75th Berlin International Film Festival
 Official festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Light by Tom Tykwer |
|---|---|
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear |
| Artistic director | Tricia Tuttle |
| Festival date | Opening: 13 February 2025 Closing: 23 February 2025 |
| Website | www |
The 75th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, will take place between 13 and 23 February 2025 in Berlin, Germany. American filmmaker Todd Haynes was named the Jury President for the main competition.[1] It will mark the first edition of Tricia Tuttle as the festival's artistic director following Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek's dismissal in 2024.[2]
The festival will open with German drama film The Light by Tom Tykwer.
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Todd Haynes, American filmmaker - Jury President
Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The official selection for the 2025's main competition will be announced on 21 January 2025.
Berlinale Special
[edit]The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special screening:[3][4][5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlinale Special Gala | |||
| The Light (opening film) | Das Licht | Tom Tykwer | Germany, France |
| Köln 75 | Ido Fluk | Germany, Poland, Belgium | |
| Mickey 17 | Bong Joon-ho | United States, South Korea, United Kingdom | |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North (series) | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
| The Thing with Feathers | Dylan Southern | United Kingdom | |
| Berlinale Special | |||
| All I Had Was Nothingness | Je n’avais que le néant - "Shoah" par Lanzmann | Guillaume Ribot | France |
| Ancestral Visions of the Future | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | France, Lesotho, Germany, Saudi Arabia | |
| The Best Mother in the World | A melhor mãe do mundo | Anna Muylaert | Brazil, Argentina |
| Honey Bunch | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli | Canada | |
| Islands | Jan-Ole Gerster | Germany | |
| The Old Woman With the Knife | 파과 | Min Kyu-dong | South Korea |
| Shoah (1985) | Claude Lanzmann | France | |
Berlinale Short Film Competition
[edit]The following films are selected for the Berlinale's Short Film Golden Bear Competition section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Colossus | Timoteus Anggawan Kusno | Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands | |
| Anba dlo | Luiza Calagian and Rosa Caldeira | Cuba, Brazil, Haiti | |
| Because of (U) | Tohé Commaret | France | |
| Casa chica | Lau Charles | Mexico | |
| Ceasefire | Prekid vatre | Jakob Krese | Germany, Italy, Slovenia |
| Children's Day | Giselle Lin | Singapore | |
| Citizen-Inmate | Dar band | Hesam Eslami | Iran |
| Close to September | Casi septiembre | Lucía G. Romero | Spain |
| Extracurricular Activity | 课外活动 | Dean Wei and Xu Yidan | China |
| How Are You? | Comment ça va? | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France |
| In Retrospect | Rückblickend Betrachtet | Daniel Asadi Faezi and Mila Zhluktenko | Germany |
| Koki, Ciao | Quenton Miller | Netherlands | |
| Living Stones | Élő kövek | Jakob Ladányi Jancsó | Hungary |
| Lloyd Wong, Unfinished | Lesley Loksi Chan | Canada | |
| Ordinary Life | 普通の生活 | Yoriko Mizushiri | France, Japan |
| Mother's Child | Naomi Noir | Netherlands | |
| Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts | Rein Maychaelson | Indonesia | |
| Stone of Destiny | Kámen Osudu | Julie Černá | Czechia |
| Their Eyes | Nicolas Gourault | France | |
| Through Your Eyes | Nelson Yeo | Singapore | |
| Berlinale Shorts Special | |||
| As Long as Shotguns Remain | Tant qu'il nous reste des fusils à pompe | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Happy Doom | Billy Roisz | Austria | |
| Night Fishing | 파란만장 | Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong | South Korea |
| Three Stones for Jean Genet | Frieder Schlaich | Germany | |
| Two Ships (2012) | Vilaine fille mauvais garçon | Justine Triet | France |
| Vita Lakamaya | Akihito Izuhara | Japan | |
Panorama
[edit]The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Frames | Mehrnoush Alia | United States | |
