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Berlinale Bloggers

A constantly evolving Festival: This is how the 73rd Berlinale, which ran from 16 to 26 February 2023, described itself. Our bloggers from nine countries were also curiously moving back and forth between the film festival's cinemas – and presenting their highlights from a selection of more than 400 films.

Berlinale 2023
 A few surprises at the end of the festival

Generation 14plus
 "Ha’Mishlahat" (The Delegation)

Berlinale 2023
 The beautiful dawn of normality

Serienfieber Illustration einer Hand mit Fernbedienung © Colourbox / Image editing Goethe-Institut Los Angeles

German TV-Series in Canada
 Binge Fever!

Television “Made in Germany” is having a golden moment with the rise of international streaming services. German series that appeal to global audiences through smart and original writing, diverse themes, talented lineups and opulent productions have never received so much attention. 
Film archive © Goethe-Institut / Foto: Bernhard Ludewig

Film archive

Our film catalogue contains more than 600 films in DVD format (PAL). Films can be rented for non commercial screenings by educational institutions, such as schools, colleges and universities, as well as cultural institutions, such as art galleries, cinematheques and museums. 

Festivals

Sofía Otero in “20.000 especies de abejas”. Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Photo (detail): © Gariza Films, Inicia Films

Berlinale 2023
 A few surprises at the end of the festival

The audience is back, Steven Spielberg does a dance, and the Golden Bear goes to a French documentary film. What else has been happening at the Berlinale?
Vicky Krieps in “Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert” by Margarethe von Trotta Photo (detail): Berlinale 2023, International Competition, © Wolfgang Ennenbach

Berlinale 2023
 The beautiful dawn of normality

Hollywood stars will be there, the competition includes 19 films from 19 countries, and Kristen Stewart is president of the International Jury – what more do you need to pique your interest in the Berlinale?
“Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush“ by Andreas Dresen Photo (detail): © Andreas Hoefer / Pandora Film

Berlinale 2022
 Not a festival of unadulterated joy

The Berlinale is set to go ahead as an in-presence event in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, despite rising infection rates. That casts a shadow over the anticipation of a promising festival programme.
„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Golden Bear for Best Film, Berlinale 2021 Photo (detail): © Silviu Ghetie / microFilm

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.
„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Berlinale 2021, Competition Photo (detail): © Silviu Ghetie / microFilm

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. 
Red Carpet in front of the Berlinale Palace Photo (detail): © dpa/Jens Kalaene

Berlinale 2020
 Winds of change and fresh faces at Potsdamer Platz

Some big changes are coming to Germany's biggest and biggest-name film festival this year. Here’s the lowdown on what’s new at the Berlinale 2020.
 
Award ceremony 2019: Festival Director Dieter Kosslick with award winners and jury members Photo (detail): © Alexander Janetzko/Berlinale 2019

Berlinale 2019
 Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

The last Berlinale under Dieter Kosslick has come to an end: with an unusually meticulously-conceived competition – and heated debates.
Léonore Ekstrand im Wettbewerbsfilm „Toppen av ingenting“ von Axel Petersén und Måns Månsson Foto (Ausschnitt): © Pierre Björk

Berlinale Blogger 2018
 Seven things you need to know about the Berlinale

Spectacular, forgotten, memorable and utopian: Why the Berlinale is what it is.

Film Scene

Poster "All Quiet on the Western Front" in the rain Photo (Detail) : © picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Markus Schreiber

Oscars 2023
 "All Quiet on the Western Front" – except at this year’s Oscars

A German picture picked up four gold statuettes at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. And with that, Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Im Westen nichts Neues) has made film history.
Tucké Royale © Amelie Kahn-Ackermann & André Simonow

Interview with Tucké Royale
 On Daydreams and Just the Right Pen

To grasp all of Tucké Royale’s artistic work, take a deep breath. Sascha Ehlert gives it a try.
Monika Treut’s film “Von Mädchen und Pferden” about two lesbian girls in the German-Danish border region. Photo (detail): © Edition Salzgeber

LGBTQI+
 “Queer Cinema belongs to the mainstream here”

Monika Treut is considered to be one of the pioneers of Queer Cinema. In this interview the film director and producer talks about positive developments in western societies, repressive trends and things that aren’t quite running as they should. 
Werner Herzog © Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com

Werner Herzog on Goethe on demand
 The Epitome of an Auteur Film Director

Most people only know Werner Herzog as the crazy director who worked with the insane and highly controversial actor Klaus Kinski. On September 5, 2022, he turned 80 years old. The Goethe-Institut honors him with a film series on Goethe on Demand.
Scene from the movie “Buddenbrooks”: The elaborate historical costumes were designed by Barbara Baum, who has been working as a costume designer in the film industry for about 50 years. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Bavaria Film International/Everett Collection

Film production
 Women Behind the Cinematic Scenes

While the public can recite the names of famous German actresses, the women behind the camera often go unrecognised. We introduce ten women from the German film scene everyone should know. 
Filming goes green: the ecological message of many films is now coming true behind the scenes. Photo (detail): © Adobe

A Sustainable Film Industry
 The Show Must Go Green

Many films and documentaries explore environmental issues or call for a more sustainable lifestyle. Is the industry living up to its own values though, and just how green is German film?
“Love Steaks” by Jakob Lass | © daredo, BeMovie Photo (detail): © Daredo, BeMovie

Independent film production
 German filmmakers Explore New Avenues

More and more German filmmakers are exploring new avenues – off the beaten track of traditional fundraising and conventional cinema  – and with success.
Michael Ballhaus Foto (Ausschnitt): © pa-picture alliance

An Interview with Michael Ballhaus
 “My Film School Was The Cinema”

As a cameraman Michael Ballhaus made cinema history. At the 2016 Berlinale he is going to be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear. An interview with the born-and-bred Berliner about his career.

Cinema History in Germany
 From Kintopp to Multiplex

The first films in Germany were screened 120 years ago – in the ballroom of a restaurant in Berlin. Since then, the venues in which we view films have changed constantly.
Actress Laura Tonke and Hans Löw in “Hedi Schneider steckt fest” (2015) by Sonja Heiss Photo (detail): © Komplizen Film / Pandora Film 2015

Profession Film Actor
 Appearance and Reality

Many young Germans find the idea of becoming a film actor very appealing. Movie stars, it would appear, live glamorous lives. Yet success in this business depends not only on talent and personality.

Film Series

Neubau - Film Still © Media Luna

Montreal
 Achtung Film!

Achtung Film!, the Goethe-Institut’s monthly film series, will be presented the first Thursday of every month at the Cinéma du parc in Montreal. The focus remains contemporary German cinema in all its diversity and richness, from fiction to documentary, established to emerging filmmakers, from entertaining to challenging films.
Gundermann Peter Hartwig / Pandora Film

Ottawa
 Goethe-Cinema

Goethe-Cinema, the Goethe-Institut Ottawa’s monthly film series, will be presented on a Friday at the Amphitheater, Saint-Paul University in Ottawa (please see programmation for exceptions). 
Magical Mystery DCM/Gordon Timpen, SMPSP

Quebec
 Cinéma Goethe

With the Goethe-Institut’s new series in Québec City, Cinéma Goethe, cinéphiles will be able to keep abreast of contemporary German cinema in all its diversity from fiction to documentary, emerging to established filmmakers, entertaining to challenging films. Presented at Cinéma Cartier once a month on the second Wednesday of each month.

Blog

Aren’t You Happy?, de Susanne Heinrich © Edition Salzgeber

Montreal
 Überblog

The "Überblog" of the Goethe-Institut Montreal contains, among other things, a number of reviews matching the film programme.
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