Berlinale Festival Reports 2025
Golden Bear: "Drømmer" (Dreams) by Dag Johan Haugerud (© Agnete Brun)
This dossier brings together Peter Paul Huth’s reports on the 2025 Berlinale, as well as a report on the Forum section by Karsten Visarius.
Articles in this dossier
Berlinale 2025: To the Opening
Report on the beginning of the Berlinale 2025
Berlinale 2025: First Highlights of the Festival
In his report, Peter Paul Huth comments on "Dreams" by Michel Franco with Jessica Chastain and "A Complete Unknown" by James Mangold with Timothée Chalamet.
Impressive Character Study: "Late Shift" by Petra Volpe
Peter Paul Huth is impressed by the interplay between the director, camera, editing, music and lead actress Leonie Benesch in a film about working in a cancer ward.
Travelling Into the Past
Peter Paul Huth writes about the Berlinale competition entries "Blue Moon" by Richard Linklater and "La Cache" by Lionel Baier.
Women Everywhere
Towards the end of the Berlinale, it becomes clear what criteria had to be met for a film to be invited to the Competition. Either it had to be directed by a female director or the protagonist had to be female, says Peter Paul Huth in his Berlinale report on competition films from four countries.
Berlin 2025: The Awards in the International Competition
Comment by Peter Paul Huth on the decisions of the international festival jury
Jenseits der Gewissheiten
Politische Relevanz und ästhetische Ambition charakterisierten einen Großteil der Filme des Forum-Programms. Mit ihnen erfüllte es das immer wieder neue Versprechen des Kinos, die Welt mit anderen Augen zu erfahren. Und mit unseren Augen andere Welten. So beginnt der Bericht von Karsten Visarius zum Forum der Berlinale 2025.