The 75th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place between 13 and 23 February 2025 in Berlin, Germany. American filmmaker Todd Haynes was named the Jury President for the main competition. It marked the first edition of Tricia Tuttle as the festival's artistic director after Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek stepped down after the 2024 edition.
Dreams (Sex Love) directed by Dag Johan Haugerud won the Golden Bear. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro. While the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
The festival opened with German drama film The Light by Tom Tykwer. During the opening ceremony, British actress Tilda Swinton was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.
Juries
Main Competition
Perspectives Jury (GWFF Best First Feature Award)
Short Film Competition
- Dascha Dauenhauer, German composer
- Jing Haase, Danish producer
- Phạm Ngá»Âc Lân, Vietnamese filmmaker and producer
Generation Jury
Berlinale Documentary Award Jury
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear on 21 January 2025:
Berlinale Special
The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special screening:
Perspectives
14 films will be competing for the Best First Feature Award. The following films were selected for the first edition of the Perspectives section:
Berlinale Short Film Competition
The following films are selected for the Berlinale's Short Film Golden Bear Competition section:
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
Forum
The following films were selected for the Forum section:
Generation
The following films were selected for the Generation sections:
Berlinale Classics
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Classics section:
Retrospective
The following films were selected for the Retrospective section:
Berlinale EFM
The following films were selected for the out of competition EFM section:
- 100 Liters of Gold, directed by Teemu Nikki (Finland)
- Abode of Down, directed by Kristina Shtubert (Germany)
- About Woman, directed by Maurice Trouwborst (Netherlands)
- Forbidden City, directed by Gabriele Mainetti (Italy)
- Loss of Balance, directed by Korek Bojanowski (Poland)
- Luisa, directed by Julia Roesler (Germany)
- The Last Beautiful Thing, directed by Luca Luongo (Italy)
- Muganga, directed by Marie-Hélène Roux (France)
- Mr. Burton, directed by Marc Evans (United Kingdom)
- Silent Storms, directed by Dania Reymond-Boughenou (France)
- That Summer in Paris, directed by Valentine Cadic (France)
- The Art Whisperer, directed by Flemming Fynsk (United States)
- The Perfect Gamble, directed by Danny Abeckaser (United States)
- The Things You Kill, directed by Alireza Khatami (France, Canada)
- The Rule of Jenny Pen, directed by James Ashcroft (New Zealand)
- Vena, directed by Chiara Fleischhacker (Germany)
- Vindicta, directed by Dominik Sedlar (Croatia)
Official Awards
Main Competition
Berlinale Camera
GWFF Best First Feature Award
Berlinale Documentary Award
- Holding Liat by Brandon Kramer
- Special Mention:
- The Memory of Butterflies by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
- Canone effimero by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio
Berlinale Short Films Competition
Generation
Generation Kplus â Children's Jury
Generation 14plus â Youth Jury Awards
- Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Sunshine by Antoinette Jadaone
- Special Mention: Playtime by Lúcia Murat
- Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Wish You Were Ear by Mirjana Balogh
- Special Mention: Sunset over America by MatÃÂas Rojas Valencia
Generation Kplus â International Jury
- Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: The Botanist by Jing Yi
- Special Mention: Seaside Serendipity by Satoko Yokohama
- Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: Autokar by Sylwia SzkiÃ
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- Special Mention: Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment by Irati Dojura Landa YagarÃÂ
Generation 14plus â International Jury
- Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: Christy by Brendan Canty
- Special Mention: Têtes Brûlées by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama
- Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: DonâÂÂt Wake the Sleeping Child by Kevin Aubert
- Special Mention: Beneath Which Rivers Flow by Ali Yahya
Independent Awards
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
FIPRESCI Prizes
Panorama Audience Award
Panorama Audience Award â Documentary
Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse cinemas
C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
Label Europa Cinemas
- Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Caligari Film Prize
- Fwends by Sophie Somerville
Peace Film Prize
- Khartoum by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed and Phil Cox
- Special Mention: Queer as Punk by Yihwen Chen
Amnesty International Film Award
Heiner Carow Prize
- Palliative Care Unit by Philipp Döring
Prize AG Kino â Gilde â Cinema Vision 14plus
Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award
Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award
- The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov by Yuri Semashko
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