| Beginnings | Begyndelser | Jeanette Nordahl | Denmark, Sweden, Belgium |
| Cicadas | Zikaden | Ina Weisse | Germany, France |
| Confidante | Confidente | Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti | Turkey, France, Luxembourg |
| Deaf | Sorda | Eva Libertad | Spain |
| Delicious | Nele Mueller-Stöfen | Germany | |
| Dreamers | Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor | United Kingdom | |
| Dreams in Nightmares | Shatara Michelle Ford | United States, Taiwan, United Kingdom | |
| The Good Sister | Schwesterherz | Sarah Miro Fischer | Germany, Spain |
| The Heart Is a Muscle | Imran Hamdulay | South Africa, Saudi Arabia | |
| Home Sweet Home | Hjem kaere hjem | Frelle Petersen | Denmark |
| Hysteria | Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay | Germany | |
| The Incredible Snow Woman | L' Incroyable femme des neiges | Sébastien Betbeder | France |
| Khartoum | Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed and Phil Cox | Sudan, United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar | |
| Lesbian Space Princess | Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese | Australia[6] | |
| Looking for Langston (1989) | Isaac Julien | United Kingdom | |
| The Longing | ミックスモダン | Toshizo Fujiwara | Japan |
| Magic Farm | Amalia Ulman | United States, Argentina | |
| The Moelln Letters | Die Möllner Briefe | Martina Priessner | Germany |
| Night Stage | Ato noturno | Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher | Brazil |
| Olmo | Fernando Eimbcke | United States, Mexico | |
| Once Again... (Statues Never Die) | Isaac Julien | United Kingdom | |
| Other People's Money (series) | Die Affäre Cum-EX | Dustin Loose and Kaspar Munk | Germany, Denmark, Austria |
| Paul | Denis Côté | Canada | |
| Peter Hujar's Day | Ira Sachs | United States, Germany | |
| Queerpanorama | 眾生相 | Jun Li | United States, Hong Kong, China |
| Silent Sparks | 愛作歹 | Ping Chu | Taiwan |
| The Ugly Stepsister | Den stygge stesøsteren | Emilie Blichfeldt | Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark |
| Under the Flags, the Sun | Bajo las banderas, el sol | Juanjo Pereira | Paraguay, Argentina, United States, France, Germany |
| Welcome Home Baby | Andreas Prochaska | Austria, Germany | |
| Panorama Dokumente | |||
| Bedrock | Kinga Michalska | Canada | |
| I Want It All | Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef | Luzia Schmid | Germany |
| Letters from Wolf Street | Listy z Wilczej | Arjun Talwar | Poland, Germany |
| Monk in Pieces | Billy Shebar | United States | |
| Yalla Parkour | Areeb Zuaiter | Palestine, Sweden. Qatar, Saudi Arabia | |
Forum
[edit]The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7][8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (2023) | Stefan Hayn | Germany | |
| After Dreaming | Christine Haroutounian | United States, Armenia, Mexico | |
| Cadet | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | |
| Canone effimero | Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio | Italy | |
| Colossal | Colosal | Nayibe Tavares-Abel | Dominican Republic |
| Eighty Plus | Restitucija, ili, San i java stare garde | Želimir Žilnik | Serbia, Slovenia |
| Evidence | Lee Anne Schmitt | United States | |
| Fwends | Sophie Somerville | Australia | |
| Holding Liat | Brandon Kramer | United States | |
| Houses | Batim | Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum | Israel, Germany |
| If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile | Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst | Marie Luise Lehner | Austria |
| Janine Moves to the Country | Janine zieht aufs Land | Jan Eilhardt | Germany |
| The Kiss of the Grasshopper | Der Kuss des Grashüpfers | Elmar Imanov | Germany, Luxembourg, Italy |
| little boy | James Benning | United States | |
| The Memory of Butterflies | La memoria de las mariposas | Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski | Peru, Portugal |
| Minimals in a Titanic World | Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo | Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon | |
| Our Time Will Come | Unsere Zeit wird kommen | Ivette Löcker | Austria |
| Palliative Care Unit | Palliativstation | Philipp Döring | Germany |
| Punku | Juan Daniel Fernández Molero | Peru, Spain | |
| Queer as Punk | Yihwen Chen | Malaysia, Indonesia | |
| The Sense of Violence | 폭력의 감각 | Kim Mooyoung | South Korea |
| Sirens Call | Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann | Germany, Netherlands | |
| Spring Night | 봄밤 | Kang Mi-ja | South Korea |
| The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov | Yuri Semashko | Lithuania | |
| Tiger's Pond | Vaghachipani | Natesh Hegde | India, Singapore |
| Time to the Target | Chas pidlotu | Vitaly Mansky | Latvia, Czechia, Ukraine |
| The Trio Hall | 三廳電影 | Su Hui-yu | Taiwan |
| Underground | アンダーグラウンド | Kaori Oda | Japan |
| What's Next? | Cao Yiwen | Hong Kong, China | |
| When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea | Eva Neymann | Germany, Ukraine | |
| Forum Expanded | |||
| Alternative Monument for Germany | Alternatives Denkmal für Deutschland (ADfD) | Alternative Monument | Germany |
| beneath the placid lake | Kush Badhwar and Vyjayanthi Rao | India, Finland | |
| Chang Gyeong | 창경 | Jangwook Lee | South Korea |
| Cobalt | Mikuba | Petna Ndaliko Katondolo | Congo, United States |
| Extra Life (and Decay) | Stéphanie Lagarde | Netherlands, France | |
| I Believe the Portrait Saved Me | Mua besoj më shpëtoj portreti | Alban Muja | Kosovo, Netherlands |
| The Last Day | Akher Youm | Mahmoud Ibrahim | Egypt |
| J-N-N | Ginan Seidl | Germany | |
| Letters from Absurd | Cartas do Absurdo | Gabraz Sanna | Brazil |
| Miraculous Accident | Assaf Gruber | Germany, Austria | |
| Mirage: Eigenstate | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia, United Kingdom, Portugal | |
| Mountain Roars | Chonchanok Thanatteepwong and Pobwarat Maprasob | Thailand | |
| The Orchards | Al Basateen | Antoine Chapon | France, Austria |
| Photosynthesizing Dead in Warehouse | 광합성하는 죽음 | Jeamin Cha | South Korea |
| Portals | Portales | Elena Duque | Spain |
| RAPTURE | Alisa Berger | France, Germany | |
| Rumble | Pidikwe | Caroline Monnet | Canada |
| Sinking Suns | Neda Saeedi | Austria, Germany | |
| Special Operation | Spetsialna Operatsiia | Oleksiy Radynski | Ukraine, Lithuania |
| STARS | STARS Collective | United Kingdom, Germany | |
| Tin City | Feargal Ward | Ireland | |
| When the Sun is Eaten | Chi'bal K'iin | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| Wilfred Buck | Lisa Jackson | Canada | |
| Zizi (or Praying to a Fabulous Tree) | Zizi (ou oração da jaca fabulosa) | Felipe M. Bragança | Brazil |
| Forum Special | |||
| Fruit Farm | 果场 | Nana Xu | Germany, China |
| Inner Blooming Springs | Shinagani gazapkhulebis q'vaviloba | Tiku Kobiashvili | Georgia |
| Iracema (1975) | Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica | Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna | Brazil, West Germany |
| The Lie (1987) | Das falsche Wort | Katrin Seybold | West Germany |
| The Long Road to the Director's Chair | Vibeke Løkkeberg | Norway | |
| My Armenian Phantoms | Mes fantômes arméniens | Tamara Stepanyan | France, Armenia |
| Nudity | Nagota | Sabina Bakaeva | Uzbekistan, France |
| Scars of a Putsch | Nathalie Borgers | Austria, Belgium | |
Generation
[edit]The following films were selected for the Generation sections:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thief (short) | Anngeerdardardor | Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken | Denmark, Greenland |
| Generation Kplus | |||
| Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment | Akababuru: Expresión de asombro | Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí | Colombia |
| Autokar (short) | Sylwia Szkiłądź | Belgium, France | |
| Circusboy | Zirkuskind | Julia Lemke and Anna Koch | Germany |
| Down in the Dumps | Tief unten | Vera van Wolferen | Netherlands |
| Finte (short) | Ruse | Rhea Shukla | India |
| Juanita (short) | Karen Joaquín and Uliane Tatit | Spain | |
| The Leap (short) | El paso | Roberto Tarazona | Cuba |
| Little Rebels Cinema Club (short) | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia | |
| Maya, Give Me a Title | Maya, donne-moi un titre | Michel Gondry | France |
| The Nature of Invisible Things | A natureza das coisas invisíveis | Rafaela Camelo | Brazil, Chile |
| On a Sunday at Eleven (short) | Alicia K. Harris | Canada | |
| Only on Earth | Robin Petré | Denmark, Spain | |
| Seaside Serendipity | 海辺へ行く道 | Satoko Yokohama | Japan |
| Space Cadet | Kid Koala | Canada | |
| A Story about Fire | 燃比娃 | Li Wenyu | China |
| Tales From the Magic Garden | Pohádky Po Babičce | David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec | Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, France |
| White Ochre (short) | Ornmol | Marlikka Perdrisat | Australia |
| Generation 14plus | |||
| Barbed Wire | Arame farpado | Gustavo de Carvalho | Brazil |
| Beneath Which Rivers Flow (short) | Ali Yahya | Iraq | |
| Christy | Brendan Canty | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| Don't Wake the Sleeping Child (short) | Ne réveillez pas l'enfant qui dort | Kevin Aubert | Senegal, France, Morocco |
| Fantas (short) | Halima Elkhatabi | Canada | |
| Howl (short) | Domini Marshall | Australia | |
| Julian and the Wind (short) | Connor Jessup | Canada | |
| The Mud Under My Window (short) | Sous ma fenêtre, la boue | Violette Delvoye | France, Belgium |
| Our Wildest Days | I Agries Meres Mas | Vasilis Kekatos | Greece, France |
| Paternal Leave | Alissa Jung | Germany, Italy | |
| Playtime | Hora do Recreio | Lucia Murat | Brazil |
| Quaker (short) | Giovanna Molina | United States | |
| Sandbag Dam | Zečji nasip | Čejen Černić Čanak | Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia |
| Sunset Over America | Atardecer en América | Matías Rojas Valencia | Brazil, Chile, Colombia |
| Sunshine | Antoinette Jadaone | Philippines | |
| The Tale of Daye’s Family | Daye: Seret Ahl El Daye | Karim El Shenawy | Egypt |
| Têtes Brûlées | Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama | Belgium | |
| Village Rockstars 2 | Rima Das | India, Singapore | |
| Wish You Were Ear (short) | Mirjana Balogh | Hungary | |
| Wrong Husband | Uiksaringitara | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada |
| Generation 14plus - Special Screenings | |||
| Underage (series) | De menor | Caru Alves de Souza | Brazil |
Berlinale Classics
[edit]The following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty Harry (1971) | Don Siegel | United States | |
| Dressed in Blue (1983) | Vestida de azul | Antonio Giménez-Rico | Spain |
| The Goddess (1934) | 神女 | Wu Yonggang | China |
| Hell's Angels (1930) | Howard Hughes and James Whale | United States | |
| The Paradine Case (1947) | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Smile at Last (1985) | Naerata ometi | Leida Laius and Arvo Iho | Soviet Union |
| Solo Sunny (1980) | Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase | East Germany | |
| The Wife of Seisaku (1965) | 清作の妻 | Yasuzô Masumura | Japan |
Retrospective
[edit]The following films were selected for the Retrospective section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody Friday (1972) | Blutiger Freitag | Rolf Olsen | West Germany, Italy |
| The Brutes (1970) | Mädchen mit Gewalt | Roger Fritz | West Germany |
| Carnations in Aspic (1976) | Nelken in Aspik | Günter Reisch | East Germany |
| Deadlock (1970) | Roland Klick | West Germany | |
| Don’t Cheat, Darling! (1973) | Nicht schummeln, Liebling! | Joachim Hasler | East Germany |
| The Girls from Atlantis (1970) | Männer sind zum Lieben da | Eckhart Schmidt | West Germany |
| Hat Off When You Kiss (1971) | Hut ab, wenn du küsst! | Rolf Losansky | East Germany |
| Jonathan (1970) | Hans W. Geißendörfer | West Germany | |
| Lady Dracula (1978) | Franz Josef Gottlieb | ||
| One or the Other of Us (1974) | Einer von uns beiden | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Orpheus in the Underworld (1973) | Orpheus in der Unterwelt | Horst Bonnet | East Germany |
| Rocker (1972) | Klaus Lemke | West Germany | |
| Spare Parts (1979) | Fleisch | Rainer Erler | |
| Strange City (1972) | Fremde Stadt | Rudolf Thome | |
| The Tenderness of Wolves (1973) | Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe | Ulli Lommel | |
Official Awards
[edit]References
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