Juliette Binoche to head Berlin film festival jury
Juliette Binoche will be the jury president at this winter's Berlin International Film Festival in February 2019.
View ArticlePJ Harvey documentary to premiere at 2019 Berlinale
Singer PJ Harvey is the subject of a documentary premiering next year that follows the making of her album "The Hope Six Demolition Project".
View ArticleBerlin filmfest unveils starry lineup
Movies starring Diane Kruger and Catherine Deneuve and features directed by Jonah Hill and Casey Affleck will be at the Berlin film festival.
View ArticleBinoche hails starring role for women as Berlin film fest opens
Europe’s first major film festival of the year, the Berlinale, kicked off Thursday with jury president Juliette Binoche welcoming an unprecedented line-up of female directors. The 11-day event prides...
View ArticleContested film on church abuse scandal moves Berlin filmfest
"By the Grace of God" is based on real-life victims and dramatizes the systematic cover-up of widespread sexual molestation by clergy.
View ArticleFrom savior to mafia-fighter: Girl power comes to Berlin film festival
Films at the event are challenging long-held notions such as the gender of God or the place of women in defending societies' most vulnerable.
View ArticleWomen filmmakers have record showing at Berlin Film Festival
Seven out of the 16 films in the competition section were helmed by women, and female directors from around the world were featured.
View ArticleNadav Lapid’s ‘Synonyms’ wins top prize at Berlin Film Fest
"Synonyms," about a young Israeli man who uproots himself to France and is determined to put his homeland behind him, won the Golden Bear.
View ArticleList of winners at 69th Berlin film festival
"Synonyms" by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid won the Golden Bear while a film on church abuse won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear.
View Article#MeToo movement front and center at Berlin film fest
With a wealth of female directors and a hit film, the #MeToo movement is front and center at the 70th edition of the Berlin film festival.
View ArticleIranian dissident, teen abortion drama take top prizes at Berlin film fest
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof won the top prize at the Berlin film festival for "There Is No Evil".
View ArticleBerlin film fest postponed until March, competition to go online
Berlin, Germany — Berlin’s international film festival said Friday it was postponing its February 2021 edition as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on the global entertainment industry....
View ArticleSex tape satire ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ wins Berlinale Golden Bear
The 71st Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize Friday to "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" by Romania's Radu Jude.
View ArticleMovies to be shown outdoors after virtual Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin Film Festival, which took place online, will show most of the movies that were part of the competition at outdoor cinemas.
View ArticleM. Night Shyamalan to lead Berlin film fest jury
American filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan shot to fame in 1999 with the psychological thriller "The Sixth Sense" starring Bruce Willis.
View ArticleBerlin filmfest to go forward in person as COVID-19 surges
Berlin, Germany — The Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, will take place next month as an in-person event, organizers confirmed Wednesday, just as the Omicron wave is expected...
View ArticleLess politics, more love as Berlin film festival returns to live screenings
The theme of love dominates the main competition entries at this year's Berlin Film Festival, in a shift away from political dramas.
View ArticleAfter 2017 boycott, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi ready for awards season
In 2017, Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for best foreign-language film but boycotted the ceremony due to a travel ban by Donald Trump.
View ArticleIn-person Berlin film fest stands up to pandemic, streaming
The 72nd Berlin film festival opens Thursday, bucking a trend of pandemic on-the-couch streaming with a packed program of live premieres
View ArticleGender flip of film classic opens Berlinale under virus cloud
A gender-swapped update of a German cult classic on Thursday opened the Berlinale, Europe's first major international film fest of the year.
View ArticleEmma Thompson tells tale of later life sexual awakening in ‘Good Luck to You,...
Emma Thompson is an inexperienced teacher getting sex education from a young male escort in "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande."
View ArticleJuliette Binoche stars in Berlinale tale of love destroyed in an instant
Juliette Binoche plays Sara, an accomplished radio journalist whose life with retired rugby player Jean (Vincent Lindon) is complete.
View ArticleHorror legend Dario Argento, 81, brings gory swan song to Berlin Film Festival
A period of pandemic solitude and his actress daughter's enthusiasm led horror legend Dario Argento, 81, to snap open his director's chair.
