All Berlin articles – Page 44
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NewsBerlinale report confirms Nazi past of founding director Alfred Bauer
Study confirms late director “contributed to the functioning, stabilisation and legitimation of the Nazi regime”.
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NewsBerlin joins industry calls for release of Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
AMPAS member Kuka’s works include aKasha and Beats Of The Antonov.
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NewsUniFrance voices support for ‘Cuties’ director Maïmouna Doucouré
Director and film have faced backlash in US over its complex themes.
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FeaturesInternational film festival directors offer their verdict on Venice
The directors of Berlin, KVIFF, El Gouna, IDFA, IFFR, Jerusalem and Marrakech are full of praise for Venice.
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NewsEFA, Berlinale demand immediate release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh is known in cinema circles for her work with Jafar Panahi and appearing as one of the passengers in Taxi Tehran.
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NewsDennis Ruh to head Berlin’s European Film Market
EFM set to go ahead as a hybrid event in 2021.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires BFI London Film Festival doc winner ‘White Riot’ (exclusive)
Film set in 1970’s Britain deeply divided over immigration.
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NewsBerlinale 2021 to run as physical event; EFM sets hybrid model
The festival has also revealed its acting awards will be gender-neutral from 2021.
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 14 projects
A total of €395,000 awarded to projects from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
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NewsIranian Sundance prize-winner ‘Yalda’ lands US distribution (exclusive)
Drama also nominated for Generation 14-plus Crystal Bear in Berlin.
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NewsAGC Studios to finance, Ridley Scott to EP prison thriller ‘Panopticon’
Production earmarked for autumn start; project out to casting.
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Reviews‘Walchensee Forever’: Thessaloniki Review
Family portrait chronicles four generations of women and the Bavarian Alps lake which connects them
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Reviews‘The Metamorphosis Of Birds’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold, inventive family saga told through a poetic documentary essay
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NewsMatthijs Wouter Knol leaving Berlin’s EFM for European Film Academy
Marion Döring to retire from the European Film Academy after more than 30 years at the organisation.
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NewsEuropean film industry pays tribute to Francine Brücher
Brücher piloted international promotions at Swiss Films and was a well-known figure on the festival and market circuit.
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NewsLocarno chief Lili Hinstin talks completely new 2020 iteration
“We looked at what would be helpful for the films and their creators.”
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NewsKino Lorber buys Berlin Golden Bear winner ‘There is No Evil’
US distributor released Mohammad Rasoulof’s 2013 thriller Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
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NewsBleecker Street, US theatres set virtual release for ‘The Roads Not Taken’
Screenings to start on April 10 in association with aprticipating theatres.
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NewsFocus Features moves ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ to on-demand amid theatre closures
Acclaimed drama film originally opened theatrically on March 13 before cinema closures.
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Reviews‘The Trouble With Being Born’: Berlin Review
Perplexing, confrontational AI-themed feature from Austria poses some troubling questions