Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 13 to 23, 2025. We certainly cannot wait for the next festival edition – for the first time under the direction of Tricia Tuttle. 🎬🎥 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #TriciaTuttle #FilmFestival Picture: © Nils-Filip Dinkloh / on scene 2024

Berlinale Talents is seeking a new Programme Manager! Would you like to play a pivotal role in the talent development programme of one of the world's top film festivals? We are looking for someone experienced, engaged and energetic to join Project Manager Nikola Joetze as co-head of Berlinale Talents. The full-time position offers suitable candidates the opportunity to: - develop a programme of talks, workshops, scholarships, networking events and more, engaging the participation of top-class guests and experts - play a leading curatorial role in the selection process of participants and their projects - take the strategic conception, further development and analysis of Berlinale Talents on board alongside Nikola - work in close cooperation with the other Berlinale Pro* initiatives EFM, WCF and Berlinale Co-Production Market …and more! For full details, requirements, information & application: short.sg/j/46941528 Application deadline: July 28, 2024 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH

💻 Keyboards at the ready – it's time to apply for Berlinale Talents 2025! 🌟 Film professionals across the globe, we invite you to apply and seize the chance to join us at the next edition of Berlinale Talents as one of the world's top 200 emerging filmmakers. Taking place February 15-20, 2025, it will be a bustling week of discipline-specific workshops, talks with world-renowned guests, think-tanks, networking and more. Incomparable, inspiring and eye-opening, the Summit week is only the beginning of your possible life-long relationship with Berlinale Talents and the Berlinale as a whole. For all things application-related, including questions on eligibility, tips and much more: - head to our How to Apply page: bit.ly/BT_HowToApply - check out our FAQs: https://lnkd.in/eANg-T_b Deadline: September 4, 2024, 12:00 noon (CEST)

Great news for emerging and innovative filmmakers from around the world! The Berlinale is thrilled to announce a new section - Perspectives. This new international competition for feature-length fiction debuts will shine a brighter spotlight on new filmmakers within the festival. It will offer a visible platform for features representing a genuinely international range of voices which have a bold and fluent cinematic language and offer arresting perspectives and new ways of seeing the world. As a new stand-alone competition, Perspectives will include up to 14 fiction debuts from all over the world, with a jury of three deciding on the Best First Feature Award. The award is once again funded by GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten) and endowed with 50,000 euros. We are excited to keep supporting up-and-coming filmmakers and the various festival sections will, of course, also continue to present feature film debuts. For the full press release head to: https://bit.ly/3W9bxk1 🎬 ✨ 🏆 #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #Perspectives #FilmFestival #FilmProgramme #FilmDebut

Please welcome the newest members of the Berlinale executive team! Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle has appointed several new and exciting executive director positions to help her shape the festival: The executive team includes Panorama section head Michael Stütz and the former US-delegate to the Berlinale Jacqueline Lyanga. The two internationally respected programmers will share responsibilities as Co-Directors of Film Programming. Joining the team as the festival's first Chief of Staff is experienced Berlinale colleague Florian Weghorn who is currently the co-head of Berlinale Talents. Expert in corporate finance in the cultural sector, Tommy Kommer, becomes Director of Finance and Business Operations. Welcome Tommy! And finally: Miriam Reimers, who has been part of the festival’s management team for five years, is joining the executive team as Director of Programme Operations and Production. They join previously announced Director of Berlinale Pro*, Tanja Meissner. Tricia Tuttle: “It’s wonderful to have most of my executive team in place now. I am so excited about working with them to support the Berlinale staff, but also planning for the future. One of my major objectives is to revitalise the ways in which Berlinale connects to a sense of place, to take advantage of our incredible home city. If we can do this while also building stronger links between the public film programme and the European Film Market and the marketplace, we can make the festival even more impactful for audiences and also the important films, filmmakers and rights holders who trust us with their premieres." We welcome all members – new and old faces – to the team and are thrilled to see what they have in store for the festival's future! 🎬🍀🎥 For the full press release head to: https://bit.ly/3KS51aW #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry

