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 Shadows @ BerlinaleEurope's premiere winter film festival Runs alongside the European Film Market in Berlin Rich Cline was on the Fipresci jury at Berlinale 2009 | |||
68th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 15-28 FEBRUARY 2018 in Berlin, Germany
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Golden Bear: TOUCH ME NOTSilver Bear: MUG Teddy Bear: HARD PAINT Crystal Bear - Kplus: CROSS MY HEART Crystal Bear - 14plus: FORTUNA Audience Award - Panorama: PROFILE Audience Award - Doc: THE SILENCE OF OTHERS Teddy - Doc: TRANNY FAG Teddy - Readers: THE HEIRESSES Bauer Prize: THE HEIRESSES Director: Wes Anderson (ISLE OF DOGS) Actor: Anthony Bajon (THE PRAYER) Actress: Ana Brun (THE HEIRESSES) Screenplay: Manuel Alcala & Alonso Ruizpalacios (MUSEUM) First Feature: Adina Pintilie (TOUCH ME NOT) Teddy - Newcomer: Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (RETABLO) Artistic Contribution: Elena Okopnaya (DOVLATOV) Grand Prix - Kplus: THE SEEN AND UNSEEN Grand Prix - 14plus: FORTUNA VFF Talent: Jing Wang (TROPICAL MEMORIES) Honorary Golden Bear: Willem Dafoe |
Fipresci - Competition: THE HEIRESSESFipresci - Panorama: RIVER'S EDGE Fipresci - Forum: AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL Ecumenical - Competition: IN THE AISLES Ecumenical - Panorama: STYX Ecumenical - Forum: THEATRE OF WAR Cicae - Panorama: HARD PAINT Cicae - Forum: THEATRE OF WAR Guild Prize: IN THE AISLES Label Europa: STYX Caligari: THE WOLF HOUSE Peace Film: THE SILENCE OF OTHERS Amnesty Prize: CENTRAL AIRPORT THF Heiner Carow: STYX Berliner Morganpost: DOVLATOV Tagesspiegel: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION Compass-Perspektive: EVERYWHERE WE ARE Kompagnon-Fellowship: WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME and BLUTSAUGER Arte International: THE WAR HAS ENDED Eurimages: THE WAR HAS ENDED | ||
| 2 0 1 8 F I L M S | |||
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON (Atef, Ger)14 APPLES (Z, Tai) 303 (Weingartner, Ger) 
7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE (Padilha, UK)ADAM (Solrun, Ger) AFRIQUE, LA PENSEE EN MOUVEMENT PART I (Bekolo, Sen) AFTER-WORK BEER (Brummer, Ger) AGA (Lazarov, Bul) AGGREGATE (Wilke, Ger) AMIKO (Yamanaka, Jpn) AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL (Hu, Chn) L'ANIMALE (Mueckstein, Aut) AWAY YOU GO (Eichholtz, Ger) BACK FOR GOOD (Spengler, Ger) BAD BANKS (Schwochow, Ger) BECOMING ASTRID (Christensen, Swe) THE BED (Lairana, Arg) BEDBUGS (Stahlberg, Ger) THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE (Erffa, Ger) BEUYS (Veiel, Ger)
BLACK '47 (Daly, Ire)BLUE WIND BLOWS (Tomina, Jpn) THE BOOKSHOP (Coixet, Sp) BOYS CRY (Damiano/D'Innocenzo, It) BRIGHT NIGHTS (Arslan, Ger)
THE CAPTAIN (Schwentke, Ger)CASANOVA GENE (Donschen, Ger) CASTING (Wackerbarth, Ger) CENTRAL AIRPORT THF (Ainouz, Ger) CERES (van den Brand, Bel) THE CHAOTIC LIFE OF NADA KADIC (Hernaiz, Mex) CHEF FLYNN (Yates, US) CIRCLEEN, COCO AND THE WILD RHINOCEROS (Hastrup, Den) CLASSICAL PERIOD (Fendt, US) CLEO & PAUL (Demoustier, Fr) COBAIN (Leopold, Ned) THE CONGO TRIBUNAL (Rau, Ger) COUNTRY NOISE (Miller, Ger) CROSS MY HEART (Picard, Can) CUBAN FOOD STORIES (Soto, US) DAMSEL (Zellner/Zellner, US) DAUGHTER OF MINE (Bispuri, It) DENMARK (Larsen, Den) DEPARTURE (Wust, Aut) DIE TOMORROW (Thamrongrattanarit, Tha)
DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT (Van Sant, US)DOVLATOV (German, Rus) DO YOU SOMETIMES FEEL BURNED OUT AND EMPTY? (Randl, Ger) DRESSAGE (Badkoobeh, Irn) THE DUMPLING AFFAIR (Herzog, Ger) A DYSFUNCTIONAL CAT (Gordanshekan, Ger) ELDORADO (Imhoof, Swi) THE ENDLESS DAY (Chiesa, Arg) THE EREMITES (Trocker, Ger) EVA (Jacquot, Fr) EVERYWHERE WE ARE (Kaserer, Ger) EX SHAMAN (Bolognesi, , Br) FACING THE WIND (Aparicio, Sp) FAKE TATTOOS (Plante, Can) FAMILY LIFE (Ziegler, Ger) FAMILY SHOTS (Sieveking, Ger) FILM BEYOND CINEMA (Fischer, Ger) FIRST STRIPES (Caissy, Can) FORTUNA (Roaux, Swi) FOUR HANDS (Kienle, Ger) THE GAME CHANGERS (Psihoyos, US) GAME GIRLS (Skrzeszewska, Fr) GARBAGE (Q, Ind) 
GENERATION WEALTH (Greenfield, US)GENESIS (Bogdan, Hun) GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY (Yang, Chn) GORDON & PADDY (Hamback, Swe) GRASS (Hong, Kor) THE GREEN FOG (Maddin/Johnson/Johnson, US) THE GREEN LIE (Boote, Aut) GURRUMUL (Williams, Aus) HAPPY (Genereith, Ger)
THE HAPPY PRINCE (Everett, UK)
HARD PAINT (Matzembacher/Reolon, Br)
THE HEIRESSES (Martinessi, Par)HENDI & HORMOZ (Amini, Irn) HIGH FANTASY (Bass, SA) HOME GROUND (Fasting/Andresen, Nor) HORIZON (Kajrishvili, Geo) HOTEL JUGOSLAVIJA (Wagnieres, Swi)
HUMAN FLOW (Ai, Ger)HUMAN, SPACE, TIME AND HUMAN (Kim, Kor) ICEMAN (Randau, Ger) IMPREZA: THE CELEBRATION (Wesolowski, Ger) THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE GIANT PEAR (Lipski/Fick/Lerdam, Den) INFINITE FOOTBALL (Porumboiu, Rom) INLAND SEA (Soda, Jpn) INTERCHANGE (Cassidy/Shatzky, Can) THE INTERPRETER (Sulik, Svk) IN THE AISLES (Stuber, Ger)
IN THE FADE (Akin, Ger)IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION (Faraut, Fr) INVASION (Mokri, Irn) I SEE RED PEOPLE (Panayotova, Fr)
ISLE OF DOGS (Anderson, UK)JAHILYA (Lasri, Mor) JAMILA (Echard, Fr) JIBRIL (Kull, Ger) A JOURNEY TO THE FUMIGATED TOWNS (Solanas, Arg) KINSHASA MAKAMBO (Hamadi, Con) KISSING CANDICE (McArdle, Ire) LAND (Jalali, It) LAST CHILD (Shin, Kor) LEMONADE (Uricaru, Rom) LIBERTY (Leth/Marcimain, Den) THE LITTLE WITCH (Schaerer, Ger)
THE LOOMING TOWER (Futterman/Gibney/Wright, US) |
LORELLO E BRUNELLO (Quadri, It)LOS BANDO (Lo, Nor) LOST ONES (Hassenfratz, Ger) LUX: WARRIOR OF LIGHT (Wild, Ger) LUZ (Singer, Ger) MADELINE'S MADELINE (Decker, US) MAGICAL MYSTERY (Feldhusen, Ger) MAKI'LA (Bahango, Con) MALAMBO, THE GOOD MAN (Loza, Arg)
