Berlinale

The Berlinale, or Berlin International Film Festival, audio speaker iconBerlinale  is the world's leading film festival held in Berlin, Germany.[1]

The Berlinale was first held in 1951, and since 1978 has been held every February. More than 200000 tickets are sold and around 400000 admissions it is the biggest publicly-attended film festival worldwide.[2] Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick.

The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair, is held at the same time as the Berlinale. It is also one of the most important events for the international film industry.

  1. China film wins top Berlin award, BBC News
  2. Most frequented film festivals, filmfestivals.com Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

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