Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the "Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. With around 300,000 tickets sold and 500,000 admissions each year, it has the largest public attendance of any annual film festival. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres. Around twenty films compete for the festival's top awards, called the Golden Bear
33rd Berlin International Film Festival 33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with out of competition film, "Tootsie" by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film "Ascendancy" directed by Edward Bennett and Spanish film "La colmena" directed by Mario Camus. The retrospective titled "Exile. Six Actors from Germany" was shown at the festival. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: The following films were