Berlinale Bloggers 2025

Berlinale Bloggers 2025

Already the 75th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival! A good reason to celebrate. The city is also delighted to welcome the new Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle. The festival presents films from all over the world in its usual variety, attracting countless film fans to the German capital. In the cinema audience: our Berlinale bloggers. Look forward to their texts!

Their film “Drømmer“ (Dreams) won the Golden Bear. Director Dag Johan Haugerud and the actresses Selome Emnetu, Ella Øverbye, Ane Dahl Torp and Anne Marit Jacobsen

Berlinale | Award Ceremony Celebration of Classic Narrative Cinema

Philipp Bühler

“O último azul” (The Blue Trail). Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands 2025. Director Gabriel Mascaro. Pictured: Denise Weinberg. Berlinale Competition

Berlinale | Interview with Gabriel Mascaro “Thinking Politically About the Aging Body”

Camila Gonzatto

Daphne Patakia and Nikolakis Zeginoglou in “I Agries Meres Mas”. Director Vasilis Kekatos

Berlinale | Films on the topic of migration
Where Is Home?

Migration is one of the most pressing issues of our time – and a subject of many current films. Sofia Kleftaki watched three films on this topic during the Berlinale. Each one approaches the search for a place that offers refuge and home in a different way.

Sofia Kleftaki

Scene from “Vaghachipani” (Tiger's Pond). Director Natesh Hegde

Berlinale | Indian cinema beyond Bollywood
Harsh Reality of Life on the Fringes

The films “Vaghachipani”, “Baksho Bondi” and “Village Rockstars 2” provide a realistic glimpse of life among the economically disadvantaged in India.

Prathap Nair

Scene from the movie "Yunan" by director Amir Fakhr Eldin. In picture Georges Khabbaz and Hanna Schygulla

Berlinale | Film review “Yunan”
Memory and Connection

Ameer Fakher Eldin weaves a profound philosophical tale in his film “Yunan,” which explores themes of existence and death, with the film standing as the only Arab entry in the official competition of the Berlinale 2025.

Ahmed Shawky

Laeni Geiseler in „Was Marielle weiß“. Director Frédéric Hambalek

Berlinale | Film review “Was Marielle weiß”
What We Prefer Not to Reveal

What happens when your child suddenly develops psychic abilities? The film “What Marielle knows” plays this out – and surprises with a successful mixture of lightness, humour and profound storytelling.

Jutta Brendemühl

Lars Eidinger and Tala Al Deen in “Das Licht”. Director Tom Tykwer

Berlinale | Film review “Das Licht”
In Search of Redemption

Tom Tykwer is back on the big screen. In “Das Licht,” the director addresses the state of the world through the example of a Berlin family and their Syrian housekeeper. Valérie Catil reflects on the characters' interactions, on clichés, and the function of a magic lamp.

Valérie Catil

Berlinale | Kino International in Berlin
A Cinema Landmark Gets a Makeover

Eye-catcher and architectural jewel: Berlin's “Kino International”. After 60 years of cinema operation, renovations are due. Valérie Catil on the past and future of a cultural icon.

Valérie Catil

Mala Emde in “Köln 75“. Director Idu Fluk

Berlinale | Film review “Köln 75”
Crazy About Jazz

“Köln 75” portrays the music promoter Vera Brandes, who organised Keith Jarrett's famous “Köln Concert” in 1975, with great enthusiasm and humour.

Philipp Bühler

Zizi (ou oração da jaca fabulosa) / Zizi (or Praying to a Fabulous Tree). Brazil 2025. Director Felipe M. Bragança. Berlinale Forum Expanded

Berlinale | Movies from Latin America
Memories From the Archives

South American films use archive material to tell stories of a past that has not yet been overcome. This still determines the power dynamics established in the region today.

Camila Gonzatto

“Jonathan" – vampir film from 1970. Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer

Berlinale | Retrospective
German Cinema Could Once Make Genre Films

Under the lurid motto “Wild, weird, bloody”, the retrospective presents German genre cinema from the 1970s.

Philipp Bühler

To be seen everywhere in the city: the current Berlinale poster by designer Claudia Schramke

Berlinale | Interview With Claudia Schramke
Poster art in motion

For the 75th anniversary of the Berlinale, graphic designer Claudia Schramke revives the old magic of cinema. With a moving key visual, she focuses on the combination of tradition and innovation – and tells Sofia Kleftaki how she managed to unite analogue nostalgia with modern animation.

Sofia Kleftaki

Berlinale | Interview With Tricia Tuttle
“It Will Be Very Exciting and Fun”

Tricia Tuttle is directing the Berlinale for the first time – and commutes between Berlin and London. In this interview, she talks about life between two cities, the international significance of the festival and its 75th anniversary highlights.

Ula Brunner

Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in „A Complete Unknown“ (Like a Complete Unknown). Director James Mangold

75th Berlinale 2025
Film Art, Debate Culture and a New Female Boss

For the 75th anniversary of the Berlinale, Tricia Tuttle is relying on a tried-and-tested mix of arthouse cinema and international stars. But it's not just films – political debates are also part of the festival's DNA.

Ula Brunner

For us blogging live from Berlin

Philipp Bühler

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

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Valérie Catil

Valérie Catil is an editor for taz zwei, the society and media section.
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Camila Gonzatto

Camila Gonzatto is a screenwriter and director for film and television.
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Sofia Kleftaki

Sofia Kleftaki is a freelance journalist for online media and television.
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Prathap Nair

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

Ahmed Shawky is a film critic, film festival programmer, and Director of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). He has served as a jury in several film festivals and writes about cinema and the entertainment industry.
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