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
57th Berlin International Film Festival 57th Berlin International Film Festival The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 February 2007. The opening film of this year's festival was Olivier Dahan’s "La Vie En Rose". "Angel" by François Ozon served as the closing night film. American director Paul Schrader served as the jury president at the festival. The Golden Bear was presented to the Chinese film "Tuya's Marriage" directed by Wang Quan'an. 224,181 tickets of the festival were sold. The festival held a "Retrospective programme" about women in silent era films. The films which were shown in the retrospective included a