The International Women's Day on 8 March is to be marked by a screening of the the Filmstiftung-backed thriller “The Sitting Duck” (original title: "La Syndicaliste") in the presence of the director Jean-Paul Salomé ... more
Thea Ehre wins the Silver Bear for her performance in "Till the End of the Night" by Christoph Hochhäusler. The Encounter Award for Best Director and the Berlinale Documentary F Award go to Tatiana Huezo and "The Echo". ... more
The eighth year of the Baumi Script Development Award sees the €20,000 award being presented to the Hungarian filmmaker Dénes Nagy for his treatment "The Vacation". ... more
Opening with market analysis and Global Distribution Panel German Showcase with "Herrhausen" and "Davos” Quo Vadis Docu-Series? with "Capital B" and "A Perfect Crime” 9th Berlinale Series Market from 20-22 February, 2023 Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Main Partner from the beginning Monday 20 February, saw the ninth edition of the Berlinale Series Market opening at ... more
The Berlinale Series Market is returning to Potsdamer Platz from 20-22 February. The business platform, which is organised as part of the European Film Market (EFM), will be offering a top-notch conference programme. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is the official main partner for the ninth time. ... more
A total of 15 productions funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW will be presented at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in February. Three of the films have been invited to screen in the Competition: ... more
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