An eight-year-old who played a transgender “girl” in the Spanish-Basque movie 20,000 Species of Bees took home the top acting prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.
Helen Mirren has declined to address questions regarding the controversy over the movie “Golda,” in which she plays the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
BERLIN (AP) – The organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival say they will stop awarding separate acting prizes to women and men beginning next year. Berlinale organizers said Monday the performance awards will be defined in a gender-neutral way
A luxury hotel in Berlin has been accused of erasing Israel dial codes from its in-house telephone directory. The allegation was made by French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann who added that the omission was made for the sake of the hotel’s Arab clients.
Actor John Cusack accused the West of “legitimizing murder” with its response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks while speaking to reporters on Tuesday at the Berlin Film Festival.
Director Spike Lee criticized the United States as a “volatile” and dangerous country, and questioned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s mental competency during an event at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday.
George Clooney will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday to discuss how Hollywood can play a role in resolving Europe’s refugee crisis, the actor announced Thursday at the Berlin Film Festival.
The Berlin Film Festival will invite refugees in Germany to attend film screenings free of charge as part of its focus on immigration and the broader migrant crisis this year.
Actor and activist George Clooney lost his cool on a reporter over his involvement in Europe’s migrant crisis at a press conference for his box office flop Hail, Caesar! on Thursday in Berlin.
Three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep waded into the debate over the lack of diversity in Hollywood during the opening press conference at the Berlin Film Festival, explaining away the festival’s all-white jury panel by telling reporters: “We’re all Africans really.”
Hollywood will be out in force to kick off the Berlin film festival Thursday, with Meryl Streep joining George Clooney and the Coen brothers for the event where Europe’s refugee crisis will also play a starring role. The 11-day Berlinale,
