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200 articles available in total starting from 07/02/2003. Last article published on 21/10/2014.

Murphy's White Lightnin' a "transcendental" debut

Dominic Murphy’s directorial debut White Lightnin’ screened to a full house yesterday at the Berlinale. The Panorama sidebar title played last month as a Midnight Screening at the Sundance Film...  

09/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Panorama/UK

Storm looks at war crimes in the heart of Europe

One of the most highly anticipated titles of the Berlinale screened in Competition today: Storm by German director Hans-Christian Schmid. The film is the first on The Hague’s ICTY (the...  

07/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Germany

The longest day of an (un)happy girl

Laughter and applause received last night’s press screening of Radu June’s The Happiest Girl in the World, the debut film (see news), selected in the Forum section of the Berlinale. Delia, a...  

07/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Forum/Romania

Generational conflict in today’s Israel

The press was left somewhat cold at the end of the screening of Restless, a French/Belgian/Israeli/Canadian co-production by Amos Kollek (61), presented in official competition at the Berlinale....  

15/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/France

Three days and counting

The Panorama Special section today presented one of the tour Spanish titles selected at the Berlinale: Before the Fall (3 días) by debut filmmaker Javier Gutiérrez. Shot in Seville, this sci-fi...  

14/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Panorama/Spain

Leaving Titov Veles

In Veles, a semi-rural village in Macedonia, life revolves around the town’s only factory, which poisons and kills the inhabitants. Three sisters hope every day to leave the village, to search for...  

14/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Panorama/North Macedonia

Applause for Moretti and Quiet Chaos

"The challenge of this film was to depict a character sitting on a bench in the middle of a park,” said director Antonello Grimaldi in speaking to the press about Quiet Chaos (see Focus), his...  

13/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/Italy

The bright side of life

Lengthy applause followed today’s screening of Happy-Go-Lucky, the highly anticipated new film by the (often) controversial English filmmaker Mike Leigh, in competition at the Berlinale. This...  

12/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

The fabulous world of Raquela

Raquela lives in Cebu City, in the Philippines. She is a "ladyboy", a queen born in a male body. Like her friends, she makes ends meet as a prostitute yet she dreams of a western prince charming...  

11/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Panorama

The horrors of child above shake up Berlin

At just eight years old, Leslie is torn away from her games to enter the hell, often without escape, that is child abuse. Her life, like that of thousands of other children around the world, will...  

10/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/UK

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