Berlinale Shorts
Close-Ups of the Bigger Picture
With their fearless subjectivity, the filmmakers of the Berlinale Shorts invite us to see the world through their eyes. Competing for the Golden and Silver Bears are 21 films from 19 countries, including new works by Deepak Rauniyar, Sky Hopinka and Berlinale Bear winners Atsushi Wada and Radu Jude. The International Short Film Jury comprises Rosa Barba, Reinhard W. Wolf and Payal Kapadia. More information
Forum
An Awareness of History. Nine Film Programmes Showing as a Forum Special
Alongside the films showing in the main programme, the 52nd Berlinale Forum also gives audiences the opportunity to delve into film history: with the continuation of the “Fiktionsbescheinigung” series, with newly restored historical films and with a cinematic portrait of Forum founders Ulrich and Erika Gregor. More information
Forum Expanded
Forum Expanded: Closer to the Ground
Moving closer to the ground, getting to the bottom of things, looking and hearing with precision, perceiving what’s happening close by, oft-unnoticed: these are the ideas that inform the 17th edition of Forum Expanded and the selection of films, installations and performances that will be presented as part of the Berlinale at the Arsenal cinema, silent green Kulturquartier, the Embassy of Canada, SAVVY Contemporary as well as at the Zeiss-Großplanetarium for the very first time. More information
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
An Echo of the Past
All of the films echo the past. A World War II bomb is discovered, corpses are unearthed, an old love story yields a different look at the division of Germany and at the failures that were made and not addressed. These issues all are confronting us with their consequences to this day. Young German filmmakers take stock and find a motif for identity and history in the German forest. With this programme, section head Linda Söffker says goodbye to the Berlinale in order to pursue new professional paths. More information
Berlinale Co-Production Market
“Books at Berlinale” at Berlinale Co-Production Market – Ten Chosen Books to Be Pitched for Film or Series Adaptation
On February 14, the Berlinale Co-Production Market, in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse, will present online ten exceptional books particularly suitable for literary adaptation in "Books at Berlinale". At the pitching event, which has been presenting new publications, bestsellers and award winners every year since 2006, film producers can get in touch with the film rights holders - internationally working publishers and literary agents. More information