Tickets for the international film festival in Berlin have begun have gone on sale. The first tickets for the Berlinale, which starts this Thursday (February 15), became available on Monday morning. “The number of hits on our programme search was higher than last year,” a Berlinale spokesperson told dpa on Monday, adding that the start of ticket sales went smoothly. Tickets for regular screenings cost €15 ($16.20) this year. In the Berlinale Palast at Potsdamer Platz and for special gala premieres in the Verti Music Hall, tickets will cost €18 ($19.40). Discounts are available for schoolchildr…