The 55th Forum main program comprises 31 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are not in good shape. “Sounding out a diverse range of cinematic forms, the Forum shows contemporary cinema that moves beyond the cult and the commercial – giving off sparks of humanity, interrogating the status quo and functioning as a seismograph of our time”, said section head Barbara Wurm.
The focus of the Forum Special 2025 “Open Wounds, Open Words” is the younger generation and the impact of norms, inequality and injustice—in full awareness of unrealized emancipatory potentials both past and present.
For more than 50 years the Berlinale Forum has engaged in thinking about the medium of film, setting discourses in motion, accompanying aesthetic strategies in analytical fashion and discussing the role of cinema in society. The following panel discussions complement this year's programme.
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