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.
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.
Berlin International Film Festival today confirmed more films in Berlinale Specials including the world premiere of Police, Anne Fontaine’s new film, with Omar Sy playing a dramatic role. Along with Sy, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois complete a trio of policemen and -women who represent a fascinating cross-section of French society.
With 59 competition entries, including 29 world premieres and eleven debut films from 34 countries and a share of female directors reaching 58%, the Berlin International Film Festival program of the 43rd Generation is now complete.
Directors Karim Aïnouz, Andrea Štaka and Francisco Márquez as well as the actors Ben Whishaw, Sandra Hüller and Stellan Skarsgård all present new films in the Berlinale Panorama program of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival.
The Berlinale Forum of the Berlin International Film Festival is celebrating its anniversary: 50 years of dedication to independent, adventurous, daring cinema . It is what the festival describes as “A perfect opportunity to look back at the past, celebrate what’s been achieved and think about what the future will bring.”
A new competitive section Encounters will be introduced in the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival with the goal to support new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official program.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for The Kindness of Strangers by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners, Just Like Home, An Education, One Day, The Riot Club, Their Finest) that had its World Premiere as the opening night film of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The film starring Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riseborough, Tahar Rahim, Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel, Bill Nighy, and David Dencik opens in select US theaters on Valentine’s Day – February 14th, 2020.
With a compact program of eight films, the 2020 Perspektive Deutsches Kino program of the Berlin International Film Festival celebrates the world premieres of four outstanding feature films and four documentary films. The year 2020 will be the first time that Kino International will serve as the premiere screening cinema for Perspektive Deutsches Kino. All eight films compete for the Compass-Perspektive-Award, which is endowed with 5,000 €. The director Mia Spengler, the screenwriter Bernd Lange and the producer Melanie Andernach (MADE IN GERMANY) will decide on the prize for the best film in the program.
The Berlinale Short Film Competition of the 2020 Berlin Film Festival celebrates the artistic freedom of the short form with a wide range of topics and narrative styles showcasing 24 films from 18 countries.
British film and theater actor Jeremy Irons will serve as president of the International Jury at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
The 2020 Berlinale which marks the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the festival poster which shines a light on the 70th anniversary. The anniversary festival which runs February 20 to March 01, 2020, will also be the first festival headed by director duo Mariette Rissenbeek (Executive Director) and Carlo Chatrian (Artistic Director).