Review: The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

Review: The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

BERLINALE 2021: Celebrated Israeli documentarian Avi Mogbrai returns to Berlin with a bleak, talking heads-driven study of Israeli military policy  

09/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Review: Genderation

Review: Genderation

BERLINALE 2021: In Monika Treut's follow-up to Gendernauts, it's mostly the real-estate battle that the old heroes are waging these days. But 20 years later, they sure keep on fighting  

09/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

The 30th Noir in Festival kicks off online

The 30th Noir in Festival kicks off online

The gathering dedicated to the mystery genre in all its guises (film, literature, TV, new media) is unspooling in virtual form on the Mymovies platform from 8 to 13 March  

08/03 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

At the EFM, a discussion organised by CICAE explored the future of arthouse exhibition

At the EFM, a discussion organised by CICAE explored the future of arthouse exhibition

BERLINALE 2021: The panel, entitled “The Evolution of the Arthouse Exhibition”, took place on 3 March during the European Film Market  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

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Film Reviews

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
Mr Bachmann and His Class - by Maria Speth
Mr Bachmann and His Class
by Maria Speth
BERLINALE 2021: This amazingly warm and clever documentary by Maria Speth about a sixth-grade schoolteacher deserves all the plaudits it can get
Natural Light - by Dénes Nagy
Natural Light
by Dénes Nagy
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
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
Forest - I See You Everywhere - by Benedek Fliegauf
Forest - I See You Everywhere
by Benedek Fliegauf
BERLINALE 2021: Hungarian auteur Bence Fliegauf is back in the competition with his seventh feature, a bleak and unremittingly dark follow-up to his breakout debut, Forest
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
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
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
Review: Instructions for Survival

Review: Instructions for Survival

BERLINALE 2021: Yana Ugrekhelidze's documentary follows Alexander, a female-to-male transgender individual forced to lead a life of secrecy in his home country  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

Interview: Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

“I want to challenge the viewing habits of the public and to take a risk for it”

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the French director about his new experimental film  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

Interview: Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

"The plan was to tell simple stories with simple methods and forms"

BERLINALE 2021: The Georgian director, responsible for one of the most acclaimed titles of this edition of the festival, discusses love, curses and film references  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Laura Herrero Garvín • Director of La Mami

Interview: Laura Herrero Garvín • Director of La Mami

“I never look for stories; they come to me”

The Spanish filmmaker headed to Mexico City to shoot this excellent documentary that explores the Barba Azul cabaret, a female-dominated world governed by sisterhood, familiarity and empathy  

08/03 | /Mexico/Spain

The 7th edition of the Berlin Critics’ Week offered to look at cinema differently

The 7th edition of the Berlin Critics’ Week offered to look at cinema differently

The German film critics association, which is at the origin of the event funded in 2015, organised this year an online edition including a film selection, conferences and debates  

08/03 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Schoolgirls strikes gold with four Goya Awards

Schoolgirls strikes gold with four Goya Awards

Pilar Palomero’s début feature was the winner of some of the Spanish Film Academy’s most coveted accolades, presented last Saturday at a ceremony broadcast from Malaga  

08/03 | Goyas 2021

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Interviews

Christian Schwochow • Director of Je Suis Karl
Christian Schwochow • Director of Je Suis Karl
BERLINALE 2021: The German director chatted to us to break down his study of infatuation, screening in Berlinale Special
Fred Baillif • Director of The Fam
Fred Baillif • Director of The Fam
BERLINALE 2021: We met with the Swiss director about his new film, which explores the world of teenagers and social workers
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
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
Hamy Ramezan • Director of Any Day Now
Hamy Ramezan • Director of Any Day Now
BERLINALE 2021: You can do anything, it seems, in the Finnish-Iranian director’s Generation title. But never go against the family
Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis
Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis
BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the French director about his new experimental film
Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
BERLINALE 2021: The Georgian director, responsible for one of the most acclaimed titles of this edition of the festival, discusses love, curses and film references
Laura Herrero Garvín • Director of La Mami
Laura Herrero Garvín • Director of La Mami
The Spanish filmmaker headed to Mexico City to shoot this excellent documentary that explores the Barba Azul cabaret, a female-dominated world governed by sisterhood, familiarity and empathy
Review: An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

