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Germany

Politics walks the red carpet in Berlin

Barriers and walls hang over the opening of 67th Berlin Film Festival.

09/02/2017

Cinema

Renton,Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie have returned in the movie 'T2 Trainspotting'

Twenty years have passed.

01/02/2017

Cinema

The hot-runners in the race for Europe's top cinema awards

Valerie Bruni Tedeschi is among the nominees for Best Actress in the European Film Awards for her performance in the movie “Like Crazy".

09/12/2016

Cinema

'24 Weeks' an emotional portrayal of a moral dilemma

Astrid, a successful TV comic, is facing an emotional dilemma, she is pregnant with her second child, but the baby has some serious health issues.

30/09/2016

Cinema

Vinterberg's The Commune:Inspired by experience

The Commune by acclaimed Danish director Thomas Vinterberg is a partly autobiographical dramedy set in a 1970s commune.

27/07/2016

Cinema

Iranian cinema thrives at Berlinale

Mani Haghighi's film 'A Dragon Arrives' is a detective story set in 1960s Iran infused with counter-culture references and magical realism inspired by Beckett, Ionesco and Pinter.

26/02/2016

Cinema

Berlinale winners focus on refugee crisis

The Berlinale is not just about glitz and glamour but is also a chance for first time directors to make their mark with Golden Bear awards for short films.

24/02/2016

Cinema

Migrant documentary 'Fuocoammare' wins Golden Bear in Berlin

As the great and the good of the film industry posed, pouted and paraded on the red carpet in Berlin the refugee crisis cast a grim shadow over proceedings.

22/02/2016

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Gianfranco Rosi triumphs at 66th Berlinale

Director Gianfranco Rosi has won the Golden Bear award for the Best Film for his documentary “Fuocoammare” at the 66th Berlinale International Film

21/02/2016

World News

Berlin Film Festival: 'Fire at Sea' about migrant crisis wins Golden Bear

Director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary “Fuocoammare” or Fire at Sea, about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, has won the coveted Golden Bear

21/02/2016

Germany

66th Berlin Film Festival: "Fuocoammare" wins golden bear for best film

20/02/2016

Germany

Actor Gerard Depardieu speaks about 'Saint Amour' and Russia

Actor Gerard Depardieu speaks about 'Saint Amour' and Russia

20/02/2016

Cinema

'Goat' and 'Road to Istanbul' latest Panorama offerings in Berlin

Nick Jonas stars in Goat' about the darker side of US student fraternities, and 'Road to Istanbul' charts the human dimension of parents seeking their daughter, a recruit to Islamic State in Syria.

19/02/2016

Cinema

Israeli-Palestinian hip-hop takedown 'Junction 48' storms Berlin

The Berlinale's Panorama programme gives us 'Junction 48' focused on a mixed Jewish-Arab crime-ridden ghetto outside Tel Aviv.

19/02/2016

Germany

Lifetime achievement award for German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus

German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus has received a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale. In the

19/02/2016

Cinema

Berlin Film Festival pays tribute to shooting stars of the future

Europe’s most talented young actors were invited to tread the red carpet of the Berlin Film Festival. It was part of Shooting Stars, a unique

17/02/2016

World News

Stars come out for 'Genius' in Berlin

The stars shone in Berlin for the premier of 'Genius', a film about publisher Max Perkins and his relationship with author Thomas Wolfe.

17/02/2016

Cinema

'Crosscurrent' cinematic poetry on the Yangtze River

'Crosscurrent' by Chinese director Yang Chao finally gets the red carpet treatment in Berlin.

16/02/2016

Cinema

Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War) in battle for Golden Bear

The cast of the Portuguese film Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War), directed by Ivo Ferreira, took to the red carpet for the premiere of the movie

16/02/2016

Germany

'Alone in Berlin', a story of resistance to the Nazis, at Berlin Film Festival

Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson play a German couple who start a campaign to resist the Nazis in 'Alone in Berlin' directed by Vincent Pérez and shown at the Berlin Film Festival.

16/02/2016