Synonymes (Synonyms) by Nadav Lapid won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. Based on his own experiences, Nadav Lapid explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlinale is a unique place of artistic exploration and entertainment. It is one of the largest public film festivals in the world, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe each year. For the film industry and the media, the eleven days in February are also one of the most important events in the annual calendar and an indispensable trading forum.
The Berlin International Film Festival enjoys an eventful history. The festival was created for the Berlin public in 1951, at the beginning of the Cold War, as a “showcase of the free world”. Shaped by the turbulent post-war period and the unique situation of a divided city, the Berlinale has developed into a place of intercultural exchange and a platform for the critical cinematic exploration of social issues. To this day it is considered the most political of all the major film festivals.
Berlin International Film Festival started in 1951 and takes place in Berlin, Germany, Europe
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2019 Berlin International Film Festival Awards – SYNONYMS Wins Golden Bear
Synonymes | Synonyms | Synonyme by: Nadav Lapid. Quentin Dolmaire, Tom Mercier, Louise Chevillotte © Guy Ferrandis / SBS Films
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Maryam Zaree’s BORN IN EVIN Wins Compass-Perspektive-Award for Best Film at 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
Born In Evin. Regie/director: Maryam Zaree. Foto/photo: © Tondowski Films On the final evening of Perspektive Deutsches Kino at 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, the Compass-Perspektive-Award 2019 for the best film was presented to the film Born in Evin by Maryam Zaree. The award is endowed with prize money, and as a trophy, the director received a real compass, which is intended to serve as symbolic orientation and show her the direction to take going into the future.
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37 SECONDS and TALKING ABOUT TREES Win Panorama Audience Awards at 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
37 Seconds by HIKARI The 21st Panorama Audience Awards of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival went to 37 Seconds for best fiction film and Talking About Trees for best documentary. The awards are presented by the Berlinale Panorama section.
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A COLONY and A FIRST FAREWELL Win Generation Kplus Jury Awards at 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
A Colony (Une colonie) by Geneviève Dulude De Celles A Colony (Une colonie) by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles of Canada was awarded the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus by the Children’s Jury at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Feature Film went to A First Farewell (Di yi ci de li bie) by Wang Lina, People’s Republic of China.
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Berlin Film Festival Pulls Zhang Yimou’s ONE SECOND, and Announces 2020 Dates
Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou In a statement released today, the Berlin International Film Festival announced that due to technical difficulties encountered during post-production, Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou unfortunately will not be presented on February 15 in the scope of the Competition section of the Berlinale. The competition will thus feature a total of 16 films vying for the coveted Bear awards.
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Inspiring Doc WHEN TOMATOES MET WAGNER Premieres in Berlin Film Festival Culinary Cinema
When Tomatoes Met Wagner When Tomatoes Met Wagner, Marianna Economou’s new humorous and uplifting story of two ingenious Greek cousins and five village women, who tackle the world market with their homegrowntomatoes, will premiere at the prestigious 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.
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Berlin Film Festival to Honor Sandra Schulberg, Wieland Speck, Agnès Varda and Herrmann Zschoche
Sandra Schulberg, Wieland Speck, Agnès Varda and Herrmann Zschoche Since 1986, the Berlinale Camera has been awarded to individuals and institutions that have a connection with the festival and have made an extraordinary contribution to the world of filmmaking. At the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, US producer and IFP founder Sandra Schulberg, Wieland Speck, who headed the Berlinale’s Panorama section for many years, French filmmaker Agnès Varda, and German director and screenwriter Herrmann Zschoche will be honored with the Berlinale Camera.
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The Siren’s Echo Chamber – Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2019 Forum Expanded Program
Vever (for Barbara) by Deborah Stratman The 14th Forum Expanded at the Berlin International Film Festival will show 30 short and long films, 17 installation works, and a performance that is to point out the echo chamber that we are in, and not just in social media.
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Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2019 Forum and Forum Expanded Lineup – Archival Constellations
The Garden by Derek Jarman The Berlin International Film Festival has stated that the objectives of the Forum program have always included the idea of looking at film history from the point of view of contemporary cinema. The 2019 Forum and Forum Expanded will be themed Archival Constellations, an expression of this interplay between old and new and a reference to the collaborations and acts of community and solidarity which enable digitization to help rewrite film history.
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Films by Casey Affleck, Jonah Hill Complete Berlin International Film Festival 2019 Panorama: Breaking Free
Flatland by Jenna Bass The Panorama program lineup of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival is complete, and will feature a total of 45 controversial, political and challenging films from 38 countries. 34 films celebrate their world premiere and 19 of the films are debut works. Among the 45 films are 29 feature films and 16 documentary films.
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Risk Before Perfection – Berlin Film Festival Announces 2019 Forum Lineup
Deragh Campbell. MS Slavic 7. Directors: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell. © Lisa Pictures The 49th edition of Forum as part of the Berlin International Film Festival will consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. The festival notes, that the Forum 2019 main program doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things out, take a stance and refuse to compromise.
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Berlin International Film Festival Completes 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup
The Golden Glove (Der goldene Handschuh) by Fatih Akin
Margarethe Tiesel, Jonas DasslerThe Berlin International Film Festival today finalized the lineup for the 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special sections. In the Competition, 17 of a total of 23 selected films will be vying for the Golden Bear and Silver Bears. 20 of the films will be celebrating their world premiere at the festival.