"All film festivals should contribute to better understanding between nations and support development of the art of film and the film industry." – from the guidelines for international film festivals ...

Film festivals provide a space for artistic expression and enable peaceful dialogue. They are places of encounter and exchange and contribute to international understanding. We believe that through ...

The 55th Forum main programme comprises 30 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are in a bad state. “Sounding out a diverse range of ...

Born in Los Angeles, Christine Haroutounian is a director, writer, and producer working between Armenia and the diaspora. After Dreaming, her debut feature film, is having its world premiere at the ...

Dear Audience, Dear Journalists, Dear Carlo, Mariette and Berlinale Team‪,‬ Hello‪.‬ Today, the film that we spent three years of our lives making will be born by your side‪,‬ unfortunately without ...

In 1980, two biographies cross paths in a Paris cinema: those of young cinema-goer Alexander Horwath and the actor Henry Fonda. Horwath recognised early on that the popular view of Fonda as a “typical ...

The world around us is shaped by global crises, wars and social divisions. Communication and language are becoming restricted and coarsened. The filmmakers in this year’s Panorama programme use their ...

The Berlin International Film Festival has made its first decisions for the 2021 festival. The Berlinale 2021 is being planned as a physical festival. A hybrid model is intended for the European Film ...

A young actor decides to give up acting and make a short film. The small crew comprising the actor himself, the cameraman and the female lead arrive on rocky, windswept Jeju Island. In search of an ...

The Berlinale staunchly condemns Russia’s ongoing war of aggression, which violates international law, and expresses its solidarity with the people in Ukraine and all those who are campaigning against ...

More information on the programme and the guests of the WCF Day 2024 available shortly before the beginning of the festival on the WCF website. The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German ...

From genre thrills to documentaries, and glamourous Red Carpet galas, the Berlinale Special is one of the most diverse sections of the Berlinale. Here is a sneak peak of the first three world ...