The event’s other honorees include the actress Rose Byrne, a performance as the composer Richard Rodgers and an Argentine film about a girl who seems to speak to animals.

Radu Jude returned to the Berlin Film Festival on Wednesday with "Kontinental '25," a comedy drama about a bailiff's misplaced moral crisis that marks the Romanian director's bid for a second Golden Bear after winning the top prize four years ago.

Benedict Cumberbatch was joined by two young co-stars on the Berlinale red carpet on Tuesday (February 18) for the premiere of their new film "The Thing With Feathers," a family drama with noir elements.

Dieter Kosslick may be out of the Berlinale limelight, but he continues to champion two things that remain dear to his heart, film and the environment, and as the director of a new festival, he is combining the two in the hope of tackling the climate crisis and encouraging greater sustainability for the sake of

British actor Tilda Swinton, known for her often eccentric and quirky roles in both independent and blockbuster films, said on Friday that she decided "in a personal moment" to attend the Berlin Film Festival despite boycott calls over the war in Gaza.

Canadian flagmaker Flags Unlimited's sales have doubled from a year earlier, the company's owners said, as tensions with the neighboring United States fuel a wave of patriotism. Arrthy Thayaparan has more.

As the Berlin International Film Festival doorstep gets close, on one hand, cinema fans and, on the other, film professionals and travelers are

In its extensive coverage of Spain at Berlin, its European Film Market Country in Focus, Variety looks back at the country's presence at this year’s EFM Co-Production Market. The handful of Spanish titles at Berlinale's 22nd Co-Production market was as diverse as they come.

French actor Marion Cotillard said her own public image is like the distorted reflections captured by the cursed camera in her latest film "The Ice Tower" - detached from reality.

The Blue Trail,' a strong contender for Berlin's Golden Bear Award, has been acquired by a raft of international distributors.

For Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, her new documentary, "Timestamp," about daily school life during Russia's now three-year-long invasion, had its Berlin Film Festival premiere at a key moment for her homeland.

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