The Berlinale, or Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale (info • help) is the world's leading film festival held in Berlin, Germany.
The Berlinale was first held in 1951, and since 1978 has been held every February. More than 200000 tickets are sold and around 400000 admissions it is the biggest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick.