World news about “Berlinale” published by euronews.
Life and death Romanian film ‘Child’s Pose’ wins top Berlin prize The Berlin Film Festival closed with a grand gala. Nineteen films were in competition this year, and the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement went to the… 18/02/2013
Romanian drama wins Berlin’s top award The highlight of the awards ceremony at the Berlin Film Festival was the presentation of the Golden Bear for Best Picture. It was won by Romanian drama… 17/02/2013
Romanian film ‘Child’s Pose’ wins Berlinale’s Golden Bear‘Child’s Pose’, a Romanian movie by Director Calin Peter Netzer about a domineering mother using her social position to try to save her son from jail, won the… 16/02/2013
Warm Berlin welcome for groundbreaking Kazakh movie For the first time in the history of the Berlin Film Festival a Kazakh film is in the official competition program. It was a triple premiere as it was at the… 15/02/2013
Lashings of angst in latest Berlinale offerings Banned in 2010 from making films for 20 years and sentenced to six years in prison for “propaganda against the system”, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, now… 14/02/2013
Layla Fourie screens at Berlinale Making waves in the international section at the Berlin film festival is Layla Fourie, by South African director Pia Marais. It is about a black single… 13/02/2013
Eastern Western The Russian Berlinale entry is titled A Long and Happy Life but tells a grim tale of corruption, greed and pride. It is about one man’s abrupt coming of… 12/02/2013
Unwanted Side Effects SIde Effects is basically about whether a wife kills her husband because a prescription drug had a strange side-effect on her, or whether she is just… 06/02/2013
Bears up for grabs in Berlin It has been a bitter winter in Berlin but to warm the soul and inspire the imagination there is the prospect of the annual film festival. And there is plenty… 01/02/2013
Berlin film festival opens with ‘The Grandmaster’ Festival favourite Wong Kar Wai is back with his long-awaited Kung Fu epic ‘The Grandmaster’. The fruit of eight years’ labour, it was selected as the… 11/01/2013
Kazakhstan’s Harmony Lessons shines at BerlinaleFor the first time in Berlin Film Festival’s history, an entry from Kazakhstan is in the official competition. Harmony Lessons is the debut feature of… 14/02/2013
Iranian director defies a ban on filmmakingA new movie from dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has premiered at this year’s Berlin film festival – but the man himself did not attend. Defying a… 13/02/2013
Polish gay priest film premiers at BerlinaleA Polish film about a gay priest’s love for a disadvantaged youth has had its world premier at the Berlinale Film Festival. ‘In the Name of’ by director… 08/02/2013
2013 Berlin film festival fighting fit with ‘Grandmaster’The 2013 Berlin film festival has kicked off with the premier of kung fu flick “The Grandmaster.” Hong Kong director, Wong Kar-Wai’s period drama is set in… 07/02/2013
