Berlinale 2025
‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude Delivers Another Caustic Modern Morality Tale
The latest feature from the director of 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World' follows a woman dealing with her guilt after her actions drive a homeless man to suicide.
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‘The Message’ Review: A Minimalist, Beautifully Shot Argentine Road Movie That Celebrates Both Nature and the Supernatural
Writer-director Ivan Fund's roving black-and-white feature, which played competition in Berlin, follows a little girl who claims she can read the minds of animals.
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‘What Marielle Knows’ Review: In This Darkly Clever German Comedy, a Teenage Girl Can See Right Through Her Parents
Writer-director Frédéric Hambalek's second feature follows a bourgeois family of three whose life is upended when their daughter suddenly gains telepathic powers.
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‘The Ice Tower’ Review: Marion Cotillard Toplines a Twisted French Fairytale That’s ‘Frozen’ Meets ‘Mulholland Drive’
The latest feature from French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic ('Earwig,' 'Evolution') follows an orphaned teenage girl who stumbles into a haunting real-world fable.
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‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Review: An Exquisite and Flashy Cinematic Jewel Box With Nothing Much Inside
The latest genre movie homage from French directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani follows a retired secret agent reminiscing about his action-packed past.
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How Rising Star Julia Franz Richter Went From Nativity Plays to Starring in Two Berlinale Movies
After roles in the likes of 'Ghost Trail,' 'Peacock' and 'Rubikon,' she shines in 'Welcome Home Baby,' which opened Berlin's Panorama sidebar, and the competition film 'Mother's Baby.'
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‘The Botanist’ Review: A Graceful Chinese Coming-of-Ager With Dreamy Images More Captivating Than the Story
First-time director Jing Yi sets his feature in the northern province of Xinjiang, in a remote community just across the border from Kazakhstan. Â Â
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‘Bedrock’ Goes Face to Face With People Living on Holocaust Sites in Poland (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)
Kinga Michalska's debut film, premiering in the Panorama Dokumente program, is a documentary that takes viewers to places where "traces of violence are intricately woven into the fabric of everyday life."
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‘Living the Land’ Review: A Richly Detailed, Novelistic Chronicle of Life in Early-’90s Rural China
Writer-director Huo Meng’s Berlin competition entry follows an extended family of farmers scraping by as their country gradually evolves into an industrial powerhouse.
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‘Das Boot’ Series Director Returns to Film With Berlin Panorama Opener ‘Welcome Home Baby’
Austrian veteran Andreas Prochaska says the psycho-thriller, starring Julia Franz Richter, is his "most personal" story, sharing his inspiration for it and how the legendary David Lynch influenced him.
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‘The Light’ Review: Tom Tykwer’s Self-Indulgent Musings on 21st Century Human Existence Open Berlin on a Trying Note
Lars Eidinger and Nicolette Krebitz star as a German couple in crisis whose dysfunctional family is changed by the arrival of a Syrian housekeeper.
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Tom Shoval’s ‘A Letter to David’ Cunio, a Hamas Hostage, Explores the Connection Between Life and Cinema
"Film is an empathy machine," says Nancy Spielberg (Steven Spielberg's sister) who produced the Oct. 7 film debuting at Berlin. "We need to find a way for humanity to get back on the same page."
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