Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Curtains up!

No red carpet at the 71st Berlinale – but eleven film journalists from eight countries are looking forward to an online film selection. They will present their cinematic discoveries and their reflections on the film festival in the Corona year.

„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Golden Bear for Best Film, Berlinale 2021

Berlinale 2021
The streaming Berlinale takes the pulse of our times

The Berlinale's first online competition features powerful contemporary cinema, with the winning film resonating with our current state of mind.

“River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces”, USA, 2021. Director: Shengze Zhu. Berlinale Forum 2021.

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
The Pandemic on and off the screen

Shengze Zhu’s film A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces, featured in the Forum section at this year’s Berlinale, portrays Wuhan, a city transformed by the pandemic.

Ski, Argentina/Brazil, 2021. Director: Manque La Banca. Pictured: Fernando Gabriel Eduard, Axel Nahuel Villegas. Berlinale Forum 2021.

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Bariloche beyond the Mountains

“Esquí” (Ski), an Argentinian-Brazilian co-production, addresses the fate of descendants of the indigenous population of a region that has become a favourite tourist destination in Latin America.

“Introduction”, the sixth black-and-white production by Hong Sang-soo, is screening in the Competition of the 71st Berlinale.

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Coming of age

Hong Sang-soo, winner of the Silver Bear at the 70th Berlinale in 2020, is back for this year’s Competition with his 25th feature to date. Introduction, part of which was shot in Berlin, is the Korean filmmaker's sixth black-and-white production.

Modane Europa - from the film of Enrico Masi Shelter - Farewell to Eden (2019)

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
“Civic Engagement is not a genre”

Italian filmmaker Enrico Masi (b. 1983, Bologna), the founder of the Caucaso Factory production company for underground film, has been selected for the Berlinale Talents 2021.

“Bloodsuckers“ by Julian Radlmaier, with Daniel Hoesl, Martin Hansen, Corinna Harfouch, Alexandre Koberidze, Alexander Herbst, Lilith Stangenberg

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
The sweet life of tenacious vampire intellectuals

A further Berlinale jewel is the film Bloodsuckers (German title: Blutsauger), by German director Julian Radlmaier.

“I'm your man”, director Maria Schrader, with Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Beyond the Male Gaze

In many films, female characters who conform to the male gaze reflect a society that has been teaching women to please for centuries. Maria Schrader unravels the regimen of the male gaze in her witty and astute film “Ich bin dein Mensch” (I'm Your Man).

“The Seed”, director Mia Maariel Meyer, with Hanno Koffler

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Where is home, mum?

From the Black Forest to Hong Kong: Perspektive Deutsches Kino, the section for debut films, looks beyond the horizon to take in the great wide world.

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
Once Upon a Time … there were human beings

From science fiction to historical film: the Berlinale competition's reduced selection nevertheless offers an astonishing range of German films.

„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Berlinale 2021, Competition

Berlinale 2021
A Festival in Tricky Times

A digital industry event in March, an audience event in June – this year's Berlinale has to tread unconventional paths due to the pandemic. It is all the more important that it is being held nonetheless.

Berlinale – Goethe-Institut
Podcasts

Hardly anything has grown as much lately as the enthusiasm for podcasts. The Goethe-Institut and the Berlinale are picking up on this trend and launching two podcasts that focus on filmmaking, the film industry, filmmakers and the films themselves.