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Berlinale Dispatches: How do you solve a problem like Trump?

Dispatches from Berlin Film Festival: How do you solve a problem like Trump?

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Sean Penn's Ukraine documentary 'Superpower' receives standing ovation

Actor Sean Penn's 'Superpower' documentary about the war in Ukraine receives a standing ovation at the Berlin International Film Festival

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Berlinale Dispatches: Addictions to Politics and Love

Join us for our first dispatch from this year's Berlin Film Festival, including the lowdown on the opening ceremony and reviews for opening film 'She Came To Me' and Encounters highlight 'El Eco'

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The bear necessities: The 73rd Berlin Film Festival preview

The 73rd Berlinale starts this week. It’s Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, and the largest film festival in the world in terms of quantity of films.

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Berlin Film Festival reveals 2023 Competition line-up

The International Berlin Film Festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, has announced its 18-strong Competition line-up for the 73rd Berlinale.

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Ukrainian director takes MH17 feature Iron Butterfiles to Sundance

A Ukrainian director's feature film about the downing of flight MH17 in 2014 premieres at the Sundance Festival.

Iran

Outcry as several Iranian filmmakers arrested by authorities

The international film community reacted with outrage to the arrest of Mohammad Rasoulof, Jafar Panahi and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, as Tehran accelerates its clampdown on dissent.

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Is it finally the big moment for Spanish cinema?

Cruz has already won one Oscar but for an American film, her nomination for 'Parallel Mothers' is a landmark moment for Spanish cinema.

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How this year's Berlinale is bursting open the gender binary

Gender has been a major theme of the festival, which opened with Francois Ozon’s gender-flipped film Peter von Kant, adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 movie ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’.

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Oscars 2022: What are European film's best hopes for an Academy Award?

Flee, Hand of God, and The Worst Person in the World are three of the five international films nominated for an Oscar. Here's more about them.

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Berlin International Film Festival to go ahead in-person

The festival will go ahead without its usual parties and receptions – though attendees should expect mask mandates and a reduced capacity.

Germany

Iranian film wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival

Mohammed Rasouof's Iranian drama 'There Is No Evil,' a powerful rebuke to the brutal and repressive regime in Tehran, has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.

Cinema

Berlin Film Festival suspends award amid claims founder had Nazi links

Historical research alleges that Alfred Bauer was both a member of the Nazi party and a member of the SA, the Nazis’ pre-war paramilitary wing.

Cinema

Women take centre stage at 69th Berlin Film Festival

Female filmmakers feature prominently at 2019 Berlin Film Festival.

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'Die Toten Hosen' music documentary premieres at Berlinale festival

German Filmmaker Cordula Kablitz-Post spent ten years filming the 1980s German punk band and the resulting documentary is out at the end of March.

Germany

Star of German cinema presents latest work at Berlin Festival

Golden Glove based on true story of serial killer in Hamburg

Cinema

Who is....Willem Dafoe?

He's often cast as the villain with a history of terrifying audiences in films as diverse as 'Spider-Man' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. Euronews' Cultural correspondent Wolfgang Spindler caught up w

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The best from Berlin - highlights from Germany's premier film festival

Our culture correspondent Wolfgang Spindler picks through the best and the rest for your viewing pleasure

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Romanian debut film stuns Berlin by winning Golden Bear

The Berlinale heaps honours on "Touch me not", the film festival's most controversial entry, an exploration of sexuality and taboos.

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Ed Sheeran documentary opens at the Berlin Film Festival

Movie made by star's cousin seeks to capture the glory years of the star's ascent to pop fame.

The Berlin International Film Festival, (Berlinale) is an annual film festival held in Berlin. It's one of the world's largest public film festivals in the world.