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Spain Becomes the European Film Market’s “Country in Focus” at the 75th Berlinale in 2025

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Spain Becomes the European Film Market’s “Country in Focus” at the 75th Berlinale in 2025

 

Spain will be the “Country in Focus” at the upcoming edition of the European Film Market. Its many filmmakers make Spain a dynamic and strong European film location with international appeal, as well as a long-standing and successful tradition of numerous films in the festival programme as well as at the EFM and in the Berlinale’s industry initiatives.

Continuing an initiative that started in 2017, the EFM annually places a major film region in the spotlight with its “Country in Focus” programme. The country’s film industry and creative work will be presented from a multifaceted point of view, new stimulus will be provided, and international connections promoted. After Mexico, Canada, Norway, Chile, the Baltic States and Italy, the “Spain in Focus” programme will examine the Spanish film scene and offer numerous opportunities for dialogue with producers, distributors, investors and film industry experts across the entire genre spectrum – from animated film to drama and series.

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“Spanish filmmaking has enriched the Berlinale programme for decades. Many hundreds of Spanish productions, created by outstanding and acclaimed talents, have dazzled audiences and juries alike, with nine films having won the festival’s highest accolade, the Golden Bear for Best Film: Carla Simón’s beautiful Alcarràs in 2022 being the most recent of these. Pedro Almodóvar also has an important place in Berlinale history, since his world premiere of La ley del deseo won the very first TEDDY AWARD as it premiered in Panorama in 1987. Through the years, the Berlinale has welcomed countless distinguished Spanish filmmakers as jury members, festival guests and emerging talents. We are so looking forward to celebrating the Spanish film industry at the upcoming European Film Market,” says Festival Director Tricia Tuttle.

Spain is firmly committed to the expansion of sustainable film production and forward-looking digitalisation of the film sector. Thanks to attractive tax incentives and subsidies, the EFM 2025 focus country is also in great demand as a film location for international co-productions. In addition to the well-known film locations, Madrid and Barcelona, regions such as the Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia, the Canary Islands and Andalusia also enjoy a vibrant film industry with unique regional features.

Tanja Meissner

“The Spanish film and media industry has solidified its reputation and global acclaim to become a European powerhouse thanks to creative excellence, targeted investments, and technological innovations, enjoying a strong international presence with high-quality content and originality,” Berlinale Pro* Director Tanja Meissner commented. “The country offers competitive tax incentives, co-production agreements, and a strong industry infrastructure.”

Ernest Urtasun

“The European Film Market is, without a doubt, one of the most powerful platforms for European cinematography and Spain being a ‘Country in Focus’ will allow us to make visible the enormous talent of the Spanish industry in all its areas: creation, production, distribution and the global positioning of our cinema. That is the task and pride of this Ministry of Culture: to support and make known our film industry, our creators, and to allow Spanish cinema to continue growing, as it already is, in the global market and among viewers around the world”, says Spanish Minister of Culture Ernest Urtasun.

The European Film Market will take place from February 13-19, 2025, in the context of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Todd Haynes to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2025

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Todd Haynes to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2025

The US-American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes will be President of the International Jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

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“Todd Haynes is a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range; his body of work is at once stylistically versatile but also unmistakably his. Ever since his debut feature Poison won the TEDDY AWARD in 1991, the Berlinale has followed and loved his filmmaking, and we are overjoyed to have him join the festival as the President of the International Jury for our 75th edition,” says Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle.

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Over nearly 40 years, Todd Haynes has been one of the most bold and distinctive filmmaking voices in US-American cinema, beloved for his great sensitivity in exploring the interior worlds of outsiders and women, and his fascinating investigations into gender and identity.

His skill at creating complex characters has attracted many of the world’s finest actors. Stars such as Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor have played the multi-layered characters in his films. Todd Haynes’ films and their actors have won awards at numerous international film festivals.

Emerging into international prominence in the early 1990s as part of a thrilling new generation of US-American directors (dubbed “New Queer Cinema” by critic B. Ruby Rich), by the time of his four-time Oscar nominated film, Far from Heaven (2002), Haynes was fully established as a major force in US filmmaking. His feature film debut Poison received the TEDDY AWARD, the queer film prize at the Berlinale, in 1991, and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Other key works include Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), the fictional Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There (2007), which won the Grand Jury Prize in Venice, the mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011), Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017), Dark Waters (2019), The Velvet Underground (2021) and May December (2023).