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French documentary 'On the Adamant' wins top Berlinale prize

The French documentary “On the Adamant” (Sur l’Adamant) directed by Nicolas Philibert was named best film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival

The Independent UK

Berlin film fest to award prizes as stars return

BERLIN: The Berlin film festival awards its top prizes on Saturday, including the Golden Bear for best picture, after a star-studded run that highlighted freedom struggles in Iran and Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Berlin film festival 2023 roundup – prestige, politics and ethical starpower

This year’s Berlinale continued the tradition of combining earnestness with red-carpet glamour – featuring Kristen Stewart, Bono and Steven Spielberg, and this time some real crowd pleasers

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Berlin's landmark movie event flies the flag for Ukraine

We check in with film critic Emma Jones at the 73rd Berlinale, as Europe’s most politically engaged film festival shines a light on the situation in Ukraine. After Volodymyr Zelensky was beamed into the opening ceremony, Sean Penn's new documentary "Superpower" follows the Ukrainian president as he makes the shift…

France 24

Climate activists glue themselves to Berlinale's red carpet

A man and a woman glued themselves to the red carpet at the opening of Berlin's film festival on Thursday, calling on the German government and society to take more action to fight climate change.

Reuters

Zelenskiy urges film stars at Berlinale to take sides and support Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged filmmakers to take sides in what he termed a battle between freedom and tyranny, drawing a parallel in his speech opening the Berlin Film Festival between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Berlin Wall.

Reuters

French actress Isabelle Huppert misses Berlinale award ceremony after positive Covid test

French screen legend Isabelle Huppert has tested positive for Covid-19 and was unable to pick up her lifetime achievement award at the Berlinale film festival in person.

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Berlin's film frenzy gets underway: 72nd Berlinale opens with 'Peter von Kant'

It's Europe's most accessible, edgy and – often – political film festival. The Berlinale has kicked off in the German capital with François Ozon's "Peter von Kant", a gender-swapped reimagining of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 feature "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant".

France 24

Berlin Filmfest Goes Live as Virus Wave Peaks

The Berlinale, Europe's first major international film festival of the year, returns as a live event on Thursday just as Germany faces record daily coronavirus infections. Organizers of the event, which started in 1951 as a Cold War culture showcase for the divided German capital, say a raft of precautions…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In-person Berlin Film Fest Stands Up to Pandemic, Streaming

The 72nd Berlin film festival opens Thursday, bucking a trend of pandemic on-the-couch streaming with a packed program of live premieres featuring a stable of European screen legends. Just as the coronavirus outbreak roars toward its peak in Germany, Berlinale organizers have opted for an 11-day, in-person celebration of new…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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