The award ceremony for the 75th Berlin international film festival has kicked off in the German capital, with this year’s winners of the Gold and Silver Bears set to be announced shortly.
There’s no clear favorite among the 19 films in competition at the 2025 Berlinale, and whatever the international jury, under president Todd Haynes, decides, it is likely to be a surprise.
There could be some star power in the acting category this year, with Ethan Hawke earning raves for his unrecognizable performance as the legendary musical-theater lyricist Lorenz Hart Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, and Oscar-winning French star Marion Cottilard also up for the best leading performance honor for her dual role in Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s The Ice Tower, a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fable The Snow Queen, in which she plays both a 1970s film star and the winter monarch herself.
It was here in Berlin that Cottilard won best actress back in 2007 for La Vie en Rose, kicking off an awards run for the film that took her all the way to the Oscars, where she won best actress.
Whoever wins tonight, the 75th festival has been a success for first-time Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle, who took over in Berlin this year after a long tenure running the London film festival.
You can follow the Berlinale award ceremony live here.
2025 Berlin Film Festival Winners (Updating Live)
Golden Bear for Best Film
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Silver Bear for Best Director
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution