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Berlin remains one of the capitals that attracts more artists from around the world. Its diverse and cosmopolitan nature and the dynamics of the city, makes Berlin a unique meeting point for artists interested in art, film students of all nations and political activists, no doubt a unique community in the German capital. Thus, Berlin does not stop having festivals and exhibitions of contemporary art, film, dance, literature, among many other artistic very current media. Getting to Berlin is strolling in a a city with a lot of history, where many meetings and intersections of ideas art, politics, and memories grab you if you´re sensitive enough.
Thus, Berlinale is one of the most important cultural events of the city and certainly one of the most important dates for the international film industry. With more than 100 countries participating in the festival as well as professionals and journalists from the field of cinema, this festival also invites personalities from the arts and a wide amateur audience to participate in all its events.
In Berlin you can find movies of all genres, themes and backgrounds, especially international films and exclusive European festival premieres. Among the sections that highlight this year´s festival, is of course the core competence of international cinema and “Panorama”, which features the best in independent cinema. For young people there will be the selection called “Generation”, and of course, the best of the new discoveries of young German cinema with the “Perspektive Deutsches Kino”. Experimental and avant-garde cinema is available if that is your taste in “Forum” and other cinematic explorations will be projected in the “Berlinale Shorts.”
It should be noted that this year, the retrospective and tribute of the Berlinale is dedicated to a movie studio that functioned between 1922 and 1936: Mezhrabpom-Film and its German section, Prometheus. This company was made possible by Moisei Aleinikov, an expert of Russian cinema and Willi Miinzenberg, a German Communist that united enthusiasm with the excitement of creating a new vision in film production, with political emphasis and of course new film narratives course. Thus, the studio was developed in Moscow in addition to its headquarters in Berlin.
This study produced over 600 films and unfortunately had to stop production due to the regimes of Hitler and Stalin. The retrospective of this important work of European cinema is titled “The Red Dream Factory”, and consists of 30 programs developed for more than 40 silent and films with sound. The silent films are accompanied by music performed by important contemporary artists, including several premieres of films that were only available in Russia. For more information on this retrospective, and the various activities of the Berlinale 2012, click on the official festival website: http://www.berlinale.de/
Get apartments in Berlin and enjoy the best international film festival during the Berlinale 2012. Berlin also offers you a wide range of cultural activities and fun that you can not miss.
