Every year in February a diverse collection of stars, producers and film enthusiasts from around the world flock to Germany’s capital of culture for the Berlinale film festival. The Berlinale is the world’s largest publically attended film festival and this year with over 400 films on the program, it may be hard to decide where to look first. Before you travel to Berlin, get some background and insight from DW and you’ll know where to enjoy the show.

DW is bringing the 64^th Berlinale to a global audience in multiple languages including Spanish, Farsi, Turkish and Portuguese for Brazil. On television the festival is being covered daily on Journal  in all languages and on every channel. Berlinale highlights from DW’s TV-magazines include an insightful overview from Arts 21 of what’s trending at this year’s festival and a look from Euromaxx at what makes Germany attractive for filmmakers.Three young DW trainees also produced a special feature showcasing 300 young filmmakers from around world with film at this year’s Berlinale. Check out the highlights from the project here.  You can find more of DW’s Berlinale coverage on dw.de and in the Media Center.