View ArticleCharlotte Gainsbourg stars in Berlinale film of nostalgia and the Paris night
Mikhael Hers' "The Passengers of the Night" premiering at the Berlin Film Festival is a tribute to the night-time radio of the early 1980s.
View ArticleOne year after Bataclan: Berlinale film explores the aftermath of terror
It was this thought in the mind of a terrified man that prompted Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta to make "One Year, One Night."
View ArticleLove in the time of corona in focus at Berlin fest
The Berlin Film Festival has delivered on a promise of "crazy, intoxicating" love stories at its 72nd edition with diverse movies.
View ArticleBerlinale Golden Bear won by ‘Alcarras,’ Spanish movie about threatened...
Carla Simon's film "Alcarras," which explores the divisions ripped into a close-knit family of Catalan farmers, won the Golden Bear.
View ArticleKristen Stewart to lead Berlin film fest jury
BERLIN, Germany—US actress Kristen Stewart will head up the jury in February at Berlin’s international film festival, Europe’s first major cinema showcase of the year, organizers said Friday. The...
View ArticleSean Penn Ukraine documentary to premiere at Berlin film fest
BERLIN — US actor and director Sean Penn will premiere a documentary he filmed in Kyiv featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at next month’s Berlin film festival, organizers said Monday. The...
View ArticleUkraine, Iran’s quests for freedom to dominate Berlin Film Festival
BERLIN — Sean Penn’s documentary portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, will be among headliners at next month’s Berlin Film Festival, where a...
View ArticleBerlin film fest opens with spotlight on Iran and Ukraine
BERLIN, Germany—The Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, opens Thursday, Feb. 16, with a comedy starring Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei and Peter Dinklage ahead of a packed program...
View ArticleBerlin film fest beams in Ukraine’s Zelensky for opener with Sean Penn
BERLIN, Germany—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined Hollywood actor Sean Penn by video link on Thursday at the opening of the Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year,...
View ArticleComedy on smartphone’s rise delights Berlin film fest
BERLIN, Germany—”BlackBerry,” a King Kong vs. Godzilla tale of the first smartphones, premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival on Friday, Feb. 17, exploring geek culture, toxic masculinity and...
View ArticleSean Penn premieres love letter to Ukraine at Berlin fest
BERLIN, Germany — Sean Penn premiered “Superpower,” his admiring portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at war, telling the Berlin film festival Saturday the movie was also a wake-up call...
View ArticleBerlinale film ‘Manodrome’ explores misogynistic world of incel culture
BERLIN — “Manodrome” depicts a literal cult of masculinity, where women are at best a nuisance and celibacy is a virtue, tapping into a vein of misogyny exemplified by influencers like internet star...
View Article‘Golda’ director swats away criticism over casting Helen Mirren
BERLIN, Germany—The director of “Golda” on Monday, Feb. 20, dismissed a controversy over casting Helen Mirren as Israel’s only woman prime minister Golda Meir, saying the British Oscar winner had...
View ArticleStars of thriller ‘Infinity Pool’ share on-set fun
BERLIN, Germany—Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgard on Wednesday, Feb. 22, said they had a blast making Canadian director Brandon Cronenberg’s “provocative” and “visceral” thriller “Infinity Pool,” on...
View ArticleUkraine filmmakers bring battlefront horrors to Berlinale
BERLIN, Germany—From desperate attempts to round up injured troops from the trenches to children playing on burnt-out tanks, Ukrainian filmmakers have brought the battle against Russia in all its...
View ArticleBerlin film fest to award top prizes on Feb. 25 as stars return
BERLIN, Germany—The 73rd Berlin film festival awards its top prizes on Saturday, Feb. 25, including the Golden Bear for best picture, after a star-studded edition that highlighted freedom struggles in...
View ArticleGael Garcia Bernal explores mind vs body in Berlinale sci-fi ‘Another End’
BERLIN — The Berlin Film Festival opened on Saturday night a movie that attempts to temporarily bring back the consciousness of a loved one who died, albeit in another person’s body, to say good-bye...
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