Steven Spielberg is set to receive the honorary Golden Bear at this coming February’s 73rd edition of the Berlin Film Festival. Since “The Fabelmans” hasn’t yet been released in most of Europe, Spielberg’s autobiographical film has been chosen as the Closing Night film of the Berlinale.
The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival has confirmed its dates for next year, with the event set to run from February 16-26, 2023. I’ll continue updating the list below. So far, I have 16 potential titles that could pop up in or out of competition:
Christian Petzold’s “The Big Red Sky”
Francois Ozon’s “Madeleine”
Ira Sachs’ “Passengers”
Phillipe Garrel’s “Le Grand Chariot”
André Téchiné’s “Les Pieds Sur Terre”
Angela Schanelec’s “Music”
Cristi Puiu's “MMXX”
Aki Kaurismaki’s “Dead Leaves”
Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City”
William Oldroyd’s “Eileen”
Lone Scherfig’s “The Movie Teller”
Robert Schwentke’s “Seneca”
Frauke Finsterwalder’s “Sisi and I”
Margarethe von Trotta’s “Bachmann and Frisch”
Valerie Donzelli‘s “Love and Forests”
Patric Chiha's “The Beast in the Jungle”
Supposedly, word is that Berlin has finally managed to achieve gender parity with next year’s competition. A 50/50 split between male and female directors is said to occur at this coming February’s edition.
This past March’s lineup ended up producing only a handful of festival breakouts, such as “Alcarras” “Both Sides of the Blade,” “The Novelist’s Film,” and “Rimini.” It was a bit of an off year, but the same can be said about all the major festivals this year.