The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has confirmed seven jurors for its Competition section, with Chinese director Zhang Yimou serving as jury president for the section’s second edition. Zhang has won prizes at each of the three major European festivals: the Golden Bear at Berlin for his 1987 debut “Red Sorghum,” the Golden Lion […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran17 Sept
Berlin opposes fast track to EU ‘associate membership’ for Canada, with officials warning Ottawa risks angering other partners
We hear a lot about extremism in Germany, after the breakthrough of the AfD earlier this month. Yet a far-left government may be about to take power in Berlin on Sunday, and is attracting almost no attention. Why is that?
A decade after the terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market, a new miniseries looks into the institutional failures that allowed the deadly truck rampage to happen.
Deutsche Welle16 Sept
Seriesly Berlin kept up its reputation for backing complex TV series with its latest batch of award winners. Hands Up, a music drama series pitch from the U.S. focused on an Israeli musician and a Palestinian singer brought together in Berlin’s hip-hop scene was the winner of the Writers’ Pitch Award last night at a […]
Deadline•Jesse Whittock16 Sept
Nothing is getting in the way of true-crime’s popularity, data from Ampere Analysis revealed in Berlin today. During a session at Seriesly Berlin designed to explore if documentary tastes are changing, Ampere’s principal analyst, Rahul Patel, revealed that while overall TV commissions in the genre are falling, demand for true crime remains as steady as […]
Deadline•Jesse Whittock15 Sept
The results of the Berlin election are as hard to predict as ever. Three parties are vying for first place, including the socialist Left Party and the far-right AfD. But one issue is most important to Berliners.
Deutsche Welle15 Sept
The Zurich Film Festival will honor Berlin and Zurich-based distributor DCM with a Career Achievement Award at its upcoming edition kicking off on September 24. The award is being given to the company’s co-founders Marc Schmidheiny, Christoph Daniel, Dario Suter and Joel Brandeis as well as its Swiss managing director Stephanie Candinas for their long-standing […]
Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow15 Sept
Mikel Gurrea’s “Saints,” starring Victoria Luengo, who played opposite Javier Bardem in “The Beloved,” will be brought to market at San Sebastián by Berlin-based M-Appeal which has acquired its international sales rights. M-Appeal will launch its campaign as “Saints” (“Sants”) weighs into San Sebastián Festival, running Sept. 18-26, as one of its highest-profile titles, one […]
Variety•Emeza80515 Sept
There’s the world-class nightclubs, the beer gardens, and the huge expanse of forests. What’s not to love about the world’s hippest city? Quite a bit, it turns out.
The Sydney Morning Herald•Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier15 Sept
The Berlin-set feature, following the isolated life of an Iranian man named Iman, will earn its world premiere at the Spanish film festival.
The Hollywood Reporter•Lily Ford15 Sept
Wizz Air is continuing to significantly expand its operations from Pristina, with the low cost carrier scheduling five new routes for launch this December and its second based aircraft. The airline will introduce services to Berlin, Hahn, Hamburg, Malmo and Trieste, further strengthening its position at Pristina Airport just weeks after announcing the new base in the city, complemented by the introduction of three routes. Flights between Pristina and Berlin will commence on December 14 and operate three times per week. Services to Hahn will launch on the same day and run four times weekly. The following day, December 15, Wizz Air will introduce four weekly flights to Hamburg and three weekly rotations to Malmo. Finally, the carrier will commence a two weekly service to Trieste on December 19. The latter will temporarily pause between January 10 and March 19, before resuming for the remainder of the season. The five new routes will add a further sixteen weekly departures from Pristina at the peak of the winter schedule. They come on top of Wizz Air’s previously announced major expansion in Pristina which includes the establishment of a base with a 239-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft from November. As part of that expansion, the airline is launching new services to Basel, Baden Baden and Charleroi, while increasing frequencies to Dortmund. With the latest additions, Wizz Air is set to grow its Pristina network to fourteen destinations. Alongside the newly announced services and those launching in November, the airline maintains flights from the city to London Luton, Bratislava, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino, Memmingen and Dortmund. Wizz Air has been rapidly increasing its presence in Pristina amid changes in the competitive landscape at the airport. During the first half of 2026, the airline operated approximately 1.400 flights and handled more than 304.000 passengers on its Pristina services. The carrier previously said its base opening would make it the largest scheduled airline at the airport. EX-YU Aviation News
Berlin seeks guarantees from UniCredit as its leverage over Commerzbank fades and the Italian lender moves closer to taking control.
Euronews15 Sept
Sandra Wollner’s “Everytime” lands in Toronto this week for its North American premiere, kicking off a run that includes both the New York and Vancouver film festivals, and aiming to amplify the buzz that began with a standing ovation and Un Certain Regard Prize win at Cannes. The Berlin-based filmmaker’s third feature, which also won […]
Variety•Jennie Punter14 Sept
Lialina is the subject of "Network Portraits”, a three-decade-spanning survey now on view at Berlin’s Panke Gallery through October 3.
ARTnews•Tessa Solomon14 Sept
Ildikó Enyedi’s “Silent Friend” is Hungary’s submission for the 2027 Oscars in the best international feature film category. Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul,” which won Berlin’s Golden Bear, was Oscar nominated in the same category in 2018. “Silent Friend,” which stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm and Léa Seydoux, is a poetic exploration […]
Variety•Leo Barraclough14 Sept
Emboldened by its win in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany wants the country to change its Ukraine and Russia policies. Berlin is staying the course, but support is fading, especially in the east.
Deutsche Welle14 Sept
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The Guardian•Guardian community team14 Sept
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is visiting Hungary as Berlin seeks to rebuild relations with Budapest. Meanwhile, Germany's homeownership rate has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. DW has the latest.
Deutsche Welle14 Sept
Prosecutors say the Berlin marketing executive used her political and military contacts to help a Russian intelligence officer gain access to influential circles and seek information on German defense policy.
Deutsche Welle14 Sept