Berlinale 75, the coverage from the 2025 edition
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BERLINALE 2025 coverage articles, photos and videos Bruno Chatelin and team, Sissy Lin, Laurent Hou, Alice Kanterian...
MPA Berlinale panel highlights urgency for competitive film incentives in Germany
Laura Zentner (Media Law Expert, GreenbergTraurig), Clement Schwebig (President and Managing Director Western Europe & Africa, Warner Bros. Discovery), Emilie Anthonis (President & Managing Director, MPA EMEA), Jörg Bachmaier (CEO of Studio Babelsberg) and Christian Sommer (MPA Germany) By Mark Tchelistcheff March 5th, 2025 With SXSW film rodeo ride about to begin it was only a couple weeks ago that Berlinale completed its 75th film festival with the largest num...
Joyful Closing of the 75th Berlinale: Delighted Winners and Full Cinemas
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival came to a successful close with the Berlinale Publikumstag (Audience Day) on February 23. After the festive Award Ceremony (see full list of award winners) on Saturday evening, where Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud was awarded the Golden Bear, thousands of viewers once again flocked to the cinemas on the Berlinale Publikumstag for catch-up screenings of films from the anniversary edition. Interest in the progr...
The closing Berlin Beat with Awards! it's a wrap for the 75th
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Congrats for the first Golden Bear for a Norwegian film : Dreams (Sex Love) wins big in Berlin
At Saturday’s awards ceremony for Berlin International Film Festival, Dag Johan Haugerud’s film Dreams (Sex Love) received the Golden Bear. This marks the first time a Norwegian feature film has won this prize. "Never before has a Norwegian film received this honor. That it is now happening with Dreams (Sex Love) is a fantastic recognition of Dag Johan Haugerud as a filmmaker and a powerful conclusion to the launch of the trilogy Sex Dreams Love, all of which have reach...
Winners Announced for the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award at 75th Berlinale
Today were announced the winners of the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Awards at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Recognizing exceptional artistry and storytelling in independent cinema, the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Awards are given at major international festivals by an international jury of arthouse cinema exhibitors and programmers, and aim at bringing high-quality films to the arthouse cinemas. The Jury is composed of arthouse cinema exhibitors and members of the association, who apply thr...
Berlinale Documentary film Award goes to "Holding Liat" by Brandon Kramer
HOLDING LIAT By Brandon Kramer – FORUM World Premiere Brandon Kramer (director), Lance Kramer (producer), Liat Beinin-Atzili, Yehuda Beinin, Chaya Beinin, and Tal Beinin at the world premiere of Holding Liat. Delphi-Filmpalast, Berlin, February 16, 2025. Michael O'Ryan © 2025 A film that is shot truly open-endedly, in...
Awards of the Berlinale Official Juries
Golden Bear for Best Film awarded to the film’s producers of Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud Produced by: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro Silver Bear Jury Prize El mensaje (The Message) by Iván Fund Silver Bear for Best Director Huo Meng ...
Prizes at Generation Kplus
Berlinale 2025: Prizes at Generation Kplus Clockwise from top left: Maya, donne-moi un titre (Maya, Give Me a Title) © Partizan Films; Zirkuskind (Circusboy) © Julia Lemke / Flare Film; Down in the Dumps; Little Rebels Cinema Club Berlinale 2025: Crystal Bears at Generation Kplus Crystal Bears The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus – Bonnie Lou Severin, Lenja Utecht, Jim ...
Awards of the Berlinale Independent Juries
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY Members of the Jury: Juan Carlos Carrillo Cal y Mayor, Peter Ciaccio, Valérie de Marnhac, Christian Olding, Dr. Brigitta Rotach, Dr. Stefanie Schardien Competition O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro Jury Statement: This Brazilian dystopic fable follows an unlikely hero in a search for freedom. A 77 years-old woman escapes from a future that has been written for her by an authoritarian state...
The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Sorda and Die Möllner Briefe
Sorda © Nuria Jean; Die Möllner Briefe © inselfilm produktion The audience has voted: The 27th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Sorda by Eva Libertad, Die Möllner Briefe by Martina Priessner wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg). The award-...
Berlinale 2025: Prizes at Generation 14plus
Clockwise from top left: Sunshine; Hora do recreio (Playtime); Atardecer en América (Sunset over America); Wish You Were Ear © Mirjana Balogh Crystal Bears and Prizes of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) at Generation 14plus Crystal Bears The members of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus – Nour Ibrahim, Zeynep Atay, Tyler Kurokhtin, Jil Baalmann, Rohan Yadav – have a...
