Can The Berlinale Regain – And Increase – Its Status As A Film Festival With Two New Directors?

The German Culture Ministry thinks the Berlin Film Festival will become “more feminine” with a woman managing director, and also that “the festival would take on a ‘younger, more international and more adventurous’ direction under its new leadership” – Locarno Film Festival director Carlo Chatrian and movie industry executive Mariette Rissenbeek.