For the 10th time, UCM.ONE and its film label Darling Berlin are supporting the achtung berlin film festival, which is celebrating its 21st edition this year. As part of the festival, UCM.ONE and Darling Berlin will once again award the prizes for best actress and best actor. In addition to UCM.ONE / Darling Berlin, the competition prizes are donated by other renowned sponsors and supporters, such as Ziegler Film, ARRI, PHAROS, *25p cine support, Basis Berlin, Shoon’n’ Post and many others.
The 21st edition of the achtung berlin film festival – the most important forum for young German film from Berlin-Brandenburg – will take place this year from April 2 to 9, 2025 under the direction of Regina Kräh and Sebastian Brose. The diverse program will be presented in numerous Berlin cinemas, including Kino Babylon, City Kino Wedding, ACUDkino, fsk Kino am Oranienplatz, Colosseum, IL Kino, Lichtblick-Kino, Klick Kino, Wolf Kino, and for the first time the Bali Kino in Berlin Zehlendorf.
58 participants are competing for the festival’s 14 prizes in the feature film, documentary, medium-length and short film categories. The prizes will be awarded at the awards gala on April 9, 2025 in the traditional Babylon cinema.
In addition to these competition films, the festival will present a wide range of films in retrospectives and special series, such as Berlin Spotlights, Berlin Special and Berlin Series, which complement the festival program.
Further information about the festival and the program: achtung berlin
Further information about the film label: Darling Berlin