Concord Originals: New Executive Promotions
AMPLIFYING GROWTH, CONCORD ORIGINALS ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE ROLES FOR CHARLES HOPKINS AND WESLEY ADAMS Appoints Imogen Lloyd Webber as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications (Worldwide) Concord Originals, the film and TV division of Concord, the world’s leading independent music company and licensor of stage productions, has expanded its executive ranks and elevated Charles Hopkins to Vice President of Development and Wesley Adams to Vice President of P...
Blurred: New film starring Guy Pearce and Alex Pettyfer
Cloud9 Studios handling International Sales at the European Film Market Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike, Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) is joined by Academy Award-nominee Guy Pearce (A24’s The Brutalist, Christopher Nolan’s Memento, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker), Maria Pedraza (Netflix’s “Money Heist”) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad, HBO’s “His Dark Materials”) in the erotic...
Filmmakers and Stars from Across the World Light Up the 75th Berlinale, Thrilling Fans and Audiences
The festival has celebrated incredible interest shown by the public, who is flocking to the cinemas to see the best of international cinema and cheer on the stars on the Red Carpet. Many directors and actors from all over the world have presented their work during the first half of the festival, including Tilda Swinton, Edward Berger, Tom Tykwer, Nicolette Krebitz, Lars Eidinger, Tala Al-Deen, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Ira Sachs, Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall...
VIDEO 'Anastasia Kobekina Now or Never' World Premiere screening, Q&A and showcase
World Premiere of "Anastasia Kobekina – Now or Never" Many share the dream of a global career - but what does it truly take to make that dream a reality? Following the charismatic cellist Anastasia Kobekina, the documentary offers a unique look behind the closed doors of her record label, concert halls and into her private life. Having started to play the cello at age four, Anastasia struggles with the decisions made for her and those she must make, when asking herself: &...
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Opening panel avant première 2025 Shaping the future - the power of public service media in performing arts
Jean Paul Phillipot RTBF Lucia Recalde European commission Natalia Gorscack RTV Slovenja Wolfganng Bergmann Arte Moderated by Aliena Haig The panel was followed by the screening of the work in progress of Gustavia + the Black Prince by Elzevir Films. Special Screening: Gustavia + The Black Prince, presented by Elzévir Films + Auditorium Films + SVT The ballet 'Gustavia' and the documentary 'The Black Prince' explore the extraordinary journe...
VIDEO Peter Gelb keynote: the future of performing arts on screen - Avant Premiere opening
Do not miss this keynote and the amazing experience in the live performing arts which Peter was sharing with the distinguished audience of Avant Premiere At age 17, Gelb began his career in classical music as an office boy to impresario Sol Hurok. Gelb managed the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 1979 China tour. The following year Gelb became Vladimir Horowitz's manager. Gelb assisted the pianist in the revival of his performing career, and managed his return to Rus...
VIDEO conversation with Richard Paradise Martha's Vineyard IFF
Richard in conversation with Bruno Chatelin during Berlinale, and brainstorming on the 20th edition of his flagship festival this September (September 2 – 7, 2025). The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is consistently recognized as one of the "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" by MovieMaker Magazine. The recurring theme of the annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is "Other Places, Other People"; the festival's pu...
VIDEO Berlin is under the spell of Chalamet: a day as we like them
Timothée Chalamet is in town for A Complete Unknown a movie where he plays Bob Dylan! Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festiv...
VIDEO Keynote from Christine Vachon at Winston Baker Entertainment Finance Forum
Oscar-Nominated and Golden Globe Winning Producer, Independent Spirit and Gotham Award winner, Vachon co-founded Killer Films and has produced over 100 groundbreaking independent films. She has also executive-produced award-winning television, and most recently her work on PAST LIVES (A24) earned her a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Credits include: MAY DECEMBER, PAST LIVES, BOYS DON’T CRY, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, MILDRED PIERCE, HALSTON, CAROL & MORE! ...
VIDEO Interview with Christine Vachon
Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin spoke briefly with Christine Vachon an American film producer active in the American independent film sector with an amazing track record, check th eimpressive filmography below... Vachon produced Todd Haynes' first feature, Poison (1991), which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Since then, she has gone on to produce many acclaimed independent films, including Far from Heaven (nominated for...
VIDEO Avant Première by IMZ kick Off party
Wolfgang Bergmann (Managing Director of Arte Germany) introduced by IMZ Secretary General Max Beckham-Ortner at Avant Premiere kick off party during Berlinale 75 with Arte concert on the (loud) background... ...
VIDEO: Conversation with filmmaker Howard Ford during Berlinale
A chat during Berlinale with Howard J. Ford, and independent upcoming filmmaker from England making plans for his 12th feature film presentation in Cannes. His latest film River of Blood is releasing this month. He Shot over 300 TV commercials and explained Bruno Chatelin how this also..
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