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Berlinale: The Berlin International Film Festival

Feb 20, 2023

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Every year since 1952, over 300,000 filmmakers and cinephiles flock to Germany for Berlin’s International Film Festival a/k/a Berlinale. The festival emerged in the midst of a Cold War at its de facto ground zero - West Berlin.

American Officer Oscar Martay started the festival while stationed in West Berlin after World War II. The first movie shown at B…

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