Berlin International Film Festival and as transcripts, on the Talent Campus' website. 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
58th Berlin International Film Festival 58th Berlin International Film Festival The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film "Shine a Light". "Be Kind Rewind" by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian film "Tropa de Elite" directed by José Padilha. The retrospective dedicated to Spanish film-maker Luis Buñuel was shown at the festival. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The