Thursday, February 9, 2012

Berlinale 2012 Live Stream, Berlin International Film Festival Schedule, Online Webcast

Berlinale 2012 Live Stream, Berlin International Film Festival Schedule, Online Webcast

The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events.

This live stream is covering the major events at Berlinale 2012

Event Information:

It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951 at the initiative of U.S. officer, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick.

The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, filmbuyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The Berlinale Talent Campus, a week long series of lectures and workshops, gathers young filmmakers from around the globe. It partners with the festival itself and is considered to be a forum for upcoming artists. The festival is composed of seven different film sections. Films are chosen in each category by a section director with the advice of a committee of film experts.