Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy

Interview: Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy

“I wanted to tell a story about a young woman who has this sex drive most of my friends had in their twenties”

BERLINALE 2021: In her first feature, the Norwegian director takes on sexist clichés and wins  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Generation

Review: Mission Ulja Funk

Review: Mission Ulja Funk

BERLINALE 2021: Barbara Kronenberg's first feature is a quirky children's comedy, full of nonsense and absurd characters  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Generation

Review: Bloodsuckers

Review: Bloodsuckers

BERLINALE 2021: Julian Radlmaier's uncertain feature follows a crazy factory worker fleeing the Soviet Union in a desperate bid to become a Hollywood star  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Annemarie Jacir wins the Eurimages Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

Annemarie Jacir wins the Eurimages Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

The Palestinian director will be supported for The Oblivion Theory while the other two prizes were handed to upcoming projects from Marcelo Martinessi and Isabel Sandoval  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

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Film Reviews

Drift Away - by Xavier Beauvois
Drift Away
by Xavier Beauvois
BERLINALE 2021: Xavier Beauvois signs his name to an intimate story which also sounds a social alarm in an artfully pared-down film bursting with heart about a gendarme on the Normandy coast
I'm Your Man - by Maria Schrader
I'm Your Man
by Maria Schrader
BERLINALE 2021: In Maria Schrader's delightful yet surprisingly complex film, there is such a thing as a perfect match
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - by Radu Jude
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
by Radu Jude
BERLINALE 2021: Romanian director Radu Jude holds a mirror up to the audience – and the audience might not like what they see
Next Door - by Daniel Brühl
Next Door
by Daniel Brühl
BERLINALE 2021: In Daniel Brühl's directorial debut, the German-Spanish actor's self-deprecating humour is spot-on
Taste - by Lê Bảo
Taste
by Lê Bảo
BERLINALE 2021: Lê Bảo causes a stir with his first feature, which is astonishing for its visual and atmospheric character and which offers a realistic-oneiric immersion bordering on contemporary art
The Girl and the Spider - by Ramon Zürcher
The Girl and the Spider
by Ramon Zürcher
BERLINALE 2021: Swiss filmmaker Ramon Zürcher, here joined by his twin brother Silvan as co-director, continues his innovative mode of storytelling in this awaited follow-up to The Strange Little Cat
Tides - by Tim Fehlbaum
Tides
by Tim Fehlbaum
BERLINALE 2021: Tim Fehlbaum summons the moist ghost of Kevin Costner in Waterworld and proves that dry land is indeed a myth
Souad - by Ayten Amin
Souad
by Ayten Amin
BERLINALE 2021: Ayten Amid’s 2020 Cannes Label-selected drama is a touching portrayal of three Egyptian youths and the tragic event that binds them
Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away

Interview: Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away

"Our house is on fire – our priority should be to save it"

BERLINALE 2021: In his usual punchy fashion, the French director sheds light on his sensitive fiction film which treads the line between social realism and inner emotion  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Stop-Zemlia

Interview: Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Stop-Zemlia

“Each of the characters deserves their own movie”

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the Ukrainian director about her feature debut, created with the collaboration of teenagers who then appeared in the film  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Generation

Review: Brother's Keeper

Review: Brother's Keeper

BERLINALE 2021: Turkish director Ferit Karahan's second feature is a technically accomplished but conceptually flawed and often tone-deaf drama that tackles the issues of cruelty and authority  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

At the EFM, film commissions discuss how they are overcoming the obstacles posed by the pandemic

At the EFM, film commissions discuss how they are overcoming the obstacles posed by the pandemic

BERLINALE 2021: Representing three different locations, commissioners and producers talked about the way local offices helped their productions during the troubling times of the pandemic  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

Review: The World After Us

Review: The World After Us

BERLINALE 2021: Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas testifies to the precarious position of today’s urban youth and the complicated dreams of the socially mobile in a charming and romantic first feature  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

How to shoot a film during a global pandemic: the EFM presents a case study on Radu Jude's Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

How to shoot a film during a global pandemic: the EFM presents a case study on Radu Jude's Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

BERLINALE 2021: The panel from the Berlinale Co-Production Market centred on the Romanian director's latest film, shot in Bucharest during the pandemic last summer  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

