BERLIN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale for short, kicked off here on Thursday after two years of a scaled-back event due to COVID-19 restrictions.
"The Berlinale is back in full force," the city's Mayor, Franziska Giffey, said in a statement on Wednesday, stressing the festival's "enormous cultural as well as economic importance" for the city.
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