The Berlin International Film Festival is one of the world’s top international film events, where filmmakers, industry professionals and film buffs come together for 11 days in February. There are seven official festival sections: Competition, Panorama, Forum, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Generation, Retrospective and Berlinale Shorts. The winners of the Competition receive the Golden and Silver Bear awards. The festival centre at Potsdamer Platz offers the international community a colourful and broad overview on film production from around the world.  

For comprehensive information, see the  Festival website. 

 

The European Film Market is the business centre of the festival. As one of the three top international markets in the world, the EFM is the focal point for film producers, sales agents, distributors, buyers, and financiers attending the Berlinale. The EFM is a professional trade event and is only open to registered industry professionals. The EFM not only provides exhibition space for companies presenting their current line-¬up, but also organizes over 1000 screenings of new films, which take place at movie theatres around Potsdamer Platz. 

For more details, see Facts & Figures. 

 

The Berlinale Co-Production Market is an independently run event under the auspices of the EFM. It is a two-and-a-half-day event, where 450 film producers, buyers, sales agents, and film financiers meet one-on-one with potential co-producers to discuss an array of pre-selected film projects. In addition, workshops and case studies are held to inform about the most up-to-date developments and trends in the industry and to create a platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences and information. 

 

The Berlinale has also created two other international initiatives: the Berlinale Talent Campus and the World Cinema Fund. 

 

The Berlinale Talent Campus is an international summit of the most talented up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world. The 350 participants are invited to learn from top experts through lectures, seminars and workshops, and have the opportunity to build international networks. 

 

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was founded in October 2004 as an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlinale. The Goethe-Institut came on board as a further cooperation partner. The aim of the WCF is to support the production of innovative films in regions which lack a constructive film industry. Until 2011, the focus regions of the World Cinema Fund are: Latin America, Africa, Near/Middle East, Central and South East Asia and the Caucasus. The WCF also supports the distribution in Germany of films from the same regions. 

 

Berlinale: February 11 – 21, 2010 

Film Entry Deadline: Oct 30, 2009 (feature length films) 

Nov 16, 2009 (short films) 

 

European Film Market: February 11 – 19, 2010 

Registration Period: Oct 15 – Dec 15, 2009 

Film Entry Period: Oct 20 – Dec 23, 2009 

 

Berlinale Co-Production Market: February 14 – 16, 2010 

Project Submission Deadline: October 29, 2009 

 

Berlinale Talent Campus: February 13 – 18, 2010