DO NOT MISS A BIT from BERLINALE AND EFM 2023
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THE BERLINALE BEAT
ATTEND THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET WITH SUMMERHILL! Check out some exciting films from Summerhill at the European Film Market! We will be at Marriott, Stand #139, with Monique White. We look forward to meeting with you! Be sure to check out our website at www.summerhillfilms.com to see all our available films. We look forward to working with you throughout the rest of 2023 and beyond! If you're interested in any of these titles, feel free t...
Conference at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin Wednesday, February 15 from 7pm Film programme and debate at Hackesche Höfe Kino Friday, February 17 from 8pm Debates about the relationship between care work, society and art have intensified in recent years. We take that conversation and apply it to the particularly industrial art form that is cinema. Who gets burned out by the film industry? What responsibilities do the institutions and filmmakers of to...
A panel discussion on the possibilities of financing Ukrainian audiovisual content will be held within the European Film Market During the European Film Market at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, a panel discussion “Moving on: Ways to (co-)fund Ukrainian Audiovisual Content” will be held. The joint event was organized with funding from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg as part of an initiative to support the Ukrainian film industry at the European Film Market. T...
For the first time at Berlin Critics’ Week, we will be showing a series of films as Special Screenings, which will complement the official film selection and our debates. These programs will expand our discussions; they also underscore the openness towards historical films of the curatorial approach at this year’s festival. Additionally, from February 24 to 26, the official programs of Berlin Critics’ Week can be viewed as re-runs. With the exception of those re-r...
FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS: The 2023 talents FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS – THE FILMMAKERS presents this year's selection of impressive talents from the German film industry at the Berlinale. German Films, the national information and advisory centre for the promotion of German films abroad, will be presenting outstanding talents from the German film landscape to the international film industry for the eighth time during the Berlinale. This year will see the ...
At the forthcoming Berlin Film Festival, FIPRESCI will present four prizes: for a film from the international competition; from the Panorama section; from the Forum section; and from the Encounters competition. Jury members: Gena Teodosievska, North Macedonia, president; Marcelo Janot, Brazil; Nirmal Dhar, India; Inge Coolsaet, Belgium; Andreea Patru, Romania; Jiong Chen, Germany; Elena Rubashevska, Ukraine; Hosam Mostafa, Egypt; Susanne Gietl, Germany; Diana Martirosyan, Arme...
Iranian filmmaker ‘Negin Ahmadi’ travels to the war zone of Northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the YPJ – an all-female Kurdish militia. Armed only with her camera, she captures the struggles, hopes, and joys of these incredible women, for whom the fight against ISIS is also their way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society. Weaving together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat, Negin creates a personal, visual diary t...
Key Visual der / of the Berlinale 2023 © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin / Claudia Schramke, Berlin The Berlinale values transparency regarding gender distribution in the programme. The proportion of female directors in the Berlinale programme has been published since 2004. A comprehensive gender evaluation has been carried out yearly since 2018. The Gender Evaluation 2023 is now available Gender Statistics 2023 Submissions at the Berlinale 2023...
WCF at the Berlinale 2023 Since 2004, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) has successfully supported film production in regions with weak film infrastructures, while also promoting cultural diversity. The World Cinema Fund Day on February 22, 2023 will focus on the realities of making films in Iran today, and the struggles that Iranian filmmakers face inside and out of the country. Furthermore, it focuses on crucial and essential questions of funding cinema and culture during increasing cri...
German Films, the national and advisory centre for the promotion of German films abroad, is proud to present this year's outstanding talents form the German film landscape to you and welcome you to a panel & interview event at one of Berlin's beautiful historical sites, the salon Kaisersaal at Frederick's near the Berlinale Palace. Doors open at 2:30pm CE on Sunday 19th February. At app. 3pm you will learn more about the FACES 2023 in a panel talk, mod...
Dear Berlinale/EFM Journalist – We invite you and welcome your coverage at the NEFTI Awards presentation at the Berlinale/European Film Mart on Monday, 20 February 2023 where the final three (3-5 minute) films in the Third Annual N.E.F.T.I. (NEFT Emerging Film Talent International) competition will be screened and the winner announced. All the guests present at the event will also be able to cast a vote for the Viewer...
Chatelin Bruno 
