“The cinematic kidney-shaped table.” – Rolf Becker in the “Der Monat” magazine on Ottomar Domnick’s film Jonas, the subject of much controversy at this year's Berlinale. The Berlinale’s credibility is ...

Alfred Bauer was apparently making an effort to find a middle road between the attacks that were coming from all sides. “In the utmost emergency, the middle road brings death,” – here one is tempted ...

Berlinale reaches out In its fifth year, the festival’s advertising expenditure jumps to 60,000 deutschmarks, equalling 15% of the festival budget. Alfred Bauer places highly visible outdoor posters ...

The 1958 Berlinale was marked by the attempt to present itself as more mature both politically and with regards to its content. Already at the opening ceremony in the new Congress Hall in Tiergarten, ...

The audience shows its unflagging enthusiasm. The shirt-sleeved treatment of stars, which is evident in many photos from the time, gave the Berlinale the image of the “festival of the man in the ...

Berlin International Film Festival - official website"In our opinion the critics could certainly be won over for collaboration, especially as they must be interested in gathering practical experience ...

A story of immigrant Russian Jews in Israel. A young man lives with his granny. He has a girlfriend. He steals and does all sorts of things he should not. She wants him to get a grip on his life. She ...

At the 1961 Berlinale, the fundamental conflicts over content that had been sparked the year before were aggravated and therefore once again reflected the era. With films by Jean-Luc Godard, ...

The 55th Forum main programme comprises 30 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are in a bad state. “Sounding out a diverse range of ...

Film festivals provide a space for artistic expression and enable peaceful dialogue. They are places of encounter and exchange and contribute to international understanding. We believe that through ...

“The mountain spirit exists. If you believe in him with all your heart, he’ll give you all kinds of power.” Eleven-year-old Amra is a child of the Mongolian steppe, where he lives in a traditional ...

Over the past few days, there has been an intense discussion in the cultural sector, in the press and on social media as well as within the Berlinale team about the invitations of AfD politicians, a ...