The Berlinale is hiring: Director Communication and Brand (f/m/d) The Berlinale is looking for an inspiring leader with excellent communication skills to guide our established teams and modernize our brand while celebrating the Berlinale’s 75-year legacy.   If you're ready to make a significant impact in the film sector and lead with innovation and inclusivity, apply now! Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3KGu4O3 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #Hiring #Job #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry #Communications #BrandManagement

Berlinale Shorts is invited to this year's Mumbai International Film Festival with a Berlinale Spotlight. The section head Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck will be in attendance to present three exciting short film programmes. She is joined by Ekta Mittal, the director of "Missing Days (Gumnaan Din)" which is also part of the selection. The Mumbai International Film Festival takes place from June 15 to 21, 2024. For more information and the full short film programme head to: https://lnkd.in/dXESeWCa #Berlinale #FilmFestival #MIFF2024 #ShortFilms

From June 10 to 13, 2024, the Summer Berlinale will return to the Freiluftkino Friedrichshain open-air cinema. (Re-)discover the winning films and audience favourites of this year's festival edition under the open sky. Full programme: Monday, June 10, 2024, 9:30 pm "Love Lies Bleeding", directed by Rose Glass USA / United Kingdom 2023, 104 min., in English with German subtitles, Berlinale Special Gala Moderation: Knut Elstermann, radioeins Presenter: Mariëtte Rissenbeek, former Executive Director of the Berlinale Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 9:30 pm "Un movimiento extraño (An Odd Turn)", directed by Francisco Lezama Argentina 2024, 22 min., in Spanish with English subtitles, Berlinale Shorts – Golden Bear for Best Short Film 2024 – "Dahomey", directed by Mati Diop France / Senegal / Benin 2024, 67 min., French, Fon, in English with English subtitles, documentary form, Competition – Golden Bear for Best Film 2024 – Presenter: Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, section head of Berlinale Shorts Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 9:30 pm "All Shall Be Well", directed by Ray Yeung Hong Kong, China 2024, 93 min., in Cantonese with English subtitles, Panorama – TEDDY AWARD for BEST FEATURE 2024 – Presenter: Michael Stütz, section head of Panorama Thursday, June 13, 2024, 9:30 pm "Keyke mahboobe man (My Favourite Cake)", directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha Iran / France / Sweden / Germany 2024, 97 min., in Farsi with German subtitles, Competition – Prize of the FIPRESCI Jury and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 2024 – Presenter: Mariëtte Rissenbeek, former Executive Director of the Berlinale #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #Filmfestival #openaircinema 🌙 📽 ⭐

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Tanja Meissner as the Director of Berlinale Pro*! Starting May 13th, she will join the Executive team of Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle as the director of the European Film Market (EFM) while also taking a strategic lead in developing the Berlinale Pro* consortium. German-French dual citizen Meissner brings over 25 years of experience and profound knowledge of the film industry, across production, distribution and exhibition. “I’m truly thrilled with this new opportunity, joining a fabulous and highly dedicated team already in place. I hold the Berlinale deeply to my heart, having started my professional career working at Panorama in the 1990’s,” says Tanja Meissner. Welcome (back) to the Berlinale, Tanja Meissner! For the full press release head to: https://lnkd.in/dvZi43ey #Berlinale #Berlinale2024 #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry

We were happy to spot many familiar faces at last weekend's Deutscher Filmpreis ceremony. The following Berlinale films took home the coveted Lola trophies: "Dying" (Sterben), director Matthias Glasner, Competition 2024: Best Fiction Film (Gold), Best Actress: Corinna Harfouch, Best Supporting Actor: Hans-Uwe Bauer, Best Score "In the Blind Spot" (Im Toten Winkel), director Ayşe Polat, Encounters 2023: Best Fiction Film (Bronze), Best Director, Best Screenplay "Seven Winters in Tehran" (Sieben Winter in Teheran), director Steffi Niederzoll, Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2023: Best Documentary Film, Best Editing "Winners" (Sieger Sein), director Soleen Yusef, Generation Kplus 2024: Best Children's Film 2010's winner of the Honorary Golden Bear, Hanna Schygulla, was also awarded with the Honorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema.   We congratulate all winners! 📽 🎬 🏆 #Berlinale #DeutscherFilmpreis #Lola24