Fantasy star becomes head of the Berlinale jury

Fantasy star becomes head of the Berlinale jury

The Golden Bear of the Berlinale is the largest German film award. An international jury, which the Berlin Film Festival invites particularly deserving filmmakers to chair each year, decides who will receive the award. And this year a fantasy icon will make the selection for the most important films of the year. It’s Kristen Stewart.

Fantasy star Kristen Stewart succeeds exceptional director at Berlinale

This emerges from a press release available to Moviepilot. Accordingly, the actress, author and director will act as the jury president of the festival from February 16, 2022 takes place for the 73rd time.

For Stewart fans, it might be some of the best news of 2023. Many is she best known as the star of the Twilight series. Since her appearances in the fantasy franchise, however, she has also proved her immense talent as an actress in complex roles for films such as Spencer or Personal Shopper. She got her first big part as a young girl in Panic Room. She is rightly considered by many to be one of the best Hollywood actresses of our time.

But Stewart has also been behind the camera for several years. your short filmShe made her directorial debut with the short film Come Swim. She also directed two music videos and an episode of the series Homemade.

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