BERLIN (Reuters) – A drama film shot in secret to evade government censorship that highlights the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the web of Iran’s capital punishment machine won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear award on Saturday. “There Is No Ev... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Making films in a bitterly divided Brazil that is increasingly hostile to artistic freedom is an act of resistance in itself, the maker of a new drama about race relations in the years after the country abolished slavery said. Speaking ahead... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – The ability of the weak to hold their own against the powerful loomed over the first day of the Berlinale, in which “The Kindness of Strangers”, an ostensibly apolitical film, explored themes of injustice and inequality amid great wealth. Da... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – A mother fleeing her violent husband, a serial killer who preys on women and famine in 1930s Ukraine are among the weighty social and political themes explored in films showcased at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Short on star power but s... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Simon Rattle conducted his final concert in charge of the Berlin Philharmonic on Sunday after 16 years that have revamped the image of the prestigious orchestra. Rattle was joined by his Czech-born wife, the mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Kozena, ... More »
Touch Me Not, a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. More »
Director, screenwriter, editor and producer Murray Cummings and Ed Sheeran pose during a photocall to promote the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters)... More »
FILE PHOTO: Ibrahim Al Hussein (L) from Syria and and Qutaiba Nafea from Iraq pose for the photographer ahead of an interview with Reuters about Karim Ainouz’s Berlinale International Film Festival entry movie “Central Airport THF” at historic Tempelhof Airpor... More »
Actors Valene Kane and Shazad Latif pose during a photocall to promote the movie Profile at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke BERLIN (Reuters) – A movie at the Berlin film festival t... More »
Actress Isabelle Huppert attends a news conference to promote the movie Eva at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – French actress Isabelle Huppert said on Saturday she wa... More »
FILE PHOTO – Director Kim Ki-duk attends the photocall for the movie “Geumul” (The Net) at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi BERLIN (Reuters) – South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk said on Saturday he hop... More »
Director Alexey German Jr., actresses Helena Sujecka, Elena Lyadova and production designer Yelena Okopnaya pose afte a news conference to promote the movie Dovlatov at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTE... More »
British actor Robert Pattinson does not believe in true love, he said at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, in contrast to the lovestruck pioneer he portrays in the western comedy period film "Damsel". More »
Jeff Goldblum , Bob Balaban and Bill Murray attend for the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – Male stars attending the Berlin film festival on Thu... More »
Dietrich Garstka, who fled former Communist East as a schoolboy and inspired the film ‘Das schweigende Klassenzimmer’ which is due to premiere at the Berlinale film festival, gesticulates during an interview with Reuters in Essen, Germany, February 9, 2018. RE... More »
Ibrahim Al Hussein (L) from Syria and and Qutaiba Nafea from Iraq pose for the photographer ahead of an interview with Reuters about Karim Ainouz’s Berlinale International Film Festival entry movie “Central Airport THF” at historic Tempelhof Airport in Berlin,... More »
Presenter Anke Engelke during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. director Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” – a quirky movie about a Japanese... More »
Talks between the insolvent carrier Air Berlin (AB1.DE) and easyJet (EZJ.L) over the sale of up to 30 planes are at risk of falling apart, according to a report in Germany's B.Z. newspaper on Monday. More »
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A Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) bid price of 200 million euros ($239 million) to buy assets from insolvent Air Berlin (AB1.DE) plus 100 million euros to meet operating costs is roughly correct, a source familiar with the talks said on Sunday. More »
Actress Charlize Theron poses at the premiere of ‘Fast and Furious 8’ in Berlin, Germany, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Oscar winner Charlize Theron said it was an exciting challenge to play the main villain in the latest installment of the “Fast an... More »
Director Ildiko Enyedi receives the Golden Bear for Best Film ‘On Body and Soul’ during the awards ceremony at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt A Hungarian love story called “On Body and... More »
Mark Peranson (R-L), actress Kim Minhee, director Hong Sangsoo and director of photography Park Hongyeol pose during a photocall to promote the movie ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’ at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 16, 2017. ... More »
Actor Secun de la Rosa (L-R), actor Jaime Ordonez, actress Blanca Suarez, actor Mario Casas and director Alex de la Iglesia attend a news conference to promote the movie ‘The Bar’ at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 15, 2017. ... More »
Director Aki Kaurismaki arrives for the screening of the movie ‘The Other Side of Hope’ at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt One drops you, trapped and powerless, in the middle of a civil war, whi... More »
FILE PHOTO: People queue to buy tickets for the upcoming 67th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo A legendary jazz guitarist on the run from the Nazis, a family trapped in a Syri... More »
People who camped-out overnight in sleeping bags, queue to buy tickets for the upcoming 67th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Movie fans waited for hours — and in some cases camped overn... More »
BERLIN If you could go back in time to change your city, what would you do? What kind of a place do you want to live in? Would you try to stop gentrification? These are some of the questions being posed by a Berlin-based collective of artists, called copy & wa... More »
