Indian cinema means more than Bollywood. Our "Days of !ndia" season looks at Indian cinema in all its diversity. The selection comprises seven films from the past four years and includes impressive debuts by young directors, prize-winning auteur films, examinations of India’s history, contemporary Bollywood pictures, and costly studio productions as well as independent movies that have all been shown at festivals outside of India. In Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam, they reflect the country's multilingual nature and complexity. All films will be shown with English subtitles. Entrance to all screenings is free.

The independent juries of the Berlinale have awarded prizes to four Forum films: The Award of the Conféderation Internationale des Cinémas D'Art et Essai (C.I.C.A.E.) was given to the Georgian film GRZELI NATELI DGEEBI (IN BLOOM) by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß. KRUGOVI (CIRCLES) by Srdan Golubovic received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, which also gave a special mention to SENZO NI NARU (ROOTS) by Kaoru Ikeya. The 22nd NETPAC Award (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) was given to the Palestinian film LAMMA SHOFTAK (WHEN I SAW YOU) by Annemarie Jacir, and the Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury awarded Peter Liechti's FATHER'S GARDEN - THE LOVE OF MY PARENTS.

HÉLIO OITICICA by Cesar Oiticia Filho receives both this year's Caligari- and FIPRESCI Prize. The Caligari Film Prize, presented by the German Association of Municipal and Cultural Cinemas in cooperation with the German magazine FILM-DIENST, includes a €4,000 endowment, half of which is given to the award recipient while the other half is used to fund the distribution of the winning film in Germany. In addition, the Trikoton company awards a blanket from their "Voice Knitting Collection" in which excerpts from Guiseppe Becce's score to the expressionist silent film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari are knitted into the design.