Festival Guides

International Competition

Sections International Competition, Out of Competition, Berlinale Special, Panorama, International Forum of New Cinema, Children´s Film Festival, Generation Kplus, Generation 14plus, Berlinale Shorts, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Lola@Berlinale, Retrospective, Talent Campus, Co-Production Market, European Film Market (EFM)

Category Short, Documentary, Feature

Terms of Entry COMPETITION 35mm, DCP only, films may not be older than one year, no prior exploitation outside the country of origin and at international festivals (German films: no prior public screening);
BERLINALE SHORTS 30 min. or less, international premieres only, but world premieres preferred (obligatory for German productions), films may not be older than one year, English subtitles, Deadline Short Films: 14 November 2012
PANORAMA films may not be older than one year, no commercial exploitation in Europe outside the country of origin, no prior festival screening (German films: no prior screening), feature length films: 70 min. or longer
FORUM 60 min. or longer, films may not be older than one year, no commercial exploitation in Europe (German films: no prior screening), films may not been shown at any other German or European Festival, German subtitles if possible
GENERATION COMPETITIONS (KPLUS/14 PLUS) feature length films: 60 min. or longer, short film: 30 min. or less, films may not be older than one year, no commercial exploitation in Germany, no prior screening at a European festival except in the country of origin (German films: no prior screening), English subtitles
PERSPEKTIVE DEUTSCHES KINO German feature, documentary and experimental films, 20 min. or longer, films may not be older than one year, no prior commercial exploitation in Germany, world premieres preferred, English subtitles
LOLA@BERLINALE German feature and documentary films preselected for the German Film Award 2013, no commercial spots, English subtitles
EUROPEAN FILM MARKET for producers, distributors, buyers and sellers, video and TV representatives only; films may not be older than one year, short and mid-length films only if they can be fitted into a one-hour slot, no EFM-screening the year before

Genre Animation, Art, Children & Youth, Comedy, Documentary Films, Drama, Experimental, Family, Gay & Lesbian, Music

Subtitles

Format 35 mm, DCP, HDCAM, HD QuickTime

Registration Deadline feature films: 31 October 2012
short films: 14 November 2012

Fees ENTRY FEES
Euro 125,- per film print/video tape; Euro 50,- for short films
EUROPEAN FILM MARKET FEES
Market booths: Euro 420,- per square meter (umbrella stands: Euro 390,-)
Market Screenings: Euro 200-600,- per hour

Attendance Figures 300,000

Participants of the Film Industry almost 20,000 participants of the international film industry from more than 100 countries

Prizes/Awards OFFICIAL FESTIVAL JURIES
Golden Bear (Best Feature and Best Short Film) Silver Bear (Jury Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Artistic Contribution, Best Film Music, Short Film Jury Award), Blue Angel Award (Best European Film), Alfred Bauer Award (Particularly Innovative Film or Best First Film), Crystal Bears (Best Children's Feature, Best Children's Short, Best Youth Feature), Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix (Best Children's Feature), Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Special Prize (Best Children's Short), Heiner Carow Prize, Special Mentions
INDEPENDENT JURIES
CICAE Prizes, OCIC Prize (Prize of the Churches of the Ecumenical Jury), Award of the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas, LVT-Manfred Salzgeber-Prize, Panorama Short Film Prize, Panorama Audience Award, Peace Film Prize, Teddy - Queer Film Award, Siegessäule Readers' Prize, Wolfgang Staudte Award, Caligari Film Prize, NETPAC Prize, Don Quixote Prize, Berliner Zeitung Readers' Prize, FIPRESCI Award

Number of Films Shown about 400 films

Media Coverage 4,000 journalists from 80 countries; print, TV, radio, online, photographers

Specific Characteristics Recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) as Competitive Feature Film Festival (so-called "A-Festival"). The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film.

Evaluation The Berlinale is the leading festival in Germany and, together with Cannes and Venice, the most important competitive festival in the world. The most significant section of the festival in international terms is the Competition, which presents a broad range of international filmmaking and in which the International Jury selects the recipients of the Golden and Silver Bears. Participation in the competition guarantees worldwide media coverage.
The Berlinale Talent Campus has been created to support the rising generation and offer young international filmmakers from all over the world a creative theoretical and practical platform. A co-production market as well as the World Cinema Fund complement the festival initiatives.
The official section Perspektive Deutsches Kino offers an excellent forum for young German filmmakers. The industry section Lola@Berlinale presents the German productions preselected for the upcoming German Film Award (Lola), giving international industry representatives the opportunity to review the most significant German films from the past 12 months.

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