jacqueline Nsiah © Engin Oruc
Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Berlinale, has asked Jacqueline Nsiah, a film festival, art and culture consultant from Berlin, to join his selection committee. Barbara Wurm is leaving the committee to head the Forum section, starting August 1,...
The Talents at the Global Speed Matching 2023 © David Ausserhofer, Berlinale 2023
Until September 4, 2023, emerging film creators can once again apply for Berlinale Talents (February 17-22, 2024). The talent development initiative offers 200 creatives from 14 film disciplines the opportunity to take part in a multitude of think tanks, talks, workshops and labs. With more than 9,500 alumni in over 150 countries, and seven branches worldwide, Berlinale Talents has becom...
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