Review: An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

Julien Becker and Myriam T.’s docu-fiction imagines the consequences of a nuclear catastrophe on the future of the Grand Duchy  

08/03 | Luxembourg 2021

Massimo Paolucci is shooting action horror flick Medium

Massimo Paolucci is shooting action horror flick Medium

Executive producer Massimo Paolucci is trying his hand at film direction with a genre movie led by ex-footballer and boxer Emilio Franchini, and actors Tony Sperandeo and Hal Yamanouchi  

08/03 | Production | Funding | Italy

New RTBF series Fils de is currently filming

New RTBF series Fils de is currently filming

Shoots pick up the pace for the RTBF/FWB series fund with this new title, starring Camille Pistone, Salim Talbi, Mara Taquin, Marka and Béatrice Dalle  

08/03 | Production | Funding | Belgium

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - by Radu Jude
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
by Radu Jude
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Golden Bear for Best Film
Mr Bachmann and His Class - by Maria Speth
Mr Bachmann and His Class
by Maria Speth
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Silver Bear - Jury Prize
Natural Light - by Dénes Nagy
Natural Light
by Dénes Nagy
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Silver Bear for Best Director
I'm Your Man - by Maria Schrader
I'm Your Man
by Maria Schrader
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Forest - I See You Everywhere - by Benedek Fliegauf
Forest - I See You Everywhere
by Benedek Fliegauf
Berlinale 2021 - Competition
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
The BBC publishes its 2021-2023 Diversity & Inclusion Plan

The BBC publishes its 2021-2023 Diversity & Inclusion Plan

The new report initiates an ambitious ten-point plan by the UK public broadcaster to continue its progress in this realm  

08/03 | Industry | Market | UK

French film critics crown Love Affair(s) their winner

French film critics crown Love Affair(s) their winner

Emmanuel Mouret’s feature film walks away with the title of Best French Film of 2020, while Aurel’s Josep is named Best First Film  

08/03 | Festivals | Awards | France

Review: Bliss

Review: Bliss

BERLINALE 2021: German filmmaker Henrika Kull's second feature deals with identity, self-determination and female empowerment in the story of a romance between two women in a Berlin brothel  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

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Film Reviews

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
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: Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze's second feature is an idiosyncratic mix of styles, genres and forms that incredibly wraps into a coherent 150 minutes of cinematic joy
Brother's Keeper - by Ferit Karahan
Brother's Keeper
by Ferit Karahan
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
Petite Maman - by Céline Sciamma
Petite Maman
by Céline Sciamma
BERLINALE 2021: Céline Sciamma moves with her fifth film, delivering a simple story that hits so close to home it might as well be a long-lost friend
Azor - by Andreas Fontana
Azor
by Andreas Fontana
BERLINALE 2021: Andreas Fontana offers a captivating first feature following in the wake of a Swiss banker who is plunged into a labyrinthine mission navigating society’s noxious upper echelons
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
District Terminal - by Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini
District Terminal
by Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini
BERLINALE 2021: Set in a war zone, this Iranian-German film by Bardia Yadegari and Ehsan Mirhosseini is draining to watch, but offers some unexpected dark poetry and sunshine
Who We Were - by Marc Bauder
Who We Were
by Marc Bauder
BERLINALE 2021: Marc Bauder’s ambitious documentary about the global humanitarian and environmental crisis conveys the same old bad news but from a slightly new angle
Creative Europe - MEDIA presents three projects nurturing European storytelling talents

Creative Europe - MEDIA presents three projects nurturing European storytelling talents

BERLINALE 2021: The workshop focused on three Creative Europe projects: Less is More, the European Short Film Festival Network and the TV series The Last Socialist Artefact  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

Hadas Ben Aroya • Director of All Eyes Off Me

Interview: Hadas Ben Aroya • Director of All Eyes Off Me

“It's a beautiful thing to open up”

BERLINALE 2021: The Israeli director shows that sometimes, being vulnerable is the hardest challenge of all  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

Charlatan charms at the annual Czech Lion ceremony

Charlatan charms at the annual Czech Lion ceremony

Agnieszka Holland’s biopic has won the Best Film Award, while the period drama flick Shadow Country was honoured with the most trophies  

