There is Blixa Bargeld, skinny as a rake, getting people drunk in the bar ‘Risiko’, and an earnest-looking Nick Cave collecting ‘German Gothic’ on a wall of his room in a Berlin flat. Cool Gudrun Gut ...

Formally trained as a dancer and choreographer, independent filmmaker and artist Elysa Wendi investigates the dislocation and displacement of memories and identities in her practice. Straddling the ...

A black cloak of forgetting, suppressing and covering has descended on the events that took place in Bangkok in spring 2010. Black as the night of complete darkness in which the film opens. Two men ...

Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her mother’s breast milk known as “the milk of sorrow”. However, this is not a sickness caused by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that only ...

Loving mother and full-time carer, every day is a battle for Mary. Wading through the bureaucratic mess that comes with caregiving has her isolated, unsupported and sleep deprived. Simultaneously, she ...

In the run-up to the next festival, you will be able to access the programme on this page. The programme and films of past festival years can be accessed in the archive.

Berlin International Film Festival - official websitePhotos from a family album reveal a city that perhaps used to exist. It was built for refinery workers and university employees; its streets were ...

Die Brüder Philipp (12) und Tobias (9) wachsen Anfang der 2000er in der ostdeutschen Provinz auf. Die Familie baut ein Haus. Der hagere Uwe, der auf der Baustelle hilft, ist plötzlich tot. Sein ...

For the first time, Berlinale Generation is cooperating with the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival and will present a ...

Matias, an ambitious 23-year-old actor, is rehearsing a play with a prestigious theatre company. He and his flatmate Fabio, also 23, are playing the main roles. The two catch the eye of casting agent ...

Köln 75 erzählt die wahre Geschichte hinter einer der meistverkauften Jazzplatten aller Zeiten, dem „Köln Concert“ von Keith Jarrett aus dem Jahr 1975. Fast wäre das Konzert gar nicht zustande ...