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
52nd Berlin International Film Festival 52nd Berlin International Film Festival The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with "Heaven" by Tom Tykwer. New print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film "The Great Dictator" was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British–Irish film "Bloody Sunday" directed by Paul Greengrass and Japanese Animated film "Spirited Away" directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The retrospective dedicated to European films from 1960’s titled "European 60’s" was shown at the festival. Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz