After 14 years on the mainland, Hein returns to the place he is from – the only village on a remote island in the North Sea. Much to his surprise, the close-knit community no longer recognises him.

© Sanaz Sohrabi / VOX, Center for Contemporary Images, Montréal. Images reproduced with the permission of BP p.l.c.

In January 2020, almost 70 years after the founding of the Berlin International Film Festival, it came to public attention that the role played by the Berlinale’s first director Alfred Bauer as a film ...

At the "Kiez" screening at the Passage theatre in Berlin-Neukölln. After the screening the producer answered the audience's question. Demet Gül, Yasemin Samdereli, Neserin Samdereli, Aykut Kayacik, ...

Beirut, Lebanon. Suzanne gets to know Osmane after saving him from a racist attack. Osmane is Sudanese, young, undocumented and searching for a better future. Suzanne is a middle-class widow with ...

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Offizielle Website Im Vorfeld des nächsten Festivals wird auf dieser Seite das Programm veröffentlicht. Das Programm früherer Festivaljahrgänge finden Sie im ...

A series of surprising accidents shakes a small village. Why is a man dying on a park bench? Why is nobody helping in a car accident? Why does the farmer’s son feel responsible for the dead pigs?

Beki Probst war von 1988 bis 2014 Direktorin und bis 2018 Präsidentin des European Film Market der Berlinale. Für mehrere Jahrzehnte führte sie darüber hinaus die Probst-Kinobetriebe in der Schweiz, ...