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Berlin International Film Festival [ Berlinale's official logo ]
The festival was established in 1951 in West Berlin, after the city had been divided into eastern and western parts by East Germany's communist regime. The BIFF is generally recognized as the most efficiently organized of the world's major film festivals, annually screening around 600 motion pictures during 12 days and nights in February. Among the awards for the festival's official International Competition are the Golden Bear for best picture and Silver Bear awards for best director, best actor, best actress, and other categories. About twenty films competing for the awards called the Golden Bears and Silver Bears. Until 1975, the festival would not accept films from socialist countries. After the turmoil of student political movements in 1968 and subsequent upheavals within the Berlin festival, organizers introduced a new branch of the festival, the International Forum of Young Cinema, in 1971. While the main competition has always premiered large-scale studio films from Europe, the United States, and Asia, the Forum of Young Cinema maintains a policy of showcasing independent films, experimental cinema, films from developing countries, ethnographic or historical documentaries, and films by women. Among the most notable films to be featured in the Forum of Young Cinema is “Shoah” (1985), French director Claude Lanzmann's nine-hour documentary about Nazism. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Festival's original competition and the Forum of Young Cinema were generally considered separate, mutually competitive events. The two programs have become integrated, and many of the independent directors who formerly debuted their films in the Forum of Young Cinema (such as Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, Greek director Theo Angelopoulos and British director Peter Greenaway) now regularly compete for the Golden Bear Award. The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The fair serves distributers, filmbuyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. Commencing in 2003, the Berlinale has partnered with the Berlinale Talent Campus, which is a winter school for "up and coming filmmakers" that takes place at the same time as the Festival itself. The Berlinale Talent Campus, a week long series of lectures and workshops, gathers young filmmakers from around the globe. It partners with the festival itself and is considered to be a forum for upcoming artists. The Talent Campus accepts about 350 applicants each year; the attendees come from around the world, and represent all of the filmmaking professions. The proceedings include presentations and workshops by distinguished experts, who have included Park Chan-wook, Frances McDormand, Stephen Frears, Dennis Hopper, Jia Zhangke, Walter Murch, Anthony Minghella, Charlotte Rampling, Walter Salles, Ridley Scott, Raoul Peck, Tom Tykwer and Wim Wenders. The festival, the EFM and other satellite events are attended by more than 20,000 professionals from over 120 countries. Around 4200 journalists are responsible for the media exposure in more than 100 countries. After the presentation the audience often has the opportunity to discuss the film with producers and directors. At high-profile feature film premieres, movie stars and celebrities are present at the red carpet. The Berlinale has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and a global media attention. Around 20,000 professionals from over 120 countries attended the 58th Berlinale. The 59th Berlin International Film Festival will be held 5 to 15 February 2009. Berlinale awards Golden Bear: Best Motion Picture Honorary Golden Bear (for lifetime achievement in motion picture industry) Silver Bear: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script, Best Music, Extraordinary achievement by a single artist, Grand Prize of the Jury (Short film award) Others Panorama Publikumspreis, the Audience Award Crystal Bear for the best film in the 14plus Competition The Berlinale Camera The Berlinale Camera is awarded to a motion picture personality or an institution to whom the film festival feels especially attached. This award is a way of expressing thanks and has been given every year since 1986. Between 1986 and 2003, the Berlinale Camera was donated by the Berlin jeweller David Goldberg. Since 2004, the Berlinale Camera has been sponsored and manufactured by the Düsseldorf jeweller Georg Hornemann. For the Berlinale 2008, the trophy has been redesigned by Georg Hornemann himself. The new Berlinale Camera has 128 components and is modelled on a real camera. Many of the silver and titanium parts are movable, from the swivel head to tripod. Best First Feature Award In 2006, the Berlinale introduced a new prize, the Best First Feature Award. Each year now, a three-member international jury will award the best debut film, considering films from the Competition, the Panorama, the Generation or the Forum programmes. The prize is endowed by the Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten (GWFF), a society for safeguarding film and television rights. As of 2007, the donator has doubled the endowment. The prize is now worth 50,000 euros and shared between producer and director of awarded film. The winner will be announced during the official award ceremony in the Berlinale Palast. For the first time in 2008, the winners will be awarded with a high-quality viewfinder as both a useful instrument and memorable trophy. The Ecumenical Jury Award Since 1992, the international film organizations of the Protestant and Catholic Churches – Interfilm and Signis – have been represented by the Ecumenical Jury. It consists of six members and awards its main prize to a film entered in the Competition. It also awards two other prizes, both worth 2,500 Euros, one to a film from the Panorama and one to a film in the Forum. The prizes go to directors who have succeeded in portraying actions or human experiences that are in keeping with the Gospels, or in sensitising viewers to spiritual, human or social values. The FIPRESCI Juries Awards The juries of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI), the international film critics association, view films from the Competition programme and the Panorama and Forum sections. They award a prize for the best film in each of these sections. The Guild of German Art House Cinemas Awards The jury of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas is composed of three members who run cinemas and are members of the Guild. The jury awards its prize to a film screened in the Competition. C.I.C.A.E prizes The Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai (C.I.C.A.E.), the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas, forms one jury for the Panorama and one for the Forum. Each jury awards one prize in its section. Label Europa Cinemas Launched for the first time in 2003 within the Cannes Film Festival, the Europa Cinemas Label has been created in order to help European films increase their distribution and raise their profile with audiences and media. The Label is since then awarded by a jury of 5 member exhibitors to a European film selected in the Directors' Fortnight section in Cannes and since 2004 in the Venice Days. Since 2005, Europa Cinemas has been cooperating with the Berlinale to award the Label in the Panorama section. Manfred Salzgeber Prize The prize is dedicated to Manfred Salzgeber, the former Panorama director, who helped shape the Berlinale profile. A jury of three chooses a film "that broadens the boundaries of cinema today" from amongst the entries to the Panorama programme. Only films that have not yet been distributed in more than one European country are eligible. The non-cash, subtitling prize is endowed with the translation, film print lasering and creation of a digital source master. It is donated by Holland Subtitling, Babelfisch Translations and Digital Cinema Services. Teddy Awards The Teddy Awards go to films that have a gay and/or lesbian context. The nine members of this international jury - for the most part, organizers of gay and lesbian film festivals - view films screened in all sections of the Festival. Chosen from a list of films selected by the jury, a 3,000-Euro Teddy is awarded to a feature film, a short film and a documentary. Dialogue On Perspective The prize for an outstanding work screened in the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino was initiated by the French channel TV5 Monde in co-operation with Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW) and the Berlin International Film Festival. The prize aspires to make new German cinema more accessible to young French audiences. With this aim in mind, the winning film will also be presented at the Festival of German Film in Paris. The jury has eight members: it is headed by a president, a professional whose work represents the cinematographic dialogue between France and Germany, and further consists of four French and three German members, who are selected by the prize donators by means of a public call for application. Caligari Film Prize A three-person jury awards this prize to a film in the Forum. The prize is sponsored by the German Federal Association of Communal Film Work and Filmdienst magazine. The winning film is honored with 4,000 euros, half of which is given to the director, the other half is meant to fund distribution. NETPAC Prize The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is an alliance of festival organizers and film critics whose aim is to support Asian film. The jury awards a prize to an Asian film screened in the Forum. Peace Film Award The jury is composed of 9 members and views films from every section. The 5,000-Euro prize is donated by the Peace Film Award Initiative in association with the Heinrich B?ll Foundation and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). The Peace Film Prize Jury can also award Special Mentions. Amnesty International Film Prize The German branch of Amnesty International has awarded the Amnesty International Film Prize for the first time at the Berlinale 2005. This award has already been presented at other international film festivals. The prize is worth 2,500 Euros. The jury will view films entered into the Competition, Panorama and Forum sections, paying special attention to documentaries. The aim of the prize is to draw the attention of audiences and representatives of the film industry to the theme of human rights and encourage filmmakers to tackle this topic. Femina Film Prize For the first time, Germany’s Association of Women Working in Film will award the annual Femina Film Prize at the Berlinale. The prize honors the “outstanding artistic contribution of a female technician” in a German-language feature film in the areas of set design, camera work, costumes, music or editing. The aim of the prize is to highlight the contribution of the creative work of women towards the final result of a film. The prize is worth 3,000 euros. The jury is comprised of three women working in the film industry. Panorama Audience Award All Berlinale visitors can vote for the Panorama Audience Award by filling in a vote sheet. The prize was started in 1999 and is made possible by a joint initiative between the Berlin city magazine "Tip," the radio channel "Radioeins" and the Panorama section itself. The Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award The jury is made up of 12 readers of the daily newspaper Berliner Morgenpost. It is awarded to a feature film in the Competition section. The Else Siegessäule Readers' Choice Award The jury, which is made up of seven readers of the Berlin gay and lesbian magazine Siegessäule, takes into account all films with gay or lesbian content, regardless of which section they are in. The prize is awarded to a feature film. The Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award At Berlinale 2007, the Berlin-based national daily newspaper Tagesspiegel will for the first time award a Readers' Prize. The jury consists of nine members and the prize is given to the best film in the Forum - along with 3,000 euros. The Volkswagen Score Competition The Volkswagen-sponsored prize is directed towards young sound designers and composers. They can enter the Volkswagen Score Competition with sound recordings for selected film clips each two minutes long. An international jury chooses the three best contenders who can then produce their score with the Babelsberg film orchestra in Berlin studios. Prizes of the International Shorts Jury The International Berlinale Shorts Jury is comprised of three personalities whose work is linked to the short film genre. It awards the main prizes in the competition of the Berlinale Shorts section: a Golden Bear for the best film and a Silver Bear as a special Jury award. This jury also selects the winner of the Prix UIP Berlin for the best European short film of the Berlinale Shorts section. The Prix UIP is presented at 14 European film festivals - among them the Berlinale - by the European Film Academy (EFA) and United International Pictures (UIP). The winners are awarded 2,000 euros and automatically nominated for the short film category of the European Film Award. In addition, the jury awards a scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), which includes three months of study in Berlin within the framework of the Artists-in-Berlin programme as well as financial support over this period of time. The winners of the short film awards are announced during a special ceremony. The Honorary Golden Bear The Berlinale awards an Honorary Golden Bear to important film personalities. The award honors a particularly outstanding oeuvre or film career and is regularly given to the guest of honour of the Homage. Additional Honorary Golden Bears can be given independently of the Homage section. The Honorary Golden Bear is awarded during a festive ceremony usually followed by the screening of a film in the Berlinale Special programme. The Honorary Golden Bear is visually identical to the festival's highest award, the Golden Bear. © Preems.com |
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. . . . . . . . . . Berlinale 2008: “Viewfinder” - new prize for Best First Feature Scarlett Johansson, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman added to festival lineup Special Screenings of the 38th Forum Prizes of International Short Film Jury |
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The
Berlin International Film Festival, also called Berlinale, is one
of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events
held in Berlin, Germany's capital.