Cinema took over a snowy German capital on Thursday evening as the 2025 Berlin Film Festival officially kicked off.

"The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch. I'm here to name it without hesitation or doubt in my mind," the Oscar winner said.

Tilda Swinton will take a break from acting for "the rest of the year," she revealed at the Berlin Film Festival.

Said Swinton, “The Berlinale is the first film festival I ever went to…. It was my portal into the world in which I have made my life’s work — the world of international filmmaking — and ...

As Tilda Swinton accepted her Golden Bear Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, the Oscar-winning actress called out the ongoing political extremism and inhumanity that is taking place around the world.

Tilda Swinton was awarded Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where she delivered a tearful speech.

In her vivid, at times poetic remarks, Swinton described the cinema as a boundless haven of freedom and solidarity, qualities increasingly difficult to find in the world.

British actor Tilda Swinton attended the Berlin Film Festival despite boycott calls over the Gaza conflict. She received the honorary Golden Bear and announced a hiatus from acting. Swinton emphasized the importance of using her platform for positive impact,

At the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, a festival conceived to honor the power of cinema to unite people and bridge cultures, Swinton’s obscene expression of admiration for the BDS movement is nothing short of a shame.