The introductory press conference for the 2026 Berlin Film Festival waded into political waters on Thursday as members of its ...

"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people - not the work of ...

The issue surfaced following the opening press conference, where the International Jury president, director Wim Wenders, said that filmmakers should stay out of politics.

“We have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics,” ...

German director Wim Wenders said on Thursday filmmakers must stay out of politics and focus on changing how people think, at ...

A familiar presence at the fest, the German auteur is the head of the international jury at the fest’s 76th edition.

Berlinale head says artists should not be pushed into soundbites after author quit over president’s remarks that film-makers should ‘stay out of politics’ ...

Donata Wenders, who is married to German film director Wim Wenders, appeared at the opening of the Berlinale film festival on Thursday wearing a dress made from old videotapes of her husband's films, ...

Roy said in a statement sent to AFP that she was ‘shocked and disgusted’ by responses from Wenders and other jury members to a question about the Palestinian territory at a press conference around las ...

Directed by Ranjan Ghosh, ‘Adamya’, a political thriller starring Aryuun Ghosh in the lead role, is running in cinemas ...

The Booker Prize-winning author said Wenders' comments, that filmmakers "have to stay out of politics," were "jaw-dropping" ...

Statements made by members of the 2026 Berlinale’s jury at the event’s opening press conference last week have sparked controversy.