Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

New buzz around the festival’s centre in Potsdamer Platz! In 2025, Potsdamer Platz will once again become the vibrant centre of the Berlinale experience! Since last year, the square has transformd into a bustling pedestrian zone, making it the ideal space for festivalgoers to connect, celebrate, and immerse themselves in the Berlinale magic. This revitalized hub will feature: 📍 The Stage Bluemax Theater: Our new screening venue for premieres and the Perspectives First Feature competition. 📍 HUB75: A dynamic festival hub offering free public talks, filmmaker events, and networking opportunities for the industry. Together, we’re binging back the presence and buzz to our centre at Potsdamer Platz. These new venues are part of our long-term plan to recreate a more walkable festival core, injecting additional energy and visibility back into this area. Stay tuned – we’ll reveal all screening venues in December! 🎬🎥✨ #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #PotsdamerPlatz #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry #Berlin #HUB75

Here we go again – accreditation for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival is now officially open! Industry professionals, press, and students, get ready to join us in 2025 for our 75th festival edition. From the European Film Market (Feb 13–19) to Berlinale Talents (Feb 15–20) to the Berlinale Co-Production Market (Feb 15-19), Berlin will be buzzing with screenings, industry events, and all things film. Don’t miss the Early-Bear rate for the Market Badge, available until Dec 6, 2024. The regular rate deadline is Jan 9, 2025, and online Market Badge applications are open until Feb 19, 2025. Follow the link to apply now: bit.ly/Accreditation2024 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #Berlin #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry #Accreditation European Film Market – EFM Berlinale Talents

Exciting Announcement for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival! We are honored to welcome acclaimed US director, screenwriter, and producer Todd Haynes as the President of the International Jury for the festival’s 2025 edition. With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Haynes has established himself as a bold and distinctive voice in American cinema. From his groundbreaking debut “Poison” – which won the TEDDY AWARD at the Berlinale in 1991 – to critically acclaimed works like “Carol”, four-time Oscar nominated film “Far from Heaven”, and “Velvet Goldmine”, his influence on the industry is undeniable. His films explore themes of identity, gender, and the inner lives of outsiders and women, drawing in world-class talent like Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, and Mark Ruffalo. We look forward to Haynes leading our International Jury in celebrating the best in global cinema. Follow the link to read the full press release or learn more about Haynes' biography: bit.ly/BerlinaleIntJury24 🎥🏆🌟 #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #ToddHaynes #CinemaLegend #FilmmakingIcons #FilmFestival #BerlinaleJury

We are very pleased to share that the art of listening will be the overarching theme for the 23rd edition of Berlinale Talents, the vibrant talent hub of the Berlin International Film Festival. Listening intently, considerately, carefully, and most importantly, courageously, builds upon the foundation of last year's “Common Tongues – Speaking Out in the Language of Cinema”, and will allow Berlinale Talents to continue its exploration of communication through film, taking it to a new level with "Listen Courageously – Cinematic Narratives in Times of Dissonance". Designing this year's theme is Berlin-based graphic design duo Ada Favaron and Imad Gebrael, whose key visual portrays courageous listening as a process that must be nurtured, cultivated, and harvested. To read the full press release: bit.ly/BT_2025_Theme Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

Exciting news! From next year, the winner of the TEDDY AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM will also be entitled to enter the competition for an Oscar®. This is the third award presented at the Berlinale to qualify the winning film to be submitted for the Academy Award®/Oscar® longlist alongside the Golden Bear for Best Short Film and the Berlinale Documentary Award. The TEDDY AWARD, the first queer prize at an A festival, has been presented during the Berlinale since 1987. It is awarded in different categories to films from all sections that address LGBTQIA* topics as part of a broader social context and thus contribute to greater tolerance, acceptance, solidarity and equality in society. The Golden Bear for Best Short Film has been awarded since 1956 to works that create new focal points in the cinema landscape. A three-person jury selects the winner from around 20 films in the competition. With the Berlinale Documentary Award, the festival has been emphasising its strong commitment to the documentary form since 2017. Each year, a total of 18 productions compete for the prize. Feature-length films can be submitted for the 75th Berlinale until October 30 and short films until November 13, 2024. #Berlinale #TeddyAward #Oscars

Call for Startups - Apply now! 📣 If your startup is developing innovative tools and new strategies relevant for the future of film and media landscape, make sure to apply for EFM Startups 2025! For more information on the programme and how to submit, visit 👉https://shorturl.at/n0UHp #EFMStartups2025 #EuropeanFilmMarket #EFM25 #Berlinale

The Berlinale is hiring – again! Looking for an exciting new career opportunity at one of the world’s largest public film festivals? Check out several new job offers, this time especially for students and young professionals, available on our career site: https://lnkd.in/dSWKvH3S Are you the right fit, or do you know someone who might be? Apply now or spread the word! (Please note: job descriptions are in German.) #Berlinale #Berlinale2025 #BerlinaleJobs #Hiring #Job #FilmFestival #FilmIndustry

For the sixth time since 2018, the Berlinale initiative World Cinema Fund (WCF) is invited with a Berlinale Spotlight at the international film festival “Around the World in 14 Films”. Don’t miss its 19th edition (Nov 29 – Dec 7) in Berlin (several cinemas). On Sunday, December 1 “Around the World in 14 Films” will present an all-day Berlinale Spotlight: World Cinema Fund with four WCF films. A fifth WCF film will also be screened at the festival. The films were made by filmmakers from the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Nigeria, Somalia and Iran: 1. “The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos” by The Agbajowo Collective (premiered in Toronto) 2. “The Village Next to Paradise” by Mo Harawe (first Somali film to be invited to Cannes) 3. “Boomerang” by Shahab Fotouhi (premiered at Venice Days at the Venice Film Festival) 4. “Việt and Nam” by Minh Quý Trương (screened at more than 25 film festivals) 5. “Pepe” by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias (Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2024 Berlinale) Follow the link for the full press release: bit.ly/WCFSpotlight25 🎬🎥🌏 #Berlinale #WorldCinemaFund #FilmFestival #WCF #AroundTheWorldIn14Films #Berlin

It is with greatest sadness that we have to say farewell far too soon to Christine Tröstrum, our long-time project manager and mastermind behind Berlinale Talents and a close colleague, collaborator and companion to so many people at the Berlinale and beyond. At this moment our thoughts are with her family, friends and everyone in the wider film community who was as taken and inspired by her optimism, warmth and creativity as we were. We miss her already! Berlinale Talents European Film Market – EFM