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The festival returns for its 75th edition from February 13 to 23, its first under the artistic direction of Tricia Tuttle. It will open with Tom Tykwer's The Light.
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Köln 75
The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organise the greatest solo jazz concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organise the greatest solo jazz concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
Night Stage
An actor and a politician start an affair and discover a fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dreams, the more risk taking they become.
An actor and a politician start an affair and discover a fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dreams, the more risk taking they become.
Mother's Baby
The family dream becomes a nightmare as 40-year-old Julia struggles to bond with her newborn child.
The family dream becomes a nightmare as 40-year-old Julia struggles to bond with her newborn child.
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
The Ice Tower
Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart ... The 1970s. Jeanne, a young runaway, falls under the spell of Cristina, the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film which is being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge.
Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart ... The 1970s. Jeanne, a young runaway, falls under the spell of Cristina, the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film which is being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge.
Holding Liat
On October 7th, during a raid by Hamas on her kibbutz, Israeli-American Liat Atzili was kidnapped, prompting an urgent and heart-wrenching fight for her release by her family. Through a deeply intimate lens, parents Yehuda and Chaya cope with fear and uncertainty as they are thrust into a global conflict unfolding in real time.
On October 7th, during a raid by Hamas on her kibbutz, Israeli-American Liat Atzili was kidnapped, prompting an urgent and heart-wrenching fight for her release by her family. Through a deeply intimate lens, parents Yehuda and Chaya cope with fear and uncertainty as they are thrust into a global conflict unfolding in real time.
Islands
Tom, a tennis coach at a luxury hotel, has his life changed when a new family arrives. Matters take a dark turn when the husband disappears and both Tom and the wife become suspects.
Tom, a tennis coach at a luxury hotel, has his life changed when a new family arrives. Matters take a dark turn when the husband disappears and both Tom and the wife become suspects.
Christy
Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof.
Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof.
Tales From The Magic Garden
Three children spend the night with their grandfather after losing their grandmother and discover the power of imagination.
Three children spend the night with their grandfather after losing their grandmother and discover the power of imagination.
Hot Milk
Rose and her daughter Sofia journey to a Spanish seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer. As Sofia embraces an affair with an alluring stranger, tensions with her overbearing mother threaten their fragile bond.
Rose and her daughter Sofia journey to a Spanish seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer. As Sofia embraces an affair with an alluring stranger, tensions with her overbearing mother threaten their fragile bond.
Berlin International Film Festival Features
The mighty Amazon
Gabriel Mascaro on balancing beauty and identification in The Blue Trail
Ice cool
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Songs and silence
Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
'Simple is actually the hardest to do'
Eric San - aka Kid Koala - on minimalism and cherishing the moment in Space Cadet
The double games
Frédéric Hambalek on discovering hidden things and What Marielle Knows
If the shoe fits
Emilie Blichfeldt on beauty standards, acts of desperation and The Ugly Stepsister
Clean content
Director Denis Côté on entering the world of a 'simp' and his dominatrices for Paul
A test of love
Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer on Honey Bunch
'When you fall in love, you get very self-obsessed'
Filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud on depicting young desire in Dreams
'It’s not just making a movie for me, it’s a journey'
Rima Das on bringing sequel Village Rockstars 2 to the screen
'I wanted her to have the space to not know what's right and wrong all the time'
Sarah Miro Fischer on the torn loyalties of her protagonist in The Good Sister
'Reality offers impromptu flowers that you’re able to harvest'
Iván Fund talks about his loose and intuitive approach to filmmaking and story in The Message
Tales from the tundra
Zacharias Kunuk on telling traditional stories in Wrong Husband
Something universal
Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs discuss Lesbian Space Princess
Looking forward to Berlinale 2025
We anticipate some gems as the festival celebrates its diamond anniversary
‘It became totally collaborative’
Khartoum directors talk about the shifting shape of their documentary in the face of war
Berlin International Film Festival News
Dreams come true for Dag Johan Haugerud in Berlin
Director becomes first from Norway to lift Golden Bear
Tilda Swinton receives Golden Bear
Star speaks out against 'state-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder'
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