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Todd Haynes To Head 2025 Berlinale Competition Jury


Berlin Film Festival runs February 13–23, 2025.

“Ever since his debut feature Poison won the Teddy Award in 1991, the Berlinale has followed and loved his filmmaking, and we are overjoyed to have him join the festival as the President of the International Jury for our 75th edition.” One of the pioneering voices of 90’s American cinema independent cinema, Haynes made his feature with Poison, an experimental sci-fi flick starring Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer, and James Lyons. The film debuted at Cannes where it was picked up by Netflix and landed a best screenplay at that year’s Academy Awards.

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