At the 76th edition of the international film festival Berlinale, Turkish directors made their mark. The festival’s most prestigious award, the Golden Bear, was given to İlker Çatak’s film Yellow Letters. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to Emin Alper for
The 76th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), held in Berlin from 12–22 February, opened amid intense political debate, overshadowing the usual red-carpet spectacle.
Tilda Swinton delivered a powerful speech at the Berlin Film Festival, condemning what she described as “the astonishing savagery of spite, state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder.” Speaking after receiving a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement, Swinton criticized “greed-addicted governments” without explicitly
The Berlin Film Festival commenced with a spirited press conference, but the political fervor intensified as three separate groups of protesters gathered at Potsdamer Platz just before the commencement of the opening night festivities. The first group consisted of approximately 50 individuals
Ghanaian filmmaker Ayo Tsalithaba has decided to withdraw his film, “Atmospheric Arrivals,” from the Berlinale Film Festival in protest of Germany’s backing for Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Tsalithaba announced his decision in a social media statement, expressing solidarity with more than
How It Started… In the first days of the new decade, theaters opened with the final chapter of the iconic trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Sam Mendes’ one-shot war drama 1917, and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women. On February
