The award ceremony for the 75th Berlin international film festival has kicked off in the German capital, with this year's winners of the Gold and Silver Bears set to be announced shortly. There's no clear favorite among the 19 films in competition at the 2025 Berlinale,

The 2025 Berlinale runs through February 23. Keep checking back below as Deadline reviews the best and buzziest movies of the festival. Click on the titles to read the full reviews.

Fipresci, the international film critics association, has announced its winners for the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, with Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud's Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) taking the top honor in the Competition section.

The Berlin Film Festival, born out of post-war Germany's desire to engage with the world, opens its 75th edition on Thursday.

After 75 years, the Berlin Film Festival retains its reputation and the vitality of its programming and operations.

No, Wesley Byrne, a street cleaner from Greater Manchester, is. But the Sheeran double couldn't make it to the Berlin world premiere on his girlfriend's birthday because his boss wouldn't let him go.

Organisers of the Berlin Film Festival hope that politics will not eclipse the movies this time round even as they try to liven up an event that has looked jaded in recent years.

Filmmakers attending Germany's Berlinale film festival presented Culture Minister Claudia Roth with an open letter on Wednesday calling on political parties to prevent any cooperation with far-right or anti-democratic forces ahead of the election.

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