MANIFESTO (Rosefeldt, Ger)MA'OHI NUI (Ghijzelings, Bel) MARILYN (Redondo, Arg) MARIPHASA (Aguilar, Por) MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. (Loveridge, Sri) MISSION: LOVE (Lackmann, Ger) MONSTER HUNT 2 (Hui, Chn) MOUNTAIN MIRACLE (Wiemann, Ger) MUG (Szumowska, Pol) MUSEUM (Ruizpalacios, Mex) MY BROTHER'S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT (Groning, Ger) MY GIRAFFE (Bredero, Ned) MY HAPPY FAMILY (Ekvtimishvili/Gross, Geo) NATIONAL BIRD (Kennebeck, Ger) NOTES ON AN APPEARANCE (D'Ambrose, US) OLD LOVE (Park, Kor) THE OMISSION (Schjaer, Arg) ONCE UPON A TIME: INDIANERLAND (Catak, , Ger) ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS (Konrad, Ger) ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME (Yildirim, Ger) OUR BLOOD IS WINE (Railsback, US) OUR HOUSE (Kiyohara, Jpn) OUR MADNESS (Viana, Moz) OUTSIDE (Sunder-Plassmann/Tobias-Macht, Ger) PACKING HEAVY (Mascambroni, Arg) A PARIS EDUCATION (Civeyrac, Fr) PARTISAN (Pehnert/Ehlert/Ulrich, Ger) PATRIMONIO (Jackson/Teale, US) PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Kondracki, Aus) PIG (Haghighi, Irn) THE PIGEON (Sivaci, Tur) THE PILLAR OF SALT (Cevik, Tur) THE PRAYER (Kahn, Fr) PROFILE (Bekmambetov, US) QUEEN OF NIENDORF (Thome, Ger) THE QUEST OF ALAIN DUCASSE (de Maistre, Fr) RABBIT SCHOOL (Munchow-Pohl, Ger) RAMEN TEH (Khoo, Sin) THE REAL ESTATE (Petersen/Mansson, Swe) RED COW (Yacov, Isr) RETABLO (Delgado-Aparicio, Per) RICHARD THE STORK (Genkel, Ger) RIVER'S EDGE (Yukisada, Jpn) ROCK MY HEART (Hanno, Ger) RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY (Schible, US) SEASON OF THE DEVIL (Diaz, Ph) THE SEEN AND UNSEEN (Andini, Ina) SHAKEDOWN (Weinraub, US) SHOCK WAVES: DIARY OF MY MIND (Meier, Swi) SHOCK WAVES: FIRST NAME: MATHIEU (Baier, Swi) SHUT UP AND PLAY THE PIANO (Jedicke, Ger) THE SILENCE OF OTHERS (Carracedo/Bahar, US) THE SILENT REVOLUTION (Kraume, Ger) THE SILK AND THE FLAME (Schiele, US) SLEEPING BEARS (Margalit, Isr) THE SON (Abaturov, Fr) SONGWRITER (Cummings, UK) SOUFRA (Morgan, US) SPK COMPLEX (Kroske, Ger) STATELESS (Nejjar, Mor) AWAY YOU GO (Eichholtz, Ger) STYX (Fischer, Ger) SUBS (Roehler, Ger) SUNDAY'S ILLNESS (Salazar, Sp) SUPA MODO (Wainaina, Ken) SYSTEM ERROR (Opitz, Ger) TASTE OF CEMENT (Kalthoum, Syr)
TEHRAN TABOO (Soozandeh, Ger)THE TERROR (Kajganich/Hugh/Berger, US)
THAT SUMMER (Olsson, Swe)THEATRE OF WAR (Arias, Arg) THIRTY SOULS (Toucedo, Sp) TOUCH ME NOT (Pintilie, Rom) TOWER. A BRIGHT DAY (Szelc, Pol) TRANNY FAG (Priscilla/Goifman, Br) TRANSIT (Petzold, Ger) THE TREE (Mata, Por) THE TRIAL (Ramos, Br) UNICORN (Nunes, Br)
UNSANE (Soderbergh, US)USEDOM: CLEAR VIEW AT THE SEA (Brinkmann, Ger)
UTOYA - JULY 22 (Poppe, Nor)VICTORY DAY (Loznitsa, Ger) VIRUS TROPICAL (Caicedo, Col) THE WALDHEIM WALTZ (Beckermann, Aut) WANGDRAK'S RAIN BOOTS (Gyal, Chn) THE WEAK ONES (Rico/Brun, Mex) WEIT: THE STORY OF A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD (Weisser/Allgaier, Ger)
