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Berlinale Bloggers 2024

“We are particularly proud of this year’s selection which achieves the best possible balance between auteurs we cherish and admire and powerful new voices in the independent cinema landscape,“ says Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director. Germany's largest film festival will take place in Berlin from 15 to 25 February 2024. Our bloggers from around the world will be reporting on new films and the people behind them, awards ceremonies and more. Read along!
Golden Bear for Best Film “Dahomey” by Mati Diop, here with jury president Lupita Nyong'o Photo (detail): @ Ali Ghandtschti, Berlinale 2024

Berlinale 2024 A balance with mixed feelings

Ula Brunner

Ula Brunner

Berlinale Bloggers 2024 “Treasure” and other valuables 

Jutta Brendemühl

Jutta Brendemühl

“The Fable” (India, USA 2024). Director Raam Reddy. With Manoj Bajpayee Photo (Detail) © Prspctvs Productions

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 Indian films in the Berlinale programme

Black and white portrait of a man looking directly into the camera.

Prathap Nair

Lily Farhadpour as widow Mahin in the movie “Keyke mahboobe man” (eng. My favorite cake) Photo (detail): ©Hamid Janipour

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 Are Love and Happiness Available to Everyone?

Black and white portrait of a bearded man looking directly into the camera.

Ahmed Shawky

„In Liebe, Eure Hilde”: Johannes Hegemann und Liv Lisa Fries mit Regisseur Andreas Dresen bei der Premiere Foto (Detail): © Richard Hübner / Berlinale 2024

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 A human aesthetic of resistance

Philipp Bühler

Philipp Bühler

“Oasis”. Director: Tamara Uribe, Felipe Morgado. Chile 2024. Berlinale Forum Photo (detail): © Antonio Luco, Daniela Camino, MAFI

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 South America in Berlin: challenges on the big screen

Camila Gonzatto

Camila Gonzatto

Chen Xiao Xin in “Dormir de olhos abertos / Sleep with Your Eyes Open”. Director: Nele Wohlatz Photo (detail): © Victor Juca

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 Dreaming with eyes open

Portrait: Tatiana Braun

Tatiana Braun

Lars Eidinger and Corinna Harfouch in “Dying” (2024). Director: Matthias Glasner Photo (detail): © Jakub Bejnarowicz / Port au Prince, Schwarzweiss, Senator

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 “Dying”, or how to live together

Jutta Brendemühl

Jutta Brendemühl

A scene from “Dostoevskij” by Damiano & Fabio D'Innocenzo Photo (detail): © Sky Studios Limited, Sky Italia S.r.l., Paco Cinematografica S.r.l. (2023)

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 “Dostoevskij“ – The bitter tales of the D’Innocenzo brothers

Portrait: Sara de Pascale

Sara De Pascale

Julia (Rooney Mara) and Pedro (Raúl Briones Carmona) in the film "La Cocina". Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios Photo (detail): © Juan Pablo Ramírez / Filmadora

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 A Kitchen Through the Eyes of Migrant Workers

Portrait: Permata Adinda Priyadi

Permata Adinda Priyadi

Saoirse Ronan in “The Outrun” (GB, GER 2024). Director: Nora Fingscheidt Photo (detail): © The Outrun

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 The second life of System Crasher

Philipp Bühler

Philipp Bühler

“Lapso“. Brazil 2023. Director: Caroline Cavalcanti. With Beatriz Oliveira, Juan Queiroz Berlinale Generation 2024 Photo (detail): © Nathalia Cordeiro

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 Between dreams and reality

Camila Gonzatto

Camila Gonzatto

Melia Kara in “Elbow“ (2024). Director: Aslı Özarslan Photo (detail): © Haydat Tastan, Achtung Panda!

Berlinale Bloggers 2023
 A different take on Berlin school

Philipp Bühler

Philipp Bühler

Claudia Schramke © Sofia Kleftaki/ Goethe-Institut Athen

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 Greek oregano, Turkish coffee, the Berlin “gob”, and a wolf

Portrait: Sofia Kleftaki

Sofia Kleftaki

Charly Wierzejewski and Eva Mattes in “Supermarket” (1974). Director: Roland Klick Photo (detail): © Filmgalerie 451

Berlinale Bloggers 2024
 The Germans and their films

Philipp Bühler

Philipp Bühler

”From Hilde, with Love“ (Director: Andreas Dresen) with Johannes Hegemann, Liv Lisa Fries Photo (detail): © Frederic Batier / Pandora Film

Berlinale 2024
 All Change for the Film Festival

Ula Brunner

Ula Brunner


For us blogging live from Berlin

  • Tatiana Braun

    is a programme curator for film and new media at the Goethe-Institut Montreal. She wrote for the online magazines Berliner Filmfestivals and FRAGMENTFILM and runs the podcast mémoire poétique.

    Portrait: Tatiana Braun Photo: © privat

  • Jutta Brendemühl

    is programme curator for the Goethe-Institut Toronto and blogger at German Film @ Canada.

    Jutta Brendemühl Photo: © Michelle Kay

  • Philipp Bühler

    has been reporting on the Berlinale as a freelance film critic since 2000.

    Philipp Bühler Photo: © Private

  • Yun-hua Chen

    is a film scholar, curator, critic, and co-host of the film podcast Reel Chats.

    Chen Yun-hua © private

  • Sara De Pascale

    has graduated from DAMS (Discipline delle arti, della Musica e dello spettacolo) at the University of Bologna and is a future critic and curator.

    Portrait: Sara de Pascale Photo: © privat

  • Camila Gonzatto

    is a screenwriter and director for film and television.

    Camila Gonzatto Photo: © Private

  • Sofia Kleftaki

    is a Culture Editor at the Goethe-Institut Athens and a freelance journalist for online media and television.

    Portrait: Sofia Kleftaki Photo: © Argiris Koutsopoulos

  • Mattia Lanciotti

    is founder of CiakClub (2015) – the largest Italian community for film and television. As editor-in-chief of the Club, he visits all the major film festivals.

    Portrait: Mattia Lanciotti Photo: © privat

  • Prathap Nair

    is an independent culture journalist. He lives in Düsseldorf, Germany, and covers Berlinale for major Indian publications.

    Black and white portrait of a man looking directly into the camera. Photo: © privat

  • Permata Adinda Priyadi

    is a journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2023 she was a finalist in the SOPA 2023 Awards. Her writing for Yang Tidak Tertangkap Layar dari Rekaman KBGO received a special award.

    Portrait: Permata Adinda Priyadi Photo: © privat

  • Ahmed Shawky

    is a film critic, film festival programmer and holds many offices in the Egyptian film industry. He has served on film festival juries and writes regularly about cinema and the entertainment industry.

    Black and white portrait of a bearded man looking directly into the camera. photo: © private

  • Manuel Zoppitelli

    is a creative head of CiakClub, Italy's widest-reaching film and television online platform.

    Portrait: Manuel Zoppitelli Photo: © privat

  • Students of the Collège Maisonneuve

    Antoine Demers, Ianèle Bellemare, Alessia Tomuleasa-Trelles, Catherine Ross, Ryan Machado, Nathan Lauzon, Daphnée Martel, Morgane Bondu, Emma Soares, Thalia Bissonnette, Timothée Bonnier-Aird, Emmy Champagne, Maya Chesnay, Lisa Tessier-Turcotte, Émilie Kessler

    Studierende des Collège Maisonneuve © Stéphanie Boutin