BERLIN
FILM FESTIVAL
Berlinale in February
The
Berlinale Film Festival presents over 400 films
from all over the world in various movie
theaters
and other special venues during ten days every
February. Begun
in 1951 from the rubble of the second world war and first opened with
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” Along
with Cannes and Venice, the Berlin Film Festival is one of the most
important
of the international showcases with almost 200,000 tickets sold to the
public. Where Cannes is mostly open to only invitees, the Berlin Festival
(Intenationale 
Festspiele Berlin) is one of the largest festivals of
cinema open to anyone who loves film. For film professionals, the European
Film Market (EFM) held in conjunction with the Berlin Festival has also
become an important stop on the film market sales circuit. Berlin is
the first film sales market on the annual calender and easily attended
by European and International film buyers and sellers. The Berlin Co-Production
Market is an opportunity for film producers to meet and assemble projects,
and the Berlin Talent Campus allows young up and coming film-makers to
make their presence known to the cinema world.
Berlin
Film Festival Dates for 2011– February 10-2O
"True
Grit" the western remake by Joel and Ethan Cohan will be the opening
premiere for the 2011 Berlin Film Festival. The primary location of
the Berlinale takes place under the futuristic awning of
the Potsdamer
Platz with
the red
carpet
and
movie
star studded
premiers held at "Berlinale Palast" theater. Potsdammer Platz
with it Deutschebahn Headquarters Tower and Bahnhof station underground
has become Berlin’s
entertainment heart with the games of the Sony Center and the Berlin
Museum of Film and Television where artifacts of Fritz Lang’s
cult classic “Metropolis” can be found, 
with
even the iconic female robot greeting you in the gift shop (see Berlin
Film Museum).
The
restaurants and nearby hotels and other film theaters make the Potsdamer
the ideal location the festival headquarters. Potsdamer Platz
is easily reached by underground or S-Bahn from Berlin’s main
train stations, airports and hotel locations around the city (U2, S1,
S2, or S25), or a 5 minute taxi ride from the Hauptbahnhof. Other festival
venues and theaters around the city can be reached by free shuttle
bus from the festival center at Potsdamer Platz.
Youth Focus
New
for 2011, the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt/HKW)
will be
the
new
venue for the premieres of Generation, the Berlinale’s
section for children and youth. And for the eighth time, the "Dialogue
en perspective" award will be presented during the Berlinale.
Through midnight, January 7, 2011 young German, French and Bosnian
film-lovers can apply for one of the seven spots on the youth jury. Close-up! will give young photographers the assignment
of presenting their personal view of the Berlinale in all its diversity – the
red carpet, glamorous film stars, audience impressions, or behind-the-scenes
insights. The photographs will be shown at C/O Berlin at the conclusion
of the Berlinale and the best series will receive an award. And not
so young Armin Meuller Stahl gets a Life Achievement Award.
For
admission to the Berlin Film Festival ticket prices range from
7 to 11 Euro. Tickets can be purchased online with a credit card, at
the
central ticket counter in the Arkaden shopping mall at Postdamer
Platz
or at the various theater box offices with cash only. Students are
half price at the boxoffice. The advantage of Berlin for a film
festival is
the value the city provides for accommodations, with a wide variety
of hotels from 5 Star luxury
to unique student hostels (see Ostel
DDR Hostel) with prices for rooms
a bargain compared to other big European cities or the gouge of
Cannes during
its May
extravaganza
(see Cannes
Festival on a Budget). Not to mention the city’s
famous nightlife, even in the cold winters. Have a film in the festival?
For Berlin Festival participants Lufthansa has some special event
discounts. © Bargain
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Berlin Film Festival Theaters
Babylon
Berlinale Palast
Cinema Arsena
Cinema Paris in the Institut Français
CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz
CineStar in the Sony Center
Colosseum
Cosima
CineStar Cubix
Delphi Filmpalast
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Friedrichstadtpalast
Kino International
Urania
Zeughauskino
Zoo Palast
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