EPA Director Mati Diop Wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival

EPA Director Mati Diop Wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival

EPA Director Mati Diop receives the Golden Bear NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 21:35 From documentaryfilm Dahomey by French-born director Mati Diop has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. The 67-minute short film by the director with Senegalese roots is about the return of 26 art treasures that were stolen from Africa by the … Read more

The Devil’s Bath: Film Directors Discuss Depiction of Historical Murder Case

The Devil’s Bath: Film Directors Discuss Depiction of Historical Murder Case

In the film “Des Teufels Bad” a woman becomes a murderer. Directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala say she became a victim of her living conditions. Guided by mutual trust: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala have made a visually stunning film Photo: Wolfgang Borrs taz: Ms. Franz, Mr. Fiala, you came across the material for … Read more

Kristen Stewart’s Intimate Rolling Stone Interview and Berlinale Buzz

Kristen Stewart’s Intimate Rolling Stone Interview and Berlinale Buzz

Berlin (dpa) – Even before her arrival in Berlin, Hollywood star Kristen Stewart is making headlines. For her new film – a heated thriller about two women in love in the bodybuilding scene – the 33-year-old is going viral with an intimate story for Rolling Stone magazine. On the cover she can be seen half … Read more

Cillian Murphy Opens Berlin Film Festival with Powerful Drama on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

Cillian Murphy Opens Berlin Film Festival with Powerful Drama on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy opens Berlin’s international film festival with “Small Things Like These” Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy opens Berlin’s international film festival with “Small Things Like These” “Small Things Like These”, based on the bestselling novel by Claire Keegan and co-starring Michelle Fairley and Emily Watson, will kickstart the highly-anticipated Berlin’s international film festival. … Read more

Lupita Nyong’o Named Jury President of Berlin Film Festival 2023: A Celebration of International Cinema

Lupita Nyong’o Named Jury President of Berlin Film Festival 2023: A Celebration of International Cinema

By our entertainment editors Dec 11, 2023 at 2:18 PM Update: an hour ago Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o is the new jury president of the Berlin Film Festival. The annual event will take place in the German capital from Thursday 15 to Sunday 25 February. “She represents everything we love in cinema. For example, she … Read more

“There is a Stone” in the cinema: instructions for idleness

“There is a Stone” in the cinema: instructions for idleness

Narrow stones with a smooth, rounded surface that can be gripped between the index finger and thumb are particularly suitable for bouncing on the water. When throwing, you should bend your knees and send the stones on their way to the water surface with a twist and a slight difference in height – otherwise they … Read more

The Quiet Girl: A Simple and Straightforward Production

The Quiet Girl: A Simple and Straightforward Production

Straightforward production without much psychology Colm Bairéad has staged this story from the girl’s point of view in a simple and straightforward manner, without psychologizing or dramatizing. It accompanies Cait’s everyday life in a decelerated rhythm: how she learns to peel potatoes, how Sean, the farmer, places a biscuit on the table for her as … Read more

The History and Legacy of Kino International: 60 Years on Karl-Marx-Allee

The History and Legacy of Kino International: 60 Years on Karl-Marx-Allee

Between the Honecker Lounge, “Dirty Dancing” and the Berlinale: The Kino International was once the most important premiere cinema in the GDR, is a permanent fixture at the Berlinale and is also known to film fans and tourists for its striking architecture. In November, the house on Karl-Marx-Allee, built in 1963, will be 60 years … Read more

Opening Night of Europe’s Premier Film Festival Shines Spotlight on Innovative Mental Health Treatment

Opening Night of Europe’s Premier Film Festival Shines Spotlight on Innovative Mental Health Treatment

With the winning film of the Berlinale 2023 – “Sur L’Adamant (On the Adamant)” the European film festival schriftArt 2023 begins this evening in Neubrandenburg. In the film, the French director Nicolas Philibert describes how people with mental illnesses in the day clinic on the Adamant be treated with very creative methods. The organizers said … Read more

Bettina: A Documentary on the Life and Music of Berlin Singer-Songwriter Bettina Wegner

Bettina: A Documentary on the Life and Music of Berlin Singer-Songwriter Bettina Wegner

Berlin. Her voice is noticeably brighter than today. She also sounds a little intimidated, but yet determined and precise. When the “defendant Wegner” has to answer. What her name is. Where she lives. And why she distributed leaflets in Berlin mailboxes after the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968: “I immediately found that wrong. … Read more