Tag: Berlinale

Filipino motion picture to vie for 68th Berlin Int’l Film Fest top award

By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service A Filipino motion picture is among the 19 films to compete for the top prize in this year’s 68th Berlinale- Berlin International Film Festival which opens today, February 15, and will run up to February 25. Lav Diaz’s “Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Season of the Devil)” will make a world premiere as it vies for the Golden Bear award, the highest prize awarded for the best film at the […]

Five things to look for at the Berlin film festival

by Deborah Cole BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The Berlin film festival, Europe’s first major cinema showcase since the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal roiled the industry, starts Thursday with 400 new movies slated and a controversy of its own brewing. US filmmaker Wes Anderson will kick off the race for the Golden Bear top prize with the animated feature “Isle of Dogs,” voiced by a starry cast including Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum and […]

GOETHE-INSTITUT BRINGS BERLINALE SHORT FILMS TO THE PH

MANILA – This December, the Goethe-Institut Philippinen is giving film buffs across the country a special treat. From Dec. 2 to Dec. 20, twelve short films from the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, will be shown in four cities around the Philippines for free. Dubbed “Berlinale Spotlight”, the films are especially curated for screenings in Southeast Asia and will be shown in two programs. Included in the film roster are Berlinale laureates HOSANNA (Golden Bear […]