Dieter Kosslick's late reign was slow. The beginnings of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek are painstaking. The new duo at the head of the Berlinale, which celebrates its seventy years and ends tomorrow, has not turned the table. It is not certain that he will be able to do so in the near future. The first major film festival of the year suffers from the hegemony of Cannes (reinforced by the planetary triumph of the Palme d'or Parasite ) and the Venice Film Festival, ideally placed in September to roll out the red carpet at Hollywood studios and Netflix. The Berlinale must be satisfied with the crumbs.
To make matters worse, the film market, the second after Cannes, suffered a blow, victim of the voracity of streaming platforms always quick to want to acquire international rights, leaving conventional distributors on the floor. The defection of Chinese buyers due to coronavirus also made the market less dynamic this year.
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