The largest German film festival returns with a new edition! In February, the Berlinale once again brings together films from all over the world and enables many special cinema encounters. But what does the program look like? Today became the Berlinale Web Competition 2023 presented. We’ll tell you all the details.
After the first films from the side sections have already been announced in the past few weeks, we finally know which names will compete for the main prize of the festival this year, the Golden Bear, compete. Last year he won the family drama Alcarràs – The Last Harvest.
The Berlinale 2023 competition at a glance
20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
The Shadowless Tower by Zhang Lu
Until the end of the night by Christoph Hochhäusler
BlackBerry by Matt Johnson
disco boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese
The Plough by Philippe Garrell
Ingeborg Bachman – Journey into the desert by Margarethe von Trotta
Someday we will tell each other everything by Emily Atef
limbo by Ivan Sen
bathroom by João Canijo
manodrome by John Trengove
Music by Angela Schanelec
Past Lives by Celine Song
red sky by Christian Petzold
On the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert
The Survival of Kindness by Rolf de Heer
suzume by Makoto Shinkai
Totem by Lila AvilesFive German filmmakers made it into the 2023 Berlinale competition: Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, Christoph Hochhäusler, Emily Atef and Margarethe von Trotta – all of them familiar names, whose presence at the festival was to be expected. The anime contribution Suzume, on the other hand, is unexpected.
A film that you should definitely make a note of is Past Lives, which premiered a few days ago at the Sundance Film Festival and is coming to Germany as part of the Berlinale. The first reviews have already arrived showered with praise. Director debut Celine Song is the first discovery of the young cinema year.
In addition to the competition, the festival includes many other sections. This also includes the Encounters competition, which includes a total of 15 films.
The Encounters competition at the Berlinale 2023 at a glance
The Klezmer Project by Leonardo Koch, Paloma Schachmann
The Adults by Dustin Guy Defa
The Echo by Tatiana Huezo
El eco by Tatiana Huezo
Here by Bas Devos
In the blind spot by Ayse Polat
The Cage Is Looking for a Bird by Malika Musaeva
My Worst Enemy by Mehran Tamadon
White Plastic Sky by Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo
In Water by Hong Sang-soo
family time by Tia Kouvo
The Walls of Bergamo by Stefano Savona
Orlando, My Political Biography by Paul B Preciado
samsara by Lois Patino
Eastern Front by Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen Titarenko
Living bathroom by João Canijo
absence by Wu LangThe complete Berlinale program will be unveiled on February 7, 2023.
The most important information about the Berlinale 2023
The Berlinale will take place this year from February 16th to 26th, 2023.It is the fourth edition under the direction of Carlo Chatrian (Artistic Director) and Mariette Rissenbeek (Managing Director) and the 73rd edition overall.Actress Kristen Stewart acts as jury president this year and decides with her team on the awarding of the Golden Bear.The festival will open with the romantic comedy She Came to Me by Rebecca Miller, who was a guest at the Berlinale in 2015 with Maggie’s Plan.The tribute is dedicated to Steven Spielberg. The director, whose Oscar nominee The Fabelmans can be seen at the festival along with many of his other films, receives the Honorary Golden Bear.The motto of the retrospective this time is Young at Heart – Coming of Age at the Movies. A series of different coming-of-age films selected by 30 filmmakers will be shown.As in previous years, Moviepilot will be at the Berlinale again this year and report on the festival’s exciting discoveries.
