Kim Tae Han

Kim Tae Han is a South Korean baritone. He graduated from Seonhwa Arts High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from Seoul National University and a master's degree in the same subject from Hans Eisler University of Music in Berlin, Germany. He gained recognition when…

Maryo J. de los Reyes

Maryo J. de los Reyes was a Filipino television and movie director. In the year 2004, he won numerous international awards: he won Berlin International Film Festival's "Best Feature Film" Crystal Bear and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk awards for his movie "Magnifico," and Brussels International Independent…

Nikolai Kinski

Nikolai Kinski is a French-American film actor. He was born in Paris, France, and grew up in California. Currently residing in Berlin, he has acted primarily in American and German films, and speaks English, German, and French. He is a citizen of both the U.S. and France. (Source: Wikipedia)

Lior Shamriz

Lior Shamriz is a writer, producer, and film director. They received a Masters from the University of Arts Berlin (UdK) where they graduated in Experimental Media Design with Honors in 2009. They were a DAAD visiting fellow at the California Institute of the Arts in 2013-2014. From 2016-2018 they curated…

Austin Kim

Kim Tae Kyu, known professionally as Austin Kim, is a South Korean contralto tenor and member of the crossover group FORTÉNA (포르테나). He graduated from Sunhwa Arts High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Music from Berlin University of the Arts in Germany. He entered the singing…

Steffen Thum

Steffen Thum is an German composer for film, TV, video games and advertising, based in Berlin.

Naruse Katsuo

Naruse Katsuo is a Japanese director and screenwriter. In 1997, he made his directorial debut with "Immoral Affairs". In the same year, "Setouchi Moonlight Serenade" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, and then moved on to drama, writing screenplays such as Kiraware Matsuko no Issho,…

Zhao Liang

Living in Beijing since 1993, Zhao has been working as an independent documentary filmmaker as well as a multimedia artist in photography and video art. His films were premiered at Cannes, Venezia, Berlinale; art works being exhibited at the International Center of Photography (New York), Walker Art…

Sunohara Aira

Debuted for the first time in the movie "Amiko" in 2017. Won the PFF Award 2017, Audience Award, and was exhibited at the 68th Berlin Film Festival and Forum Division.

Lee Su Jin

After making several short films, in 2014 his feature film debut "Han Gong Ju" received multiple awards. His second feature film "Woo Sang" (Idol) was released in 2019 and premiered at the 69th Berlinale.

Windy Story

Kei is a professional motorcycle racer with a young daughter from an earlier marriage, and a busy schedule that takes him to West Berlin. (Source: iMDB) ~~ A co-production with Germany.

Virgin: Love Thy Woman Deeply

Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan's independent film industry, dealing with the theme of "lost virginity." Yoshida Koki, whose film {Household X} was an official selection for the Berlin International…

Between Dangerous

Yun Hee, who runs a painting studio, feels the reward of life while waiting for her husband to study abroad in Berlin. Then one day, he meets a man named Hyun Gu and goes to bed with him. Yun Hee feels remorse for…

November 9th

On Thursday, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the German division, collapsed. The East-West German government did not set the date by mutual agreement, but it was a unilateral announcement by East Germany.…

Crazy Lotus

With Crazy Lotus, there will be no grainy human left in Blank Clock! (Source: berlinale-talents.de)

Daughter and Son

Sachiko and Ming are living together, perhaps they are a couple. They discuss everyday things, slip into different roles and thereby tell each other about their relationship. (Source: Berlinale)

There Is a Stone

A young woman spends a day in some non-place between town and countryside, has random encounters and watches stones skip over the surface of the river. Tatsunari Ota’s film explores a world without productivity and…

Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

As a preview of the 60th anniversary of the Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek (today: Arsenal), the installation of videos by the Japanese avant-garde pioneer, who died in July 2022, commemorates a screening at the…

Concrete Market

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In a post-apocalyptic world from a catastrophic earthquake, one apartment building that didn’t collapse becomes a bartering market. (Source: Efm-berlinale.de/en)

Mickey 17

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The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes, has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job … to die, for a living. (Source: Berlinale.de/en) ~~…