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Daniel Brühl • Director of Next Door
Daniel Brühl • Director of Next Door
BERLINALE 2021: In his directorial debut, starring himself and Peter Kurth, the German-Spanish actor finally takes his revenge
Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige • Directors of Memory Box
Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige • Directors of Memory Box
BERLINALE 2021: Shown in the Golden Bear competition, this film puts paid to Cher's claim that you can't turn back time
Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy
Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy
BERLINALE 2021: In her first feature, the Norwegian director takes on sexist clichés and wins
Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Stop-Zemlia
Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Stop-Zemlia
BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the Ukrainian director about her feature debut, created with the collaboration of teenagers who then appeared in the film
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher • Directors of The Girl and the Spider
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher • Directors of The Girl and the Spider
BERLINALE 2021: We spoke to the Swiss directors about their oblique, witty psychological drama, on the eve of its premiere in the Encounters competition
Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away
Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away
BERLINALE 2021: In his usual punchy fashion, the French director sheds light on his sensitive fiction film which treads the line between social realism and inner emotion
Julian Radlmaier • Director of Bloodsuckers
Julian Radlmaier • Director of Bloodsuckers
BERLINALE 2021: In his Encounters entry, the German director takes Marx literally – kind of
Maria Schrader • Director of I’m Your Man
Maria Schrader • Director of I’m Your Man
BERLINALE 2021: Nobody's perfect? They are in this film starring Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens, but according to the German director, that's part of the problem
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher • Directors of The Girl and the Spider

Interview: Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher • Directors of The Girl and the Spider

“Our style, in a way, is determined by control, but there’s also this beauty in chaos”

BERLINALE 2021: We spoke to the Swiss directors about their oblique, witty psychological drama, on the eve of its premiere in the Encounters competition  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Julian Radlmaier • Director of Bloodsuckers

Interview: Julian Radlmaier • Director of Bloodsuckers

“Marx uses a lot of these gothic metaphors, and I thought it would be funny to just take his word for it”

BERLINALE 2021: In his Encounters entry, the German director takes Marx literally – kind of  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Review: As I Want

Review: As I Want

BERLINALE 2021: Palestinian filmmaker Samaher Alqadi’s debut feature documents the protests following the string of severe sexual assaults that took place in Tahrir Square in 2013  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Natural Light - by Dénes Nagy
Natural Light
by Dénes Nagy
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - by Alexandre Koberidze
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
by Alexandre Koberidze
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Azor - by Andreas Fontana
Azor
by Andreas Fontana
Berlinale 2021 - Encounters
Bloodsuckers - by Julian Radlmaier
Bloodsuckers
by Julian Radlmaier
Berlinale 2021 - Encounters
For Lucio - by Pietro Marcello
For Lucio
by Pietro Marcello
Berlinale 2021 - Berlinale Special
Review: Natural Light

Review: Natural Light

BERLINALE 2021: In his competition-premiered first fiction feature, Hungarian director Dénes Nagy explores the human condition in a story set during World War II  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

The Pažaislis Church and Monastery complex is the winner of the 2020 EUFCN Location Award

The Pažaislis Church and Monastery complex is the winner of the 2020 EUFCN Location Award

The site in Kaunas (Lithuania) has scooped the fourth edition of the award for best European location in the film and TV industries organised by EUFCN, in collaboration with Cineuropa  

03/03 | EUFCN Location Award 2020

Maria Schrader • Director of I’m Your Man

Interview: Maria Schrader • Director of I’m Your Man

“There might be some kind of manual here on how to improve our relationships”

BERLINALE 2021: Nobody's perfect? They are in this film starring Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens, but according to the German director, that's part of the problem  

03/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

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Film Reviews

Anamnesis - by Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Anamnesis
by Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
BERLINALE 2021: Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe’s documentary digs deep into the life of an ice-cold woman killer
The Fam - by Frédéric Baillif
The Fam
by Frédéric Baillif
BERLINALE 2021: In Fred Baillif's touching film, it's time to become one of the girls
Moon, 66 Questions - by Jacqueline Lentzou
Moon, 66 Questions
by Jacqueline Lentzou
BERLINALE 2021: Greek writer-director Jacqueline Lentzou makes a unique film on a tough subject through a playful approach, benefiting from Oscar-worthy performances by the two leads
We - by Alice Diop
We
by Alice Diop
BERLINALE 2021: Alice Diop pieces together an ambitious patchwork documentary on Paris’s deprived suburbs, crafting an interlacing which questions humanity, time and modern-day collective identity
Copilot - by Anne Zohra Berrached
Copilot
by Anne Zohra Berrached
BERLINALE 2021: Anne Zohra Berrached's third feature is an enthralling drama starring Roger Azar and Canan Kir
Memory Box - by Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas
Memory Box
by Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas
BERLINALE 2021: In Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's sweet but – oh, the irony – hardly memorable film, a girl gets to meet her teenage mother, but without any Marty McFly-like complications
From Where They Stood - by Christophe Cognet
From Where They Stood
by Christophe Cognet
BERLINALE 2021: Christophe Cognet immerses himself in a meticulous investigation, analysing the very rare clandestine photographs taken by deportees themselves in the death camps
The White Fortress - by Igor Drljača
The White Fortress
by Igor Drljača
BERLINALE 2021: Bosnian filmmaker Igor Drljača's new crime-drama, which turns into a romance, is his most accomplished, touching and thought-provoking film yet
Alba Baptista • Actress

