Berlin news – Page 2
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News‘My Favourite Cake’ directors receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran
“I feel like I won,” says Moghaddam in response to her sentence.
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NewsBriarcliff acquires Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance, Berlin selection ‘The Thing With Feathers’
Wide release set for October
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NewsBerlinale title ‘Christy’ locks in European deals for Charades
EXCLUSIVE: The film has sold in France, Benelux, Romania, Scandinavia and Greece.
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NewsBerlinale title ‘Late Shift’ signs deals including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film has also sold to Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Japan and more.
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NewsMichel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ scores multiple sales through The Match Factory
Berlinale competition title stars Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández.
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NewsBerlin Silver Bear winner ‘Living The Land’ lands US deal (exclusive)
Huo Meng’s second feature is set in 1991 China as it undergoes enormous socio-economic upheaval.
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NewsFilms Boutique takes on sales for Ira Sachs’ ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ (exclusive)
The film starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall world premeried at Sundance and played in Panorama at Berlin.
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News‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ nearly sells out in Europe for m-appeal (exclusive)
The third part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy won the Berlin Golden Bear last month.
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NewsRadu Jude’s Berlin prize winner title ‘Kontinental ‘25’ acquired for North America
The Romanian-set drama won the Silver Bear for best screenplay in Berlin.
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NewsJuliette Binoche, Pedro Almodovar sign petition supporting ‘My Favourite Cake’ filmmakers facing trial in Iran
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha are accused of “propaganda against the regime”.
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NewsGo2Films acquires sales rights to Tom Shoval’s Israeli hostage documentary ‘A Letter To David’ (exclusive)
Doc is a “multi-layered cinematic letter” to Shoval’s friend David Cunio who was taken hostage by Hamas with his brother Ariel.
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NewsHong Sangsoo’s ‘What Does That Nature Say To You’ lands distribution deals including France
The film, which played in Competition at Berlin, also sold to Italy, Spain, Taiwan and Greece.
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NewsCinema Guild buys Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin premiere ‘What Does That Nature Say To You’
Filmmaker’s 33rd feature scored 2.7 on Screen’s Berlin jury grid.
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NewsBerlinale 2025 breaks all-time ticket sales record
“The spirit was high and with this energy we are already planning for 2026,” says Tricia Tuttle.
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News‘The Blue Trail’ tops Berlin jury grid; solid scores for Sangsoo latest, ‘Timestamp’ doc
Lionel Baier’s ‘The Safe House’ rounded off the final scores on the grid.
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News‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale
Other winners included Gabriel Mascaro’s ’The Blue Trail’ and Ivan Fund’s ’The Message’.
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NewsEuropean buyers snap up Radu Jude’s ‘Kontinental ’25’ after Berlin competition premiere (exclusive)
Sales for Romanian writer-director’s social satire are handled by Paris-based Luxbox.
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News‘Kontinental ‘25’ makes strong debut on Berlin jury grid; decent showing for ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’
There were also middling scores for ‘Mother’s baby’ and ‘Yunan’.
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NewsMind-reading comedy ‘What Marielle Knows’ sells widely after Berlin competition bow (exclusive)
Frédéric Hambalek’s dark comedy is sold by recently-launched Paris-based sales company Lucky Number.
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NewsUkrainian soldier in Berlin competition doc ‘Timestamp’ responds to Trump remarks: “Only way is to win this war”
Boris Khovriak is a protagonist of Competition title ‘Timestamp’.









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