WESTERN (Grisebach, Ger)WHAT COMES AROUND (Saleh, Leb) WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT (Porksen, Ger) WHAT WALAA WANTS (Garland, Can) WHEN GOD SLEEPS (Schauder, Ger) WHEN PAUL CAME OVER THE SEA (Preuss, Ger) WHEN THE TREES FALL (Nikitiuk, Ukr) WHEN THE WAR COMES (Gebert, Cz) WILD RELATIVES (Manna, Ger) WINDSTORM: AND THE WILD HORSES (von Garnier, Ger) THE WOLF HOUSE (Leon/Cocina, Chl) XIAO MEI (Hwang, Tai)
YARDIE (Elba, UK)YOCHO: FOREBODING (Kurosawa, Jpn) YOUNG SOLITUDE (Simon, Fr) YOURS IN SISTERHOOD (Lusztig, US) | ||
67th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 9-19 FEBRUARY 2017 in Berlin, Germany
| 2 0 1 7 A W A R D S | ||
Golden Bear: ON BODY AND SOULSilver Bear: FELICITE Teddy Bear: A FANTASTIC WOMAN Crystal Bear - Kplus: LITTLE HARBOUR Crystal Bear - 14plus: BUTTERFLY KISSES Bauer Prize: SPOOR Director: Aki Kaurismaki (THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE) Actor: Georg Fredrich (BRIGHT NIGHTS) Actress: Kim Minhee (ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE) Screenplay: Sebastian Lelio & Gonzalo Maza (A FANTASTIC WOMAN) First Feature: Carla Simon (SUMMER 1993) Editing: Dana Bunescu (ANA, MON AMOUR) Audience Award - Panorama: INSYRIATED Documentary: GHOST HUNTING Documentary Teddy: SMALL TALK Documentary Audience Award: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Grand Prix - Kplus: BECOMING WHO I WAS and SUMMER 1993 Grand Prix - 14plus: SCHOOL NUMBER 3 |
Fipresci - Competition: ON BODY AND SOULFipresci - Panorama: PENDULAR Fipresci - Forum: A FEELING GREATER THAN LOVE Ecumenical - Competition: ON BODY AND SOUL Ecumenical - Panorama: INVESTIGATING PARADISE Ecumenical - Forum: MAMA COLONEL Cicae - Panorama: CENTAUR Cicae - Forum: NEWTON Guild Prize: THE PARTY Label Europa: INSYRIATED Caligari: EL MAR LA MAR Peace Film: ADRIANA'S PACT Amnesty Prize: DEVIL'S FREEDOM Heiner Carow: FIVE STARS Berliner Morganpost: ON BODY AND SOUL Tagesspiefel: MAMA COLONEL Harvey-Manner: GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Compass-Perspektive: THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS Arte International: LOST COUNTRY | ||
| R E V I E W E D 2 0 1 7 F I L M S | |||
BERLIN SYNDROME (Shortland, Aus)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Guadagnino, It)
THE DINNER (Moverman, US)
DISCREET (Mathews, US)
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chl)
FELICITE (Gomis, Fr)
FINAL PORTRAIT (Tucci, UK)
GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (Lee, UK)
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Peck, US)
INSYRIATED (Van Leeuw, Bel)
LOGAN (Mangold, US)
THE LOST CITY OF Z (Gray, US)
MAUDIE (Walsh, Can) |
THE MISANDRISTS (LaBruce, Ger)
ON BODY AND SOUL (Enyedi, Hun)
ON THE ROAD (Winterbottom, UK)
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (Kaurismaki, Fin)
THE PARTY (Potter, UK)
PATHS (Miera, Ger)
TOM OF FINLAND (Karukoski, Fin)
T2 TRAINSPOTTING (Boyle, UK)
VICEROY'S HOUSE (Chadha, Ind)
THE WOUND (Trengove, SA)
THE YOUNG KARL MARX (Peck, Fr)* review coming | ||
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