Refugees to rub shoulders with stars at Berlin film fest

Refugees will be at the heart of the next Berlin film festival, with hundreds of free tickets for asylum seekers and new movies spotlighting Europe's historic influx, its director said. Dieter Kosslick told AFP ahead of the 66th edition in February that the Berlinale would try to set an example of tolerance and integration in Germany, a society that has been rocked by the arrival of around one million newcomers this year. "Refugees have always played a role at the Berlinale, since 1951," when the festival was launched in the Cold War outpost of West Berlin, just six years after World War II.

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