Berlin International Film Festival
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Berlinale // Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
66th edition
Feb 09 - Feb 19, 2018
Estimated
Berlin, Germany
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Docu-feature, Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
Berlin - a cosmopolitan, exciting capital, a city of culture with international appeal. In the middle of it all: the Berlinale – not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also… one of the most important dates on the international film industry’s calendar. More than 19,000 film professionals from 128 countries, including about 4,000 journalists, are accredited for the Berlin International Film Festival every year.
The Berlinale is truly a mega event. At the same time, it is a festival of encounters and discussions. With almost 300,000 tickets sold, the Berlinale is not only a film industry meeting. It also enjoys one of the largest film festival audiences in the world. For two weeks, art, glamour, parties and business meet at the Berlinale. full text
Festival website www.berlinale.de/
Rating Summary
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This year, I felt like I was constantly running the entire Berlinale 10 days. The festival is so huge, it is no wonder you get a little bit lost in it. FilmFestivalLife was running a party for emerging filmmakers preparing for the circuit. The European film market seems to be very exclusive and hard to approach. Talent Campus on the other hand gives young filmmakers a great opportunity to learn and to connect at the same time. As for the films: I really liked the Generation, Forum and Lola (German Cinema) sections.The Competition section wasn't so great at all - it felt like it was too close to Cannes that filmmakers usually wait to release their premiere then.
Berlinale 2013 was the whirlwind I imagined. The late-night parties and the early-morning waiting in the long accreditation queue at Potsdamer Platz, worked against each other to create a pretty mean experience. This year FilmFestivalLife ran a Screeners party for emerging filmmakers which particularly enabled an acute insight into the sheer number of international film industry members in this city during this time. Actually, I think this is what I gained from the Berlinale - it as a forum for industry to mingle, attend the market and 'occasionally' a screening. As for the films - the Competition section is never the festival's biggest talking point and certainly wasn't this year. It is the Forum, Panorama and LOLA sections where the new, rich blood ran.
I am missing Berlinale right now, I'm sorry to say. As a queer film festival programmer, it's GREAT for networking. It's the only festival I can think of that attracts a raft of colleagues from all over Europe, and even our American/Canadian mates deign to cross the ocean for it. The EFM is brilliant for discovering the newest stuff if you are adept at reading clues in the too-short descriptions; the parties are legendary; and everyone enjoys a good snark about the Panorama. The program can be overwhelming, but once you've done it once it gets easier.
The Berlinale is huge - edition, different sections, genres, types and length of films, market, audience, number of films, sellers, buyers, programmer, talents, events, stars, discussions - it´s competetive on each level! For young filmmakers I also recommend this festival because the Talent Campus gives a great opportunity to meet interesting and successful filmmakers from all over the world and supports you with great workshops and panels. This A festival is a must have film festival not even in Europe also in the whole world.
The only German A Festival. Highly competitive. Biggest Film Market in Europe. Total of 400 to 600 movies in over 30 cinemas. 100.000 people watch films. Expensive tickets.
Includes Talent Campus for young filmmakers.
Sections: Generation (high quality works for kids and young adults), Competition (Art and Commercial films - winners get Golden and Silver Bears), Shorts (ca. 30 - 40 selected from over 5000 submissions), Forum (Unknown directors, arty, often special interest, boring), Panorama (General features, docs, Gay section), Forum Expanded (Art Film Installations and Panels).
Special events: Cinema for Peace, LOLA previews, World Cinema Fund, Shooting Stars.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
Berlinale // Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
66th edition
Feb 09 - Feb 19, 2018
Estimated
Berlin, Germany
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Docu-feature, Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
Berlin - a cosmopolitan, exciting capital, a city of culture with international appeal. In the middle of it all: the Berlinale – not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also… one of the most important dates on the international film industry’s calendar. More than 19,000 film professionals from 128 countries, including about 4,000 journalists, are accredited for the Berlin International Film Festival every year.
The Berlinale is truly a mega event. At the same time, it is a festival of encounters and discussions. With almost 300,000 tickets sold, the Berlinale is not only a film industry meeting. It also enjoys one of the largest film festival audiences in the world. For two weeks, art, glamour, parties and business meet at the Berlinale. full text
Festival website www.berlinale.de/
Rating Summary
One-on-One
This year, I felt like I was constantly running the entire Berlinale 10 days. The festival is so huge, it is no wonder you get a little bit lost in it. FilmFestivalLife was running a party for emerging filmmakers preparing for the circuit. The European film market seems to be very exclusive and hard to approach. Talent Campus on the other hand gives young filmmakers a great opportunity to learn and to connect at the same time. As for the films: I really liked the Generation, Forum and Lola (German Cinema) sections.The Competition section wasn't so great at all - it felt like it was too close to Cannes that filmmakers usually wait to release their premiere then.
Berlinale 2013 was the whirlwind I imagined. The late-night parties and the early-morning waiting in the long accreditation queue at Potsdamer Platz, worked against each other to create a pretty mean experience. This year FilmFestivalLife ran a Screeners party for emerging filmmakers which particularly enabled an acute insight into the sheer number of international film industry members in this city during this time. Actually, I think this is what I gained from the Berlinale - it as a forum for industry to mingle, attend the market and 'occasionally' a screening. As for the films - the Competition section is never the festival's biggest talking point and certainly wasn't this year. It is the Forum, Panorama and LOLA sections where the new, rich blood ran.
I am missing Berlinale right now, I'm sorry to say. As a queer film festival programmer, it's GREAT for networking. It's the only festival I can think of that attracts a raft of colleagues from all over Europe, and even our American/Canadian mates deign to cross the ocean for it. The EFM is brilliant for discovering the newest stuff if you are adept at reading clues in the too-short descriptions; the parties are legendary; and everyone enjoys a good snark about the Panorama. The program can be overwhelming, but once you've done it once it gets easier.
The Berlinale is huge - edition, different sections, genres, types and length of films, market, audience, number of films, sellers, buyers, programmer, talents, events, stars, discussions - it´s competetive on each level! For young filmmakers I also recommend this festival because the Talent Campus gives a great opportunity to meet interesting and successful filmmakers from all over the world and supports you with great workshops and panels. This A festival is a must have film festival not even in Europe also in the whole world.
The only German A Festival. Highly competitive. Biggest Film Market in Europe. Total of 400 to 600 movies in over 30 cinemas. 100.000 people watch films. Expensive tickets. Includes Talent Campus for young filmmakers. Sections: Generation (high quality works for kids and young adults), Competition (Art and Commercial films - winners get Golden and Silver Bears), Shorts (ca. 30 - 40 selected from over 5000 submissions), Forum (Unknown directors, arty, often special interest, boring), Panorama (General features, docs, Gay section), Forum Expanded (Art Film Installations and Panels). Special events: Cinema for Peace, LOLA previews, World Cinema Fund, Shooting Stars.
