Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell won the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus at 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. Los Lobos (The Wolves) by Samuel Kishi Leopo, Mexico snagged the Grand Prix of the International Jury.
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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SWEET THING and THE WOLVES Win Top Prizes in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2020
Lana Rockwell, Jabari Watkins in Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell
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Janna Ji Wonders’ “Walchensee Forever” Wins Best Film in Perspektive Deutsches Kino at Berlinale 2020
Compass-Perspektive-Award for the best film of the programme: Prize winner Janna Ji Wonders Prize winner Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2020 Berln Film Festival announced the prize winners of the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino, with the Compass-Perspektive-Award for the best film going to Janna Ji Wonders for the film Walchensee Forever. The prize is endowed with 5,000 Euros, 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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OUR LADY OF THE NILE and MY NAME IS BAGHDAD Win Top Awards in Generation 14plus at Berlinale 2020
Notre-Dame du Nil | Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil) by Atiq Rahimi was awarded the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. The Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation 14plus for the Best Film, went to My Name Is Baghdad (Meu nome é Bagdá) by Caru Alves de Souza of Brazil.
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Watch Trailer for Mees Peijnenburg’s Teen Drama PARADISE DRIFTERS at Berlin Film Fest
Paradise Drifters by Mees Peijnenburg The new trailer debuted for Paradise Drifters by Mees Peijnenburg which celebrated its international premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation 14plus program. The film starring Tamar van Waning, Jonas Smulders, Bilal Wahib, Joren Seldeslachts, Camilla Siegertsz, Steef Cuijpers, and Micha Hulshof, follows the journey of three homeless young adults who are heading to Southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.
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Berlin Film Festival Renames Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize After Bauer’s Nazi’s Connections
Alfred Bauer with Sophia Loren The Berlin International Film Festival has officially suspended the Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize, after published reports that Alfred Bauer, after whom the award is named, was an active high-ranking Nazi. The management of the Berlinale has now commissioned the “Institute for Contemporary History” to academically research the context of Alfred Bauer’s function during the Nazi era. For the 70th anniversary of the festival, the Berlinale 2020 will award a special prize: The Silver Bear – 70th Berlinale.
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Watch Trailer for THE ROADS NOT TAKEN, Starring Elle Fanning and Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning in The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter Bleecker Street released the official trailer for The Roads Not Taken, starring Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning which is set to world premier in competition at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.
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Watch Captivating First English Trailer for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, Premiering at Berlinale 2020
Welket Bungué in Berlin Alexanderplatz by Burhan Qurbani Burhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, which will have its world premiere in Competition at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival released the first English trailer via Screen Daily.
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Documentary SAUDI RUNAWAY Added to Berlin Film Festival Panorama Lineup
Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures The documentary Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures has been added to Panorama program lineup of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. The documentary film shows a young woman striving for autonomy who flees from Saudi Arabia. She secretly films her claustrophobic everyday life with her smartphone before and during her escape.
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Watch Trailer for THE INTRUDER, Natalia Meta’s Psycho-sexual Thriller Premiering at Berlin Fest 2020
Érica Rivas in El prófugo | The Intruder by Natalia Meta The first teaser trailer debuted for Natalia Meta’s The Intruder (El Prófugo), right after it was announced that the film will have its world premiere at the official competition of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, which will take place from February 20 to March 1, 2020.
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Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2020 Competition Lineup
Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning in The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter Berlin International Film Festival today revealed the 2020 Competition lineup of 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary film. Films in competition include First Cow by Kelly Reichardt; The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter with Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney; Siberia by Abel Ferrara with Willem Dafoe.
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Berlin Film Fest to Honor Director Ulrike Ottinger
Ulrike Ottinger © Jelka von Langen Continuing a tradition since 1986 of honoring personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to filmmaking, at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honored with the Berlinale Camera.
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My Salinger Year Starring Sigourney Weaver will Open 70th Berlin Film Festival
Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau The 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, will open with world premiere of My Salinger Year by writer/director Philippe Falardeau on February 20, 2020 at the Berlinale Palast.