Far right, Israel-Hamas war, call for boycott... The Berlinale opens in a flammable context.

Martin Scorsese will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear for his career. Lupita Nyong'o will chair the jury, which awards the Golden Bear on February 24. Twenty films are in the running to succeed the documentary Sur l'Adamant by Nicolas Philibert.. Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, who had not filmed since the success of Timbuktu, is back with Black Tea.