The 70th Berlin Film Festival is fast approaching and sections – Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Panorama, Generation, Forum Expanded announced the first films and projects.
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Berlin Film Festival 2020 Reveals First Films and Projects
Cidade Pássaro (Shine Your Eyes) directed by Matias Mariani
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Helen Mirren to Receive Homage and Honorary Golden Bear at 2020 Berlin International Film Festival
Helen Mirren. © Foto: Giles Keyte Berlin International Film Festival will honor Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren with its Homage and award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement.
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Berlinale Classics 2020 to Open with 1924 Silent Film Classic WAXWORKS
Waxworks by Paul Leni Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Wilhelm Dieterle and Werner Krauß. Source: Deutsche Kinemathek The Berlinale Classics series of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate its opening on February 21, 2020 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast with a screening of the 1924 silent film classic Waxworks directed by Paul Leni. Accompanied by new music from the Ensemble Musikfabrik from North Rhine-Westphalia, with Swiss-Australian conductor Elena Schwarz at the podium, this digital restoration under the aegis of the Deutsche Kinemathek and Cineteca di Bologna will be shown onscreen for the first time at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Film Director King Vidor Gets Retrospective at 2020 Berlin Film Festival
(Retrospektive 2020: King Vidor) Hallelujah – in the middle: Nina Mae McKinney, Daniel L. Haynes. 1929 Turner Entertainment Company. All Rights Reserved The Retrospective of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to the American film director, producer, and screenwriter King Vidor (1894-1982) who holds a central place in the history of US cinema. Considered a key director towards the end of the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Vidor left a lasting mark, combining his interest in social engagement with the desire to explore in depth the potential of cinematic language.
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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 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.
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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.