Berlinale Head Tricia Tuttle Talks Revitalised 2025 Line-Up, Healing Divisions & Reassuring Filmmakers About Commitment To Free Speech – Deadline Q&A
deadline.comThe Berlinale‘s new director Tricia Tuttle unveiled her inaugural line-up on Tuesday under the scrutiny of press and industry who are waiting to see whether she can get the festival back on track after a tumultuous 2024 edition.
The 19-title competition mixes works by confirmed big names such as Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, Michel Franco’s Dreams, Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, Hong Sangsoo’s What Does That Nature Say To You with second and third movies by rising names such as Léonor Serraille’s Ari and Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail.
Outside of the competition, Tuttle may have secured a starrier than usual red carpet with previously announced invitations to works including Justin Kurzel’s series The Narrow Road To The Deep North with Jacob Elordi, Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, with Robert Pattinson, and fresh addition A Complete Unknown, with Timothée Chamalet, but she is keeping the full guest list under hat for now.
In the backdrop, Tuttle has also been dealing with the fallout from events that took place ahead of her arrival, topped by the closing night row over prizewinner No Other Land and the co-directors criticisms of Israel’s actions in Gaza, which prompted accusations of antisemitism from a clutch of German politicians; long-running funding issues and the thorny question of whether members of the rising far-right AfD party should be on the guest list or not.
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