Berlin International Film Festival
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Berlinale 2023
Berlinale 2023: 20,000 Species of Bees (by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren) | Review
20,000 Species of Bees, a spell-binding Basque Berlinale 2023 contender by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, explores gender ambiguity and minority languages.
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Berlinale 2023
Berlinale 2023: The Cemetery of Cinema (Panorama) Review
Thierno Souleymane Diallo’s first feature-length documentary Cemetery of Cinema captures that elsusive feeling that only crops up when you watch…
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Berlinale 2023
Berlinale 2023: Past Lives (Competition) Review
Celine Song’s masterful and controlled debut feature, Past Lives, explores the complex relationship of child sweethearts to long distance adulthood…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘A Little Love Package’ (Encounters) | Review
Gastón Solnicki’s formally audacious, A Little Love Package, is one of the more unique films in the already innovative Encounters…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘The Novelist’s Film’ (Competition) | Review
Another Berlinale, another Hong. The 2022 Silver Grand Jury Prize winning film The Novelist’s Film is our favorite film of…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘No Simple Way Home’ (Panorama) | Review
First time South Sudanese filmmaker Akuo de Mabior presented No Simple Way Home at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival,…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty’ (Encounters) | Review
Weird, brash, and contemplative, Ashley Mackenzie explores an unusual, peculiar relationship with her latest, Queens of the Qing Dynasty, presented…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘Return to Dust’ (Competition) | Review
The tale of two forgotten souls on the outskirts of society, is explored in Li Ruijun’s Return to Dust, in…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘Robe of Gems’ (Competition) | Review
Natalia López Gallardo’s great debut feature Robe of Gems offers a mysterious and puzzling look into three Mexican women’s lives…
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Berlinale 2022
Berlinale 2022: ‘Jet Lag’ (Forum) | Review
In Jet Lag, presented at the 2022 Berlinale Forum, Zheng Lu Xinyuan documents her family history before, during, and after…
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