Overview

• The Stage Bluemax Theater at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz will serve as a new 500-seat premiere screening venue for the 2025 Berlinale.
• The theater will host the newly created Perspectives competition for first feature films and other premieres throughout the festival.
• Berlinale Hub75, a temporary festival hub, will be built nearby to host free public talks, networking events, and industry gatherings.
• These additions are part of a broader strategy to restore energy and accessibility to the festival’s central location in Potsdamer Platz, which lost 150,000 screening seats due to cinema closures in 2022.
• The 75th Berlin Film Festival is scheduled to run from February 13 to 23, 2025, under the leadership of new festival director Tricia Tuttle.