Berlin Festivals

PabloPaolo | Sep 2, 2010 |

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As there is continually so much to see and do within the cultural capital of Berlin, it is certainly a wise idea to perhaps plan your Berlin holiday around specific festivals, thus ensuring that you get to check out exactly what you want to. One of the most premier and internationally renowned festivals that takes place every year in Berlin is the famous Berlinale film festival. Certainly a must visit for any film lover, you might want to begin considering attending this upcoming Berlin festival, as it is soon approaching and specifically it will be taking place from February 10-20, 2011.

The Berlinale is not only one of Berlin´s most important festivals, but it is also certainly one of the most important events, if not the most important, for all those involved in the film industry worldwide. Bringing together more than 19,000 film professionals who come from 128 countries, 4,000 journalists, and nearly 300,000 tickets sold each year, the Berlinale is a massive cultural event that explores the worldwide film industry in its present form and offers glimpses of what is yet to come in the future. It is also the world´s most attended film festival worldwide, offering an excellent mix of art, films, parties, networking, and business over the course of the nearly two week event.

One of the interesting points regarding this particular festival is that it explores such a vast variety of films and genres, including about 400 films every year in its repertoire. If you may be planning on attending the upcoming Berlinale 2011, you certainly should be able to find exactly the types of films you may be looking for and in addition, you will surely be pleasantly surprised as the Berlinale offers films, which are broken down into the following categories: Competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Berlinale Shorts, and Retrospective. You will find that each category focuses on different aspects related to film and the industry as a whole, thus helping to achieve a much more holistic result with regards to films in general. Before exploring each of these categories in further detail, you should take note to plan ahead, especially when it comes to renting your Berlin vacation rental, as you want to ensure to be close by to all the action that the festivals provides.

Further exploring each of these categories, you will find that the Competition section is designed for major international films that appeal to vast audiences worldwide. The Panorama category is meant for independent and artsy films, typically which appeal to a demanding and scrutinous audience. The Forum section, certainly the most experimental of all the categories, offers glimpses into original, unique, and at times disturbing material, which may be offered from lesser known or far off film producing countries. The Generation category is designed for younger audiences with active and lively films, further being broken down into two competitions, Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus. Perspektive Deutsches Kino, focusing specifically on German films, aims to introduce foreign audiences to the styles and trends that the German film industry is currently experiencing, while at the same time analyzing common themes with regard to German film. As you may be able to tell from the title, Berlinale Shorts are focused on short films and lastly the Retrospective section, which is organized by the Filmmuseum Berlin-German Cinematheque, focuses on bringing older and perhaps forgotten films back to the limelight, while also helping to place contemporary films within a historical context.

As you should be able to tell, the Berlinale film festival is a massive, one of a kind international event, which attracts the very best talent within the fields of art, film, and media from across the globe. If you would like to learn even more about this amazing festival, which is hosted in the culturally eclectic capital, then check out their website, Berlinale.de, and don´t forget to book your Berlin vacation rental, as not only are they selling fast, but they will also allow you to see and experience Berlin the way you want, in elegance and style.