Glamour and Politics Take Center Stage as Berlin Film Festival Returns to Scale
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Anne Hathaway and Kristen Stewart delivered a dose of major glamour on the red carpet on Thursday as the Berlin Film Festival returned to full-scale, in-person operation for the first time since 2020.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky revived Berlin’s role as a political platform. The Hollywood stars were greeted by packed crowds outside the Berlinale Palast and by festival co-heads Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.
In addition to unseasonably mild weather, the onlookers were treated to glimpses of the cast and crew of Rebecca Miller’s opening night film “She Came to Me” including stars Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig and Evan Ellison.
Hathaway, sporting a see-through tangle of a dress and arm-length gloves, is the film’s producer and star. Stewart is the main competition’s jury president.
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