Interview: Alba Baptista • Actress

"Observing Isabelle Huppert on set taught me to be more confident with my own instincts"

We met up with the young Portuguese actress to talk about her career and the films she starred in, as well as the director she would love to work with  

01/03 | Shooting Stars 2021

Review: Anamnesis

Review: Anamnesis

BERLINALE 2021: Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe’s documentary digs deep into the life of an ice-cold woman killer  

02/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Alice Diop • Director of We

Interview: Alice Diop • Director of We

“I want to show that societies are changing constantly, just like the collective ‘we’”

BERLINALE 2021: In her new documentary, shown in the Encounters section, the French filmmaker once again investigates the French banlieue and its inhabitants  

02/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

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Alice Diop • Director of We
Alice Diop • Director of We
BERLINALE 2021: In her new documentary, shown in the Encounters section, the French filmmaker once again investigates the French banlieue and its inhabitants
Anne Zohra Berrached • Director of Copilot
Anne Zohra Berrached • Director of Copilot
BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the German director about her film, which tells the story of one of the terrorists involved in 9/11
Thomas Bertacche • Distributor, Tucker Film
Thomas Bertacche • Distributor, Tucker Film
We had a chat with the co-founder of the Italian distribution company, specialised in European and Asian films
Radu Jude • Director of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Radu Jude • Director of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
BERLINALE 2021: The prolific Romanian director breaks down what is perhaps the naughtiest feature in this year’s competition
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head, Berlinale Shorts
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head, Berlinale Shorts
The head of Berlinale Shorts guides us through the 2021 programme and ponders the changes to the short-film world in the past 12 months
Alba Baptista • Actress
Alba Baptista • Actress
We met up with the young Portuguese actress to talk about her career and the films she starred in, as well as the director she would love to work with
Susana Nobre • Director of Jack's Ride
Susana Nobre • Director of Jack's Ride
BERLINALE 2021: The Portuguese director presented her documentary with fictional elements in this year's Forum section
Nicolas Maury • Actor
Nicolas Maury • Actor
The French actor, writer and director tells us about the biggest challenges in his career, and what he would like to do with it in the future
Berlin lifts the lid on where to discover up-and-coming Spanish talent

Berlin lifts the lid on where to discover up-and-coming Spanish talent

At an online meeting organised by the ICAA, international professionals will get to know the labs and markets where the most promising Spanish film projects are presented  

02/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

Review: The Fam

Review: The Fam

BERLINALE 2021: In Fred Baillif's touching film, it's time to become one of the girls  

02/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Generation

Review: Taste

Review: Taste

BERLINALE 2021: Lê Bảo causes a stir with his first feature, which is astonishing for its visual and atmospheric character and which offers a realistic-oneiric immersion bordering on contemporary art  

02/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Who We Were - by Marc Bauder
Who We Were
by Marc Bauder
Berlinale 2021 - Berlinale Special
Miguel's War - by Eliane Raheb
Miguel's War
by Eliane Raheb
Berlinale 2021 - Panorama
Ancient Soul - by Alvaro Gurrea
Ancient Soul
by Alvaro Gurrea
Berlinale 2021 - Forum
Taming the Garden - by Salomé Jashi
Taming the Garden
by Salomé Jashi
Sundance 2021 - World Cinema Documentary Competition
Berlinale 2021 - Forum
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - by Radu Jude
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
by Radu Jude
Berlinale 2021 - Competition

Industry Reports

03/03/2021

How to shoot a film during a global pandemic: the EFM presents a case study on Radu Jude's Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

BERLINALE 2021: The panel from the Berlinale Co-Production Market centred on the Romanian director's latest film, shot in Bucharest during the pandemic last summer

02/03/2021

Thomas Bertacche • Distributor, Tucker Film

We had a chat with the co-founder of the Italian distribution company, specialised in European and Asian films

25/02/2021

Antonella Di Nocera • Producer, Paralello 41

The Italian producer, selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers, discusses the present and future of documentary film

24/02/2021

Jorge Caballero • Producer, Gusano Films

The Spanish producer selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers discusses the role of documentaries in our current society

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