American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes has been named president of the worldwide jury of the seventy fifth Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant. The Berlinale diamond jubilee (a seventy fifth anniversary) will happen from February 13-23, 2025.
”Todd Haynes is a dazzlingly gifted author and director with a powerful vary; his physique of labor is without delay stylistically versatile but in addition unmistakably his,” Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle stated in a Thursday assertion. “Ever since his debut function ‘Poison’ received the Teddy Award in 1991, the Berlinale has adopted and beloved his filmmaking, and we’re overjoyed to have him be a part of the competition because the President of the Worldwide Jury for our seventy fifth version.”
The Teddy Award is the competition’s queer-film prize. “Poison” additionally received the Grand Jury Prize on the Sundance Movie Pageant. Haynes’ 2002 movie “Far From Heaven” was nominated for 4 Oscars.
His different notable work contains “Secure” (1995), “Velvet Goldmine” (1998), the fictional Bob Dylan biopic “I’m Not There” (2007), which received the Grand Jury Prize in Venice, the mini-series “Mildred Pierce” (2011), “Carol” (2015), “Wonderstruck” (2017), “Darkish Waters” (2019), “The Velvet Underground” (2021), and “Might December” (2023).
Haynes’ near-40-year-long filmography has featured Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, and extra.
The Berlinale announcement dubbed Haynes “one of the crucial daring and distinctive filmmaking voices in US-American cinema, beloved for his nice sensitivity in exploring the inside worlds of outsiders and ladies, and his fascinating investigations into gender and identification.”
Haynes has most-recently been in headlines for a movie he isn’t making — a minimum of, not anymore (a minimum of, for now). Haynes was set to make a queer romance movie co-starring Joaquin Phoenix and Danny Ramirez. However Phoenix, who truly introduced the undertaking to Haynes, dropped out simply 5 days earlier than manufacturing was set to start; IndieWire first reported the information, learn it right here.
The 2024 Berlin competitors jury was led by Lupita Nyong’o and included Brady Corbet, Ann Hui, Christian Petzold, Albert Serra, Jasmine Trinca, and Oksana Zabuzhko. Kristen Stewart led the 2023 group.
The principle competitors winners final 12 months had been:
Golden Bear: “Dahomey,” Mati Diop
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “A Traveler’s Wants,” Hong Sangsoo
Silver Bear Jury Prize: “The Empire,” Bruno Dumont
Silver Bear for Greatest Director: “Pepe,” Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
Silver Bear for Greatest Lead Efficiency: “A Completely different Man,” Sebastian Stan
Silver Bear for Greatest Supporting Efficiency: “Small Issues Like These,” Emily Watson
Silver Bear for Greatest Screenplay: “Dying,” Matthias Glasner
Silver Bear for Excellent Inventive Contribution: “The Satan’s Tub,” Martin Gschlacht, cinematography