08/03 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

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Interviews

Hadas Ben Aroya • Director of All Eyes Off Me
Hadas Ben Aroya • Director of All Eyes Off Me
BERLINALE 2021: The Israeli director shows that sometimes, being vulnerable is the hardest challenge of all
Sara Klimoska • Actress
Sara Klimoska • Actress
BERLINALE 2021: The young North Macedonian actress talks to us about her career, acting beyond limits (and language borders) and who she would love to work with
Vincent Meessen • Director of Just A Movement
Vincent Meessen • Director of Just A Movement
BERLINALE 2021: We met with the contemporary Belgian artist who spoke to us about his new, hybrid film which hovers between documentary and filmed essay
Álvaro Gurrea • Director of Ancient Soul
Álvaro Gurrea • Director of Ancient Soul
BERLINALE 2021: We chatted to the first-time director, who shot his debut, hybrid film (half-fiction, half-reality) immersed in the stunning natural surroundings of Indonesia, using local actors
Dénes Nagy • Director of Natural Light
Dénes Nagy • Director of Natural Light
BERLINALE 2021: The emerging Hungarian director has just won the Silver Bear for Best Director for his first fiction feature, which takes the viewer back to the World War II
Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe • Directors of Anamnesis
Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe • Directors of Anamnesis
BERLINALE 2021: The new documentary from the two German directors questions the nature of documentary filmmaking itself
Natasa Stork • Actress
Natasa Stork • Actress
BERLINALE 2021: The Hungarian actress talks to us about the beginning of her career, her work in Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time and her dream director
Jacqueline Lentzou • Director of Moon, 66 Questions
Jacqueline Lentzou • Director of Moon, 66 Questions
BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the Greek filmmaker to try to unpick her daring approach to her first feature, screening in Encounters
Review: Fabian – Going to the Dogs

Review: Fabian – Going to the Dogs

BERLINALE 2021: Set during the decline of the Weimar Republic, Dominik Graf’s film fails to be relevant or engaging, despite Tom Schilling and Saskia Rosendahl’s best efforts  

08/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Vincent Meessen • Director of Just A Movement

Interview: Vincent Meessen • Director of Just A Movement

"I try to shift documentary ethics away from reporting truth to reporting otherness"

BERLINALE 2021: We met with the contemporary Belgian artist who spoke to us about his new, hybrid film which hovers between documentary and filmed essay  

05/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Álvaro Gurrea • Director of Ancient Soul

Interview: Álvaro Gurrea • Director of Ancient Soul

“I started filming like a man possessed”

BERLINALE 2021: We chatted to the first-time director, who shot his debut, hybrid film (half-fiction, half-reality) immersed in the stunning natural surroundings of Indonesia, using local actors  

05/03 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

We - by Alice Diop
We
by Alice Diop
Berlinale 2021 - Encounters
Best Film Award
The Girl and the Spider - by Ramon Zürcher
The Girl and the Spider
by Ramon Zürcher
Berlinale 2021 - Encounters
Best Director Award and FIPRESCI prize
Taste - by Lê Bảo
Taste
by Lê Bảo
Berlinale 2021 - Encounters
Special Jury Award
The Fam - by Frédéric Baillif
The Fam
by Frédéric Baillif
Berlinale 2021 - Generation 14plus
Grand Prix
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
FIPRESCI Prize

Industry Reports

05/03/2021

What future for the European audiovisual industry? The EFM presents a dedicated discussion about the challenges facing the sector

BERLINALE 2021: The panel, entitled “Perspectives for the Future of the Audiovisual Industry in Europe”, explored the disruption caused by the pandemic within the sector as well as upcoming challenges

04/03/2021

The 3rd European Film Politics Seminar explores the role of the independent audiovisual industry

BERLINALE 2021: Hosted by the European Film Market, the virtual talk saw the participation of several industry decision makers and professionals

04/03/2021

Ignacio Segura • Distributor, DeAPlaneta

The general manager of the Spanish firm talks about their editorial policy, the country’s market and the difficulties undergone during the health crisis

03/03/2021

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

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