The Berlin International Film Festival has just announced the first films to be screened at the festival’s 73rd edition from 16-26 February 2023. Two Filmstiftung-backed productions will be shown in the Panorama section: the thriller "Inside" by Vasilis Katsoupis with legendary star Willem Dafoe and the animated film "La Sirène" by Sepideh Farsi. ... more
The European Film Promotion (EFP) has just announced the ten actors and actresses who will be presented as European Shooting Stars 2023 at the 73rd Berlinale. The selection was made by an international jury. Actress Leonie Benesch was selected to represent Germany. ... more
The 35th European Film Awards ceremony has just ended at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík. Among others, Margarethe von Trotta, the European Commission and the Wuppertal VFX artist Frank Petzold were honored. ... more
American actor, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart will be the president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. “We’re excited about Kristen Stewart taking on this distinguished task", say the festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian. ... more
The International Emmy World Television Festival will be held in New York from 19 to 20 November ahead of the presentation for the 50th time by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences of the International Emmy Awards to the world's best TV programmes. ... more
The European Film Awards ceremony will be held in Reykjavík on 10 December. ... more
The 32nd edition of FFCGN kicks off on Friday with the motto of "The Power of Images" running as a common thread through the programme again. With its NRW Competition, screenings, conferences and networking events, the festival offers a platform national and international feature films, documentaries, series. ... more
The Filmstiftung-backed International Distribution Summit (IDS) will be held in Cologne on October 19 - 20 as the first global platform for international distributors. ... more
The 5th edition of the international industry event European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) will take place from October 17 to 19 2022. The anniversary promises a new season of great film projects that can play a decisive role in coming international industry events as well as a network of top-class colleagues from the European film industry that is as innovative as it is successful. ... more
The fourth season of the Filmstiftung-backed hit series "Babylon Berlin" (directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten) will be launched by Sky on Saturday, 8 October, at 8.15 pm, with two episodes airing each week. ... more
Already in the EWIP founding year of 2018, the number of submissions exceeded all expectations with over 100 films. This number increased, year on year and with 150 film projects from more than 60 countries, it will reach a new peak in 2022. ... more