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Berlinale 2025


229 articles available in total starting from 12/12/2023. Last article published on 06/03/2025.

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani • Directors of Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Interview: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani • Directors of Reflection in a Dead Diamond

"We approached the story as if it were a diamond and gave it different facets"

We met with the inspired filmmaking duo to talk about their latest film effort, a frenetic and psychedelic rereading of the Hero myth  

06/03 | Luxembourg 2025

Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of The Earth Is Flat – I Flew Around and Saw It

Interview: Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of The Earth Is Flat – I Flew Around and Saw It

"I want all of us to reflect on our own 'flat Earth theories' and prepare ourselves for the moment when objective reality crashes them one way or another"

BERLINALE 2025: The Ukrainian director offers insights to his upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market  

04/03 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama • Director of Têtes Brûlées

Interview: Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama • Director of Têtes Brûlées

"I was interested in showing how much more responsible a 12-year-old can be than an adult"

BERLINALE 2025: The young filmmaker chatted with us about her first feature film, which paints the portrait of a young girl having to face the loss of her big brother  

28/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Andrea Štaka • Director of IBICABA – Visions of Paradise

Interview: Andrea Štaka • Director of IBICABA – Visions of Paradise

"It's a challenge to shoot a period film - set in the 19th century - with a European arthouse budget"

BERLINALE 2025: The Swiss director breaks down her upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market  

27/02 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers • Directors of We Believe You

Interview: Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers • Directors of We Believe You

"It was important to us to leave plenty of time for her to speak, for us to hear her"

BERLINALE 2025: We met with the Belgian directors to discuss their first feature film, which paints a subtle yet intense portrait of a morning spent in court by a mother  

27/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Sarah Miro Fischer & Marie Bloching • Director of and actress in The Good Sister

Interview: Sarah Miro Fischer & Marie Bloching • Director of and actress in The Good Sister

"We bring a close look at a sexual abuser through a person who is deeply connected with him"

BERLINALE 2025: The first-time director and the actress delve into the making and the ethical questions of their film, about a girl whose older brother is accused of rape  

26/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante

Interview: Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante

"Our main character is like Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights — she has to tell stories to survive"

BERLINALE 2025: The Turkish-French directing duo discuss their new film, which follows a woman working in an erotic call centre who is suddenly trying to save someone after an earthquake  

26/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Palliative Care Unit

Review: Palliative Care Unit

BERLINALE 2025: Philipp Döring takes the viewer on a moving and empathetic trip in a palliative care unit in Berlin  

26/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Review: Têtes Brûlées

Review: Têtes Brûlées

BERLINALE 2025: Teetering on the edge, Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama's feature debut homes in on how a little girl finds her way through the pain of losing her big brother  

25/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Florian Pochlatko • Director of How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Interview: Florian Pochlatko • Director of How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

“Mental health has become such a big issue in recent years, but I didn't want it to be portrayed as ‘cool’”

BERLINALE 2025: The Austrian director follows a young woman beset by psychotic episodes, who is trying to fit the pattern of a mentally normative life  

25/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

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