Festivals and symposiums

Upcoming

The Kinemathek at the Berlinale

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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

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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

2025

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2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2001–2015

2015
Berlinale Retrospective: Glorious Technicolor. From George Eastman House and Beyond
Berlinale Hommage: Wim Wenders
Berlinale Classics 2015

2014
Berlinale Retrospective: Aesthetics of Shadow. Lighting Styles 1915–1950
Berlinale Hommage: Ken Loach
Berlinale Classics 2014

2013
Berlinale Retrospective: The Weimar Touch. The International Influence of Weimar Cinema after 1933
Berlinale Hommage: Claude Lanzmann
Berlinale Classics 2013

2012
Berlinale Retrospective: The Red Dream Factory. Mezhrabpom-Film and Prometheus 1921–1936
Berlinale Hommage: Meryl Streep

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

2010
Berlinale Retrospective: PLAY IT AGAIN…! 60 Years of Berlinale – A Retrospective
Berlinale Hommage: Hanna Schygulla and Wolfgang Kohlhaase

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

2008
Berlinale Retrospective: Luis Buñuel
Berlinale Hommage: Francesco Rosi

2007
Berlinale Retrospective: City Girls. Images of Women in Silent Film
Berlinale Hommage: Arthur Penn

2006
Berlinale Retrospective: Traumfrauen. Film Stars of the Fifties

2005
Berlinale Retrospective: Production Design

2004
Berlinale Retrospective: New Hollywood

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

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

2001
Berlinale Retrospective: Fritz Lang
Berlinale Hommage: Kirk Douglas

1977–2000

2000
Berlinale Retrospective: Künstliche Menschen
Berlinale Hommage: Jeanne Moreau and Robert de Niro

1999
Berlinale Retrospective: Otto Preminger
Berlinale Hommage: Shirley MacLaine

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

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

1996
Berlinale Retrospective: William Wyler
Berlinale Hommage: Jack Lemmon and Elia Kazan

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

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

1993
Berlinale Retrospective: CinemaScope
Berlinale Hommage: Gregory Peck

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

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

1990
Berlinale Retrospective: Das Jahr 1945 and 40 Jahre Berlinale

1989
Berlinale Retrospective: Erich Pommer and Europa 1939
 

1988
Berlinale Retrospective: Color. Die Geschichte des Farbfilms

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

1986
Berlinale Retrospective: Henny Porten
Berlinale Hommage: Fred Zinneman

1985
Berlinale Retrospective: Special Effects

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

1983
Berlinale Retrospective: Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland

1982
Berlinale Retrospective: Aufruhr der Gefühle: Curtis Bernhardt and Kinderfilme aus der DDR
Berlinale Hommage: James Stewart

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

1980
Berlinale Retrospective: Billy Wilder and 3-D-Filme

1979
Berlinale Retrospective: Rudolph Valentino and Wir tanzen um die Welt. Revuefilme 1933–1945

1978
Berlinale Retrospective: Marlene Dietrich, Teil 2 and Zensur – Verbotene deutsche Filme 1933–1945

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