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20 shorts selected for Berlinale Shorts 2025 : To Be in This World

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Happy Doom © 2023 Billy Roisz 20 films from a total of 18 production countries are celebrating their premieres at the 2025 Berlinale Shorts, of which 15 are world premieres. The programme combines classic storytelling with surreal works, features various styles of animation and presents experimental documentary forms. The films show human beings and the circumstances in which they live. They examine the impact of the past on the present (Rückblickend Betrachtet (In Retrospect); Kok...

Dirty Harry and 7 other classic restored films at Berlinale Classics 2025

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In the 2025 Berlinale Classics section, the artistic director of the Deutsche Kinemathek, Dr Rainer Rother, and his team showcase eight digitally restored film classics, seven world premieres and one international premiere. The eras represented range from the 1930s to the 1980s. For the first time, the section features restorations by the Estonian Film Institute (EFI) and the China Film Archive. Berlinale Classics also embraces genre cinema, a nod to the 2025 Retrospective. The section will ope...

Tom Tykwer Opens the 75th Berlin International Film Festival with Das Licht (The Light)

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Tala Al-Deen in Das Licht (The Light) by Tom Tykwer © Frédéric Batier / X Filme The world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s latest feature film Das Licht (The Light) will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025. The German-French production Das Licht (The Light) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala in the Berlinale Palast. “We knew as soon as we saw Das Licht (The Light) that we wanted to have it open the 75th Berlin...

First market for Tanja Meissner new Director of Berlinale Pro and European Film Market

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Tanja Meissner   Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle has appointed the highly regarded and experienced industry professional Tanja Meissner to join her Executive team as the Director of Berlinale Pro*. This reshaped role encompasses the directorship of the European Film Market (EFM) while also taking a strategic lead in developing the Berlinale Pro* consortium, together with the Heads of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Talents and World Cinema Fund, who will report ...

First Berlin Speakers and Program Announcements for Winston Baker Entertainment Finance Forum

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Winston Baker’s Entertainment Finance Forum Berlin returns with a sharp focus on the evolving world of global entertainment finance. This year, we spotlight cutting-edge sales strategies, the surge of international co-productions, and the intersection of creativity and capital in today’s industry. Join top executives and thought leaders as they share actionable insights on securing funding, navigating co-production complexities, and staying authentic while deli...

Incandescence at SBIFF Interview with the directors: Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami.

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As wildfires ravage the planet, a new National Film Board of Canada documentary offers extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation (Image provided by the NFB) Praise to directing partners Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper who are giving a US premiere, at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, of their very timely documentary: ‘Incandescence’. Be ready to truly feel the heat while watching this mesmerizing and very scary "anatomy of fire”. Nova and Velcro...

‘I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE’ At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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  An interview with Star: Ali Gallo    Meet rising Star, Ali Gallo! You might have catch her in ‘Incoming’ or ‘The Sex lives of college girls.’ Ali is the leading actress of the  new dark comedy ‘I hate myself and want to die’ directed by the very talented J.Davis who had directed a little gem: ‘Manson Family Vacation’. Ali Gallo is the young ‘Hayley’ who, with other friends and family members, ar...

Focus on Munich-The Bavarian Film Awards and the Black White Ball Munich Stories

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While Davos and the World Economic Forum was in the middle of attention January 20-24, attracting the show biz besides politicians, business people, lobby makers and fintech enthousiasts like the Swiss founders of the "House of Trust" or activists like Stephanie zu Guttenberg and Fawzia Koofi, who were attending the high profile conference of the "World Woman Foundation" chaired by it's American president Rupa Dash, the focus was for the following 2 days on January 24-25 ...

VIDEO Sundance moment with a unique rousing group of volunteers

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Volunteers have been the strength and stability of the Sundance Film Festival for 41 years.  Each year are outfitted with a uniform color for team recognition.  This year one group of the green clad volunteers gathered for a rousing group photograph at the ROSE Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Sundance Film Festival photographer Juan Miguel Mendoza had the volunteers pose for a quick photo before the next movie started screening. ...

VIDEO meeting with Train Dreams Star Joel Edgerton and team in Sundance

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Train Dreams Star Joel Edgerton on Red Carpet Premiere at SFF 2025 ROSE WAGNER THEATER in Salt Lake City,  Utah   Watch the trailer!   ...

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