Berlinale
2024 European Shooting Stars Unveiled
European Film Promotion has announced the 10 up-and-coming European acting talents for its 2024 European Shooting Stars list. The actors, which include performers from this year’s award-season contenders Poor Things, Ferrari, and The Peasants, among others, will be lauded at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, next year. The Shooting Stars class of 2024 […]
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Berlinale Forum Unveils First Films for 2024 Festival
The Berlinale Forum, the Berlin Film Festival’s avant-garde sidebar, has announced the first 8 films confirmed for its 2024 line-up. The 8 films come from 8 different countries, reflecting the Forum’s global reach and a broader push towards greater diversity in it’s line-up. New Forum head Barbara Wurm, who took over running the Forum section […]
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Berlin Film Festival Names Tricia Tuttle New Director
The German culture ministry has unveiled the new head of the Berlin International Film Festival, who will take over from co-directors Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek, who are stepping down after next year’s Berlinale. Tricia Tuttle, formerly director of the BFI London Film Festival, will take over as the sole director of the Berlinale from […]
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Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o Named 2024 Berlin Festival Jury President
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o will be president of the international jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale unveiled on Monday. The star of 12 Years a Slave, Us and the Black Panther franchise will head up the jury that picks the Gold and Silver Bear winners of the 2024 Berlinale, which runs […]
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Berlin Boosts Budget for Film Festival
The city of Berlin has pledged to boost the budget for the Berlinale, helping to counter major cuts that have shaken up the organization of one of Europe’s largest film festivals. At a media event held by the CDU, one of the ruling parties in Berlin’s coalition government, on Tuesday, the city pledged to support […]
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Berlin Film Festival Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian to Step Down After 2024 Edition
Berlinale co-head Carlo Chatrian has decided to step down as artistic director after the 2024 edition of the festival. The Berlin festival made the announcement Saturday morning, confirming rumors that Chatrain would be following his co-director, executive director Mariëtte Rissenbeek out the door after their contracts expire next year. Chatrain and Rissenbeek took over as […]
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Berlin Film Festival to Axe Sections Amid Budget Cuts
The Berlinale, the world’s largest public film festival, unveiled Tuesday that it is facing major budget cuts and plans to chop entire sections from its program to avoid a financial crisis. Starting next year, the Berlin Festival will drop its Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar, which highlights up-and-coming German directors, as a separate section. In the […]
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Berlinale Co-Head Mariëtte Rissenbeek to Step Down After 2024 Fest
Mariëtte Rissenbeek, the executive director of the Berlin International Film Festival, will step down after next year’s Berlinale. The German culture ministry, which finances the festival, announced Thursday that Rissenbeek will not be renewing her current contract, which expires in March 2024. German Culture Minister Claudia Roth said she accepted the resignation “with great regret” […]
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‘Opponent’ (‘Motstandaren’) Review: Payman Maadi Brings Searing Intensity to Character Study of an Iranian Refugee in Sweden
Writer-director Milad Alami’s accomplished second feature weaves an emotional domestic drama around a wrestler torn between family and suppressed desires.
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‘Afire’ (‘Roter Himmel’) Review: Christian Petzold Examines the Insecurities of the Male Artist in Nimble Chamber Piece
The German director’s interest in growth out of crisis drives this initially playful, progressively more somber drama about four people thrown together in a seaside vacation home.
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‘20,000 Species of Bees’ Review: A Tender and Assured Feature Debut About Gender and the Generational Divide
Spanish filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s drama follows an 8-year-old who begins to transition and the effect it has on the child's family.
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‘#Manhole’ Review: High-Concept J-Horror Movie Overstays Its Welcome
Japanese pop singer Yuto Nakajima is the sole star of Kayuoshi Kumakiri’s latest gory thriller, which premiered in Berlin’s Panorama sidebar.
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