The 59th annual Berlin Film Festival (the Berlinale) will have many films with a special focus on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and of the fall of communism. Many films shown will be about that subject, or have been made in Eastern Europe/a country under communist influence. The festival runs from the 5th to the 15th of February, and so far a record of 270,000 tickets have been sold, 30,000 more than the previous year.
Berlin Film Festival website:
Here, just choose your language and you're in.
Above is a picture of the award given out, as you can see, it's a golden bear. The bear is a symbol of Berlin, so they give out a golden statue of one at the awards. At the bottom is an inscription that basically means "Berlin International Filmfestival". You know...if you say "Berlin" with the proper accent as the Germans do, it should sound a little like "Bear-lin" which helps you see how the symbol of Berlin is a bear. Cool huh?
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