Berlinale 2009 will draw audiences with its topical film selection
The awards for the 59th annual Berlin International Film Festival were awarded Saturday, Feb. 14. Winning the prestigious Golden Bear was a Peruvian Film "The Milk of Sorrow." (14.02.2009)
From actors and directors to set designers and costume makers, the German film industry is well positioned at the moment, Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick told Deutsche Welle. (12.02.2009)
As a jury member at the 2009 Berlinale, Christoph Schlingensief told Deutsche Welle the movies that get his vote need make a spiritual impact and be driven by passionate filmmakers. (09.02.2009)
The 59th Annual Berlinale is bringing quite a bit of Hollywood to the German capitol. But, small art house films are vying for time and attention with big name movies at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. (07.02.2009)
German productions contributed decisively to a banner year in the nation's film industry in 2008, continuing last year's upbeat trend. (05.02.2009)
A special series of films at this year's Berlinale film festival commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (04.02.2009)
Pegah Ahangarani will be visiting the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, and blogging for DW-WORLD.DE from February 5-15. (03.02.2009)
US food activist Alice Waters will be helping choose the crème de la crème of films at this year's Berlinale, a festival with a section devoted to culinary cinema. The restaurateur has come with her own clear message. (13.02.2009)
While 18 films are competing for the Berlinale's coveted Golden Bear, less than a handful have emerged as favorites for the festival's top honors after a ten-day movie marathon which fell short of expectations. (14.02.2009)
Germany is alternately portrayed as a sick hospital patient, a surveillance society, and a nation intent on burying its past in a series of short films presented Friday, Feb. 13, at the Berlin Film Festival. (13.02.2009)
Indian authorities have taken umbrage at the film "Kashmir: Journey to Freedom." They are refusing to allow its American-Israeli director, Udi Aloni, to return to India, tbe director said. (10.02.2009)
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi dismissed speculation that his latest feature and Berlinale's Golden Bear contender, "About Elly," had run into trouble with the authorities in Tehran. (08.02.2009)
John Rabe was a member of the Nazi party and the German electronics giant Siemens' man in China during the build-up to WWII. But he also helped save about 250,000 Chinese from the clutches of Japan's military machine. (09.02.2009)
The film adaptation of "The Reader" by German novelist Bernhard Schlink drew warm applause at the Berlinale, largely due to Kate Winslet's portrayal of an illiterate concentration camp guard. (07.02.2009)
Celebrated as one of the greatest visual artists in the modern canon, Gerhard Richter is honored for his 80th birthday with a special exhibition of around 150 paintings in Berlin.
Berlin's 62nd Film Festival started Thursday with a host of international movie titles making their world premier. Attracting record audiences, the competition will screen 400 titles over the next 10 days.
In addition to the esteemed Bear awards, the Berlin International Film Festival's 'sections' offer a colorful palette of films from around the world - by the most diverse directors.
