On Thursday the 20th of February, the 70th annual Berlinale will open with a glittering Gala in the Berlinale Palast. The Jury this year includes actor Jeremy Irons (United Kingdom), actress Bérénice Bejo (Argentina / France), Producer Bettina Brokemper (Germany) and director Annemarie Jacir (Palestine). The Berlinale runs from the 20.02 – 01.03.2020.

The Berlinale was founded in 1951 in West Berlin and is one of the worldwide big 3 film festivals along with Venice and Cannes. The Golden Bear (Goldene Bär) is the highest honour at the festival awarded for best film, past winners include ‘Rain Man’ (1989), ‘In the name of the Father’ (1994) ‘Magnolia’ (2000).

If you would like to get tickets to see a film, please follow this link to purchase available tickets: https://www.berlinale.de/en/home.html

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival & https://www.berlinale.de/en/home.html )

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Hi there! My name is Juli Buchanan. I have German roots but I grew up in New Zealand and I have been living in Germany since 2004. I love sharing my passion for Berlin and all it has to offer with new ‚Berliners‘ and through my work as a freelance Relocation Consultant with IRC I have the opportunity to do so.