In the curious case of German director Tom Tykwer's The Light, which opened the Berlin Film Festival, such a quacky therapy - mostly involving a flashing LED light and an egg-timer - is Syrian refugee Farrah's comfort,

German director Tom Tykwer said Thursday that his latest movie about a Syrian immigrant aimed to encourage people to stop "isolating" themselves, as it opened Berlin's international film festival.

The Berlin International Film Festival is kicking off on Thursday with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s “The Light,” a timely tale of a dysfunctional German family and a Syrian refugee. The festival known as the Berlinale this year comes against the backdrop of Germany's parliament elections.

The Berlin Film Festival kicked off its 75th anniversary edition February 13 with the opening-night world premiere screening of The Light, Tom Tykwer’s politically charged film that takes stock of German society in the first quarter of the 21st century.

Linklater’s Blue Moon tells the story of the legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravels during the opening night party for his former partner Richard Rodgers’ hit show,

Tom Tykwer's Berlin Film Festival opener 'The Light' is an unintended paean to white guilt about a Berlin family undoen by their Syrian hosuekeeper.

Director Tom Tykwer poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Das Licht' at the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries reunite for the final season in the epic German period drama series, set in the weeks before Hitler takes absolute power.

No other filmmaker embodies the "unpredictability, chaos and beauty" of the German capital quite like the man who is (once again) opening the Berlinale: "It's always reinventing itself."

From Golden Bear winner "Dreams (Sex Love)" to another movie called "Dreams," here are the best films we saw at 2025 Berlin Film Festival.

Read a review of 'The Light,' Tom Tykwer's Berlin Film Festival opener that tests Germany’s white liberal guilt with a bohemian musical fantasy.

What Martin Scorsese is for New York; what Paul Thomas Anderson is for Los Angeles; Yasujiro Ozu is for Tokyo and Federico Fellini is for Rome, so Tom Tykwer is for Berlin. “I’ve spent nearly ...