Nearly 300 and counting leading film figures call for Berlinale’s Carlo Chatrian to stay in open letter
The letter has been signed by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg, Radu Jude and Tilda Swinton.
Berlin Film Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian to step down following 2024 edition
“It is quite clear that the conditions for me to continue as artistic director no longer exist.”
Berlinale to abandon co-director model after 2024 edition
“The necessary decisions for modernising the Berlinale… should now once again be in the hands of one person,” said Germany’s culture minister.
Germany picks Ilker Çatak’s ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ as its international Oscar entry
The film premeired in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2023.
Berlinale Talents appoints former European Film Awards executive as project manager
The project manager replaces Christine Trostrum, and will work alongside programme manager Florian Weghorn.
Venice title ‘Heartless’ and Burak Cevik drama among 13 projects backed by Berlinale World Cinema Fund
Projects from Bhutan to Brazil to receive production and distribution funding.
Italy embarks on major campaign to promote its film industry worldwide (exclusive)
Italy has just hosted Summit for US and French producers, is taking major delegation to Tokyo Film Festival and will be Country in Focus at Berlinale’s EFM.
Berlinale under fire from Germany’s arthouse cinemas for cutting Perspektive showcase
The Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar screens films from rising German filmmakers.
German film festivals criticise government cuts to the Berlinale amid speculation about its future
The festivals said the move sent out a “fatal sign” to the international film industry.
Magnolia acquires world on Berlinale, SXSW selection ‘Joan Baez I Am A Noise’
Company plans October 6 theatrical release.
Berlin film festival to reduce programme size as part of wider restructure
Total number of films to be reduced to around 200 titles.
Karlovy Vary competition title ‘Opponent’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
‘Opponent’ debuted in Panorama at Berlinale.
Berlinale Silver Bear winner ‘Disco Boy’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Franz Rogowski stars as a young Belarusian who ends up in the heart of the Niger Delta.
My Screen Life: Berlin cinema founder Verena von Stackelberg on how she got her start, her influences and her favourite festival
Programmer and founder of Berlin’s Wolf Kino cinema on who she admires in the industry and her discovery of indie film
‘The Good Mothers’ team on bringing a “female gaze” to the Mafia
The Italian series follows three Mafia women who bring down the organisation from the inside
Berlinale Talents at 21: “It’s for that moment when your career gets serious”
The talent development programme has “one foot in the industry and one foot in the programme of the festival”.
