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75th Berlin International Film Festival
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 (2025 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, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Light (2025 Film)
''The Light'' () is a 2025 drama film written, directed by Tom Tykwer, and starring Lars Eidinger and Nicolette Krebitz depicts everyday life of a middle-class family in a world that has become unstable. The German-French co-production also have Elke Biesendorfer, Julius Gause and Elyas Eldridge in pivotal roles. The film premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Special Gala section on 13 February 2025. It will be released on 20 March 2025 in German theatres by X Verleih. Synopsis Tim and Milena share a household with their twins, Frieda and Jon, along with Milena's son, Dio. Living under one roof, the family exists more as individuals than as a family, bound by little more than circumstance. Their fragile life is disrupted when Farrah, a mysterious housekeeper from Syria, enters their lives. Her presence challenges the Engels in unexpected ways, uncovering long-buried emotions and hidden truths. However, Farrah has her own secret agenda, one that promises to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film ''Dallas Doll'' (1994) , and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She gained her first leading film role in ''The Goddess of 1967'' (2000), which earned her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She went on to appear in major international films such as ''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), followed by ''Troy (film), Troy'' (2004), ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007), and ''Knowing (film), Knowing'' (2009). Roles in ''Get Him to the Greek'' (2010), ''Bridesmaids (2011 film), Bridesmaids'' (2011), ''Neighbors (2014 film), Neighbors'' (2014), ''Spy (2015 film), Spy'' (2015), and ''Instant Family'' (2018) established her as a comedic actress. She also starred in the horror film ''Insidious (film), Insidious'' (2010) and its sequels ''Insidious: Chapter 2'' (2013) and ''Insidious: The Red Door'' (2023); the superhero films ''X-Men: First Class' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
María Zamora (producer)
María Zamora (born 1976) is a Spanish film producer. Born in Valencia, Zamora earned a licentiate degree on Business Administration & Management from the University of Valencia. After completing a master's degree on audivisual production, she moved to Madrid to work for Avalon Productions, later Avalon PC. In 2021, she founded production and distribution company Elastica Films along with Enrique Costa. She has produced films such as ', ''They Are All Dead'', ''María (and Everybody Else)'', ''The Days to Come'', ''My Mexican Bretzel'', ''Amar (2017 film), Amar'', ''Libertad (2021 film), Libertad'', ''Summer 1993'', ''Alcarràs (film), Alcarràs'', and ''The Rye Horn''. In 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Culture (Spain), Ministry of Culture awarded her the National Cinematography Prize. References {{film-producer-stub Spanish women film producers Living people 1976 births University of Valencia alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aïssa Maïga
Aïssa Maïga (born 5 May 1975) is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut. Maïga is an advocate for inclusion and has been vocal about racial discrimination in the film industry throughout her career. Maïga was inspired to speak out and create the DiasporAct collective after realising she was often the sole performer of colour to receive top billing and awards season attention—despite the abundance of diverse talent around her. Early life Maïga was born in Dakar, Senegal to a Malian father and Senegalese mother. Maïga grew up in Dakar but would go to Mali on holidays as a child to spend time with her grandmother, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Her family comes from a small town in the region of Gao—near the Sahara desert—and her father is of the Songhay people. She moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meryam Joobeur
Meryam Joobeur is a Tunisian Canadian film director."Portrait de Regard: Meryam Joobeur" '''', March 16, 2019. She is most noted for her 2018 short film '' (Ikhwène)'', which won the at the |
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson is an American film criticism, film critic for the Los Angeles Times. She is the co-host of the podcast ''Unspooled''. She has reviewed films for several publications, including ''LA Weekly'', ''The New York Times'', ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', and ''The Washington Post''. Early life and education Nicholson was raised in San Antonio, Texas. As a child, she developed her admiration for films after watching "ancient films on TV" with her father and repeatedly watching ''Home Alone'' (1990) with her friends, as well as watching films starring Leonardo DiCaprio. After graduating from Incarnate Word High School, she attended the University of Oklahoma (OU) and initially enrolled to study psychology. During her second semester, Nicholson took classes in film and anthropology; she reflected: "I was always really interested in the way people think about culture." Nicholson then double majored with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in Film Studies and Anthropology from the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bina Daigeler
