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Cannes Film Festival 2013

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May 14, 201315 images
Babylon cinema entrance - at the opening of the 11mm 2013 Fotograf: Daniel Schröter / 11mm Pressefoto vom 11mm Filmfestival

Berlin's football film festival

Maradona, Cantona, Henry - films on some of the most famous football stars of all times are being screened at the “Babylon” movie theater in Berlin. A jury is set to select the best football movie of all times.
March 18, 2013
Festival director Dieter Kosslick presents the Golden Bear award for Best Film to director Calin Peter Netzer (R) for the movie "Pozitia Copilului" (Child's Pose) during the awards ceremony at the 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Golden Bear to 'Child's Pose'

The Romanian film "Child’s Pose" has won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlinale film festival. Other big winners were the American film "Prince Avalanche" and Bosnia’s "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker."
February 16, 2013
Poster for the 2013 Berlinale Talent Camp

Fresh talent

The Berlinale Talent Campus links up-and-coming filmmakers with old hands from the business.
February 15, 2013
Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann reacts after he was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement during a ceremony at the 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch / Eingestellt von wa

Golden Bear for Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann has accepted a Golden Bear lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film Festival. The French filmmaker and producer is known around the world for his groundbreaking documentary "Shoah."
February 15, 2013
I kóri | The Daughter Forum 2013 GRC/ITA 2012 REGIE: Thanos Anastopoulos Savina Alimani, Yorgos Symeonidis ***Die Nutzungsrechte der aktuellen Filmfotos gelten ausschließlich für die Festivalberichterstattung*** ***Für eine Verwendung nach dem 15. März des jeweiligen Festivaljahrgangs müssen die Rechte vom jeweiligen Rechteinhaber eingeholt werden*** ***Bei der Verwendung von Fotos in Sozialen Netzwerken ist darauf zu achten, ob das entsprechende Material vom Rechteinhaber für diesen Verwendungszweck freigegeben wurde***

Past wars and future hopes

At Berlin's International Film Festival, young directors focus on Europe, past, present and future.
February 13, 2013
Chinese director and Berlinale jury president Wong Kar Wai and his wife Esther arrive for the premiere of the movie 'The Grandmaster' ('Yi dai zong shi') during the 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlin, Germany, 07 February 2013. Photo: Britta Pedersen dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Berlinale kicks off

The 63rd edition of the Berlin Film Festival has kicked off with a red-carpet gala event and the premiere of a martial arts movie. It is one of 19 films that will compete for the Berlinale’s top prize, the Golden Bear.
February 7, 2013
Berlinale Bear at the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin

Culture calendar

From international film to crazy costumes, February is bound to blast the winter blues away.
January 28, 2013
In the film Cloud Atlas, a man looks through old documents. (Photo: © Cloud Atlas Production GmbH)

November 2012: DW's Culture Calendar

Smartphone art, famous ateliers and undiscovered films provide the November's cultural highlights.
October 31, 2012
Chairman, Yash Raj Films, Yash Chopra, looks on during a press conference in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 12, 2007. Photo: ddp images/AP Photo/Gautam Singh

Obituary

Legendary Bollywood director, screenwriter and producer, Yash Chopra, is dead at the age of 80.
October 22, 2012
A poster of the African Film Festival in Cologne Photo by Pia Salz

Africa Film Festival in Cologne

This year's Africa Film festival in Cologne, Germany, is seeking to present the 'real Africa'.
September 28, 2012
A scene from "Cloud Atlas"

Cloud Atlas

Tom Tykwer has turned an 'unfilmable' book into a boundary-breaking film.
September 18, 2012
South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk

And the award goes to ...

The South Korean film 'Pieta' wins the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
September 10, 2012
A scene from the film from Ibrahim Batout, "Winter of Discontent," starring Amr Waked, Salah al Hanafy and Farah Youssef, which was created during the revolution in Egypt.

Egyptian revolution film

Ibrahim Batout's new film "Winter of Discontent" is celebrating its premiere in Venice.
August 31, 2012
A scene from the film "Wadjda" by Haifaa Al Mansour

Venice Biennale

The Toronto Film Festival is a bigger draw for German movie makers than the Venice Biennale.
August 30, 2012
A scene from the Russian film "Pisto goes away" to be shown at the LUCAS International Children's Film Festival in 2012.

Culture calendar

Animated adventures and avant-garde sights and sounds are September's cultural highlights.
August 29, 2012
epa02856523 Spectators wait under the rain for a movie on the Piazza Grande during the 64th Locarno International Film Festival, 05 August 2011, in Locarno, Switzerland. The film festival runs until 13 August. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Crybabies in Locarno

With crying babies, Nazi history and experimental film, German cinema is a highlight in Locarno.
August 10, 2012

Culture calendar

Superstition, budding musicians and the Locarno Film Festival are all on in August.
July 30, 2012
MOTHER INDIA [IND 1957] NARGIS Date: 1957 (Mary Evans Picture Library)

Cinema on farmers' issues

A 'farmer film festival' plans to attract international attention to the plight of farmers in India.
July 5, 2012
Fridericianum in Kassel

Culture calendar

A number of exciting events in theater, music and film are on offer in Germany in June.
May 31, 2012
The official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival features U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe as women directors write a protest.

