Wednesday 15 August 2012

FILM FESTIVAL_2

The Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival also called the Berlinale is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. The festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978 and the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2012. With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections and about 20 films compete for the awards in the film festival and about 20 000 professionals from over 130 countries attend the Berlin International Film Festival.
Awards are divided into sections and the highest prize is known as the ‘Golden Bear’ and it is awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The ‘Silver Bear’ is also an award for individual achievement in acting and directing best short films. It can be seen that The Berlin International Film Festival is segmented into different areas and this allows the audience, actors and actresses to be engaged with the film festival.

I was able to detect 7 different film sections throughout the film festival as it is evident and diverse films from its country of origin; compete in the segment of Competition and Berlinale Shorts. It also contains Gay and Lesbian icons as it is shown in the segment of Panorama and aesthetic styles of films are introduced and transgendered issues are also brought up in this category. This category of issues may also be shared with one another or between countries and I think that it is reasonable to understand the different interpretation of films and icons and optimistically view these typical film genres.

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