Berlinale-Blogger 2019

The last Berlinale under Dieter Kosslick has come to an end: with an unusually meticulously-conceived competition – and heated debates.

The British Actress Charlotte Rampling, this year’s recipient of the Honorary Golden Bear, looks back on her lifetime of filmmaking.

When it comes to screens, our Australian film critic Sarah Ward is baffled by the double-standard at the Berlinale. An observation.

The press has already reported that this year's Berlinale is a "festival of women". Has this year's pronounced female perspective already led to changes before or behind the scenes? 

In many places the social and political situation is unsettled and turbulent. There is much discussion about the relationship between politics and art. Should filmmakers position themselves politically even more forcefully?

Changeover time at the Berlinale! In 2020, Dieter Kosslick, festival director for many years, will be succeeded by a new team: Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek. What should be different at the next Berlinale?

Thirty-three years on from her first Berlinale, Tilda Swinton looks back on the tenure of the festival’s director Dieter Kosslick.

Berlinale Shooting Star Aisling Franciosi on why and how she became an actress, and being selected as one of the best and brightest talents in Europe.

Without Freda Glynn, Australia’s Indigenous media landscape might look as parched as the country’s sunburnt earth. And yet, as ‘She Who Must Be Loved’ makes plain, she’d rather let her actions speak for themselves.

In Syllas Tzoumerkas's “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea”, lost souls squirm like eels through a provincial nightmare.

What might the German-language films “Systemsprenger” ( i.e. System Crasher) and “Der Boden unter den Füssen” (i.e. The Ground Beneath My Feet) have in common?
 

Berlinale blogger Gerasimos Bekas has a problem. He’s not allowed to say a word yet about the world premieres. Plus he got caught up in a case of mistaken identity – and thwarted expectations.

A rebellion, a farewell, gold and a little less glitter: get your bearings at this year's festival here – without even being there.
 

This year’s Retrospective, entitled Self-determined: Perspectives of Women Filmmakers, features films by German women from 1968 to 1999.