Festivals

The Kinemathek presents the historical sections of the Berlin International Film Festival: Berlinale Classics and the Retrospective. Our film-heritage festival, Film Restored, takes place every year in the autumn.

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2026 Berlinale Retrospective
12–22 Feb 26

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The Kinemathek at the Berlinale

Retrospective

The Retrospective of the Berlinale is a highlight for all cinephiles. Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek, this section of the Berlinale brings unique motion pictures from worldwide film history back to the big screen. The programme includes classic films and rediscoveries presented in the form of analogue copies or digital format. Since its inception in 1977, the Retrospective has highlighted selected periods as well as aesthetic and technical developments in film across a variety of genres. It is a unique forum in which to explore cinematic history.

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Berlinale Classics

Berlinale Classics has been presenting digitally restored classics in outstanding image and sound quality since 2013. The Kinemathek’s selection of film restorations and reconstructions are premiered in this section of the Berlinale. Films from various epochs and countries are introduced by high-profile guests or restorers, providing the audience with a unique experience.

The Kinemathek’s Film Heritage Festival

Film Restored

The Retrospective of the Berlinale is a highlight for all cinephiles. Curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek, this section of the Berlinale brings unique motion pictures from worldwide film history back to the big screen. The programme includes classic films and rediscoveries presented in the form of analogue copies or digital format. Since its inception in 1977, the Retrospective has highlighted selected periods as well as aesthetic and technical developments in film across a variety of genres. It is a unique forum in which to explore cinematic history.

Past festivals 1977–2025

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1977–2015

2015
Berlinale Retrospektive: Glorious Technicolor. Filme aus dem George Eastman House und weiteren Archiven
Berlinale Hommage: Wim Wenders
Berlinale Classics 2015

2014
Berlinale Retrospektive: Ästhetik der Schatten. Filmisches Licht 1915–1950
Berlinale Hommage: Ken Loach
Berlinale Classics 2014

2013
Berlinale Retrospektive: The Weimar Touch. The International Influence of Weimar Cinema
Berlinale Hommage: Claude Lanzmann
Berlinale Classics 2013

2012
Berlinale Retrospektive: Die rote Traumfabrik. Meschrabpom-Film und Prometheus (1921–1936)
Berlinale Hommage: Meryl Streep

2011
Berlinale Retrospektive: Ingmar Bergman
Berlinale Hommage: Armin Mueller-Stahl

2010
Berlinale Retrospektive: PLAY IT AGAIN…! 60 Jahre Berlinale – eine Retrospektive
Berlinale Hommage: Hanna Schygulla und Wolfgang Kohlhaase

2009
Berlinale Retrospektive: 70 mm – Bigger than Life
Berlinale Hommage: Maurice Jarre

2008
Berlinale Retrospektive: Luis Buñuel
Berlinale Hommage: Francesco Rosi

2007
Berlinale Retrospektive: City Girls. Frauenbilder im Stummfilm
Berlinale Hommage: Arthur Penn

2006
Berlinale Retrospektive: Traumfrauen. Stars im Film der fünfziger Jahre

2005
Berlinale Retrospektive: Production Design

2004
Berlinale Retrospektive: New Hollywood

2003
Berlinale Retrospektive: F. W. Murnau
Berlinale Hommage: Anouk Aimée

2002
Berlinale Retrospektive: European 60’s
Berlinale Hommage: Claudia Cardinale

2001
Berlinale Retrospektive: Fritz Lang
Berlinale Hommage: Kirk Douglas

2000
Berlinale Retrospektive: Künstliche Menschen
Berlinale Hommage: Jeanne Moreau und Robert de Niro

1999
Berlinale Retrospektive: Otto Preminger
Berlinale Hommage: Shirley MacLaine

1998
Berlinale Retrospektive: Siodmak Bros.
Berlinale Hommage: Catherine Deneuve

1997
Berlinale Retrospektive: G. W. Pabst
Berlinale Hommage: Kim Novak

1996
Berlinale Retrospektive: William Wyler
Berlinale Hommage: Jack Lemmon und Elia Kazan

1995
Berlinale Retrospektive: Happy Birthday, Cinema!
Berlinale Hommage: Alain Delon

1994
Berlinale Retrospektive: Erich von Stroheim
Berlinale Hommage: Sophie Loren

1993
Berlinale Retrospektive: CinemaScope
Berlinale Hommage: Gregory Peck

1992
Berlinale Retrospektive: Babelsberg. Ein Filmstudio. 1912–1992
Berlinale Hommage: Hal Roach

1991
Berlinale Retrospektive: Kalter Krieg
Berlinale Hommage: Jane Russell/Robert Mitchum

1990
Berlinale Retrospektive: Das Jahr 1945 und 40 Jahre Berlinale

1989
Berlinale Retrospektive: Erich Pommer und Europa 1939

1988
Berlinale Retrospektive: Color. Die Geschichte des Farbfilms

1987
Berlinale Retrospektive: Rouben Mamoulian
Berlinale Hommage: Renaud-Barrault au cinéma

1986
Berlinale Retrospektive: Henny Porten
Berlinale Hommage: Fred Zinneman

1985
Berlinale Retrospektive: Special Effects

1984
Berlinale Retrospektive: Lubitsch 1914–1933
Berlinale Hommage: Melina Mercouri/Jules Dassin

1983
Berlinale Retrospektive: Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland

1982
Berlinale Retrospektive: Aufruhr der Gefühle: Curtis Bernhardt und Kinderfilme aus der DDR
Berlinale Hommage: James Stewart

1981
Berlinale Retrospektive: Der Produzent: Die Filme von Michael Balcon
Berlinale Hommage: Peter Pewas

1980
Berlinale Retrospektive: Billy Wilder und 3-D-Filme

1979
Berlinale Retrospektive: Rudolph Valentino und Wir tanzen um die Welt. Revuefilme 1933–1945

1978
Berlinale Retrospektive: Marlene Dietrich, Teil 2 und Zensur – Verbotene deutsche Filme 1933–1945

1977
Berlinale Retrospektive: Marlene Dietrich, Teil 1 und Liebe, Tod und Technik. Kino des Phantastischen 1933–1945
Berlinale Hommage: Wilfried Basse