Berlin news – Page 2
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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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NewsBerlinale 2025 ticket sales up 5% at midway point; EFM attendees remain level
Timothee Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Jacob Elordi among stars to have attended.
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NewsHanna Schygulla takes aim at nationalism, AfD: “It has always brought misery”
“We have the worst people in charge of the world,” says Schygulla.
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News‘Blue Moon’, ‘If I Had Legs…’, ‘The Message’ divide critics on Berlin jury grid
‘Girls On Wire’ and ‘What Marielle Knows’ also landed on the grid.
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NewsGermany’s One Two Films takes a leap forward with Berlin titles ‘Köln 75’ and ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’
One Two’s Sol Bondy and Fred Burle on building a world cinema-focused production company.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch on producing plans, going against “alpha male machismo” in ‘The Thing With Feathers’
The UK drama screens at Berlin as a Special Gala.
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NewsEthan Hawke: “When we prioritise money, what we get is generic material”
The actor was speaking at a press conference for Richard Linklater’s competition title ‘Blue Moon’.
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NewsUkrainian school documentary ‘Timestamp’ scores sales ahead of Berlin competition premiere (exclusive)
Kateryna Gornostai’s film focuses on a Ukrainian school during the war.
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News‘Ibicaba’ from Locarno winner Andrea Štaka takes top prize at Berlin Co-Production Market
The feature won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, worth €20,000.
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News‘The Blue Trail’ takes lead on Screen’s Berlin jury grid; Michel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ also scores strong
‘The Ice Tower’, ‘Ari’, ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ also land on the grid.
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NewsToshizo Fujiwara’s ‘The Longing’ lands sales agent ahead of Berlin premiere (exclusive)
The story centres on a couple who run a restaurant and employ ex-youth offenders to help support their rehabilitation.