Berlinale
The Berlinale, or Berlin International Film Festival, 
Berlinale (info • help) is the world's leading film festival held in Berlin, Germany.[1]
The Berlinale was first held in 1951, and since 1978 has been held every February. More than 200000 tickets are sold and around 400000 admissions it is the biggest publicly-attended film festival worldwide.[2] Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick.
The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair, is held at the same time as the Berlinale. It is also one of the most important events for the international film industry.
Judging
An international jury makes sure films from all over the world are chosen for the Berlinale.
Around twenty films competing for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears.
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival will be held 10 to 20 February 2011.
Golden Bear
- Golden Bear
- Lifetime Achievement ("Honorary Golden Bear")
Silver Bear
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Music
- Extraordinary achievement by a single artist
- Grand Prize of the Jury (Short film award)
Others
- Panorama Publikumspreis, the Audience Award
- Berlinale Camera, a special award for services to the Festival
- A Crystal Bear for the Best Film in the 14plus Competition
- Teddy Award
Silver Bear-Best Director
Silver Bear-Best Actor
Silver Bear-Best Actress
Berlinale Media
The Delphi Filmpalast in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlinale Palast (aka Theater am Potsdamer Platz), main venue since 2000
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Press Conference during the Berlin Film Festival in 2007
Berlin Film Festival in 2008
Journalists during the Berlin Film Festival in 2008
The Golden Bear Award of Berlinale / Berlin Film Festival
Silverbjörnen som delas ut vid Filmfestivalen i Berlin.
Jafar Panahi (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised
The Cubix Kino at Berlin-Alexanderplatz
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Related pages
References
- ↑ China film wins top Berlin award, BBC News
- ↑ Most frequented film festivals, filmfestivals.com Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Berlinale Official Archive, 1970". Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
Other websites
- Official website
- Berlinale at the Internet Movie Database
- Berlin Life: An introduction to the Berlin Film Festival
- Review of the 2006 Berlin Film Festival Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Signandsight about the director Dieter Kosslick
- Lathrios Film Festival Database Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - the Lathrios listing for the Berlin International Film Festival including a film list and analysis for the event.