The bear hunt is over - in the evening we will find out who can take home the Golden Bear and who has won one of its silver brothers.
10 days of the Berlinale are almost over, they have passed incredibly quickly, just a moment ago we were sitting in the opening films, now we are calling out to each other: Bye bye until next year.Just a moment ago, we were happily holding the first tickets in our hands - or calling them up on our smartphones - and soon we'll be waiting for the Berlinale 2026, when it's once again time for curtain up and film down.
But the festival is not over yet: If you are still looking for tickets for today or tomorrow's Audience Day you can find out which films are not yet sold out on the Berlinale website.
Köln 75
At the moment, there are still tickets available for Köln 75, a film about the legendary concert by Keith Jarrett in Cologne. But it's actually less about the concert and more about Vera Brandes, the young concert organiser. Against all odds, she manages to get Keith Jarrett to actually perform. She sweeps through Cologne with tremendous energy and tries to find the right grand piano, as there is only an out-of-tune rehearsal grand piano on stage. And the whole film radiates this energy. Even if the outcome is known, you're still excited to see if it will work.
A highlight!
Highlights at the Berlinale 2025
Other highlights were the clever and magnificent Blue Moon, whose lead actor Ethan Hawke I personally wish had a bear. Then, of course, the magical Space Cadet was a real surprise. Also surprising was the high quality of many German entries - from Köln 75 to the series Other People's Money, after the opening film The Light unfortunately didn't want to shine. Une cache and Paternal Leave were other films that were among the festival's shining pearls in very different ways. And Le rendez-vous de l'Eté is a film like a macaron, sweet and light and makes you happy for a moment.
Not all the entries in the competition were convincing, for example Hot Milk was extremely lukewarm. Other films have almost fallen into oblivion. Overall, the Berlinale seems to be on the right track under the new direction of Tricia Tuttle. And so you can already look forward to the 76th Berlinale and enjoy the last two days of the 75th anniversary edition.
Have fun at the cinema.
