At Berlin film festival for biopic's premiere, British actress says government's efforts to upend Israel's judicial system mark 'the rise of dictatorship'

Ahead of premiere at Berlin film festival, Guy Nattiv says he was 'surprised' by uproar over decision to pick non-Jewish actress for star role

Berlinale, long a champion of Iran's embattled directors, features several documentaries from country this year, including pair of movies exposing brutal jail conditions

Special events to include red-carpet protests in solidarity with Iranians, Ukrainians; Helen Mirren to premiere 'Golda,' playing Israeli PM; Spielberg to get life's work award

Renowned Jewish filmmaker, feted by organizers for reinventing cinema as a 'factory of dreams,' to be awarded Honorary Golden Bear at 2023 Berlinale in February

The Berlinale, one of Europe's top cinema showcases, says Alfred Bauer, who ran the festival for its first 25 years, was a high-ranking Nazi propagandist during WWII

Europe's first major film festival of the year is still reeling from revelations that its founding director Alfred Bauer was a high-ranking Nazi