65th edition of Cannes

The 65th edition of the Cannes Film Festival started Wednesday with the first film in competition "Moonrise Kingdom" starring Bruce Willis.
May 16, 2012
Actress Fan Bing Bing arrives for the screening of Midnight in Paris and the opening ceremony, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

Cannes Film Festival

Preview the movies at the world's most prestigious film festival, taking place later this month.
May 12, 2012
A scene from the film "17 Filles" by Muriel & Delphine Coulin

Women in film

Despite the wealth of budding female film talent, the film industry needs more women.
April 23, 2012
Vittorio Taviani (left) and Paolo Taviani

Italians triumph at Berlinale

Italian directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani have won the coveted Golden Bear prize at the Berlinale, for their documentary "Caesar must die." Germany's Christian Petzold scooped the award for best director.
February 18, 2012
EFM banner

Berlinale business

The European Film Market in Berlin is one of the world's biggest movie fairs.
February 16, 2012
US director and actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the premiere of the movie 'In The Land Of Blood And Honey' during the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlin, Germany, 11 February 2012. The movie is presented in the section Panorama Special at the 62nd Berlinale running from 09 to 19 February. Photo: Jens Kalaene dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Get real

A typical day doesn't include five orgasms, 17 murders and a revolution, except at the Berlinale.
February 13, 2012
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"

Lifetime of achievement

The Berlin International Film Festival honors Meryl Streep's career with an Honorary Golden Bear.
February 12, 2012

It's showtime

Berlin's Film Festival opened with a period drama set at the dawn of the French Revolution.
February 10, 2012
Berlinale 2012 opening

Lights, camera, action

The Berlin Film Festival gives film students a chance to see where their dreams could take them.
February 10, 2012
Actress Diane Kruger arrives on the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Berlinale

Berlin's red carpet

Berlin's 62nd Film Festival started Thursday with a host of international movie titles making their world premier. Attracting record audiences, the competition will screen 400 titles over the next 10 days.
February 9, 2012
Still from Farewell My Queen FRA/ESP 2011 Regie: Benoït Jacquot Xavier Beauvois, Diane Kruger © Carole Bethuel

Lights, camera, action

The Bear awards are just a small part of the Berlinale, which shows some 400 films.
February 8, 2012
The festival press conference

In the frame

Organizers of the Berlinale announce this year's line-up for Germany's biggest film festival.
January 31, 2012
Posters for Berlinale 2012

February happenings

From film to Carnival, find out what's on deck this month in Germany.
January 30, 2012
Egyptians show their shoes to defy President Hosni Mubarak

No more fear

Cinema-goers look for explanations for the Arab World uprisings at Berlin's Arab film festival.
November 10, 2011
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival T-shirt

Human rights cinema

A dozen Asian films were shown at the 7. Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival.
October 7, 2011
Director Aleksandr Sokurov holds the Golden Lion for best film for Faust, during the award ceremony of the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (Foto:Andrew Medichini/AP/dapd)

'Faust' wins

A film retelling the German tale of Faust has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
September 11, 2011
A scene from 'The Ides of March'

Venice Film Festival

Hollywood stars like George Clooney and Kate Winslet will walk the red carpet in Venice this week.
August 31, 2011
Kirsten Dunst in Cannes

Cannes wrap

Kirsten Dunst is honored at Cannes for 'Melancholia,' despite the movie's director being banned.
May 22, 2011
Director Lars von Trier

Cannes 2011

Director Lars von Trier has drawn criticism for an offensive rant about his German heritage.
May 19, 2011
A 'Melancholia' poster

Film in Cannes

A-list celebrities, quality cinema and political statements are all part of this year's festival.
May 11, 2011

Culture calendar

From music and art to film and dance - find out what's going on in Germany's cultural scene.
April 29, 2011
A still from "Live from Tokyo"

Nippon Connection

A major Japanese film festival in Frankfurt moves forward despite recent tragedies..
April 27, 2011

Film festival runs program devoted to Berlin music history

Achtung Berlin festival presents 40 films centered on music from Germany’s capital.
April 14, 2011
Filmroll

Films' human dimension

An international film festival promotes of human rights by screening the personal side of abuse.
March 30, 2011

Popularizing

Popularizing human rights through film festivals and video portals
March 25, 2011
Colourful flags in a gay demostration

It's OK to be gay so long as you keep it quiet

What does it really mean to be gay in the world's most populated Muslim country?
March 2, 2011
Cinema-goers in 3D glasses

3D fatigue

Industry insiders say the 3D movie is here to stay, but don't expect the ticket prices to come down.
February 19, 2011

Festival fatigue

Not everyone is seduced by the Hollywood glamour of the Berlin International Film Festival.
February 18, 2011
An "anti-Bollywood excellence", Tagesspiegel

'Gandu' receives acclaim

An Indian film has become a hit at the Berlinale film festival but will it do as well in India?
February 17, 2011
Director Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

The 2010 Berlin International Film Festival reflects on the absence of an imprisoned filmmaker.
February 17, 2011