Eine Illustration von vier Menschen © Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut
© Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut

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!

Jordanian director Zain Duraie, Palestinian actress Maria Zreik, and Sudanese director Fatima Wardy. ©Privat

Berlinale-Blogger*innen 20243 min
 Meeting the Talented Women of Arab Cinema at the Berlinale

Malak Nasser in the movie Sukoon. © Baha’ Slieman, Madd Moshawas

Berlinale Bloggers 20243 min
 Dina Naser: “I learned sign language to make ‘Sukoun’”

Jordan
Han Chang and Nina Mélo in Black Tea by Abderrahmane Sissako ©Olivier Marceny / Cinéfrance Studios / Archipel 35 / Dune Vision

Berlinale Bloggers 20242 min
 “Black Tea”: Abderrahmane Sissako’s Ambitious Adventure

Mauritania
Ahmed Shawky and Christelle Younes met for an interview in Berlin. ©Ahmed Shawky

Berlinale Bloggers 20242 min
 “Co-Producing is Like Getting Married”

Lebanon
Scene from the documentary "Diaries of Lebanon" ©Abbout Productions / GoGoGo Films

"Diaries from Lebanon"2 min
 A Generation that Doesn’t Want to be Forgotten by History

Lebanon
Berlinale Talent Egyptian director Morad Mustafa ©Private

Berlinale Talent Morad Mostafa2 min
 "My first feeling was some anxiety."

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

Berlinale Bloggers 20242 min
 Are Love and Happiness Available to Everyone?


For us blogging live from Berlin

  • Tatiana Braun

    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

    Jutta Brendemühl is Program Curator for the Goethe-Institut Toronto.

    Jutta Brendemühl Photo: © Michelle Kay

  • Philipp Bühler

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

    Philipp Bühler Photo: © Private

  • Dr. Yun-hua Chen

    Yun-hua Chen is a film scholar, curator and critic.

    Chen Yun-hua © private

  • Camila Gonzatto

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

    Camila Gonzatto Photo: © Private

  • Sofia Kleftaki

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

    Portrait: Sofia Kleftaki Photo: © Argiris Koutsopoulos

  • Prathap Nair

    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

  • 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.

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

  • 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