Berlin International Film Festival

Isabelle Huppert to Receive Homage and Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival

Isabelle Huppert in Frankie directed by Ira Sachs

The Homage section of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert, who will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. In conjunction with the Award Ceremony on February 15, 2022 at the Berlinale Palast, the festival will screen as Berlinale Special Gala À propos de Joan (About Joan, dir: Laurent Larivière). Huppert is one of the most versatile actors in the world, and has played an impressive range of characters in almost 150 cinema and television productions.

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M. Night Shyamalan Named Jury President of 2022 Berlin Film Festival

M. Night Shyamalan © Bryan Bedder/Getty images for Universal Pictures

Director and producer M. Night Shyamalan will serve as president of the International Jury at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.

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‘Mr Bachmann and His Class’ and ‘The Last Forest’ Win Berlin Film Fest Audience Awards

Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr Bachmann and his Class)

Mr Bachmann and his Class (Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse) by Maria Speth won the Berlinale Competition Audience Award at Summer Special edition of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. In the German film, a charismatic teacher helps his students, who all come from different countries originally, with the key to feeling at home in Germany and becoming citizens of the world.

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Yana Ugrekhelidze’s ‘Instructions for Survival’ Wins Compass-Perspektive-Award at Berlin Fest Summer Special Edition

Yana Ugrekhelidze (Instructions for Survival) © Daniel Seiffert / Berlinale 2021

Yana Ugrekhelidze’s Instructions for Survival (Germany) was awarded the Compass-Perspektive-Award at Berlin Film Festival Summer Special. The award is presented to the best film from the Perspektive Deutsches Kino programof the Berlinale Summer Special tonight.

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Berlinale Announces Winners of Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus Competitions

Crystal Bear for the best film in the competition Kplus: Beans by Tracey Deer. © Sébastien Raymond

Berlin International Film Festival announced the winners of Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions, designed for a young audience.

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Berlin Film Festival Confirms Summer Special Will Take Place as an Outdoor Event

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After expressing some earlier doubts, Berlinale has confirmed that the Summer Special set for June 9-20, 2021 will take place as an outdoor open-air cinema experience at 16 venues.

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Berlin Film Festival Reconsiders Summer Special Edition Due to COVID19

Dame Helen Mirren at Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale)

Berlin Film Festival is reconsidering its Summer Special edition after a spike in ongoing COVID-19 infections caused officials to implement restrictions that make hosting the event difficult, if not impossible.

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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Winners, ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Wins Golden Bear

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc) directed by Radu Jude was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn stars Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, and Andi Vasluianu.

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Berlin Film Festival Announces Winners of Berlinale Shorts and Generation 2021

Nanu Tudor (My Uncle Tudor) by Olga Lucovnicova © Olga Lucovnicova

Berlin International Film Festival announced the winners of the Awards of the International Juries of Berlinale Shorts and Generation 2021.

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Berlin Film Festival Announces 2021 International, Encounters, International Short Film and Generation Juries

The Berlin International Film Festival announced the 2021 International Jury, Encounters Jury, International Short Film Jury and Generation Jury. International juries will decide on the prizes for the competition Berlinale Shorts, Encounters and Generation during the Industry Event (March 1 to 5, 2021). The winners will be announced on March 4 (Berlinale Shorts, Generation) and March 5 (competition, Encounters). The award ceremony of the 71st Berlinale will take place in the presence of the audience at the Summer Special in June.

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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup Featuring Tina Turner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch

“The Mauritanian” starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch

Berlin International Film Festival 2021 announced the 15 films, two of which are first features, which will compete for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Productions from 16 countries are represented in the Competition.

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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Encounters, Panorama and Perspektive Deutsches Kino Lineups

Eve Duranceau, G.A. Roy, Maxim Gaudette in Hygiène sociale (Social Hygiene)

Berlin International Film Festival 2021 revealed the films selected for Encounters, Panorama and Perspektive Deutsches Kino programs. In the 2021 Perspektive Deutsches Kino, three documentary and three fiction films take us on journeys to places in Denmark, Nigeria, Canada, the USA, Georgia, Hong Kong and Germany – from the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, to Berlin and Brandenburg, to the Baltic Sea.

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