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
29th Berlin International Film Festival retrospective dedicated to Rudolph Valentino: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: 29th Berlin International Film Festival The 29th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to the German film "David" directed by Peter Lilienthal. Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" was removed from the festival after withdrawal of several countries from the festival in protest of its inclusion. The retrospective dedicated to Rudolph Valentino was shown at the festival. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in