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Berlinale 2012 and Glashütte Original, report of my visitPosted by Wimster
Dear Revolusionistas,
As you may now, Glashütte Original has started a partnership with one of the most important film festivals in the world, The Berlinale in Berlin. a great cultural event and one of the most important dates for the international film industry. Around 300,000 sold tickets, more than 19,000 professional visitors from 115 countries, including 4,000 journalists: art, glamour, parties and business are all inseparably linked at the Berlinale. I felt very lucky last week because I was invited to visit this festival! So there I went, at Sunday afternoon for a short flight to Berlin Schönefeld. A pleasant detail of short trips like this are that you don't need big suitcases. Only hand luggage so I was out within a few minutes. And there I saw my transfer for a 20 minute drive to my hotel. 
So, freshing up and ready for a cold beer in the bar of the hotel, while waiting for René, my dear friend and host. We had some good talks, the last time we saw each other was at Baselworld last year and we went to Essenza, an Italian restaurant just around the corner of the Berlinale Palast. The Berlinale Palast was our next stop, the Palast is normally a theater for musicals but during the Berlinale festival it is transformed to a movie theater with a capacity for 1600 visitors. The theater has an amazing screen of 17,6 meter x 8 meter and is also the theater where the big premieres and award ceremonies take place. 
We went to the red carpet of the theater to see a movie with French moviestar Isabelle Huppert. 
The movie is called "Captive" made by Brillante Mendoza. 
It's about a group of armed and masked men belonging to the Muslim Abu Sayyaf group burst into a hotel on an island resort and kidnap twelve foreign guests. The attack was intended to target employees of the World Bank, but they have already left the resort. The abductees are tourists and Christian missionaries who are now forced on a gruelling foot march through the Philippine jungle. Together, the hostages and the kidnappers find themselves having to cope with the trials of nature; gradually, the climate of fear, prejudice and hatred evolves into a strange, symbiotic relationship. The contours begin to blur, certainties are called into question. Nothing seems to be the same any more … Visiting this huge theater is a real treat, a great atmosphere and it was very special to sit in one place with the cast and moviecrew... 
After seeing the impressive movie we went to the Glashütte Original Panorama lounge. This lounge is located at the top floor of a big office building near the theater. 
The lounge was crowded and it was a pitty there wasn't a clear sky to enjoy the great looks of the city. But we had great drinks, a DJ and of course some watches on display. 
there were models of The Seventies 
the stunning limited edition of 25 pieces 
and, presented to you earlier this week, the Senator Observer 
I had a fantastic day! René and I went to our hotel for a well deserved good night rest.... the next morning, after a delicious breakfast we were on the streets of Berlin again, heading to the German Kinemathek. This is a museum with permanent exhibitions about the German movie and television history. On our way it was very clear who is, for the second year, a big partner of the festival... 
We started with the Television exhibition, I made a few iPhone pics to share... 
there were a lot of mirrors and wow, this was a bit creepy! Although the mirror floor was about 4 inches below I was a bit scared to step "down" LOL 
here they are, stars from the past 
Tom Cruise playing in "Cocktail" is easy to find 
The movie exhibition showed us the history of movie from the early twenties on... Still movie, the first movie with sound and after that there was colour... Of course one of the biggest diva's of movie history played a big role in the exhibition, Marlene Dietrich 
The visit to the exhibition was very nice! If you'll ever visit Berlin I really can recommend it so put it on your to do list... So, my visit to Berlin went to an end. We ended the trip in the Panorama lounge for a good Cappucino and a light lunch. I said goodbye to René and went back to the hotel to pick up my bag. After a short while my transfer was there again to bring me back to Berlin Schönefeld. Dear René, I want to thank you and Glashütte Original for having me, I had a great time and hopefully till next year, at the Berlinale 2013! cheers and thanks for watching all! Wim Wim K. Glashütte Original Forum Moderator Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow. (James Dean) el tiempo es la base de nuestra existencia un día a la vez, siempre cerca de usted Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/2012 12:11PM by Wimster.
Ciao Wim,
and thanks for sharing your trip to Berlin. Beautiful pictures and places ! Looking at Potsdamer Platz sweet memories of my staying in that city come back....But seems like i have to get there once again, i missed a couple museums  !!
Bye from Milano, slide68
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