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02 1st, 2012| 
The 62nd edition of the Berlinale is already here, which means that Berlin will fill up with glamour, stars and many, many golden and silver Bears. The film festival in Berlin is one of the oldest in Europe and it’s also one of the most important around the world. In these 62 years it has worked arduously to give more space for film, creating special categories to include different themes, formats and styles, in order not to leave any loose ends.
Since 1951, with the inauguration of the film festival with the film ‘Rebecca’ by Alfred Hitchcock, the event has broadened and changed with time and that’s how, today, as well as being one of the festivals that promotes more independent film of all the famous and big film festivals, it characterizes itself for having a temporary film school called ‘Berlinale Talent Campus’, where the most outstanding filmmakers, actors and film celebrities give talks and show the people who participate subjects related with the seventh art. On the other hand, the festival promotes the sale and distribution of films inside the European market, an aspect which stands out because at the festival they come to a large amount of agreements and business deals for future film productions, as well as fomenting film in countries that don’t have a wealthy infrastructure and boost the career of young filmmakers.
The 2012 edition of the festival seems to be an interesting one. Starting with the international category, the great star is probably Angelina Jolie as a director with her film ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ that is competing for the Golden Bear. In the same category as Jolie, the films ‘Taboo’, ‘La chispa de la vida’ by Alex de la Iglesia, ‘Childish Games’, ‘Barbara’, ‘Meteora’ and L’enfant d’en haut’ among others. On the other hand, in the short film category, from a hundred films, thirty have been selected that go straight into the competition for the Golden Bear. The award for this category is a Golden Bear for the best short film, a silver Bear for the special prize from the jury and the film nominated for the European Film Awards.
The other official categories of the festival are: the Generation Award, that awards films with young actors and young directors (children and adolescents only), who compete in front of a jury of the same age for the Crystal Bear. Also, there are the awards for the best prime opera and the Honorific Bear Award, that this year will be going to the great actress Meryl Streep. Also, there will be a deserved recognition to the Babelbergs Studios, pioneers in the development of international film and, of course, the cradle of German film. In retrospective, this year will be dedicated to show a group theme with the MOMA Contemporary Art Museum called ‘The Red Dreams Factory’.
As well as all of these wonderful things, we can find: The ‘Forum’, the Perspektive Deutsches Kino and many other attractions and special sections that make this event unique in the world.
For more information visit: http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html
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Translated by: aleixgwilliam
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