The 77th Berlin Film Festival will run from February 10 to 21 in 2027, to open on Wednesday rather than Thursday as in previous years.
Under the change, the Official Awards Ceremony will be held on the second Friday (February 19 ), rather than the Saturday.
The 2027 date announcement comes a month after a tumultuous 76th edition marked by a media storm, unleashed by comments from jury president Wim Wenders that filmmakers should “stay out of politics” in a response to a question on the Israel-Gaza conflict; a political backlash over a raft of pro-Palestinian speeches at the closing ceremony, and the near departure of Festival Director Tricia Tuttle.
The Berlinale‘s public audiences were not deterred by the polemics in the background.
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