Bina Daigeler is a German costume designer. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume Design for ''Mulan''. In February 2025, Daigeler joined the competition jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, presided over by Todd Haynes. Selected filmography * ''All About My Mother'' (1999) * ''Volver'' (2006) * ''Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013) * ''Out of the Dark'' (2014) * '' Hitman: Agent 47'' (2015) * ''Manifesto'' (2015) * ''Hands of Stone'' (2016) * ''Snowden'' (2016) * ''The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017) * '' Submergence'' (2017) * ''Entebbe'' (2018) * '' Dumplin''' (2018) * ''Mulan'' (2020) * ''Tár'' (2022) * '' The Mother'' (2023) * ''Fingernails'' (2023) * ''The Room Next Door'' (2024) * ''Mother Mary Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nabil Ayouch
Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a Franco-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer. His films have been screened at international film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival. Early life Ayouch was born in 1969 in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., to a Moroccan father, and a French mother of Tunisian-Jewish descent. His brother is fellow director Hicham Ayouch. After his parents' divorce, he spent a large part of his childhood in the suburb of Sarcelles, visiting Casablanca in the summers. Ayouch cites discovering international cinema at the local cultural center, Forum des Cholettes, as inspiring his filmmaking career. Film career Ayouch started his career as a scriptwriter and director wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rodrigo Moreno
Rodrigo Moreno (born October 1972 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian film director and screenwriter. According to Joel Poblete, who writes for cinema magazine ''Mabuse'', Moreno is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentine Cinema" which began . Biography Moreno is the son of actors Adriana Aizenberg and Carlos Moreno. He studied cinema and graduated from the directing program at the Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, and has been teaching directing and screenplay writing there since 1996. In 1993, he wrote and directed his first short film, ''Nosotros'', which won best film at the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films. His 2006 film ''The Minder'' () is the first film feature he directed alone. His 2011 film ''A Mysterious World'' premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear. In February 2025, Moreno joined the competition jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maria Schrader
Maria Schrader (born 27 September 1965) is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award-winning 2007 film ''Love Life'' and the 2020 Netflix miniseries '' Unorthodox'', for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. She also starred in the German international hit TV series '' Deutschland 83'' (2015), known for being the first German-language series broadcast on US television. Early life and career Schrader was born in Hanover and studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria. She is especially well known from the film '' Aimée & Jaguar'', as well as the acclaimed ''Liebesleben'' ("Love life") that she wrote, produced, and in which she acted. She has also written other films: ''RobbyKallePaul''; ''I Was on Mars''; '' Stille Nacht'' and '' Meschugge''. She co-directed ''I Was on Mars'' with Dani Levy, whom she dated until 1999. Schrader was part of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fan Bingbing
Fan Bingbing (, born 16 September 1981) is a Chinese actress. After gaining recognition for the costume drama '' My Fair Princess'' (1998–1999), Fan's breakthrough came with Feng Xiaogang's blockbuster '' Cell Phone'' (2003), which won her the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. She followed with television series such as '' The Proud Twins'' (2004), '' Eight Heroes'' (2006), and '' The Empress of China'' (2014) while collaborating with Li Yu on art-house films such as '' Lost in Beijing'' (2007), '' Buddha Mountain'' (2011), and '' Double Xposure'' (2012). She reunited with Feng in '' I Am Not Madame Bovary'' (2016), which won her the Silver Shell for Best Actress and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress. Her international credits include '' My Way'' (2011), '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' (2014), ''Skiptrace'' (2016), and '' The 355'' (2022). From 2013 to 2017, she was the highest-paid celebrity in the ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list after ranking in the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
