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The Oscar-winning Kenyan actress is the first black, and first African, person to lead the festival's jury.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues to rage in Gaza, repercussions are being felt at the Berlinale, which looks to be one of the most politically charged editions in recent history. Several filmmakers have already canceled their participation to the festival in protest of Germany’s attitude towards Palestinian voices, while more than 50 Berlinale workers have …

Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy will open Berlin's international film festival Thursday with the world premiere of a drama about Ireland's notorious laundries used as prison camps for "fallen" young women.Most of the laundries' residents were ostracised "fallen women" who had become pregnant outside marriage. 

Top German actors took a stance against right-wing extremism and the controversial Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Thursday as the Berlinale, Germany's international film festival, opened on Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. At a protest organized by the film festival itself, filmakers such as Jella Haase and Katja Riemann shouted "Defend Democracy." They held cell phone lights in the air and the red carpet became quiet during the event. "By rejecting the AfD, the Berlinale has clearly p

BERLIN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale for short, kicked off here on Thursday after two years of a scaled-back event