The Berlinale and European Film Market (EFM) 2025
The first major event took place in the New Year of major importance is the European Film Market (EFM) and The Berlin Film Festival. These events take place alongside each other.
What: European Film Market & Berlinale
When: February 13-23, 2025
Where: Berlin, Germany
These premiere events on the film calendar are crucial components in getting your movie produced and distributed. Attended by 21,000 professionals, 550 companies, the festival & market bring together decision makers, financiers, sales agencies & distributors dedicated to the European film industry.
Full list of winners for the 2025 edition of the Berlinale
Norwegian Love Story ‘Dreams’ Wins Berlinale’s Golden Bear
‘Dreams’ by Director Dag Johan Haugerud has taken the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2025. Film rounds out a trilogy for the director. Rose Byrne wins Best Actor Award for ‘If I had Legs, I’d Kick You’. Andrew Scott took the top prize for Supporting Actor for his role in Richard Linklaters’ ‘Blue Moon’ starring Ethan Hawke.
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Past Years Honories
Willem Dafoe To Receive Honorary Golden Bear
Widely respected and actively working actor Willem Defoe will receive an Honorary Golden Bear. A retrospective of his work will be screened including ‘The Hunter’ following the award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on Feb. 20th.
Willem Dafoe to Receive Honorary Golden Lion at Berlinale
Defoe has performed in over one hundred film productions.
His acting credits include:
- The Last Temptation of the Christ
- Mississippi Burning
- Platoon
- Antichrist
- Pasolini
- The Hunter
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Auto Focus with Paul Schrader
Film Sections
With over four hundred films showing in the screening rooms and palaces, a wide range of film genres are represented.
Competition
The place for great international cinema
Panorama
Features films intended for the youthful audiences
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The German filmmaking world is on display in this dedicated forum
Forum
True indie film, artistic films which are experimental &avant garde in nature
Berlinale Shorts
The place for discovery of new filmmakers expressing themselves in the short film medium
The Special Gala
Honoring the greats of cinema and their artistic works
Additional Sections:
- Berlinale Series
- Retrospective
- Homage
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