75th Berlin International Film Festival
2025 film festival edition
The 75th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place between 13 and 23 February 2025 in Berlin, Germany. American filmmaker Todd Haynes was named the Jury President for the main competition. It marked the first edition of Tricia Tuttle as the festival's artistic director after Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek stepped down after the 2024 edition.
Dreams (Sex Love) directed by Dag Johan Haugerud won the Golden Bear. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro. While the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
The festival opened with German drama film The Light by Tom Tykwer. During the opening ceremony, British actress Tilda Swinton was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.
Juries
Main Competition
Todd Haynes, American filmmaker – Jury President
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
Maria Schrader, German actress and filmmaker
Rodrigo Moreno, Argentinian filmmaker
Nabil Ayouch, Franco-Moroccan filmmaker
Bina Daigeler, German costume designer
Amy Nicholson, American film critic and author
Perspectives Jury (GWFF Best First Feature Award)
Meryam Joobeur, Tunisian filmmaker
Aïssa Maïga, French actress
María Zamora, Spanish producer
Short Film Competition
Dascha Dauenhauer, German composer
Jing Haase, Danish producer
Phạm Ngọc Lân, Vietnamese filmmaker and producer
Generation Jury
Emma Branderhorst, Dutch filmmaker
Ikoro Sekai, Canadian film curator at the Toronto International Film Festival
Aslı Özarslan, German filmmaker
Berlinale Documentary Award Jury
Petra Costa, Brazilian filmmaker
Lea Glob, Danish filmmaker
Kazuhiro Soda, Japanese filmmaker
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear on 21 January 2025:
Berlinale Special
The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special screening:
Perspectives
14 films will be competing for the Best First Feature Award. The following films were selected for the first edition of the Perspectives section:
Berlinale Short Film Competition
The following films are selected for the Berlinale's Short Film Golden Bear Competition section:
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
Forum
The following films were selected for the Forum section:
Generation
The following films were selected for the Generation sections:
Berlinale Classics
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section:
Retrospective
The following films were selected for the Retrospective section:
Berlinale EFM
The following films were selected for the out of competition EFM section:
100 Liters of Gold, directed by Teemu Nikki (Finland)
Abode of Down, directed by Kristina Shtubert (Germany)
About Woman, directed by Maurice Trouwborst (Netherlands)
Forbidden City, directed by Gabriele Mainetti (Italy)
Loss of Balance, directed by Korek Bojanowski (Poland)
Luisa, directed by Julia Roesler (Germany)
The Last Beautiful Thing, directed by Luca Luongo (Italy)
Muganga, directed by Marie-Hélène Roux (France)
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