By Alex DeleonDieter KosslickThe 69th edition of the Berlin Film Festival was the last one under the auspices of director Dieter Kosslick, 70, who has run the event since 2002 with a certain flamboyance and an occasional flub.
Inevitably seen in the company of the big Hollywood stars while sporting various floppy hats and a red scarf, Kosslick has been accused of catering too much to the Hollywood mainstream at the expense of the festival’s long established emphasis on art and intellectual fare during his eighteen year reign, but he has definitely transformed the festival into one the world’s most important cinema events. In addition to being the world’s largest public film festival selling nearly half a million tickets per year to ordinary film fans, Berlin also hosts the European Film Market (Efm) the world’s second-largest film market which is, In effect, a parallel film festival in its own.
Inevitably seen in the company of the big Hollywood stars while sporting various floppy hats and a red scarf, Kosslick has been accused of catering too much to the Hollywood mainstream at the expense of the festival’s long established emphasis on art and intellectual fare during his eighteen year reign, but he has definitely transformed the festival into one the world’s most important cinema events. In addition to being the world’s largest public film festival selling nearly half a million tickets per year to ordinary film fans, Berlin also hosts the European Film Market (Efm) the world’s second-largest film market which is, In effect, a parallel film festival in its own.
- 2/14/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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