How Movie Stars Made the Berlin Film Festival as Buzzy as Sundance
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor The Berlin Film Festival has returned to its first fully in person edition since 2020.
But this year, the Berlinale has come back with a vengeance, and added something that it wasn’t especially known for in its pre-pandemic days: star power.
Indeed, it’s been hard not to bump into a famous person in the German city — almost giving this previously mostly auteur driven gathering a vibe that more closely resembles the latest versions of Sundance or Toronto.
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian told Variety Sunday that A-list names help raise awareness for the festival’s core mission – to celebrate movies and encourage audiences to return to theaters. “It is important because it is a way for us to support cinema culture.
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